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Astros now with ten consecutive k's offensively but seven runs. At least that game is interesting....tied 7-7 in Detroit late.

I wish I would have counted how many times opposing team's broadcasters have questioned the effort level and especially the focus of the White Sox this season. Now the Twins are worrying about our attendance and the growing excitement surrounding the Cubs. Pretty sad state of affairs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 24, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) There are 4 teams between us and the 2 wild card spots already. And we don't have the financial ability like 2012 to add 3-4 quality veterans. Teams like Red Sox, Angels, Yankees, Mariners, Orioles, Tigers are all going to fight like mad to improve.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 24, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) Catching has been a problem for this team and you wonder who is making personnel decisions. I always throught Flowers was a great back up catcher and we should have kept AJ Perz. The management obviously saw something else and I just wonder if it was a team budget decision that clouded their judgment. We need some fiery types on this team to put a charge in folks Have been hearing this same refrain since Rowand and Everett. Eaton was supposed to be the newest sparkplug/igniter.

CLE about one hour from being 1/2 game behind the Sox. More bad defense from the Sox...should have been a 6-4-3 DP. Two bad misplays already. Almost let Plouffe take third.

Can't wait for Buxton and Sano...not! If both of those guys are legit studs, don't even want to think about the consequences.

Cabrera is just awful. No analysis needed.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 24, 2015 -> 12:50 PM) He had a good start and a good finish last year, with a big doughnut hole in the middle. I think they were hoping for better consistency, and again, the pitchers say they like throwing to him. That said, enough is enough with that guy. They can do better with a Soto/Kottaras platoon at this point, while they try to find a replacement. We might give up 200+ stolen bases with Soto catching.

How many games this year have we actually scored first?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 24, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) Twins hitting so many homers vs the Sox. Never thought I would see the day they have more power than us. The main difference is Dozier and Plouffe. We simply dont have that type of pop on the infield.

http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/re_...ranked/18840230 Maybe they are merely what everyone predicted them to be... Chicago White Sox: They were a team that made a lot of additions, but not the one type that puts an entire club over the top. They are a bit worse than would be expected thus far, floating a bit underneath .500. They will be better than that in the long term, but not the type of better that does much more than play tough-out spoiler for teams actually in the race.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 24, 2015 -> 07:49 AM) You do realize you were responding to your own quote I hope. SIGH...

QUOTE (flavum @ May 24, 2015 -> 08:36 AM) 1951-1967, they didn't have a losing season. It was a different time with different expectations, so I guess it depends on your definition of greatest. 2005 was great, but in the wildcard era of 1995-2014, to only have three playoff appearances in generally a bad division, in the biggest market, isn't good enough. But it was also harder to make the playoffs back then as well. Just NL and AL champions....no divisions, no wild cards, no second wild cards, no DH.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance Second sellout of the season boosts the average to 21,498...but still stuck in 27th place. We might be able to pass Oakland, Atlanta and Minnesota. Houston, probably not.

You're right, Bob Dole

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/...presidency.html This will give greg further ammunition to get riled up about on the Clintons.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Astros just turned a triple play on Detroit with Kinsler running. Awesome Kinsler didn't seem to be busting it down the line...that out at 3B and then the turn to 2b seemed to take forever.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) Sanchez is fine. He's in there for his defense. Melky on the other hand... No team can afford a 400 OPS hitter...especially when they're scuffling so badly to turn over the line-up. I don't care if it's Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel out there because there's just too many other defensive black holes.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) The sox bench is awful. Just horrific Because he homered last night in garbage time will be the answer. A hunch, gut feeling. More like another punch directly to the gut. 3-6 vs. Minnesota, the supposed clown car team of the division.

May owes the White Sox a dinner tab....4 of career 6 victories, top two strikeout performances. This line-up is cinnamon toast crunch without Avi. Cabrera and Sanchez need to sit. But might not have another option in LF, unfortunately.

Well, there's a surprise.

Who would have thought after Monday night's high of beating the Indians/Kluber that Cleveland would soon just be 15 minutes from one game back for last place and coming around as a team in all aspects?

They might want to rethink signing former NL LH 1b/DH types and any peds guys not named Nelson Cruz.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:32 PM) Man....that Melky signing....he looks like he has about as much swing power as Rafael Belliard right now. Jose Game Winning Uribe I'm not very confident even an Eaton leadoff triple there leads to a run. Besides the law of not hitting average lefties, there's another Sox axiom of never playing well in front of big crowds.

3/38 vs lhp for Cabrera is beyond Dunn/LaRoche terribad.