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QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Hawk is great. Last night's game is a pure example of how some of you take him for granted. The game went 4 extra innings and he and Stoney were absolutely a delight to listen to. I'm serious. They are both baseball people and talk about interesting s***. I'm sick of listening to Steve Physioc of the Royals and his perfect enunciation and constant blabbering about how to buy tickets and ridiculing the opponent and typical broacast bulls*** when you are a shill for the team. Hawk is a homer "put it on the board, yes" but I'll support him forever cause he does rip the White Sox. Any announcer does that for another team and they're gone, fired, gonzo after the season. Hawk WILL and does rip the White Sox and I love when he does that. http://www.stadiumgiveawayexchange.com/sep...bie-bobblehead/ But imagine the possibilities with Hawk and Zombie Night combined. Kansas City Special. BBQ. Everyone dressed up in Walking Dead costumes with full Tom Brady/Gollumesque make-up that would make Hawk seem young and spry. Zombie Bobbleheads. Of course, he'll get his chance since they're playing the White Sox.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) The national polls don't mean anything anyway. The primary process is very undemocratic. Of course, Trump is winning each of the first three primary states, too... Then again, these things have a tendency to change a lot before the elections. Here's a quick blow-by-blow of national GOP polling from 2012 nomination fight. Romney leads early, until September, hovering around 20-25%. In September, Rick Perry surges to 30+%. He falls and in October Herman Cain takes the lead with 25-27%. He falls and by mid-December Newt Gingrich is leading with 35%. Once the actual voting starts in January, Romney and Gingrich go back and forth a few times. By mid-February, Gingrich has fallen out of favor and Rick Santorum takes Romney's brief lead, Santorum getting about 35%. It's not until March that Romney gets the lead and keeps it as much of the rest of his competition drops out of the race. Yes, but.... There are a number of articles making comparisons, and the Trump bump is turning out to have a lot more staying power than all of those examples from 2012 that were essentially 2-3 weeks in length.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Moose wins vs Jose? Yeah that's where I stopped reading. I think you mean Hosmer... Royals' bullpen definitely hasn't been better the last two nights.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) Hawk says something moronic and you're upset he got called out? No, just that an employee of the Score is going out of their way to help "call him out"..seems a little petty or vindictive.

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/8/13...royals#comments Kind of pathetic that you are disrespecting your own station's "home team" to help reporters write a story ripping aforementioned team's most famous broadcaster. You can guarantee this wouldn't happen if the White Sox were still going to be on the Score next year.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) They didn't have a legacy candidate like Hillary though. Get her name recognition out of there, have a clean slate of basically unknown national candidates and the situation is much more similar. What is Bush? He's sitting on a pile of $110+ million in fundraising dollars and yet still no idea how to run or manage a semi-effective national primary campaign.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) So you're regretting last year's pick already after Rodon and Schwarber have both played less than half a season? Nope. But we desperately need a young power hitter, LH or otherwise.

We have three outfielders with strong/erratic or very strong arms. Two of them are top ten guys in the league in outfield assists. More often that not, they always go after the lead runner and try to make the spectacular play. Granted, there's a right time and a right place...but we have to lead the American League in trail runners allowed to move to second/third on poor throws or missed cutoff men. Cabrera, Eaton and Garcia are still struggling on most defensive metrics, yes? While Eaton has been better (and part of that's a carryover from his offense picking up probably), the reason this is bad is that our bullpen is also worst (at least before this past series) in allowing inherited runners to score. It's those little things that don't show up as errors....but when the trail runners move up or can't be thrown out due to our catchers/pitchers, it puts even more pressure on the team, which has zero margin of error in the first place. There's a right way to make a throw...Melky Cabrera did it, when he barely missed Trout at third last night. Low, and in line to the cut off/relay guy so that the trail runners have no way to confidently advance (Pujols on that occasion), being unable to read with certainty the eventual outcome of the play as they're rounding first or second. Rongey can poke fun at Lester all he wants, but it would sound a lot better if our pitchers and catchers could either effectively hold and/or throw out baserunners. For much of the season, Soto has had a hard time just getting the ball back to the pitcher. That's not about coaching (nor is Lester), that's a mental block/psychological condition or reflex. At any rate, maybe nobody can find it...but percentage of trail runners advancing extra bases on bad throws/relays is one category that would be extremely interesting to track with this team, and how it has gone up or down during the course of the season, and why.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) Um, John Edwards? Joe Biden? Dennis Kucinich? They've all sad stupid things, repeatedly. It just doesn't get the play. Harold Dean would be a better example. Sanders has said many outlandish things as well. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/female-vp-tr...-174100879.html One way for Trump to counterbalance the feminist backlash...guaranteeing a woman would be his VP candidate. Mentions Susana Martinez, Joni Ernst, Ayotte, Nikki Haley, C. Rice and even Oprah. Fiorina might be a good choice, but then he would have to walk back last week's comments ripping her...Palin, Meg Whitman two other possibilities, although Palin's 15 minutes of fame are fading finally.

Well, no matter how you cut it, that would be an exciting bat to have in the Sox line-up...but doubt Schwarber was even under the White Sox radar with all the focus on Rodon, Aiken, Hoffman and Nola.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-014452797.html Article on the now legendary Rizzo play.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-myth-of-...6536356526.html The myth of Trump's angry legions.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) * I can't believe somebody didn't scream "throw it home" to Abreu. He had plenty of time. All he had to do was look home and he had plenty of time to make the right play. Baseball is a weird sport. Danks works his ass off to get the easy 2-1 win. Robertson does the job. All Abreu has to do is not commit the dumbest mental error imaginable ... yet he commits that mental error. Obviously don't like the sox chances with Duke in the game. This loss will be almost as bad as the McEwing gift to the opponent loss. The Sox managed to win, but we've seen some really dubious plays out of Ramirez and Abreu, and Viciedo as well. One just has to wonder how much time is dedicated to fundamentals in the youth programs over there, where signing bonuses are related to speed, athletic ability, how far you can hit the ball or how hard you can throw it...there's that saying in the Dominican you can't walk your way off the island. The Latin American style of play tends to be more exciting and dynamic, whereas the polar opposite is to be found in Japan, Korea and Taiwan...it's all about what they choose to focus on, developmentally. IMO the Asian style of play is much more team-based. Iguchi, for example, almost never made a mental mistake. And it's not about specific countries or IQ, as Ozzie Guillen and Jose Valentin were off the charts in terms of baseball intuition/smarts/instincts.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) I can't believe somebody didn't scream "throw it home" to Abreu. He had plenty of time. All he had to do was look home and he had plenty of time to make the right play. Baseball is a weird sport. Danks works his ass off to get the easy 2-1 win. Robertson does the job. All Abreu has to do is not commit the dumbest mental error imaginable ... yet he commits that mental error. Obviously don't like the sox chances with Duke in the game. This loss will be almost as bad as the McEwing gift to the opponent loss. The Sox managed to win, but we've seen some really dubious plays out of Ramirez and Abreu, and Viciedo as well. One just has to wonder how much time is dedicated to fundamentals in the youth programs over there, where signing bonuses are related to speed, athletic ability, how far you can hit the ball or how hard you can throw it...there's that saying in the Dominican you can't walk your way off the island. The Latin American style of play tends to be more exciting and dynamic, whereas the polar opposite is to be found in Japan, Korea and Taiwan...it's all about what they choose to focus on, developmentally. IMO the Asian style of play is much more team-based. Iguchi, for example, almost never made a mental mistake. And it's not about specific countries or IQ, as Ozzie Guillen and Jose Valentin were off the charts in terms of baseball intuition/smarts/instincts.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:14 PM) The coaches all threw up their arms in the dugout while he did it. You learn that play in little league. Except you can't assume anything with Cuban leagues preparation...

When does lack of situational awareness growing up in the Cuban leagues fall onto the coaching staff...because that kind of play just can't happen? You've gotta know what you're supposed to do there...but how many times have they practiced it with Jose? Last year, they tried to keep him off his feet as much as possible.

White Sox just don't have enough "baseball smarts" to win these types of games. Meanwhile, the Cubs have won 24 one-run games this year.

Dammit Abreu, you have to come home there. Interference on Alexei Ramirez? Abreu thought the possible double play would wipe out the run? Had to come home, never looked at the runner on third.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 08:57 PM) Sox catch a break. Never tagged him. Start warming up David; stay warm. He was barely jogging to 1b, granted the umpire's call didn't cause him to take off sprinting...but you can't replay it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) Tyler screwed up unfortunately. I can see why he didn't throw it though with the ump saying OUT. Gonna get overturned. To call it what, a foul tip?

Can't be anything but elated with Nate Jones so far this season. Unexpected. How can you review this play? He's out...what do you, have the runner take off for first again and see if Tyler can throw him out?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) Ironically, media members like him tweeting about a female colleagues breasts are part of the rape culture he so strongly takes a stand against. He's done that at least two or three times. That said, he hasn't yet done the equivalent of Jay Mariotti, either.

Brewers got bailed out by the wild pitch, Montero almost got out of it. First blown save since the end of May.

What was the allegation or charge with Wil Cordero (pre-dating) when he played for the Sox? Can't think of many similar examples, other than Belle and D'Angelo Jimenez. Steroids/peds use can't really be equated here, although some fans are equally offended I suppose.

Man, Danks is really pitching on the edge, but both pitchers have been able to escape numerous times from predicaments. Eaton and Aybar couldn't quite get bunts down. McEwing with more runners thrown out by 20 feet at home...Alexei again.