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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) we tried that once and it failed. I am sure they are reluctant to do it again. I think Laroche who is a gold glove fielder might be better playing the field. Maybe?! I simply meant LaRoche in his current role...that seems to be the big excuse for his lack of production this year. Are they 100% committed to making Abreu a full-time DH next year? Will believe it when it happens.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) I am not going to try to convince everyone that Avi will be a good ball player. When he reaches his potential all his haters will act like they always knew he had potential I am sure. Nobody would argue about that potential. On the other side of that is 1000 at-bats of experience and his lack of noticeable improvement on defense...perhaps a couple of spectacular plays at the fence have overshadowed that (along with a number of assists).

Next time we get a DH, we might want to find a hitter actually accustomed to and comfortable sitting on the bench or simply junk it for the rotating/resting 4-5 guys idea...

Did we get a he found it call there from Hawk?

No hit and run/run and hit there? First inning woes continue. Saladino coming back down to earth, as expected. .235 and falling.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) Nothing like a 30 pitch first inning On a day where it feels close to 100, to boot. Not a sellout right now, but fairly close.

Playing way too shallow there for Fowler...oh, well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:50 AM) Editorial in the Tribune today wherein the writer said she was envious of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina because the horrific damage, loss of life and general disruption gave room to bust up public unions and city hall. Never mind that 10 years later, much of the city is still only half-rebuilt and many residents have been permanently dislocated. This line is probably the worst part, though: If the author had ever read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, not sure she'd take such a cavalier attitude evidenced by making such a ridiculous comparison.

QUOTE (Brian26 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:15 AM) I said the same thing on WSI. As polarizing as Hawk's statement is, the "writer" loses all credibility by trying to compare the teams position-by-position and makes several incorrect calls (Royals better at 1B and SS). Going position by position, the teams are nearly equal I not with a slight advantage to the Sox. If that were actually the case, and most put Ned Yost in the bottom quartile or at least bottom half of MLB managers...then how do you explain a difference of 28 games back in the standings (White Sox -16, Royals +40) since roughly the 100 game mark last year? Besides the White Sox and Royals head to head record, that is?

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 03:47 AM) Some "journalist" on Twitter, with 123 followers, a few days ago compared the Cubs attendance to the Sox game, since they were playing at the same time. It was so stupid since one team is in a race and the other isn't and was obvious troll bait. I had never even heard of the guy. As much as I don't care about the Cubs, stuff like that is why I hope they fail. Guess he writes for ChicagoNow. Some Cubs fans just can't enjoy their run, they have to troll other fans. John Jackson ‏@JJacksonSPT Aug 12 #Cubs attendance 36,438. Wonder about #WhiteSox game at the Cell? That was better than Rongey trying to troll Lester's inability to hold runners when the Cubs are in the midst of an insane run.

http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-talking-ha...-232549307.html Gore and Biden both in this thing would make it interesting at least. If for no other reason than the environment immediately being put back at the forefront. With the GOP, the main issue under consideration is Keystone, and that's about where it ends. Yahoo comments are always fun PLEASE run!! Nothing would be more enjoyable than to watch this hypocrite run. He made millions by selling his #$%$ TV station to Al Jazeera. He even forced the deal to be completed quickly to avoid the increased taxes that were going to kick in. How Republican of him. lol! Wasn't the ocean supposed to have wiped out much of the east coast by now? Maybe he will ask Tipper to get back with him so he can stand on stage and give her an awkward kiss again. I have not seen something so staged since Michael Jackson kissed Lisa Marie Presley onstage at an awards show. Go ahead and elect this establishment clown.... I guarantee that within 8 years you will be using a shot glass to flush your toilet, and you will be waiting 6 months to hang a picture on the wall after painting because it DOESNT DRY... Al gore will be a billionaire with approval from his illuminati friends by the time his term ends though, so don't feel bad when he is rich enough to have 5 fireplaces in his getaway mansion while peasants like you and I are prohibited from burning firewood to scrape by.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:53 PM) Just took a long walk and listened to Trump's interview with Hannity as I walked. Hmmm. Trump gave a lot of specific policy issues. -- Laughed at critics and said it would be easy, 100 percent assured, to get Mexico to pay for the wall. -- Said he'd kill Obamacare immediately. Can the next president do that? -- Repeated the bulls*** about China and bringing manufacturers back to the U.S. I still wont vote for Donnie because of the fact he makes his ties there because "it's business" when he could be a trailblazer and do the right thing and make the ties here. I wish Hannity would have grilled him on that. He merely let Trump say he'd bring manufacturing back here. -- Said he's the best candidate far and away for the economy. Said he will turn it around. Says without him, if that deficit gets much bigger, it's the end of the world as we know it. Once again, he sounded good. Can't imagine any of the Republican bores knocking him off the top spot. It's gonna probably be Hilly vs. Trump. He said he would probably bring up Bill Clinton's marital affairs during the debates with Hilly. Not 100 percent sure but said it's fair game. Said he'd be better for women than Hilly. Repeated that he paid Hilly's campaign money so she'd take his calls, go to his wedding, etc. http://www.commdiginews.com/business-2/tru...ant-them-46565/ https://www.yahoo.com/autos/what-donald-tru...6516827207.html See the graph/chart here. It's a bogeyman argument, 90-95% of those jobs aren't ever coming back.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Hawk is great. Last night's game is a pure example of how some of you take him for granted. The game went 4 extra innings and he and Stoney were absolutely a delight to listen to. I'm serious. They are both baseball people and talk about interesting s***. I'm sick of listening to Steve Physioc of the Royals and his perfect enunciation and constant blabbering about how to buy tickets and ridiculing the opponent and typical broacast bulls*** when you are a shill for the team. Hawk is a homer "put it on the board, yes" but I'll support him forever cause he does rip the White Sox. Any announcer does that for another team and they're gone, fired, gonzo after the season. Hawk WILL and does rip the White Sox and I love when he does that. http://www.stadiumgiveawayexchange.com/sep...bie-bobblehead/ But imagine the possibilities with Hawk and Zombie Night combined. Kansas City Special. BBQ. Everyone dressed up in Walking Dead costumes with full Tom Brady/Gollumesque make-up that would make Hawk seem young and spry. Zombie Bobbleheads. Of course, he'll get his chance since they're playing the White Sox. Gambling pools for first thread mention of Corpseball, the Sox need to wake up/look alive in the first inning...or why do we always play like zombies against the Royals in KC (0-6 this season)?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Hawk is great. Last night's game is a pure example of how some of you take him for granted. The game went 4 extra innings and he and Stoney were absolutely a delight to listen to. I'm serious. They are both baseball people and talk about interesting s***. I'm sick of listening to Steve Physioc of the Royals and his perfect enunciation and constant blabbering about how to buy tickets and ridiculing the opponent and typical broacast bulls*** when you are a shill for the team. Hawk is a homer "put it on the board, yes" but I'll support him forever cause he does rip the White Sox. Any announcer does that for another team and they're gone, fired, gonzo after the season. Hawk WILL and does rip the White Sox and I love when he does that. http://www.stadiumgiveawayexchange.com/sep...bie-bobblehead/ But imagine the possibilities with Hawk and Zombie Night combined. Kansas City Special. BBQ. Everyone dressed up in Walking Dead costumes with full Tom Brady/Gollumesque make-up that would make Hawk seem young and spry. Zombie Bobbleheads. Of course, he'll get his chance since they're playing the White Sox.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) The national polls don't mean anything anyway. The primary process is very undemocratic. Of course, Trump is winning each of the first three primary states, too... Then again, these things have a tendency to change a lot before the elections. Here's a quick blow-by-blow of national GOP polling from 2012 nomination fight. Romney leads early, until September, hovering around 20-25%. In September, Rick Perry surges to 30+%. He falls and in October Herman Cain takes the lead with 25-27%. He falls and by mid-December Newt Gingrich is leading with 35%. Once the actual voting starts in January, Romney and Gingrich go back and forth a few times. By mid-February, Gingrich has fallen out of favor and Rick Santorum takes Romney's brief lead, Santorum getting about 35%. It's not until March that Romney gets the lead and keeps it as much of the rest of his competition drops out of the race. Yes, but.... There are a number of articles making comparisons, and the Trump bump is turning out to have a lot more staying power than all of those examples from 2012 that were essentially 2-3 weeks in length.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Moose wins vs Jose? Yeah that's where I stopped reading. I think you mean Hosmer... Royals' bullpen definitely hasn't been better the last two nights.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) Hawk says something moronic and you're upset he got called out? No, just that an employee of the Score is going out of their way to help "call him out"..seems a little petty or vindictive.

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/8/13...royals#comments Kind of pathetic that you are disrespecting your own station's "home team" to help reporters write a story ripping aforementioned team's most famous broadcaster. You can guarantee this wouldn't happen if the White Sox were still going to be on the Score next year.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) They didn't have a legacy candidate like Hillary though. Get her name recognition out of there, have a clean slate of basically unknown national candidates and the situation is much more similar. What is Bush? He's sitting on a pile of $110+ million in fundraising dollars and yet still no idea how to run or manage a semi-effective national primary campaign.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) So you're regretting last year's pick already after Rodon and Schwarber have both played less than half a season? Nope. But we desperately need a young power hitter, LH or otherwise.

We have three outfielders with strong/erratic or very strong arms. Two of them are top ten guys in the league in outfield assists. More often that not, they always go after the lead runner and try to make the spectacular play. Granted, there's a right time and a right place...but we have to lead the American League in trail runners allowed to move to second/third on poor throws or missed cutoff men. Cabrera, Eaton and Garcia are still struggling on most defensive metrics, yes? While Eaton has been better (and part of that's a carryover from his offense picking up probably), the reason this is bad is that our bullpen is also worst (at least before this past series) in allowing inherited runners to score. It's those little things that don't show up as errors....but when the trail runners move up or can't be thrown out due to our catchers/pitchers, it puts even more pressure on the team, which has zero margin of error in the first place. There's a right way to make a throw...Melky Cabrera did it, when he barely missed Trout at third last night. Low, and in line to the cut off/relay guy so that the trail runners have no way to confidently advance (Pujols on that occasion), being unable to read with certainty the eventual outcome of the play as they're rounding first or second. Rongey can poke fun at Lester all he wants, but it would sound a lot better if our pitchers and catchers could either effectively hold and/or throw out baserunners. For much of the season, Soto has had a hard time just getting the ball back to the pitcher. That's not about coaching (nor is Lester), that's a mental block/psychological condition or reflex. At any rate, maybe nobody can find it...but percentage of trail runners advancing extra bases on bad throws/relays is one category that would be extremely interesting to track with this team, and how it has gone up or down during the course of the season, and why.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) Um, John Edwards? Joe Biden? Dennis Kucinich? They've all sad stupid things, repeatedly. It just doesn't get the play. Harold Dean would be a better example. Sanders has said many outlandish things as well. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/female-vp-tr...-174100879.html One way for Trump to counterbalance the feminist backlash...guaranteeing a woman would be his VP candidate. Mentions Susana Martinez, Joni Ernst, Ayotte, Nikki Haley, C. Rice and even Oprah. Fiorina might be a good choice, but then he would have to walk back last week's comments ripping her...Palin, Meg Whitman two other possibilities, although Palin's 15 minutes of fame are fading finally.

Well, no matter how you cut it, that would be an exciting bat to have in the Sox line-up...but doubt Schwarber was even under the White Sox radar with all the focus on Rodon, Aiken, Hoffman and Nola.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-014452797.html Article on the now legendary Rizzo play.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-myth-of-...6536356526.html The myth of Trump's angry legions.