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How many games this year have we actually scored first?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 24, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) Twins hitting so many homers vs the Sox. Never thought I would see the day they have more power than us. The main difference is Dozier and Plouffe. We simply dont have that type of pop on the infield.

http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/re_...ranked/18840230 Maybe they are merely what everyone predicted them to be... Chicago White Sox: They were a team that made a lot of additions, but not the one type that puts an entire club over the top. They are a bit worse than would be expected thus far, floating a bit underneath .500. They will be better than that in the long term, but not the type of better that does much more than play tough-out spoiler for teams actually in the race.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 24, 2015 -> 07:49 AM) You do realize you were responding to your own quote I hope. SIGH...

QUOTE (flavum @ May 24, 2015 -> 08:36 AM) 1951-1967, they didn't have a losing season. It was a different time with different expectations, so I guess it depends on your definition of greatest. 2005 was great, but in the wildcard era of 1995-2014, to only have three playoff appearances in generally a bad division, in the biggest market, isn't good enough. But it was also harder to make the playoffs back then as well. Just NL and AL champions....no divisions, no wild cards, no second wild cards, no DH.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance Second sellout of the season boosts the average to 21,498...but still stuck in 27th place. We might be able to pass Oakland, Atlanta and Minnesota. Houston, probably not.

You're right, Bob Dole

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/...presidency.html This will give greg further ammunition to get riled up about on the Clintons.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Astros just turned a triple play on Detroit with Kinsler running. Awesome Kinsler didn't seem to be busting it down the line...that out at 3B and then the turn to 2b seemed to take forever.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) Sanchez is fine. He's in there for his defense. Melky on the other hand... No team can afford a 400 OPS hitter...especially when they're scuffling so badly to turn over the line-up. I don't care if it's Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel out there because there's just too many other defensive black holes.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) The sox bench is awful. Just horrific Because he homered last night in garbage time will be the answer. A hunch, gut feeling. More like another punch directly to the gut. 3-6 vs. Minnesota, the supposed clown car team of the division.

May owes the White Sox a dinner tab....4 of career 6 victories, top two strikeout performances. This line-up is cinnamon toast crunch without Avi. Cabrera and Sanchez need to sit. But might not have another option in LF, unfortunately.

Well, there's a surprise.

Who would have thought after Monday night's high of beating the Indians/Kluber that Cleveland would soon just be 15 minutes from one game back for last place and coming around as a team in all aspects?

They might want to rethink signing former NL LH 1b/DH types and any peds guys not named Nelson Cruz.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:32 PM) Man....that Melky signing....he looks like he has about as much swing power as Rafael Belliard right now. Jose Game Winning Uribe I'm not very confident even an Eaton leadoff triple there leads to a run. Besides the law of not hitting average lefties, there's another Sox axiom of never playing well in front of big crowds.

3/38 vs lhp for Cabrera is beyond Dunn/LaRoche terribad.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:01 PM) Abreu and Sale not being dominant this year is killing us. And Quintana, Ramirez, Eaton and Shark going backwards, not to mention Flowers and Conor. Still, the biggest concerns to me are Cabrera, catching and 2b, along with Rodon's control/change-up. We might have to add Sale's hesitancy to throw the slider more often. And the 3b situation. And the entire pen after Robertson and Duke. LOL.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 23, 2015 -> 04:02 PM) when this offense starts to hit, it's going to be a fun summer. I feel like we've been hearing this every season since 2008. Still waiting.

May 3-0 career vs. Sox. Season (8) and career (10) highs in strikeouts against the Sox. 1). This lineup is truly 1986-87 terrible without Garcia. 2). The only humor today is from Paulie and the fact that some of his giveaway statues are missing appendages...leading to jokes about those alterations not affecting his speed much..."had 150 extra career doubles that were turned into singles by lack of speed...should have had 600"

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) Cabrera swings at a terrible pitch and weakly grounds out. Pathetic now the shadows our hitless wonders. Sanchez missed three changeups in a row, somehow. Not the best pitch to throw with delayed reactions due to the encroaching shadows.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) It's a miracle that we've scored three runs with this lineup. If the Sox can hang around for another month or so, Hahn better find an upgrade at C or 3B. Gillaspie already has seven errors. That's a ton for any 3b one-quarter of the way into the season. You need to hit at least 800-825 to keep your position there if you can't defend very well.

Sanchez and Cabrera killing the line-up right now.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) The local affiliate airing the game out of Des Moines is doing a nice job of making sure they air commercials that say "Go Cubs" Better than thanks for the memories, Mayor. Does anyone know why Sale's slider percentage is WAY down this season? Unless he's experiencing some elbow tenderness, it doesn't make sense not to utilize your best pitch more often when they're obviously keying on the fb.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) If Sox don't score 5 today, everybody in the hitting equation should be fired the way the ball is flying out of the place. Except when Cabrera hits it.