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Toronto already blasting the A's 10-2 early...who'd a thunk the Astros and Angels would be in more jeopardy two weeks ago?

He's too much of a California/family type to stick around the Midwest like Thome. For Gentleman Jim, it's a natural, between his ties to Peoria, Cleveland and Chicago. For guys like Konerko and Ventura, not so much.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) To be honest, I'm almost shocked that it isn't being discussed more, considering the Hawks just won the Cup especially. Imagine if this was Tom Brady. Do we really think no one would be speculating on the future of the Patriots and Brady's career? I'm still outraged he left a pregnant Bridget Moynahan for Giselle Bundchen. Boo! Boo! Boo!

On one hand, nobody should realistically be expected to start a rape victims/crisis center, etc. On the other hand, it's simply impossible to avoid discussing the potential impact on your favorite hockey team's future. And, naturally, if you did start a charity...someone would be quick to point out men shouldn't be actively involved in rape outreach. Starting to almost agree with Trump about ONE thing. This political correctness thing is getting out of hand. Changing the name of the Jefferson-Jackson dinner? C'mon. It's to the point where there's no longer the possibility for real discourse in society...it's just a "gotcha" game to express outrage in the name of sensitivity, to the point where everything actually becomes desensitized.

On one hand, 26 pitches. But it was impressive he got out of the inning. Seems he has now decided to stick with the 95-97 mph fastball approach....rather than letting up on that pitch. Seems control is basically the same regardless.

Santiago's fifth in the AL in ERA...no matter how you want to splice it, that's pretty good and beyond the expectations of most for anyone drafted in that position out of New Jersey.

Supposedly Fiorina, Cruz and Carson jumped the most in one of the first post-debate polls. Trump somehow went up a point to 23 and is still 10 points clear of everyone else. Of course, those three, along with Trump, are your basic "outsider/anti-establishment" types. Walker and Bush fell back into the pack. Rubio held his ground. Of course, with Trump losing his top advisor and no clue how to run an actual ground game in Iowa, NH and SC, it's still possible he's leading four months from now but it would be pretty shocking.

Rodon, Fulmer and Anderson all need to be close to All-Star level... That happens, they're just a bat or two away. With Nate Jones (looking as good as he has) and Montas, it has the makings of a nasty pen. That's the one good thing to come out of the last two weeks of play.

Only have to beat the Angels seven in a row to get to 1/2 game back, haha. Lefties somehow hitting .289 against Sale this season. No way that should be a double....Trout was pulling up at first.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 05:04 PM) Here's why liberals think that anyone with a gun will go crazy at a moments notice and start shooting. Its because THEY would do it if they had guns. Projection. I say we start by banning liberals from having guns. That should reduce the crime rate almost right away. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/10...n-at-boyfriend/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11312757/ns/poli...heney-shooting/ That's about as relevant as this one...all members of Bush's staff pretending to expert hunters because it sells well to the base should have had their hunting rifles taken away.

White Sox just improved one stat at least. Worst bullpen in the AL at stranding runners, only 37.2%

Cabrera giving Hosmer a high five? Harrelson must be ready to have a coronary...that whole modern day fraternization thing on the field drives him nuts.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 9, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) TT pick the ball up. Ventura never would of bunted in the 5th but KC has no issue doing it. And that's a situation where it actually does make sense. High contact rate for KC, basically a singles/doubles hitting type of team...and the win loss percentage for the Royals with a lead going into the sixth is pretty darned hard to argue with over the last two or three seasons, especially at home.

Knew the bullpen war of attrition was coming...hard to come back on KC if the game gets to Herrera, obviously. Had their chances. Eaton getting picked off didn't help much, either.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) I continue to think this is 100% wrong. He constantly tries to flip the ball to right field and so he's extremely vulnerable to the pitch in the middle of the plate/in. Unless he can pull his hands in and turn on the ball, he's going to get a steady diet of fastballs there. Abreu was able to adjust to that same exact pitching approach. Avi has to either force his hips to open up by changing his stance...or simply rely on feasting on breaking stuff, which isn't going to be enough to get him to even a 1 war with his defensive issues.

Didn't realize we hadn't won a game yet in KC. 3-9 on the season, 0-5 at Kauffman. 6-6 and the White Sox are at .500. Of course, we probably shouldn't be 5-1 against Houston. More baserunning exploits...Balta was right, Eaton probably needed to sit, everything has been out of sync with him since then.

Well, that's not a complete surprise from Flowers... Up to Beckham here. That was all scouting...nothing but 92-93 mph fastballs from Medlen there

Well, that's not a complete surprise from Flowers... Up to Beckham here.

Duffy can't get anything but his fastball over today. Medlen auditioning for next season's rotation. $10 million mutual option, $1 million buyout.

Still a game, but barely.

Eaton should had the walk but Ramirez picked him up. Duffy doesn't have anything but his fastball this inning...sitting on it.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Aug 9, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) This was a supremely all-around DUMB team for years. A supremely all-around DUMB team coming out of '15 Spring Training. A supremely all-around DUMB team whenever it was actually expected to play like a playoff-caliber team. The only saving grace has always been that overall level of talent was above-average, lots of big names.... but the tsunami of Dumb would just overwhelm in the end. The bizarre pitch-sequences and shifting alone should have gotten Mark Parent or Coop fired like 2 years ago, haha, while KC seems to pitch to their advance-scouting reports, our dunces prefer to almost pitch TO the KC hitters strengths. So bizarre and hilar, haha! And yet the pitching war (at least for starters) was among the best the majors two weeks ago. Something's up with Sale, physically. That long strikeout streak took something out of him...hasn't been the same since. Flowers an abysmal 5/43 throwing out runners. But, pitch framing! Toronto continues to advance like a wheat thresher through the AL.

The mistakes on the basepath and mental game continue to kill this team... Soto daydreaming (Abreu homer there gives them a 5-3 lead instead of solo homer to make it 7-3 trailing), Jennings more concerned with holding Morales on than getting the hitter out, Melky clowning around all over the field, etc.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) haha, don't I know it. I can be that myself as a kid in particular, but since then grew up and prefer to avoid everything sports-related like a plague (Soxtalk excepted every few years, and even then I am only here until Monday, so better enjoy my infinite know-it-all swag Is your cousin/alter-ego The Ultimate Champion? Didn't realize he was a Scientologist/libertarian.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:49 PM) Good luck getting one off Holland He's been worse than Robertson the past two months. We got one last night, to boot. Joe Nathan with the Twins, he's not.