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McEwing to bench coach, do it now!!!

16,496 were duped into coming to this one...mostly disguised as empty seats. But yeah, trading Shark was going to decimate the fanbase.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) If Alexei doesn't hesitate, it might of been closer. Even Ramirez was anticipating McEwing would hold him up...

Ramirez wasn't even close to hitting the third base bag when Kiermaier was letting go of the throw...

Kiermaier is a Gold Glove quality OF. McEwing is an idiot.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) Amazing how bad it's gone from being up 2-0 in Boston with Sale on the mound Those Cubs games will be the only remaining ones to sell out...so we can thank Cubs' fans for contributing to JR's pocket.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:10 PM) Best bet is to just pitch no name guys as closer until they lose it; then go with the next no-name guy. Robertson overall deserves a grade of B-minus though I'd say. That's what they did last year with Belisario and Petricka...

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:08 PM) Still pissed they didn't try and get Astros or Yanks interested in Robertson last week With Betances and Miller already there? I think everyone knows his stuff has degraded over the past two months....cutter's not crisp and he's hanging more and more off-speed pitches.

And the Cubs can now take the WC lead as the Giants blew a 6-0 lead. This week has been absolutely awful for Sox fans. Not that it was unexpected.

Robertson's rapidly closing in on bad contract status. Hanger. Mahtook had no clue on fb/cutter. Sigh.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) Mike Jackson was beyond pathetic He was also about the same age as LaTroy Hawkins.

Loney 1 for 9 against Robertson...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 06:30 PM) Bush is my top choice and I actually think he'd have a shot at winning the general election if his last name wasn't Bush. However, since it is, I don't know if he'd get enough of the independent vote in a general election. For all the reasons I like him, smart, moderate, but progressive, he won't actually get the republican nomination. Too much of the party has fallen way too to the right because of how insane Obama is and it just drives me nuts cause a good moderate candidate would be able to win and would be a boon for this country. The far wacky right drives me just as mad. They are creating the need for a 3rd party, but the problem is it just means while the 3rd party is created, the left can continue to do whatever they want. You do realize Obamacare is way to the right of the Romney and Clinton versions...? The Pacific Trade Agreement is liberal? The majority of foreign policy in the Middle East has been following the so-called Bush Doctrine, other than the recent Iran move...so I guess the GOP would prefer a full-scale invasion, as sanctions definitely haven't worked? If Obama was a candidate in the 60s 70s or 80s, he would have been considered a moderate/centrist. He should have let all the banks and auto manufacturers go bankrupt? I didn't see any members of the GOP like Romney applauding that idea, although he did go down to defeat saying he would have let DET implode even when it turned out to be a great investment by the government.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) Duke is up there with LaRoche,,, as far as bad signings... The dude has like one good year as a reliever... Don't forget another $6+ million for Bonifacio and Beckham... The only decent move was picking up Soto.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:46 PM) Big double, though. He turned his night around for the better. I do think he's an easy guy to root for. He seems to care deeply. He's just challenged on defense and has an horrific approach at the plate like a lot of hitters who don't draw walks. Lol. You should have stopped with that last sentence. Well, the best part is that we have Duke under control for two more seasons...

Lillian's revenge. This bullpen is so mediocre...

Stir the drink, stir the drink...

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) I really hope we can flip Avi this winter. I think it's safe to say he is not the long term answer in RF. Joe Borchard for Matt Thornton comes to mind...but we haven't had a busted prospects trade work in a decade. Only 11 doubles all season for Avi? Wow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:25 PM) Avi figures to get the 2 day off LaRoche treatment after this one. He should get 2 months off though, playing in the minors. Pretty lousy of Detroit to rush a guy with tools. His career is OVA or at least in the Viciedo stages after this effort tonite. They didn't rush him, like most Latin American guys he started his career at 16. He has somewhere in the vicinity of 2000 minor league at-bats. Basically, your instincts don't improve much defensively if they're non-existent in the first place. And he hit over .300 his first time up, just like the first couple of months this year with the BABIP good fortune.

Petricka up to 97-98 there...? Mysterious how you can have that type of stuff and have a similar K rate to John Danks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) Are you kidding? This year the guys we've had on the DL are Bonifacio, Shuck, and Albers. Our record of health this year is ridiculously good. We've basically lost 0 of our key contributors for more than a couple games at a time. Compare that to the Cardinals where they've lost their #1 starter and their top offensive contributor has been on the DL twice - where would we be with that? If we have a normal number of injuries next eyar people will be calling us "snakebit" because we'll seem so much more banged up than this season. Unless you consider the poor start a result of Sale's foot problems, Conor's foot, Abreu and LaRoche have been off and on health-wise, but no major injuries that have wiped out months of playing time. Besides the Cardinals, look at all injuries to the Rays and their starters (Moore, Smyly, Odorizzi, Cobb, etc.) and they have a better record than the White Sox with about 2/3rds of our payroll.

Great defense there this inning....not sure why they didn't walk Longoria to set up the double play.

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 04:20 PM) If anything Toronto screwed up by not getting anything for him Fri before the deadline passed. I would bet a bunch of teams would have given something more than the nothing he just got. It was not clear he was going to be the one waived as he was having a good year. Their GM should have called especially someone like us who it is apparent could use a guy that hits LH. If they did call us, we had to guess he would not pass thru, maybe couldn't agree on price but Tor couldn't get less than they did. Probably too busy arguing with each to have the time to inquire..."but it will block playing time for LaRoche/Saladino/Avi"!!

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 05:05 PM) It's a complete embarrassment. On the other hand, if you are disloyal (a certain Bulls coach) or air dirty laundry in public through surrogates despite having an indisputable record of success (and without D Rose half that time), adios. JR could barely part with Greg Walker, but it happened largely because he was connected to Ozzie or he might still be around. Of course, Ozzie used Joe Cowley as well as his kids to get back at KW and the organization. Tim Raines is the one name that comes to mind of former Sox stars to be fired.

Rubio has gone too far to the right because of the Tea Party...the most inspirational/charismatic, would bring in Hispanics, etc. Christie is perceived as being too friendly with Obama and moderate/centrist, which means he would be a great general election candidate but no chance to survive the current nomination process. Paul and his father are too far out there for mainstream Republicans. Jindal doomed himself a long time ago and his LA record won't stand up under scrutiny. Everyone's arguing that Bush (by simply being reasonable and articulate) has been helped the most by Trump...and I've never met a single person who wanted Cruz to actually be president. In the end, would want Walker because that's the classic argument of these times....labor unions vs. outsourcing, DC vs. states' right, the protection of the 1% (Koch, etc.) and corporations to the disadvantage of the middle class and poor, wealth gap widening, rejection of Federal Aid at the cost to weakest and most vulnerable and implicit desire to push those people out of state.