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QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:24 PM) Phegley has hit a mini-slump. Help is on the way... Roger Bossard's son is the next hot up-and-coming Sox prospect. He supposedly learned a curveball in five pitches, according to Ed Farmer.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:31 PM) Dunn is over .200 now, OBP .310 Trade him now, lol. White Sox offense can't even get going to score a single run when there's absolutely zero pressure or stakes on the line.

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:26 PM) Anyone remember the lawsuit WSNS-44 brought against Reinsdorf for fielding an inferior product? He had to reconfigure the TV contract.May need a class action suit against him to get some changes in the front office. There was already a lawsuit filed by the woman who was former head of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority this year.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:23 PM) Or a play-by-play guy? Something like, "I'm 71 years old, I don't need this sh.." Harrelson has to be closer to 80, lol. "I tell you Stone Pony, in my six decades in professional baseball, I've never seen a better _______ than ________."

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:21 PM) It would be nice if the Indians gave the Tigers a little run for their money, and the Sox get a better draft pick. I'm ok with all of this. They get hot on the heels of the Tigers, DET will be more likely to be forced into bullpen moves at the deadline. Would love to get Al Alburquerque back as a second piece. Cooper could work wonders with him. Four doubles alone in the 5th inning for CLE. Sox killer Michael Aviles trying to put up the 15th run on the scoreboard. Remember when we completely abused the Indians and swept them last year? That series seems like 5 years ago now. Ball buggy-whipped to Dayan, unfortunately for the Indians, hit right at him.

14-5. One more run to go. Where's Hahn/Reinsdorf? Doubt they are bothering to watch this one.

Another defensive highlight there by Gordon. VICIEDO robbed of yet another outfield assist. Should have been out by 3-4 feet at second base. Sox getting abused now. 13-5. 2 more runs to go for the 10 run ruled to be invoked by the commissioner's office for not fielding a competitive team. White Sox just set an AL record for most runs scored with two outs in the first five innings of a game.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:10 PM) So you're more interested in Simon Castro and Rienzo than Erik Johnson? Oh, forgot about Johnson. Shucks.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 05:07 PM) I hope the Sox give up like 40 runs in the 2 games. That'd be cool. That would pretty much wipe out the remaining "the White Sox have enough pitching to compete next year" chorus.

THIS JUST IN. NEW YORK--(AP) For release 7:00 PM EST MLB HAS JUST INSTITUTED AN EMERGENCY 10 RUN RULE, TO COME INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THE FIFTH INNING FOR THE FIRST GAME OF TONIGHT'S CONTEST BETWEEN THE VISITING CLEVELAND INDIANS AND THE CHICAGO WHITE STOCKINGS.

This is beyond FUN BAD. No other words for it. Humiliating. Debasement/abasement.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:44 PM) Omo's been there before. And will be back again. Ground rule double prevents another run from scoring. Center cut fastball. Omogrosso will undoubtedly get more appearances for the Sox this season, but he's just not good enough to be part of the long-term future. Keep waiting for the low point this season. Two innings already with crooked 5's up there. Will there be 1000 fans left at the end of this doubleheader? The second game will be starting at 8:30-8:45. (WHY ARE ALL WHITE SOX GAMES SEEMINGLY 3 1/2 HOURS LONG THIS YEAR???) Omogrosso not even giving a second thought to the baserunner at 1B. Beckham nailed on the wrist with the short hop throw...right where he had that surgery on the hand, of course. And it gets even better...Troncoso "warming." This might be the BOTTOM. Then again, the Tigers have 19 more shots at us this year.

Straight 94 MPH FB got too much of the plate...looking for it and got it. Seeing eye single. At first, it seemed like DeAza should have kept Reynolds to 2nd but he had a long way to go for it. Too many fastballs throw behind in the count today...too predictable in their pitching patterns.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:37 PM) Roeper, who is usually easy going on everything, even gave it an F. Then he's 100% going by his Sundance/Cannes/Oscar lens, because it's a summer popcorn movie...it's not doing badly at all at RT.com, overall. Emmerich is what he is, another version of Michael Bay. Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, etc. I find it hard to believe that someone's watched all three of those aforementioned movies and not found SOMETHING enjoyable about them, once again, not comparing them to Lincoln, Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook or even World War Z. From their "top critics" category, 19 positives and 16 negatives. Overall, 50 thumbs up, 50 thumbs down. “An exciting and sincere action thriller … the 2013 summer blockbuster most likely to sill be interesting in 2014. Four stars” — Mick LaSalle, critic for the Friday mySA section (aka the ex-Weekender), who writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Everyone is an idiot, clinically insane, a cliché, or a vehicle for shameless exploitation…. (director) Roland Emmerich constantly insults our intelligence with jingoistic manipulation and cheesy one-liners. Zero stars” — Richard Roeper, who succeeded Roger Ebert as Universal Press Syndicate critic. Of course, they’re talking about the same movie: “White House Down,” the year’s second president-in danger movie (after “Olympus Has Fallen”). Critics disagree all the time, sometimes wildly and violently. But I rarely bump into a zero-star review of the same movie right after I’ve read a glowing, four-star review. And,as you can see in his review, Roeper hates “White House Down” for many of the same reasons that LaSalle loves it — it’s big, noisy, over the top and knows what it wants to be. Which is no surprise coming from the director of “Independence Day,” who took the president (Bill Pullman) out of the Oval Office and put him in a fighter jet attacking an alien spacecraft. Not surprisingly, the Rotten Tomatoes consensus (it has a middling 46 Tomatometer score) adopts portions of both critics’ arguments: ” ‘White House Down’ benefits from Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx’s sharp comedic chemistry, but director Roland Emmerich smothers it with narrative clichés and relentless, choppily edited action.” from Sanantonioexpress.com

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:40 PM) The 2 seamer was a real important development for him. I remember that he started throwing it a lot after he came back from the stint in the pen. Everyone was crying about his velocity and I was like, "guys, guys, he's not throwing a 4 seamer." Not against the Rangers last year...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:32 PM) Unless they had already flew someone up here just in case, to make a roster move between games with... just in case. If it was last year, it would be worth at least some consideration...although I doubt they'd enjoy jerking their top pitching prospect around in that manner. Probably it would be a sacrificial lamb like Berken, Castro or Arroyo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:32 PM) Or not. You really thought he was going to get out of it, and that was the first possibility that entered your mind...after all the things that have gone wrong this year?

It's a miracle. Good play by Dunn there to control the DP throw.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:27 PM) Can we call up somebody to get here for the 2nd game? You're going to fly a Gulfstream Lear jet from the Carolinas or deep south to Chicago on less than 30 minutes' notice? And file a flight plan with the FAA?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) God this team is horrible. I see that we are winning 5-0 then I look 15 min later and its 5-5 And getting worse by the minute. By the end of this inning, Omogrosso might push Santiago's ERA into the 4 range. SIGH. This whole season just sucks. Wish it would go away, and they could take a mulligan.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:54 PM) I believe that's what I said. 1. He was considered a raw athlete. 2. He was not a finished product. 3. Did not focus on baseball. Thus considered a high ceiling low floor daft prospect. No one what they were getting so he had a big potential to bust but could also be a great player. This, lol.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:38 PM) That the Charlotte Knights have the worst batting average in the International League. Dead last. Glad to see the hitting woes arent just contained at the MLB level. Other than Phegley and Carlos Sanchez, there's almost no reason to even bother looking at Knights box scores. Maybe Rienzo and Simon Castro, if you're Hawkeroo and need SOMEONE else to talk about to break up the monotony.

White House Down was quite a bit better than Olympus Has Fallen. Perfect summer popcorn movie. Quite a bit of competition this weekend at the box office. WHD has a good chance of finishing 3rd behind The Heat and Monsters University.

Not enough will to win today. What else can go wrong? We get the offense, the starting pitcher falls apart.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jun 28, 2013 -> 02:34 PM) Think the Yanks would give up on Betances? He was once nearly untouchable but his stock has fallen quite a bit. I know pitching isn't the need here but I'd love to pick him up. Sox are better at developing pitching than the Yanks. See Jose Quintana. He's working out of the bullpen now but I can see him turning it around and becoming a starter. If not he can join Jones and Webb as our future RH relievers. For Keppinger? Betances? We should thank our lucky stars someone would be willing to bail us out of a fairly bad contract.