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Ramirez looking for offspeed stuff away and aced twice tonight on the inside. Locke two K's away from his season/career high. How many times have we heard that this season so far? White Sox team average now at .237 or .238.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:30 PM) Yeah, whatever. By 2017, it's going to be like the movie Rookie of the Year except it's real life. You'd agree if it were anybody but the Cubs. That's the funny thing about sports. Nobody is really calling the Cardinals or Giants (winners of 3/5) a dynasty, but we're using the same term with the Spurs or the Blackhawks.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 07:18 PM) Abreu just decided to finally hit the ball into the massive hole on the right side bc they were shifting. Why can't the rest of our guys do that The perfect example was I think Marte got down one strike in the count...was struggling with the offspeed stuff from Danks and promptly decided on his own to lay down a bunt despite the fact he has been one of the hottest Pirates hitters the last 2-3 weeks. That "unselfish baseball play" set the tone for that entire first inning and got Pittsburgh energized. I can't remember the last time the White Sox pulled off something like that...

The least thing Vince Coleman and Ventura can do is tell the batters to get the hell out of the way when they strike out...so they don't get their baserunners thrown out for interfering with the catcher's throw. Cue soundtrack, "but Cabrera is a veteran professional baseball player and has to be responsible/accountable for his own actions."

The funny thing is I'm pretty sure that Cabrera was oblivious to Eaton stealing...he was mostly just upset with striking out and forgot the situation in his "self-involvedness." Locke has given up a 1.44 WHIP this year, 104 baserunners in 74 innings.

Haha....Eaton out on Cabrera's catcher interference. Second time this season, at least. Poor Eaton, actually swiped a base successfully and got screwed. That call is marginal at best.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 07:01 PM) Sanchez makes Morel look like Mike Schmidt I forgot the end of the line-up with Mark Johnson and Royce Clayton... Funny, because those early 2000's offenses really had a TON of pop except for the last couple of guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:59 PM) I'm fine not seeing Sanchez at the big league level again. He's had plenty of chances this year. And a good stretch at the end of last year. But he's young for his level...he'll adjust. Blah blah blah. He/it/things can't get worse, unless the Mendoza Line of .200 becomes the Cabrera RH/Sanchez Line of .100, but not sure anyone around baseball is still paying attention except scouts hovering like vultures to pick at the remains of our roster.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) This is insane. Really not sure how bad some of these players have to do to lose their job. Sanchez is one of the weakest hitters I have ever seen. Esteban Beltre is one who stands out. McKay Christensen. Andy Gonzalez. Brian Simmons, who was at least a good defender. Mike Caruso. Brent Morel/Chris Snopek...PR extraordinaire Rodney McCray, but they didn't let him hit much. Dave Gallagher and most of the 1985-1987 offense other than Calderon and Baines.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:57 PM) Jesus Christ. 2 different innings I've switched channels to a Simpsons rerun during the commercial break, tuned back thinking "ok break should be over", and the White Sox already had 2 outs. Not even subbing Jesus of Nazareth for Sanchez or Cabrera will break them out of this.

Cervelli just passed the Triandos record with 53.6 consecutive scoreless now for the Pirates with him catching. Probably the Pirates' worst pitcher, but we're making him look like Bruce Chen/CC Sabathia/Johan Santana.

Garcia finally made a really good play in RF to save Danks for now. Wonder how many fans The Shark Tank will have tmrw? Just 930 left to sell, so much for that promotion...doing about as well as The Will to Win and Stir the Drink. At the rate things are going, there will be more sentimental ND/Cubs' fans filling those seats and feeling sorry for the White Sox than actual Sox fans occupying that section.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:43 PM) We're not at the bottom of the AL yet. Well, the Red Sox and A's are within 1 and 1 1/2 GB.

DJ chomping at the bit to suit up and face the low movement Locke fastball...definitely pitches backward, gets most of his K's with off-speed stuff. Dead Team Walking. 1/3 more scoreless inning for Cervelli to best the Gus Triandos record.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:27 PM) Nice catch Polonco. 11 pitch inning, more than 1/2 of them to Abreu. Polanco....Danks is absolutely DEALING this inning, haha. And 18 different specialty beers and ciders are available tmrw for the "Cole Massacre," so there's that. Father and daughter Saturday, and Selfie Sunday/s to the first 500, weather permitting. Maybe they should just offer EVERY fan who comes a chance to take a selfie??? Poor Beckham. That's got to hurt the knees a bit. Misjudged where he was at on the field.

Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli's 51 consecutive scoreless innings behind the plate is the longest scoreless streak in the big leagues since Baltimore’s Gus Triandos from June 23-29, 1957 (52.1 innings) (via Elias). Pittsburgh has jumped to a 3-0 lead over the White Sox in the first inning. Follow live Share 5m 52 INNINGS and counting. 1.3 to go. You know things are going bad when Chris Denorfia's outproducing the entire White Sox team for an entire series in just 3 innings. FYI, Sean Rodriguez's nickname is Serpico, haha.

6/57 for Cabrera. It's funny that Farmer's even mentioning how badly he's hitting from the right side. Usually only the opponent's announcers do that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:08 PM) I will be shocked if they don't sign Price this offseason You really think Illitch and the Tigers are going to give up on making the post-season so easily? It's going to be interesting to see if they go after Cueto/Price, make the long anticipated trade of prospects/Castro for pitching OR BOTH.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:14 PM) Leadoff double lol Who sacs bunt in the first inning vs an awful pitcher with the heart of the order coming up? Wow An unselfish team that's clicking on all cylinders. I think that's now outscored 57-19 in the first inning, and counting.

Maybe Schwarber will go off tonight in his starting debut and nobody will notice the White Sox game? The biggest question is whether Melky Cabrera can get a hit against a lefty. Of course, he's back to hitting 2nd again. 6/56 to begin the night. Of course, from 2012-2014, he hit .311 with an 848 OPS against them in 380 AB's. This one's as much of a head-scratcher as Adam Dunn's 2011. Finally, how can Bryce Harper be putting up a 1.229 OPS to the opposite field? The craziest stat yet this season. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-005152575.html And the White Sox have their next lefty and a Boras client to boot, talk about the Orioles gaming the system with the Wei Yin Chen "demotion."

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015...all-devil-magic

Applebee's will be open at 10, or there's Bill Self's couch.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 06:58 AM) This is just not true. There are 32 managerial jobs in the majors. Guys aren't turning them down when offered. For whatever reason, they wanted to hire Ventura. 30, but the point is that it's harder to get this job than even being a U.S. Senator, statistically. They might not get the ideal or perfect candidate, but plenty of managers would be interested in a team with a solid young foundation of Chris Sale, Jose Abreu, Carlos Rodon, Jose Quintana, Fulmer, Eaton, Avi Garcia and David Robertson....with a middle teens farm system now.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 05:40 AM) nice work in gather this new info. with re to my point, here are some links i look at this morning. http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime...uter-crimes.htm http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0254.htm bottom line the way this will be judge, to my precipitation is it will be up to the law enforcement agency and the DA. again i am not a lawyer or anything. This case is even more complicated because of the involvement of the FBI, interstate commerce (actually, international, because you're talking about financial transactions affecting players in Latin America, Asia, Canada, etc.) and the Sherman Anti-Trust exemption for baseball's "monopoly" as the national pastime.

Eduardo Escobar Chris Carter Ryan Sweeney Brent Morel Chris Getz Gordon Beckham Marcus Semien Rangel Ravelo (when not injured) Josh Phegley Micah Johnson That's about it.