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QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 08:43 PM) I know you don't think any coach could do any better than what RV has been doing and are perfectly happy with how he is handling things. That's fine if that's your opinion. That doesn't make mine, or anyone else's opinion less valid. What does Gentry's record as HC have to do with anything? Having been a HC for many years, he can offer insight to Kerr. I don't see how it's that tough to see where experience can help out. And nowhere did I say the won because of Gentry, just that he was part of a very successful year one staff that won it all with almost the same roster. Coaching staffs can and do make a difference. As for OG, there are examples to offset any explanations. Nothing is 100% and I think an experienced bench coach would have been good for RV. The funny thing is they "sold" Parent as being experienced, but he really needed someone like a Don Zimmer, or Joe Torre always had Stottlemyre to bounce everything off on in NY...there was a trust and respect there. I'm not sure it's quite the same dynamic with the White Sox dugout. And, we're now a full THREE games behind the Indians for last place in the AL Central. Not how they drew it up. On the plus side, we're only 1/2 game ahead (or behind, depending on how you look at it) the 4th pick in next June's draft. And just one game from 3rd if Oakland keeps improving. Biggest problem is chasing down the Brewers and Phillies.

The Pirates were on a tear coming into this series...but it's not like we did ourselves any favors defensively today. 3 hits isn't going to win many games, either. Basically, they play the game unselfishly, they have very solid defense and, like the Twins from 2002-2009, they let their opponents beat themselves. (The difference is these days, we can't honestly say we have more talent on our roster compared to other teams.)

Well, at least we're being efficient, 2 runs scored on 3 hits vs. 3 on 13 hits. So there's that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 08:24 PM) Soto is getting a lot more pt of late Tucker has been raking, and Domingo Santana just hit his first homer. Great play by Beckham, but we don't have Konerko over there anymore to save the infielders. Duke in now.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) It is the CF's ball Eaton needs to quit being polite and be a ball hog. Alexei did act like he was going to make a play on it, but it still is Eaton's job to call him off. I suspect simce Alexei sort of showed him up, that won't be an issue anymore. After 1 1/2 seasons together, they should be able to communicate out there a lot better with each other than what we just witnessed. Alexei needs to realize more quickly that the ball's going to be a difficult play for him and stop backpedaling only to bail out when it's too late for Eaton...the body language there from both players was telling, hands on their hips, each blaming the other. Needless to say, that shouldn't be happening.

Farmer called that one. Said that Cole was perturbed by the ball/strike calls, lack of command and getting frustrated with the ump.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) I know pilimg on Alexei is fun, but anyone who has ever played even little league knows that was Eaton's play. He can't assume Alexei is goimg to make the play. Run to it and call everyome off. Farmer and DJ disagree with you. But they have an anti-Alexei agenda, I guess.

Keystone Cops. Those are supposedly our two best defenders. That one is 100% on Ramirez...you can't act like you're going to make the play and then back off at the very last second when it's too late. Of course, the CF should make the play coming in....but Ramirez was back pedaling so far out into the OF, he fooled everyone into thinking he was going to take it. So 80% Ramirez's fault, 20% Eaton's. Eaton, of course, doesn't come in nearly as well on balls as he does going back to the wall, that's another aspect of it.

Speaking of Noesi/Carroll types...thanks to the facilitation of Lilian, Grady Sizemore just signed with the first-place Tampa Bay Rays. He has more lives than a cat. Pretty sure it's a minor league deal, though.

Somehow I have a feeling Samardzija won't be winning a Gold Glove this season.

If Schwarber dropped a lot of weight, you could imagine him playing LF (right is much tricker in Wrigley) as long as they had plus defenders in CF and RF...but it's a bit of a stretch. Then again, if you've watched guys like Lonnie Smith, Pete Incaviglia and Kevin Reimer play LF, anything is possible.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 07:21 PM) Castellanos is still a negative defender and offensive player. Sorry. Missing the point, which is why the White Sox can't help their players improve defensively at either the minor or major league level? As you've pointed out over 100 times now, look at how many errors Marcus Semien has...

Lots of cheers of appreciation for McCutcheon's catch, or we're in danger of having more Pirates' fans than Sox fans with how well they're playing. I can understand more Cardinals or Tigers fans, but a loud pro-Pirate noise at USCF? At any rate, everyone did their job this time, LaRoche and Cabrera as well...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) All these Cubs hitters are considered top 20 prospects when they get promoted. When is last time Sox had someone like that? Borchard might have been in his first or second year before they discovered all of his flaws and everyone was more fixated on this signing bonus. Back then all the hype was around Dunn, Borchard and Kearns hitting-wise. Beckham was Top 50 for sure but I don't remember Top 20.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 07:10 PM) On the offensive end, there is an insane talent gap between the Sox and Cubs. Only Avi would be able to start for them this year. Are you starting him over Coghlan, Fowler or Soler? Fowler's slowed down to the point where there's at least a debate between him and Eaton now.

The White Sox also have to be last in the majors in terms of number of games they've taken the lead first... I can't remember now if it was 2005 or 2006, but we had that crazy stretch where we scored first 30+ games in a row. Those were the days.

Leave it to the White Sox to be the only team in baseball who could replace a .100 hitter with someone on a current 1 for 33 tear... Can't do much but laugh. You know you're getting older when you can remember almost every time when Michael Milken has shown up to talk prostate cancer around Father's Day....20 years now he's been visiting MLB radio and tv booths. Farmer absolutely loves that guy, despite his junk bond sins back in the day. Wants his house in Malibu, lol. Don't switch to the Cubs' game, haha. More facts, Janet Jones Gretzky was clocked at 65-70 MPH on the speed gun at USCF (they brought Wayne Gretzky along for the prostate testimonials once upon a time)...which led to a reminder that Gretzky's daughter is married to Dustin Johnson, who was leading the US Open earlier.

Can we take credit now for "developing" Chris Stewart and Phegley, lol? And one thing's for sure, we are better off with LaRoche than Corey "Sunglasses at Night" Hart. So there's that.

2 runs scored in the last 34 innings now.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 04:00 PM) Actually, he "liked" some photos of a women with big boobs while in the bathroom. I'll let the obvious inference speak for itself. Oh, okay...that's even worse. The original story was that he was sending out pictures on Instagram from the clubhouse during a game, but the announcers (it was one of the earlier games today) didn't even know what Instagram was, so it's no wonder the specifics got twisted around. http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/...jgjL/story.html The old "I pushed the button at the wrong time" excuse. That's a new one. Funny they included the woman's instagram profile, she's going to get a lot of attention out of that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:13 PM) I don't know what that has to do with it. But have fun praising other teams' crap. The point is that it IS POSSIBLE for other teams to help their players improve defensively once they've reached the major league level. Instead, most of the White Sox players have been getting worse, by defensive ratings and/or the eye test. Explain what has been done by the staff to address that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) Man in San Diego who just was removed. Gonna guess sox down 7-0 in first inning, offense will continue to rival the Phillies for its putridness. We thought we were hanging around .500 until we put it together, it was actually hanging around until the inevitable collapse. One of the worst teams I've ever had the privilege of watching (not worst in record, but certainly worst to watch). 07 when Jerry Owens came up was more fun. I'll never be fooled by shortcuts in offseasons again. The difference is that the Padres had lowest quartile payrolls after getting rid of Peavy in 2009 and still had respective/competitive teams (two late-season collapses, but close a lot of times until the Dodgers/Giants dynasties took off) for most of that time until the deck was completely stacked against them (giving away their best players to the Cubs, for example). At any rate, the White Sox in 2013 and 2015 had bigger expectations than every one of those teams except for maybe THIS year's San Diego team...and the reason for the failure this year is 1) injuries and 2) the fact that Preller made some of the same mistakes Hahn did, like thinking he could expect Kemp to be at MVP/All-Star level again (he parallels well with Melky). The White Sox have been more or less healthy for the entire season, with a couple of exceptions like Sale at the beginning, Avi for a week...Abreu for a stretch, but no major injuries.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 01:14 PM) Beckham being 5th was due to his in season call up. After 2010 Viciedo was done as a 3B. He played RF and LF, something hundreds upon hundreds have players have done, and got some 1B last year. It wasn't the position changes, it wasn't impatience. In fact, most here thought they were too patient. As for the Tigers, Castellanos sucks. You're right, Castellanos sucks, he's even 0.25 OPS points behind Gordon somehow.

Pablo Sandoval had enough time during yesterday's game (when he wasn't going 2 for 4 with two singles) to send out some photo on Instagram. Benched today...had to apologize to the team. Quickly becoming a difficult player to like, if he wasn't already. Another repeat of the Chicken and Beer/Terry Francona fiasco, didn't see that coming.

The Rangers gave up on Noesi because (even though they were going to find themselves in a rebuilding situation soon enough)...they believed they had numerous better starting options in the minors and felt they needed immediate results.