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QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 10:28 PM) I hope they clean house and get rid of all of them, including Webb. Or keep Webb and have him in the minors another year. Nobody in the whole world expected Jake Petricka to be forced into the closer's role as a rookie...it was supposed to be Webb. He was perfectly fine as a reliever (same thing with Putnam) before he was pushed from the 6th-8th into the 9th. I'd also be more likely to keep Guerra than Lindstrom (more expensive) or Belisario. If Matty can't find a deal on the open market and has no choice but to sign something like the Paulino contract, then maybe.

The Royals could definitely use some offensive help. They have Raul Ibanez and his 170ish average in the DH position right now. Things will change when Hosmer comes back, probably...with Butler switching back...despite how well he's been hitting while playing 1B.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:32 PM) You sure they weren't talking about Danks? Yep, I'm sure. It was the last inning and Danks was long gone and had pitched "decently."

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) False I don't know where Farmer and DJ got that idea. They were saying "we have him for two more years, we have to use him and get him back to form" and they don't even have to offer him a contract for next year. Pretty big mistake for the team's broadcasters not to know this.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:06 PM) Top 11 is protected. Yes, but today we were out of it (at the start of the day), because 11th is Seattle, and SD and the Mets both had a 1/2 game worse record, so we would have been 12th.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 07:38 PM) Wheeler needs to be moved up. We are bereft of LHP in the upper levels of the minors. Thanks for the vocab word of the day, Chris Sale.

Go Mets! Go Padres! Both will be 1/2 game ahead (or behind, depending on how you look at it) for that 9th secured first round pick YAY! We still have Bellysaurius for 2 more years after this.

King Felix vs. David Price if you get bored with John Danks allowing homers. Thankfully, there's Avisail's 2nd debut. Mariners leading the Tigers by 1/2 game for 2nd WC.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:11 PM) If I had kids I would make them hold my hand around this guy. Is that hair dye? Yuck. He's like the guy who is kidnapping American tourists in Europe in one of those Hostel movies.

Banned for 10 days! Just kidding.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) The Phegley surname is actually an Americanized version of a Swiss/German name. So if he were in fact Josh Phegley's cousin, he would have to have gotten the Cuban heritage from his mother. It sure is crazy how Phegley went to SoxTalk darling to irrelevant in a short span. Is his hitting now a result of Charlotte's stadium? Either way, I don't think he's the answer at catcher. Could the Sox go a Martin/John Buck/Kurt Suzuki direction in the offseason? With Dunn coming off the books they might be able to spend. But that begs another question, is Wilkins a starter? It would be unlike Robin to insert Wilkins in a platoon like we saw Ozzie do in 2007 with Erstad/Mackowiak/Owens. Suzuki signed an extension with the Twins. Buck's done, pretty much. And Russell Martin will have 10-12 teams going after him, so it depends on the price and the fit.

Wrong area of the site, a mod will need to move it to minor leagues...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) Yes. I don't know what they can do, frankly. You can't have nightly looting. But the people are so upset they want the cop's head on a platter. The people of that town, do want justice NOW. That's not how it works. What a joke of a news conference. I think they should have let the guy screaming in the back of the room have the podium for a moment. This is no light situation. That city is pissed off. Just wait until the police officer is exonerated somehow...then we'll repeat the whole thing, similar to the anger over the Rodney King officers' trial verdict in LA.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 01:40 PM) SS Eduardo Escobar 3B Brent Morel 1B Jose Abreu 2B Tyler Saladino DH Chris Carter CF Chris Young RF Ryan Sweeney LF Aaron Cunningham C Jose Phegley Bench - Tony Graffanino and Josh Paul SP - Gio, Sale, Hudson, Egbert and Clayton Richard Bullpen - Poreda, Cotts, Politte, Adam Russell, Bobby Jenks, Sergio Santos and Mike Jackson Where do we finish Caulfield? In a time warp or black hole. Who's Jose Phegley? His Cuban cousin? No John Ely? Scott Eyre?

State of Emergency Declared... Nixon is really taking some hits on the handling of this one.

Are we sure it's not Leury Garcia hitting clean-up?

Boyhood is definitely one of the five best films of the year. Not sure when I would want to see it again (maybe never), but thoroughly enjoyable for a 2 hour 46 minute movie.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) I've followed this pretty closely. This is kind of misleading. Last night protesters did try to stop the looters for a while, like from 1 to 3 a.m. They were getting interviewed by bloggers and other media and timcast.com was showing it live. It was all a pretty happy scene. Then at 3, all hell broke loose. The stores started getting looted again big time. People were walking out of the same store with booze, six packs. One lady brought a tub in at 3 a.m. at the meet market to steal more stuff. It was pretty lousy stuff. Then, the media started getting pushed around by the protesters (and to be fair thugs probably from other cities who came in to loot). Then at 3:30 there were rumors the looters were headed to Wal Mart. That's when I finally went to bed, but police did show up at Wal Mart to protect it sort of. What I don't like is, now that the police have been under fire, they are doing nothing to stop the looters. This was not a happy story last night of protestors protecting the stores. That happened for a little while. I don't know if they went home finally or got thirsty and started looting themselves. The protestors roughed up the media a bit, telling them to turn off their camera phones, etc. One reporter was told and you could hear it that he was gonna get knifed if he didn't turn it off. I personally think the police have to do something to protect the stores, but it appeared last night the new idea is to let the people do whatever they want, loot all they want. It's pretty sad. I know the people are furious about the senseless shooting, but man, this is crazy. I'm fully convinced the protestors will continue to loot after the sun sets if there's any merchandise left. Last night 3 a.m. was the point of no return when everything went awry with the police allowing looting. People looked like animals stealing property. It's kind of a no-win for police. And reporters are getting a wide-eyed view of the real world. With no police around at all, they are at the mercy of the looters pretty much. As an addendum, it's pretty sad when the protesters/looters were chanting, "Are you black?" mocking one black female TV reporter and demanding she leave and not do interviews. It's like they were upset she had a real job. What the f*** was that all about? This Ferguson thing may require the President to show up. There were some pretty good live feeds like timcast going on from 12 to 4 am. last night when I went to bed, so I kind of know what I'm talking about here. Not sure what you mean here...I doubt they were upset about her having a real job, I think it's more the feeling they are being exploited by the mostly white media, or that the media is making them look bad or perhaps isn't trustworthy.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:07 AM) That article had very little substance. He never explained why Reinsdorf opposed Manfred. We've heard previously that Reinsdorf was opposed to the way Manfred was being chosen, which was by Selig choosing his successor by backchanneling and torpedoing other candidates. That's why he had raised a stink before. Being opposed to Rob Manfred does not necessarily mean Reinsdorf is greedy - though he probably is. As a matter of fact, I'm sure all 30 of those guys are greedy. There's nothing revolutionary here. Just that general idea that Manfred is too conciliatory and a "deal maker," whereas Reinsdorf wanted a commissioner more likely to fight the union, try to establish a salary cap, etc.

SS Alexei Ramirez 3B Marcus Semien 1B Jose Abreu DH Chris Carter LF Michael Morse RF Dayan Viciedo C Tyler Flowers/Chris Stewart 2B Gordon Beckham/Micah Johnson CF Chris Young Bench Ryan Sweeney, Chris Stewart, Carlos Sanchez, Andy Wilkins Chris Sale Buehrle Gio Gonzalez McCarthy Rodon Bullpen...Hector Santiago, Boone Logan, Addison Reed, Matt Guerrier, Sergio Santos, Neal Cotts, Clayton Richard, Lucas Harrell, Jake Petricka, Daniel Webb So that team should be in the playoffs....right?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) I can see the Havana White Sox within a few years. I'm all-in for a SoxTalk meet-up there... That would be another interesting question...what if the White Sox were relocated to somewhere in the Caribbean/Mexico/Cuba/Venezuala/San Juan, etc. Would you still root for them if they were located outside of the US? Or, if in instead of having players from all over the world, the US made an agreement with the Cuban government that all Cuban players could participate, travel and play on this one professional team and compete in the US and Canada for 81 travel/road dates per year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:39 AM) More looting and gunshots last night. I'm sure the rogue cops will somehow be blamed again Well, considering it (any violence) was pretty much all aimed at the liquor store that was the center of the controversy... I'm going to be you any amount of money you'd like that none of that would have happened if the police hadn't released that video to the national media yesterday, then turn around and admit one had nothing to do with the other, than turn around and change the narrative at least 2-3 times in one day...along with "feel good" stories today in the media about the officer and his background (not unlike one of those fluffy Olympic profiles they'll show before an even where an American is favored). We keep on hearing stories from witness and someone will say, "Why would we believe anything they say...don't have they have an agenda to take down the police?" Well, why would we believe anything the police are saying to cover themselves from a civil lawsuit that will bankrupt the city?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) The first to crucify people for sexism, are the first to exploit it for ratings. Just like many of the same people slamming Hawk for being an old school sexist, are exploiting the idea that females have to all come in some sexually optimal form, otherwise they are inferior to the rest of their sex and aren't desirable for the opposite sex. It's a good story because of the fact that so few African-American kids are playing baseball these days....and she's a girl, and throwing 70 MPH. The last time there was this much coverage was Danny Almonte, who turned out to be overage. I'll give another example. There was a girl from my hometown (Bettendorf, Iowa) with a picture of her and her partner from Naperville who won the Under-16 in beach volleyball in today's sports section of the Quad City Times...a national title in California. So of course they had to print a photo of them wearing their bikinis and holding the title (albeit it was the 2nd page). I really wonder if two boys had done the same thing, would they have included a picture of them shirt-less in the sports section? Or was the story simply interesting because people from states like California, Florida or Hawaii never believe Midwesterners can play volleyball well (regional bias)?

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 07:56 AM) Who would have ever thought that at the end of the WS game the WS position player in the game with the highest batting average would be Cleuluis Rondon? I have hope for him and glad as young and light as he is that he has not worn out this year. Cue Hawk soliloquy about how Alexei Ramirez is the toughest, yet thinnest, player in the majors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:21 AM) It is funny to note that the media is totally exploiting the idea of female dominance in baseball as a big deal for one of the lead stories, even outside of sports, with Mo'ne Davis. The entire idea is that females aren't as good as males, so when a female dominates males, in a male sport, this is a huge news story. No sexism there, right media? Of course, everyone knows there's a big difference between a 13 year old (physically, maturity-wise) compared to a 17 or 18 year old girl. We're still talking about children in this situation, not women beating men...Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs this isn't.