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http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...itting/2016/ALL May "only" has a career minor league OPS line of 715. That translates to what, 625-650 at best at the MLB level? He needs more at-bats, and right now he profiles more as a 4th outfielder unless his defense is equal or better than Thompson's. 2015=661 2016=657 So, with those two higher level numbers in mind, you're talking lucky to hold a 600 OPS. That just won't work. At a minimum, you'd like that number to be 725-750ish if not higher. Didn't realize he played at the now-famous Coastal Carolina.

The Andre Dawson 1987 Theory. Cy Young, yes. MVP, no.

http://pro.boxoffice.com/early-estimates-d...ise-bfg-modest/ Looks like THE PURGE 3 is the breakout (especially on a $10 million budget) hit of the weekend, and dovetails nicely with what's going on in the US/Europe today quite well. Great timing. BFG, despite the Spielberg ties, was modest and basically the DORY tidal wave ran it over. No interest in seeing Tarzan. The Shallows is the next film on my list.

As Justin Morneau gets set for a minor league rehab stint next week, Ventura likes what he sees of the left-handed hitting designated hitter/first baseman taking batting practice with the team. “From the injury he’s had [elbow surgery] it’s nice to see that he’s free and easy,’’ Ventura said. “The first couple of times that he hit you could tell he was a little unsure about letting it go. Right now he’s letting it go where you don’t see that hesitation or tentativeness, which is another reason why it’s safe to let him go out next week and let it rip and see where he’s at. “The way he’s swinging, it’s nice to see. It’s exciting.’’ suntimes.com/sports

When's the last time the White Sox brought up an outfielder from AA to the big leagues? It's been a long time, wracking my brain for any recent examples. Seems they prefer their position players to progress through both BIRM and Charlotte. Beckham is the last position player that really flew up through the system.

Yep, it was by the tightest of margins...a couple of inches on that tag play at home on the bloop misjudged by Tyler Naquin that almost turned into an incredible throw out at home to preserve the tie. Then Tommy Hunter imploded after the call was reversed. Indians had the 6-5 lead and turned it over to Otero and he actually gave up a homer after having pitched so well in set-up during this stretch of games. They almost were able to cover up for Bauer by throwing a minor league call-up out there for 3 2/3 IP in the middle of the game (started McAllister and then another reliever for 2 innings). Really has felt like a playoff series/playoff preview so far.

Thankfully, Eaton's not being paid for his baserunning acumen.

As the "tryout" for those players was already held (hosted by MLB), I would think we would have heard at least that someone from the Sox was in attendance....but maybe not.

Didn't Italy have an 8 game winning streak against Germany in international play? Read something like that. Would be really cool to see Iceland knock off France, but, for the "excitement level" of the tourney, having the quasi-championship match of France/Germany in the semis in front of a crazy stadium will be better. Wales/Portugal should actually be quite an interesting match. Pretty evenly matched teams, at least in terms of how they've played in this particular tournament. Still awaiting news of Belgium's coach being fired. Seems inevitable.

I don't think the Dems will need to have Joe Lieberman or Russ Feingold on the ticket at this point... They've pretty much alienated 75% of the country at this point. What's going to be amusing is watching every member of the Trump Family give speeches (Ivanka's will be the only worthwhile one, she's much more politically astute than her father, Eric's will be terrible) because they can't fill all the spots at the Republican Convention. I'm sure they'll have some really kooky ones like Gary Busey that might outdo the Eastwood talking to a chair routine. Even Ditka won't come within 100 miles of Cleveland to burnish his ego.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 2, 2016 -> 07:11 AM) WRONG. That group in NYC are all Yankee or Met fans. New York teams always get the benefit of replay calls. I thought there was a rotating group of umpires involved...how can they be fans of any team? Boston +7 (losing) 2. KC +6 3. HOU/TOR/DET +5 1/2 GB 6. SEA +3 1 1/2 GB (assuming they hold 8-1 lead against BALT) 7. CHW +1 2 1/2 GB 8. NYY -1 3 1/2 GB Could have 8 teams within 4 games (assuming the NYC Review Crew doesn't screw over the Angels again, somehow)

Let's hope THIS Guerrero has a little bit of plate discipline. Probably not so easy for the Sox to teach. Nevertheless, if he's even 75% of the player Vladdy was, it's still a huge win.

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2016/7/2/12...grayls-and-such

People that pay $5-7 dollars per ticket will often also find a way to avoid the parking charge as well. They're usually not the ones spending lots on concession or souvenir items. Some do, as they feel the savings from parking and ticketing justify spending more in other areas, but numerous minor league teams have done studies and found that almost all free/discounted ticket nights lead to much lower than the averaging spending you'd seen on "full price" nights (even with 20% lower attendance). There's also an argument to be made that discounting tickets that heavily erodes the value of your higher or premium-priced tickets to an extent. And that it's much harder when the team's playing better or contending to get those $5-7 ticket buyers to get out of that "cheap" mentality and be willing again to pay $15-35 per ticket.

MLB arranged a showcase workout for the five players this Tuesday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to assist them in finding new teams. Muzziotti hit .317 in the Dominican League and Guaimaro .253 with 12 extra-base hits. Both are years away from the majors but considered good prospects. The punishment was severe. Five Red Sox prospects were declared free agents Friday and the team is prohibited from signing any international amateur players until July 2, 2017. This is the first time MLB has taken players away from a team. http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2...cO6I/story.html Happened under Cherington's watch. Nobody within the organization has been fired/reassigned as of yet.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 1, 2016 -> 11:28 PM) Why? That's the Republican thread? It's a Democratic problem (I mean it should be if not swept under the rug, I mean the tarmac). This meeting with Bill Clinton is one of the sleaziest things I've ever heard of. My gosh. Of course Republicans wish Trump would go away. I've yet to meet a real Trump supporter. Most kind of like his attitude of being non P.C., but it's not like he's turning the PC world around with his brashness. People are still getting in trouble for saying PC stuff all the time. Like nobody dared criticize that guy at the BET awards for hijacking the show ripping whites. “We’ve been floating this country on credit for centuries, yo, and we’re done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, burying black people out of sight and out of mind while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like oil, black gold, ghettoizing and demeaning our creations, then stealing them, gentrifying our genius and then trying us on like costumes before discarding our bodies like rinds of strange fruit. The thing is, though, just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we’re not real.” You disagree with what he said here? The language is a bit much, but it was meant to be hyperbolic and provocative. And it's not really "white people" per se as he's attacking the "establishment," which often is perceived by blacks to be comprised of predominantly white (and often Jewish) members. Notice he mentions "whiteness" and implies "blackness," not specifically a group of people but a social and cultural construct. I'm not so sure you want to be on the same side as Stacey Dash.

Bud Norris, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's against COL for the Dodgers. Jeremy Hellickson shut down the Royals. Expiring contract. Available for a B prospect or two C's.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 1, 2016 -> 10:25 PM) Red Sox win. Angels should have tied it on fan interference, but replay didn't overturn it. BS. I was about to guess the replay group in NYC had already gone home but that couldn't possibly be the case, as the Yankees are all still playing in SD. Watched the replay. Clear that ball wasn't out of the field of play. Hard as hell for a home team to evict fans for that one, because it was the second bounced and everyone probably assumed it was out of play already from the original bounce before it caromed in that direction at a totally different angle. Obviously, with Trout running....he scores easily. I can't imagine if David Ortiz hit that ball against the Yankees (trailing by 1 late) and it was, let's say, Bogaerts or Bradley, Jr., running that they would have been sent back to 3rd base with their team down by a run still. Just no way that happens. Never in a million years.

I was actually kind of shocked they were offering SOME $5 tickets for recent games...at least online. Thought $10 was the close to the absolute floor for most MLB tickets these days.

Wonder how many of the bullpen pitchers we've used this year will still be pitching in the majors in 2018? Robertson and Jones. That might be it. Duke, maybe. He'll be looking for a new contract then.

You can just see Sale getting into it with one of those guys like Gomez or Rasmus...Valbuena, etc.

It's funny the "low budget" A's are the ones who shelled out money (originally) for Cespedes, Michael Ynoa and now Lazarito.

At least if Abreu isn't going to hit, it would be nice if he would learn how to stop committing to a stretch position before/setting up too early on throws. Is he really that unathletic that he can't make adjustments w/ bad throws? Feels like a recurring theme in the list of his defensive woes. Tonight, the way the offense is non-existent, it really doesn't matter. But lots of times, it does. Leads to bigger innings and more pitches thrown by the starters....which leads to using the bullpen more quickly than Ventura would like.

Looks like it will be +7 BOS/ +6 HOU / +5 KC / +4 DET and TOR after tonight. Battle to stay in it with NYY, SEA and the Sox.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Jul 1, 2016 -> 08:38 PM) Yep, "always" is correct. He has a mental problem. But, he would look nice in a Sox uniform next year Look being the key point. Have you seen his numbers the last couple of years? Austin Jackson might have him beat. Anderson exactly at .300 now. 2 K's, keeping up his roughly 1:3 pace in that department.