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QUOTE (Saufley @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) Rongey says no. He's a veteran and making $12.5 mil. Rongey said this on the radio within the last week, when someone called in. Rongey=greg these days about playing high-salaried guys. Bonifacio, apparently we don't care about $4-5 million.

Good luck selling any tickets for next season with Shark and LaRoche both coming back next year. That would be the ultimate backfire...right now, the odds are against it still, but with the draft pick compensation attached, you wonder who would have been willing to give James Shields that deal if the Padres didn't, for example. I'm not even sure Shark would be viewed as favorably coming into this particular market as Shields, with the likes of Price and Cueto not costing acquiring teams a pick and a bundle of other names like Iwakuma and Latos at the same tier or higher because of lower financial demands.

Sigh.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) Oh man josh fogg is a name I haven't thought about in a long time. I don't care how much of a bust fogg and wells were, trading them (who were both good prospects at the time) for Todd Ritchie was just a god awful trade Don't forget the inimitable Sean Lowe. Quite a character, and one of the better long men/spot starters we had during that era of play. Three starters for 1/2 year of Ritchie, who had 3-4 good months his entire Twins career.

Balls flying out of the park today. Never thought Eaton would be outhomering Cabrera, but those are clearly our top two hitters now, along with Jose.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:30 PM) Crowds after this weekend will be low. Nice to see a catcher throw a guy out. Still have the Yankees, or is that in NYC?

Soto continues to outthrow Flowers. Now....about getting the ball down to third or back to the pitcher's mound.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:25 PM) I just looked up Chris Bassitt's numbers on the season for the first time. I shouldn't have done that Just try the....well, just like Kip Wells or Josh Fogg, he wouldn't have put up close to those numbers with the White Sox in USCF mind trick.

44-55 with a 3.98 era mostly in the weaker NL doesn't exactly scream $100 million pitcher.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) he cost himself a lot of money with the way he's pitched this year. Guy came in with a huge chip on his shoulder and has pitched like s***. Goddamn peavy reincarnated At least we got Garcia and Montas back from Peavy. If Samardzija finishes with a 5+ ERA, he might actually be better off accepting the QO for just one year.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) Drives me nuts when people wear 83 Irish jerseys to the cell Only Tim Brown jerseys are allowed!

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:13 PM) faith day? Who is this marketing crew? Officially out of ideas. Zombie Night/Zombie Bobblehead giveaway is going to be a huge success...since we'll be watching that game Sept 4th, the marketing people might actually notice but probably difficult finding sponsorship deals these days. Clayton Richard continuing to warm up at the beginning of the inning.

Well, you could see that coming leaving the bases loaded last inning. The Sox are reaching the point that getting stuck with Samardzija next year is actually becoming a real possibility. Six homers for the Cubs in their last seven innings. Fowler with four xb hits alone in his last 4.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) neither one of them can hit a breaking ball to save their lives. Avi has an absurd o-zone % of 46.4, Soler is only at 30% don't know what his problem is on them. Avi is obviously swinging at junk a lot. Seems 90% of his big hits this year have been on offspeed pitches. The fastball in on his hands or just under them...those are the balls he hasn't been able to turn on.

Ouch. Nearly sixty pitches for Hendricks, but that was huge for the Cubs.

Pretty amazing Carlos is out-doubling Avisail with a significant deficit in at-bats.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) we tried that once and it failed. I am sure they are reluctant to do it again. I think Laroche who is a gold glove fielder might be better playing the field. Maybe?! I simply meant LaRoche in his current role...that seems to be the big excuse for his lack of production this year. Are they 100% committed to making Abreu a full-time DH next year? Will believe it when it happens.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) I am not going to try to convince everyone that Avi will be a good ball player. When he reaches his potential all his haters will act like they always knew he had potential I am sure. Nobody would argue about that potential. On the other side of that is 1000 at-bats of experience and his lack of noticeable improvement on defense...perhaps a couple of spectacular plays at the fence have overshadowed that (along with a number of assists).

Next time we get a DH, we might want to find a hitter actually accustomed to and comfortable sitting on the bench or simply junk it for the rotating/resting 4-5 guys idea...

Did we get a he found it call there from Hawk?

No hit and run/run and hit there? First inning woes continue. Saladino coming back down to earth, as expected. .235 and falling.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) Nothing like a 30 pitch first inning On a day where it feels close to 100, to boot. Not a sellout right now, but fairly close.

Playing way too shallow there for Fowler...oh, well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:50 AM) Editorial in the Tribune today wherein the writer said she was envious of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina because the horrific damage, loss of life and general disruption gave room to bust up public unions and city hall. Never mind that 10 years later, much of the city is still only half-rebuilt and many residents have been permanently dislocated. This line is probably the worst part, though: If the author had ever read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, not sure she'd take such a cavalier attitude evidenced by making such a ridiculous comparison.

QUOTE (Brian26 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:15 AM) I said the same thing on WSI. As polarizing as Hawk's statement is, the "writer" loses all credibility by trying to compare the teams position-by-position and makes several incorrect calls (Royals better at 1B and SS). Going position by position, the teams are nearly equal I not with a slight advantage to the Sox. If that were actually the case, and most put Ned Yost in the bottom quartile or at least bottom half of MLB managers...then how do you explain a difference of 28 games back in the standings (White Sox -16, Royals +40) since roughly the 100 game mark last year? Besides the White Sox and Royals head to head record, that is?