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They need another hitter in the middle of the line-up or it's not going to be a competitive offense. There's certainly no guarantee that Gillaspie will repeat, and Abreu might lose some of his plate discipline if he starts to press too much again if they keep pitching around him constantly.

Players #8-24 are worth a lot more debate, IMO.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 11:05 PM) Right next to the Len Kasper "I know more about rock and roll than anyone alive, and did I mention how cool I am?" banner. It'll be a set. Don't forget the "We At Least Beat the White Sox in Attendance Due to Iowa Tour Bus Grandmothers With Cubs' Hats Adorned with 100+ Pins and Drunk Yuppies Banner"

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) Such an awesome season for a .500 team... Abreu is now the first Sox hitter to have 10 PA in a row without making an out since ... Frank Thomas had 15 in a row in 1997. Makes sense. I was critical of Robin in the game threat but whatever the more important thing is this team has some good talent again and if they can find some decent players to fill out the roster they might have something good going for awhile. All their key pieces are locked up for at least the next 4 years. If Jose keeps this up, he's gonna finish around 330/390/630, lordy. Will he ever slump again? Like, seriously, he kinda owned the cuban league is this just who he is, one of the 5 best hitters in MLB? Other than Trout, who would you rather have? Miguel Cabrera's older and not hitting for as much power, more injury-prone. Giancarlo Stanton? Tulo? Puig? McCutchen? That's probably your Top 7, including Abreu...

Thank god that's over. Nice to have some excitement this season in August and September (hopefully, with an impactful Avisail Garcia return). Guerra ends up with the win instead of Sale. Abreu is beyond white hot...he's a nuclear meltdown mixed with Sharknado.

97 MPH on that last pitch. Let's get the last strike and go home.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:54 PM) Nice pitch....Arcia scares me here Nightmares of Blanco, Bartlett, Rivas, Lew Ford, Sam Fuld, Denny Hocking and Matt LeCroy...

One more out to go. Best defense is strike 1. Then strike 2. Arcia the batter.

Belisario warming? OH GOD NO!

"Teams that win have a solid bullpen." Ed Farmer

What is it with the Twins and these crazy late-inning disasters this season with the bullpen? Jesus...starting to miss Bobby Jenks.

He was out at 1B. Umpire didn't indicate his foot was off the bag.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) The process is as a manager you don't take your one remaining bench player that can play defense and sub him for the DH in a 1-run game Adam Dunn played SS and pitched in high school.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:35 PM) OMG, what a great game! Tyler Flowers, you deserve some postgame beer! I'm starting to respect Tyler Flowers. He never quit this season! f***in A. I'm going to copy this quote for if he ends up with below a 600 OPS next year, haha.

That was a great slide by Viciedo, but without that new rule....Dayan's probably out and we only have a one run lead. There's even talk of making it basically a force-play where you don't have to tag the player...just making it a force-out/successful catch at home. In the Marlins' game last night, Stanton threw a runner out at home by a mile and the catcher was blocking the plate and NY overruled the out call. Mike Redmond went absolutely crazy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:29 PM) Beckham should copy Gillaspie's style of hitting. Bad luck there, but great approach. Too late.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:30 PM) Because it is the DH position and the replacement is limited to being the DH. Once again Dumb Robin a little brighter than his critics. Ummm....does that mean you CAN'T pinch-run Garcia and then replace him with Viciedo if/when his spot in the order ever came up again????

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:12 PM) Jorge Soler having a monster year. If he stays healthy, he might end up being a top 20 prospect. We still got the better bargain in Abreu, especially when you consider what they also threw at that LHP who hasn't done anything. Concepcion or something like that...

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 09:25 PM) viva los cubanos Where is old Cubano....would have thought he'd be enjoying this breakout season by Abreu?

Why is Viciedo pinch-running when Leury Garcia is available? What the heck is going on? Just randomly pushing buttons on a computer in the dugout?

What happened? Abreu had to tag up because he didn't read it well off the bat? Oh, well, he scored....complaining about Abreu's baserunning is like complaining about Mike Trout's strikeouts.

Well, the White Sox can pull to within 5 1/2 games if they win (wild card, of course), with Toronto losing. Dozier/Plouffe/Willingham looming vs. Petricka in the top of the 9th.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 07:00 PM) Don't forget, Saladino is now coming back from TJ, so that is going to push him back even more now. How much faster (if this is even correct) does a position player return from TJ? I can't imagine it is quite as long as a pitcher because they aren't pitching. Well, he's definitely going to be limited from those long throws deep in the hole at SS.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 05:58 PM) I like Beckham and Danks. If trades are to be made I think the off season nets us better deals For what? Guys you'd like to hang out with or do shots?

Well, we needed this not-so-subtle reminder that this team is going nowhere with the likes of Surkamp and Webb in high-leverage situations. So thanks, White Sox.