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At least our offense is efficient tonight. Castellanos would't have made that play last season.

Or, if you're offended that someone cheated on their wife, the only presidential statue to be erected in the future will be of Jimmy Carter, by all accounts, our worst but smartest and most moral president and the one who has done the most since leaving office. But...back to the y2hh point, it would be a true shame if a kid can't play a Stratego or Risk-like Civil War based strategy game because there happens to be a Confederate battle flag as part of the game. That's sanitizing the past to the point where it soon becomes unrecognizable.

Almost five homers by Cespedes against Quintana in the last year... Maybe a dead arm, because he's not getting his normal movement...just not crisp enough to get away with mistakes.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 06:34 PM) Crede would've. Got on him fast and went off the top of the leather. Looked like he was surprised he even got a glove on it. Or Uribe, Vizquel and Beckham.

QUOTE (harkness @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 06:31 PM) Q is a battler... but I swear the moment you give him a lead he gives it back. And/or there's a defensive lapse or two behind him...

Should Gillaspie have caught that ball?

Cabrera getting killed by that slider/cutter in under the hands. Still has higher Obp thand SLG.

Quintana 5th in war amongst all mlb lefties since 2012, ahead of Bumgarner and Lester.

Eaton almost misjudged that...would have been a triple. Great recovery though.

Abreu now 6/10 against Sanchez. White Sox had only scored 50 runs in their 20 previous to yesterday.

3 steals, 5 cs now for Avi...

Cespedes had four consecutive homers against Quintana. 4/13 now overall.

Giving up a double when you're already playing so far back in prevent defense mode is ridiculous. Nothing with our defense should surprise at this point. And if there's anyone in the world who knows the power of Miggy, it's Avi.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 01:38 PM) Did u see there have been random killings today. 30 some dead at a resort overseas. A beheading that was random. I'm telling you, the world is a cesspool right now. Anybody who travels outside this country right now is a fool IMO. You can be killed anywhere as an American target. It's not that bad. Probably wouldnt want to go to the Middle East...in 2013, when I was in Kenya, I passed on Egypt but the same shopping mall (in Nairobi) we went to everyday was taken over by Somalian terrorists and all non-Muslim were executed. Luckily I had already left three weeks earlier.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) With the way he looked in yesterday's game and a righty on the mound tonight...I would 100% give Jose Abreu the day off. He'll probably come out and get 5 hits based on me saying this, but I'd do the "tell him last night to sleep in today and you're not even going to pinch hit unless it goes 10 innings or someone gets hurt" routine and completely give him the day off. 5 ks is his last 6 abs, seems to be really feeling for the ball. 5/8 against Sanchez, though. That's why he's in there tonight.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) He's owed $13 million next season. They probably would give very little in return and ask the White Sox to pick up some of next year's salary. Well, they are sitting at 98% odds of making the playoffs without him... And they have foregone making big in-season moves before in order to preserve their younger core of pitchers for future years. The Tavares death hurts them a lot in this area of depth, as well. Maybe Piscotty is available, or a low-level minor leaguer.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) Faith and loyalty - the White Sox way! Meanwhile, over in Philly, Ryne Sandberg has resigned as manager there due in large part to his team's dismal results. But it's also because many of those who might have similar faith in him and therefore might help him save his job, will be unemployed themselves as major front office moves are expected soon. Good, 'ol fashioned, results-oriented accountability, seemingly alive and well in the City of Brotherly Love. And on the South Side, the Jerry Reinsdorf legendary loyalty reward program soldiers on. Wonder which team will return to postseason play sooner - the White Sox or Phillies! Andy MacPhail is joining the front office there, right? Writing on the wall wirh Amaro, Jr. As far as Sandberg goes, the final straw was probably miscommunication over Utley's health and the fact they're scared to death he will get enough plate appearances for his $15 million option to kick in for next year.

Anibal Sanchez , #19 RHP 6-7, 4.59 ERA, 88 SO Though Sanchez saw his scoreless streak end at 21 2/3 innings with two home runs, he still has given up just three runs over 23 2/3 innings in his last three outings, all of them victories. He has been tougher at Comerica Park. Jose Quintana , #62 LHP 3-7, 3.92 ERA, 73 SO Quintana posted his 10th quality start last time out, allowing two runs and five hits across seven innings, but picked up another no-decision. The White Sox average 2.21 runs of support per his start -- the lowest among all qualified MLB starters.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 08:08 AM) White Sox have a better record than Boston, and are just .5 games behind Oakland. Why are their chances higher? Still 90 games to go and they're 6 back in the wild card. Eaton and Cabrera are showing signs of light. Anything can happen. It was at mlb.com. Boston is behind Oakland and Seattle now...7.7%. Had the Twins way down in the middle of the pack. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probabili...sp?ymd=20150625 Has Cubs at 71.8%, higher than the Pirates in the high 50's and two consecutive playoff appearances. Bottom four NL teams are basically dead in the water.

With Cueto's vale taking a hit due to injury concerns, that should help Samardzija... 10. Jeff Samardzija. The results haven’t been there for Samardzija, who sports a 4.53 ERA and has allowed 10.5 hits per nine innings. This month alone, he’s allowed 10+ hits in three different starts. But you have to wonder if Chicago’s defense has something to do with his .338 batting average on balls in play, and maybe he’d be a 3.50 ERA workhorse on a different team. A trade seems inevitable, giving Samardzija a chance at a midseason do-over. As far as free agent fixes, if Heyward's really going to get $175-200 million and Alex Gordon $90-115 million, they have to try to bring in Wieters and add Gallardo, AJ Burnett or Scott Kazmir to replace Samardzija. Then replace 3b and SS via trade...just doesn't seem possible to do it all without trading Quintana. That would leave Sale, a free agent pitcher, Rodon and Danks/E.Johnson/Montas/Fulmer as the rotation...screw it, they need offense AND defense, and they're only 13th out of 15th in AL ERA as it is. Of course, with our defense factored in, they could easily be 9th-11th.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 06:19 AM) Opinions like these actually make this thread one of the better ones annually in my opinion. Many people have a problem with the idea of rooting for losses and I completely understand. It makes you conflicted as a fan. This post sums it up nicely though. It would be very beneficial. Good stuff, Joshua. Doubt anyone expected The Braves to be even close to .500 after losing Heyward, Gattis, Upton and Santana....Shelby Miller is really looking good so far in ATL. Plus, they have the new stadium to look forward to.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nba/article25552873.html Bill Self on the Alexander situation... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-da...-061802287.html Just the second "top five" recruit in the last 11 years to go undrafted, joins Scotty Hopson of Tennessee.

Guess he won't be traded to KC, haha...the A's and Royals are facing off again this weekend. Inside the clubhouse, some Royals view Lawrie as a nuisance, an occasionally reckless player who exposes both himself and opponents to injury with his aggression. But they do not appear to classify him as a villain, the way some on the team view White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija, who tussled with Cain during the 50-man row at U.S. Cellular Field later that April. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...l#storylink=cpy

http://news.yahoo.com/vandals-target-confe...-053121976.html I might even have to agree with y2hh on this...it's one thing if it's Nathan Bedford Forrest-related, who was close to brilliant but as savage as it gets in terms of military tactics, but quite another with some of these generic monuments. How far do we go, not teaching anything about the Civil war for fear of offending someone? Do Iraqi americans have the right to deface Gulf War/Operation Enduring Freedom statues if their relatives were accidentally killed by a drone strike? Can't Vietnamese whose daughters were raped at My Lai justifiably deface that sacred Washington monument? Heck, shouldn't the Jefferson Memorial also be attacked, and Mount Vernon, where George Washington kept slaves? What about Arlington National Cemetery....the Lee/Custis family owned that land until it was taken by the North when Robert E. Lee decided he couldn't fight against his home state and chose to lead the Army of Northern Virginia.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 01:54 AM) If you're not going to make the playoffs, might as well aim for the highest pick possible. One of the worst positions that a franchise could operate in professional sports is the middle, you're missing out on the high end talent and you're not competing for a championship. So again, if you’re not going to the playoffs get the highest pick possible. And, you're also having little to no impact on attendance revenue over the remainder of the season. It might impact season ticket sales for next year (more), but not enough to offset the difference in talent between a top 3-6 talent and one in the 12-15 category. If we picked 4th and 9th in the last two drafts, we wouldn't have been able to select Rodon and Fulmer, arguably. This article describing the current plight of Tigers' fans describes it almost perfectly...especially paragraphs 3 & 4. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tige...ecord/29310315/