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What is it with these almost 4 hour games? Encarnacion career-wise was at .331 with 9 slammies before that K with bases loaded. The anti-Tyler Flowers.

Why didn't Saladino just dive for the bag? That's what he needs to be thinking about mentally....with runners on 1st and 2nd.

Here we go again with our "ELITE" closer. Looks like another review. Saladino saved at least the tying run and maybe got the out at 3rd. Seems he was safe. Tagged on his side when his hands were already on the bag. Inconclusive. Saladino only needed to dive for the BAG, not the runner. MENTAL GAME. Would have been two outs, runners on 1st and 2nd.

England is dumb.

Battle of the balks. Because all fans come out to see the umpires.

White Sox at the point where they almost have to try Leury Garcia or Jason Bourgeois in CF. Shuck is just killing the Sox.

There's one pitcher that James Shields is better than, at least. Eric Surkamp of the A's is 0-5 on the season with a current 7.30 ERA.

Big difference between Avila and Navarro defensively/game calling. Travis/Smoak (PH)/Carrera and Donaldson waiting for David Robertson. At least we don't have to face Bautista.

Let's be honest. There are only a few solutions here that are realistic ones...but that are the political 3rd rail. 1) Older/retired workers agreeing to cut backs in their benefits (SS) or pensions in order to redistribute some of that money to their children/grandchildren's generation. OR, raising taxes on the wealthier older people across the world who have enjoyed the protection (freedom) of their governments from 1945 until today. 2) More immigrants in the areas of high tech/green energy, etc. POLITICALLY unpopular, except in Silicon Valley. 3) All of the governments of the world, but especially the Americans and now the Chinese...cutting back by 25-50% on defense spending and redistributing that money into more productive areas of the economy. OF COURSE, can you win an election based on a 1930's style Chamberlain Isolationism...sticking our heads and neck into the sand and HOPING against hope that NOTHING happens with global terrorism and/or there aren't any international conflicts. The same people who want isolationism from the world tend to hate the United Nations, so what's the solution here...if we don't control things (meaning the US, militarily), Americans get resentful of American soldiers/troops serving under Brussels. So what country is going to safeguard the world from terrorism and step into the breach in times of international conflict? Germany? No way. France? Nope. Brazil. Country is falling part at the seams. China? Nobody trusts the Chinese, especially in Asia. Russia? Good luck. That leaves America and India, basically. Indonesia has the issue with Islam (as far as the rest of the world perceives them). Japan and South Korea are increasingly becoming more and more pacifist/isolationist, w the exception of the North/S.Korea conflict. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%...amp;h=mAQFg_zaQ Think it was already mentioned...most Brits who voted don't even know what the EU is and what benefits it confers.

Crazy that Frazier has about the same number of steals as Eaton. He literally "steals" every one of them on pitchers not paying enough attention.

Obviously Tim Anderson has had great baserunning instruction...well, it's also instincts, too. Those can't be taught. Anderson not scoring becomes a moot point. First hit in 13 tries with men in scoring position. Finally. Huge hit there for Frazier and the team. You had a feeling if they didn't score in that situation, the Blue Jays were going to score the next half inning against Duke/Jennings.

Anderson would have scored there as soon as Encarnacion fell down.

Greg, I would advise reading Krugman and Thomas Friedman of the NY Times on this... It might open up your perspective.

Ventura managing as if he'll be fired if we lose tonight. The only problem is who pitches the 8th...Saunders/Martin/Tulo. Only Saunders of those three is hitting well.

0 for 10 with RISP. .127 over the last 8, now closer to the Half Mendoza Line. Lots of cap tipping going on from Harrelson/Steverson.

GreenSox must be emulating the CryingJordan meme somewhere.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2016 -> 08:27 PM) Shuck looks like a pitcher batting. Hahn has got to find someone to get some at bats in CF, as Jackson won't be back until after the ASB. He is a pitcher. For THE OSU, and this year, in a Shields start.

Nate Jones will get the top of the 7th. God knows what Ventura will do in the 8th.

Jennings>Ynoa>Beck So far, based on what they've done for the Sox this season.

QUOTE (Soxnfins @ Jun 24, 2016 -> 08:20 PM) I swear Albers sleeps with Robin or Hahn's wife.... That's why he still has a job. That's not a pretty picture, if you reminisce about the way Matt looked fluttering around the bases on that double in NYC. Albers with a 9+ ERA over his last 19 appearances. Because Goins might be just as bad, he survives the inning.

The only other play there would have been Jennings...I don't think we have any RH relievers we could feel confident there against Pillar. Ynoa? Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Rodon was still throwing upper 90's at that time, he wasn't gassed at all.

Now you set up Albers for disaster if you bring him into the game with runners on base already. Rodon at 115 pitches. Tigers had a chance to tie it in the bottom of the 9th but couldn't come through, 7-4 Indians. 6 in a row, I think.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 24, 2016 -> 08:14 PM) The balk just cost them a run. Frazier had no reason to go after that. Thank god Hahn has a backup 1b on the team Where's OUR Travis Ishikawa/Conor Gillaspie?

Pillar is the type of player who wouldn't have been noticed 20-30 years ago, but is hugely valuable now with WAR/defensive metrics/hustle and grit. Same with Saunders. Kiermaier/Forsythe with the Rays would be two more examples.

Would it have mattered there if Keith Hernandez was playing 1B?