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The irony is that LaRoche and Gillaspie both had opportunities to bunt this weekend in a tie game with the pronounced shift on and RISP...easy base hits down the line if they just managed to keep it fair and past the pitcher. But elected not to take advantage of the opportunity. So NOW we get it when we're well behind....that's the typical White Sox brain cramp this season.

Awaiting a patented mini "Greg Rant" on how every single AL Central team this season has gotten momentum back after facing the White Sox. Maybe I'll join him... On the other hand, this whole idea of Danks being not so bad "because he's a gamer, was good seven years ago in the Blackout Game and has battled through injuries in order to collect his $65 million in game checks" and a core component of future starting rotations needs to end. That's 5 bad starts in the last 6, or 6 in 7, something like that.

Still #7 despite two consecutive wins.

http://news.yahoo.com/white-supremacist-do...--election.html White Charleston "awareness" group donated to a slew of GOP members.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 12:33 AM) Royals are winning with a starting rotation of Blanton (stiff), Guthrie (stiff) Young (stiff), Volquez (journeyman stiff) and I can't recall the fifth guy right now. Jason Vargas

Fulmer has a 98% chance of entering top (10) and top 100 (milb) ahead of Anderson.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 02:05 PM) It screams of desperation as she didn't do it last time. I'm just hoping America wakes up and keeps her out of office. Not confident though. Brownback won re-election in Kansas just as Hilly is our next president and it's not a wise choice IMO. Demos have a great advantage with the media, etc. Cancelled out by the Koch Brothers, Citizens United and the fact that corporations like Murdoch's that own most newspapers are more and more conservative in orientation. In reality, the more battle-tested a candidate is with the media, the better off he or she is....look how many rose to lead the Republican primaries last cycle as temporary frontrunners before shooting themselves in the foot. Bachmann...Cain...Gingrich...Rick Perry, etc.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 12:22 AM) Hmmm, did you see Hillary is playing the "woman card?" She at her last stop in Iowa stressed it's important she is the first woman to be President. Sign of her being worried a tad bit? She's going for every woman's vote in America with this stance. Would you prefer she does the opposite, you get a co-President in Bill or two for the price of one? Its not like Geraldine Ferraro or even Sarah Palin didn't do the same exact thing.

Gallo something like 3 for 28 vs. lefties. Advanced scouts are definitely exploiting his weaknesses... Btw, notice how Bannister benched Andrus today?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 02:00 PM) Sort the runs scored column. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/ Fewer than 600 runs for this team would be abysmal. edit: oh. Homestands. I'm tired. 69 runs behind last year's pace through 67 games. Abreu, Eaton, Conor and Alexei the main culprits of the holdovers.

Two correct. The other is hard, mostly pitched in NL along with Rangers. Initials IV. DJ mentioned how Avi really seems a tendency to drift away from his offensive approach....really out of whack now.

White Sox hitting an almost inexplicable .120 with risp this month, .249 on the season. Who came name the three Mexican pitchers with more career wins than Gallardo? Not Teddy Higuera. One pitched for the White Sox.

The Rangers are just giving guys like LaRoche and Gillaspie bunt singles down the 3b line because of the exaggerated shifts...at some point, at least with Conor, you have to take a shot. Guess the great plays by Gillaspie and Alberto cancel each other out, essentially.

Ramirez is out there jumping around deflecting the cutoff which was meant for Sanchez...just more poor fundamentals with the defense and understanding the situation. It didnt hurt them that particular time, but it will eventually.

That was crushed. First xb hit in four games for the Rangers. 421 feet. I think that's outscored 57-22 in the first inning now. Two xb hits.

There would be even more if you brought Robertson in with runners on 1st and 2nd and no outs....hypothetically.

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2015/6/17/8796...nishment-Astros

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) The Blackhawks, the Bulls, soccer (like she plays soccer), music... that's really it haha, I already got her a Blackhawks Stanley Cup shirt that she wanted, too I would suggest a minor league baseball game or Chicago Fire match. Maybe watch the women's World Cup matches with her this week...even if you think soccer on t.v. is boring. Are there any indie concerts with groups she likes that aren't too expensively ticketed? Would she like the Art Institute, Shedd Aquarium or zoo? Six Flags, although that can get expensive....if not, go karts and mini golf is always fun as a back-up. Inside Out if she likes animated movies. Sky diving? Rock climbing/hiking? Dinner cruise? These last two are probably too expensive...unless you can find discounts.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 11:14 AM) She actually didn't cheat on me. Just lied and misled me. I meant with your co-worker...

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 6, 2015 -> 08:43 PM) What have you guys gotten for your girlfriends' birthdays in the past? My girlfriend's is on the 24th. Obviously I'm gonna get her something, but we're teenagers and it's only been 2-3 months of dating, so... what should I do? What are her 3-5 favorite activities or hobbies?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 06:48 AM) I definitely will on all life decisions. Then you wouldn't have a house. Once a cheater, always a cheater comes to mind...but 25% of people can and do change if they find the right one or start a family together. I usually laugh at people who cheat and then get upset/jealous/offended to find the person they're cheating with has been disloyal. What do they expect? Now if someone specifically enjoys the challenge of seducing knowingly married men or women, they need mental/psychological counseling. Especially when it's a person with kids that they have no interest or desire in looking after.

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 09:42 AM) So for Quintana that would be: Schwarber (assuming he can stick at that position), Castro/Baez and Kyle Hendricks? Castro is at -0.5 war and has a more expensive extension in place. Hendricks wouldn't make the top five for Cubs pitchers we'd target. Hence, the problem. If they could agree on the pitcher, it would be Schwarber and Baez offered and we would only take Russell and Schwarber and the pitcher back in return. Zero confidence we could fix Baez or Castro.

Why don't all African-American just join the NRA and carry guns....reverse psychology way to get to gun control? http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/us/guns-race/index.html

Avi is a DH without the certainty of 30 or even 25 homers and a marginal OBP. What team would give you a young infielder with above average offensive and defensive upside for that? LaRoche at his age is more salary dump than the expectation of a return better than Nolan Sanburn. You can probably get a Susac or Swihart/Vasquez...at catcher, but then you blow yet another hole in your offense where you don't have a minor league replacement. It's like filling one leak in the dike with a sandbag...two more will holes will spring up.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 21, 2015 -> 08:28 AM) So exactly the same as things are today? Except for the pretensions of concern for the environment, health care access, urban poor/education, gun control and salary equality for women, pretty much.