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QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 30, 2015 -> 09:34 AM) Kershaw has done it in each of the prior two seasons and has a good chance of doing it again this season. In my opinion, Sale is just as good as Kershaw so I certainly can assume he'd replicate Kershaws numbers if he pitched in the NL. Sale's career statistics against the NL even if they only amount to ~half a seasons worth further support this argument. But the other 10 AL pitchers with better ERAs than Sale this season wouldn't see similar decreases because?

QUOTE (ROC Sox Fan @ Aug 29, 2015 -> 11:59 PM) Catching a game in Toronto next Sunday as part of my honeymoon (getting married Friday), excited to watch the Jays. Plan on picking up a Buerhle shirsey. Prices as expected are much higher since the last time I caught a Sox game there in 2009 when we were able to walk up and get club level for under $50 Canadian. Stubhub is all $30-40 for the Upper Deck right now and where we sat then is around $100 American. Back then the exchange rate was pretty close where as now our dollar is stronger than Canada's. Had to watch Roy Halladay own us that day... we jumped to a 2-0 lead on Halladay then got shut out which brought back bad memories from the year before in 2008 (infamous blow up doll clubhouse scandal broke that day!) when Halladay out-dueled Contreras who actually pitched the whole game and lost 3-2. Congrats. Toronto seems to have fully caught Jays fever, should be a great atmosphere

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 29, 2015 -> 10:20 PM) Didn't say all AL pitchers, just Chris Sale. How do you explain his sub 2 career ERA against the NL while his career ERA against the AL is around 3? This year there is an even greater disparity between his AL vs NL numbers. Coincidence or established pattern? 91 innings in 5 plus seasons? That's hardly an established pattern, it's not even half a normal season workload. I'm sure his numbers would be better, but given the grind and ups and downs of a full season and NL teams seeing him more, I don't think you can just assume a sub 2 ERA. That rarely happens as it is.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 29, 2015 -> 09:39 PM) Nah, I'm confident his ERA would be below 2 in the NL this year. He has a career ERA of below 2 against the NL. I don't think that's a mere coincidence or by chance. Plus imagine roughly half of those games were at home with a DH, imagine if all games but interleague road games were played without a DH. Yea I'm thinking an ERA around 1.6-1.8 if he pitched in the NL this year. So his ERA would drop in half with a switch to the NL? And by your math Sonny Gray would have a 1.10 ERA in the NL? Doubtful.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 29, 2015 -> 07:53 PM) Anytime someone wants to gift wrap an all-star for us would be appreciated Fire Kenny and hire Dave Stewart. When Arizona hires Kenny, trade him Montas for Goldschmidt. Bam!

I'm really surprised by the size of the Melky Cabrera apologist society. He didn't strike me as the type of player so many would make excuses for.

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 11:54 PM) Kershaw mowed through the Cubs lineup tonight. 14 Ks. I really hope Kershaw pitches well in the postseason. He's been the best pitcher in the world for 5 years, but his reputation keeps getting sullied by the Cardinals postseason pixie dust.

Is there a story behind Hawk's broken bat - Matt Abbatacola?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) I am fine with Kenny. Despite the disagreements, I think the front office is the best it has been because of a balance of scouting experience and aggression, versus the long term thinking and forward viewing. My big fear is that if Williams leaves we lose that faction of the organization that looks more at the intangibles and tools versus stats and numbers. Remember, it was Kenny down scouting Jose Abreu who pushed Jerry to sign him. You can think what you want of Kenny as a GM, but he has an eye for talent. So one position player in 10 years justifies KW sticking around?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) Oh despite this I still wouldn't be so sure that anything really bad happened. I mean it may have, but knowing our how our board operates, he may have just used the f word at practice once too. Possibly, but they are gonna have a lawsuit on their hands from Beckman if that's the case.

Dr. Saturday ‏@YahooDrSaturday 4m4 minutes ago Illinois: "Beckman will not receive the $3.1 million remaining on the last two years of his original five-year contract." Wow. That means their report really found something bad.

Heyman reports that Starlin Castro cleared waivers. Would not have expected to hear that just 3 or 4 months ago.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 27, 2015 -> 10:56 PM) The fact that this thread hasn't gotten to 100 posts and has already died shows you how much any of us believe gun control of any kind will happen. 20+ Kindergartners were shot to death in their classroom and nothing changed. That's all you need to know about potential change in gun control.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 07:44 AM) Manroid, Thomas, Griffey, and who am I missing? James Howard Thome

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 27, 2015 -> 10:29 AM) Not picking on you, just adding some food for thought, but when it's worded that way, I think Tom Seaver gets the nod. If we are playing that game, the White Sox have had 4 of the best ten hitters of the last 20 years.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) Porcello 6 scoreless lol The Sox can smell the AL Central on him

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 08:46 PM) I know this has probably been addressed over the 109 pages, but why do we even have a Cubs catch-all thread on SoxTalk? Just so fathom can pad his post count.

Derrick Rose being sued by ex girlfriend for accused drugging and gang rape. http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2015/08/26/derri...d-for-gang-rape

QUOTE (Boogua @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 07:07 PM) I'm sure whatever the number from the basketball team was will likely fall now that Rice and Cosby are gone. They need to stop recruiting kids dumb enough to get caught. It's not like the players in 05 were perfect off the court either.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) Right, it could mean it never happened or that it was date rape. Of course he is innocent until proven guilty in this country which is exactly how I would expect the hawks to respond. Extra short rope, nothing else. Wasn't he already on an extra short rope though? At some point it's gonna run out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 01:24 PM) Chicagoist ‏@Chicagoist 5h5 hours ago Why The Patrick Kane Rape Investigation Could Drag On For Months http://bit.ly/1fEsYRx Hockey wise, that might be the worse case scenario for the Hawks. He gets indefinitely suspended by the NHL during the investigation, but his cap hit counts the whole time, just like Slava Voynov.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) Rock, something go down at OSU practice? Rumors all over Twitter after canceling practice and interviews. Twitter is talking about a major leg injury to a receiver.

"But he came over here and he really didn’t have success." Denny McClain is an idiot.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) Doesn't that describe just about any 6 hour period in Chicago? Yup.

Since this reporter shooting, 3 people have been shot in Chicago.