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Brian Wilson's been absolutely horrendous this year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 11:27 PM) Danks is getting good again. Remember his last bad outing a few starts ago when many people on the board wanted him DFA'ed? Danks haters need to give him his props. He looks like he's getting good, again. It's all about location for him now. His stuff isn't good enough to where he can make a mistake with his fastball and get away with it. He's had good location in his past few starts. He definitely didn't have it in that start against the Astros.

Leury is having the game of his life. Danks just got a base hit. WTF is going on?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 10:51 PM) I have always been aggressive. The longer I am up, the more I overthink it. It works for me though I feel like I'm way too aggressive sometimes. There's been too many times where I jumped on the first pitch and regretted it instantly. I don't think I've ever had a terrible result once I got deep in the count, especially on 3-1, but that doesn't happen all that often.

Wait, what...? That was ball 3 right?

Just don't strike out Adam...

The unintentional intentional walk.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 10:33 PM) Still in shock... Hey if Leury can do it, anyone can, right...right...?

I can't believe Leury Garcia hit a home run...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 01:46 PM) i think I walk maybe once or twice a season. Hell, i would bet i am a first pitch swinger more than 80% of the time The idea is to get deep in the count so the pitcher throws you a good hitter's pitch. You're a lot more likely to get a good pitch 3-1 than on 1-1.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 09:26 AM) Noesi with the White Sox is sporting a 3.92 era, 33K, 41 IP, 17 BB, 40H 18ER, 105 ERA+, 1.38 WHIP, 1.94 K/BB All for a pro-rated $512,500. He's basically the team's third best right handed starter, which isn't saying much, but still. And if Noesi continues to improve under Cooper, then this could be one of the most interesting acquisitions ever. Your team scores 7 runs off the guy in one inning, he gets DFA'd, said team picks him up off waivers, then develops him into a good starter. How funny would that be?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) 7-8 or 8-9, something like that, mostly doubles and triples. I was just hitting frozen ropes out to LF all night. We lost the 1st game 17-16 in extras and then 10-runned them in 5 27-17 in the 2nd. I pitched both games and while I liked pitching to the guys at the top of their order, it was an incredibly frustrating night because probably 6 out of the 10 guys that showed up for them went up to bat looking to walk. I'm sorry, I don't care if it's the last out of a state tournament and there are 2 outs and it's 3-1 and the bases are loaded and we're tied up, I'm going up there looking to hit every single time. If it's close, swing the f'ing bat. As a batter, I'm not going to bail the pitcher out. My goal is to get on base and walking happens to be one of those ways. As a pitcher, your goal is to throw strikes. It's one thing if the umpire is freaking terrible and squeezing you, it's another if you can't throw strikes and expect hitters to bail you out. Now, with all that said, I never go up there looking for a walk. However, I feel like complaining about hitters not swinging at balls out of the zone is pretty damn silly.

I really don't understand why ML infielders make the longer throw at times. Alexei almost always throws to first when there's a force available at second for the last out of an inning. Although these guys are great at it, there's still a higher probability of them screwing up a throw to first than screwing up a short throw to second.

I would have no problem with Quintana b****ing out his defense when he gets back to the dugout.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 10:57 PM) I'm still staggered by that play by Gillaspie. Kershaw wasn't even close to third base. I think Kershaw kind of going into the line of sight of Gillaspie when he was throwing, which made him short-arm that throw. But yeah, there was absolutely no reason for him to throw that ball.

I'd feel so f***ing terrible for screwing my pitcher like Gillaspie and Gordon have this game.

Wow this is pathetic.

Quintana is so unlucky. There's no reason Gillaspie shouldn't have ran to third to get the out on Kershaw.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 02:05 PM) The first year Harper stays healthy for a full season he'll be a top 2-3 player in the game. Sounds like the argument for Carlos Quentin lol.

Bryce Harper at #2...? Seriously? Harper's triple slash .273/.353/.476. Good, but not anywhere near #2 in baseball good. He's got a lot of potential, but he's been a MLer for 3 years now and his numbers haven't been that impressive.

iOS 8 gets custom keyboards, sharing between apps, and 3rd party widgets. Late to the party, but it's good to see Apple bringing in useful features that iOS has lacked and needed for a while.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 30, 2014 -> 12:59 PM) So my 7th grader is saving all his money for XBOX ONE Is it really that much better than the 360 w/ KINECT and if so, why? Graphics wise, yeah. It doesn't really offer anything else ATM.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2014 -> 02:47 AM) So it's a simple question. What are the odds Indy still fires Vogel and OKC fires Brooks? I doubt OKC will can Brooks, although I do feel like he's holding the team back. I feel that Vogel's job might be on the line though. There's just way too much drama in Indy.

Had one of my better games yesterday. Hit 2 gappers (one only for a single though) and a homer. We had a good effort all around and won 13-3.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 29, 2014 -> 01:00 PM) Eh, you're right. Both B's No, how has Danks been better than Quintana...? Quintana's only had one bad start this year, where he gave up 5 runs in 5 innings against the Rangers. With the exception of only going 5 innings in Houston (where he only gave up 2 runs), he's had a quality start in every other start. That's 9 quality starts and 10/11 good starts. He's been one of the most consistent pitchers in baseball this year. In fact, he's tied with Buehrle for the 4th most quality starts in the AL with 9 (3 guys ahead of them have 10).