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Only 18,000+? That's not a good crowd for June, even for a Tuesday night. Guess there aren't many closet Astros/Correa and/or top prospect followers in Chicagoland. Petricka coming in next inning. I guess, in all fairness, the Twins and Astros aren't drawing that well and they're both in first place.

Wasn't the barrel roll an accidental trip that he tried to sell?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 07:57 PM) Video and scouting report here. Hands do indeed get out quick. He's a prospect. Every hitter who has half a clue is a prospect in the White Sox organization at this point.

17.2 IP and 26 k's for Putnam. That's crazy. Look for the split finger and still don't hit it.

17.2 IP and 26 k's for Putnam. That's crazy. Look for the split finger and still don't hit it.

Didn't realize Beckham's dad played QB at Univ of South Carolina. And that Gordon was offered a full ride to the Air Force Academy to play that position. Learn something new everyday. KW loves those football/baseball guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 07:59 PM) Sly little smile for Rodon The last time the offense bailed me out....glad I'm not Jose Quintana and in actual position to get the victory.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 07:58 PM) I think the only thing holding them back at this point is a lack of alternatives. Outside of Kottaras, who is a giant f***ing question mark, there doesn't appear to be another option in the entire system that has a chance of being an upgrade at this point. Right. You simply can't be pretending to contend and break in Kevan Smith at that position. If anything, Nieto would be the better solution due to his experience level from last year.

There's the Jose Abreu we all know and love. That ball carried big-time. Opposite field. Golfed it out, that ball was low and almost scraping the ground. Astros, by the way, have lost 5 consecutive.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 07:38 PM) Meanwhile we are #3 in pitching fWAR since then, with 70 more fWAR than the teams at the bottom and we are #29 out of 30 teams in fielding over that timespan (just had to check). So to summarize, since 2007: white Sox Pitching, near top of the league. Offense, baserunning, and fielding, 29th to 30th in MLB over that timespan. BUT fire Don Cooper, haha. Made all the more remarkable by playing 81 home games at one of the most "offense friendly" stadiums in baseball on an annual basis. It's almost like you would expect those results in Old Comiskey Park...but US Cellular Field, no freakin' way. Talk about anomalies. Of course the irony of those 2000-2006 offenses was the "all or nothing" nature of most of their outputs, but you had so many guys capable of hitting homers, KW felt that was at least more entertaining for the fanbase. Now what are we getting?

This has to be his last batter, right? Correa looking more dangerous in this game....that ball he hit to Beckham was a frozen rope. And Carlos came up with a unique solution to the walk problem, just hit betters when you have 3 balls in the count already.

Typical White Sox game this year. Pitcher battling his butt off. Offense flailing away. Early Bullpen/defense/baserunning/mistakes will probably decide it. What's the winning percentage of MLB teams that leave the bases loaded with no outs at least once in a game? It has to be something like 15-20% Talk about demoralizing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 06:45 PM) Hey at least we got runners on. Inspiring! Now we'll get a fluff/puff piece about Melky Cabrera's bat being just a day or two from coming around.

And nobody in the stadium was even surprised or booing that loudly when the expected happened. Basically, opposing pitchers can relax and let the bottom of the order hitters get themselves out....Flowers must be hitting .050 when he has 2 strikes on him.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 05:36 PM) Hickman was definitely a bpa pick in round 7. He was a round 3 talent. The only other names even in the conversation would be would be high schoolers who aren't likely to sign with anyone let alone a team with a small bonus pool. Yeah, a lot of the articles I was reading had him in rounds 3-5.

Came back from down 3-0 in the count to Schwarber. Threw two consecutive split finger changes at 90 MPH to get him (3-1, 3-2 counts). 96 MPH in the 7th with just 77 pitches. DID IT. YAY! Most impressive part of that was working so economically....just 11 pitches per inning. Just 1 hour, 32 minutes. Took down Almora, Schwarber and Vogelbach in the process....three best hitting prospects on that team, along with McKinney. First win of the season for Montas, Jacob Turner (yes, that one) took the loss. 29-29 for the Barons now. Hawkins and Jacob May expected to be out for extended time still.

There's a name from the past, Luis Andujar threw a no-hitter for the Barons in 1995. Last combined BIRM no-hitter was in 2001. That last one was also against the Tennessee Smokies, didn't catch if the 1995 one was...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 5m5 minutes ago Talked to a very excited Blake Hickman, who will soon be joining his favorite team. Hickman's favorite White Sox players as a fan? A.J. Pierzynski and Jose Valentin New favorite Sox prospect. Gotta pull for your fellow Hawkeyes. The last with the Sox was Cal Eldred in 2000, fwiw.

Yeah, how many times no matter what the circumstances do you see a bunch of teenagers just act calmly and remain fixed in place when the cops show up? I'd love to see that video, actually....white, black, Hispanic, ANY teenagers. They're probably just as afraid of their parents if they got arrested by the police. But the last point stands, and it's coming out in most of the stories. That many minority parents are teaching their children TO RUN AWAY LIKE HELL because the consequences of following police instructions are even more potentially dangerous, at least in the eyes of the public. No black teenager is going to view this and think if a 15 year old girl in a bikini weighing 120 pounds is treated this way by Office Casebolt that older and male black teenagers won't receive even worse treatment from white police officers. If pool parties are broken up with pulling out a gun...and without fellow officers there, better than even odds he starts discharging his weapon in the air to try to control the crowd or worse. It's a cost/benefit analysis thing. Following the officer's instructions, you might end up dead and/or killed by your parents. Run, you have a better chance of getting out of it without any consequences. It's kind of ironic in a year when a movie about the Selma bridge beating was one of the best movies of the year that 50 years later the distrust of law enforcement officials isn't too far removed from the KKK influenced Deep South police forces. And you'll also recall the only force that never "gave in" and resorted to violence was the most successful one in frustrating the marchers and their aims, in Albany, GA. http://news.yahoo.com/texas-policeman-resi...-215553860.html The officer just resigned his position. Jessica Williams of McKinney films her own Daily Show version with "bikini/body suit" combo http://news.yahoo.com/mckinney-daily-show-...-162242184.html When Stewart suggested that pool parties should be fun and involve "super soakers," Williams was shocked. "A water gun at a Texas pool party? Are you trying to get me killed?" she said. "It's Texas — people are always waving guns around," Stewart replied. "Uh, no," she said. "White people are and they call it 'open carry.' For black people it's called 'He's got a gun! He's got a gun! He's got a gun!'"

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:42 PM) Unless the box score is wrong it looks like Montas is pitching now. Montas hasn't given up a hit yet through 3.....two walks and a K. ERA down to 2.70.

"That’s the only connection I have to him, but I definitely want to meet him. I definitely want to develop a relationship with him. It’s something I’m definitely looking forward to.” Speaking of Nuke Laloosh cliches...we can add the word "definitely"

QUOTE (wsiskel @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 12:09 PM) More on Erwin from The Augusta Chronicle: (link: http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-...player-reports) "Clemson Jr. LHP Zack Erwin: Among a stable of projectable left-handers on Clemson's staff, Erwin is the leader of that group. He's incredibly long and full of projection, and it's tantalizing coming from the left side. His fastball was 86-90 with good tailing action and arm-side life. He doesn't go inside with as much confidence as Crownover, but he's capable of working both sides enough. Coming from a three-quarters slot and solid extension at 90 on the outer half is tough to hit. Erwin's curveball was 73-75 with good two-plane action, and very good late bite for the velocity. The depth isn't as strong as Crownover's, but it comes at a different shape from a lower slot. Erwin will get under his breaking balls at times by dropping his arm slot, and he can also cut his finish short and leave the ball up. But the delivery is clean for the most part. He throws a tighter breaking ball at 81-83 that looks like a slider. It's basically the same shape and depth but at more velo, so you could call it a change-of-pace breaking ball. I never saw a changeup from Erwin, so the two breaking balls feed off each other as a change of pace. Erwin should probably work on adding a touch of extension and finish more consistently to keep the arm slot up, but the framework is there for a projectable starting pitcher who could add a tick or two of velo and have three solid pitches." Sounds more like John Danks now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:01 AM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 6m6 minutes ago The #Cubs sign closer Rafael Soriano to minor league deal That's definitely one area the White Sox could have used the Bonifacio/Keppinger money...on an 8th inning guy to help set up Robertson. As things look right now, though...it's impossible to say we'd be in the thick of the playoff hunt with Rafael Soriano instead, as he can't play defense or hit.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rev...m-roth-20150604 FIFA has absolutely lost their minds with this "United Passions" movie coming out now. Talk about bad timing. Going to see Jurassic World tmrw (Wed) here in China...debuts two days earlier for some odd reason. Usually we are at least a week behind...or at least 2-3 days whenever a blockbuster movie debuts.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/129489926/po...-day-1-intrigue 3 best picks, 3 surprises Wouldn't be possible to go through the day without a Melky Cabrera mention, haha. Jon Harris was the one drafted in the spot that was created by the Blue Jays losing him to the White Sox.