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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) When was the last time a pitcher who had success in the NL replicated that success in the AL? Cueto has sucked, and Hamels has just been OK for the Rangers (I'm aware of the small sample sizes). We all know what's happened with Samardzija. I can't think of one. I guess Volquez has been OK this year but he's not really a guy I would say has had a past history of success. In this century I'd agree. NL players don't really work for this team. Don't forget Peavy, he wasn't great for this team. Interesting that Scherzer isn't producing for what he's paid. Puljols is productive but the Angels regret that contract. Hopefully the Sox will realize trying to fill holes with NL players isn't working for them. That's where you throw out the stat book and look at recent history.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) I think cooper needs to go more than Williams or Hahn. I don't know. What would happen it he would be replaced by a former player. Former Sox retreads just aren't working.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) Now it's time to go home and lay an egg against CLE #2015 Or go on a 8 game losing streak after 1 game before .500

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) he certainly had a terrible year but unless the Sox are prepared to walk thru the desert for a few years, stockpile some high draft picks and start over, not sure if you're going to have better options than Lexi next year. Doesn't seem Anderson is ready I think he is at the point where he needs to be rested maybe one a week. I don't recall him getting many breaks in his career. He might have played more innings than most of the team.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) It reminds me of the Sox at the trade deadline.............do not get fooled again KW/Hahn. I bet every organization tried to low ball them.

The guys in the Royals pen throws really hard.

I probably learn more about the White Sox watching the opposing broadcast. Hawk just isn't very educational.

BTW who is the Sox catcher this game? What do you know about him?

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) Oh hey Duke in the 8th.. at least we have the top of the order to face their closer Another guy I would have throw a baseball until Feb. Now he is proving me wrong.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) Atleast they were solo HRs. He made some bad pitches but he can fix that. He was ahead of hitters and giving up HRs. He's also facing the best team in the AL. I'd say it's a good outing.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) Not cheap if they mean to make contact and make other team make a play. KC limits their strikeouts and fields a speedy team. Team speed forces a lot of mistakes.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) Why make your catcher bunt with two catchers in the bench and an extended bench? I don't think there is anyone in the organization that can do this or instructors that can teach it.

The kids can't bunt.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) More insulting worthless LaRoche at first laughing it up with Dyson. What's he suppose to do? Punch him in the head?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) So insulting to hear Hawk talk about KC specials when a guy like dyson gets an infield hit They Royals remind me of the Twins at the start of the century. Get a lot of cheap hits. Petrified should not be used again until February. He's a mental midget. I'm surprised Robin didn't follow him up with Duke.

Listening to the Royal broadcast. They were discussing the Sox problems. No leadership in the clubhouse.

Yay he got out of this inning.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 01:34 PM) Remember back in 2005, we had a 12-16 record in August and in mid-September we had a 4-10 stretch? The Royals aren't playing their best right now but their best is as good as anyone when the find it. Don't judge teams by what they're doing at their best or at their worst. 2 weeks later it can look very different. teams slump

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 31, 2015 -> 08:36 PM) AAAA player. We got plenty of those. Those just happen to be millionaires.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Sep 5, 2015 -> 10:06 PM) s*** man. At times I'm ready to move Sale, Abreu and Q and stockpile prospects and try and get this thing going long term. It's painful to watch us ruin the primes of those three. Which is what it seems like we'll do for the next three seasons. Maybe this is just the booze talking at this point lol. I'm sick of s***ty baseball run by s***ty people. I'm not trusting this organization with prospects. They do fine with pitching. They could trade Sale and end up with another Borchard, Owens, Fields and Anderson. The Mount Rushmore of Suck. I'd trade those 3 for 90% of the Cardinals scouting and development and throw in Buddy Bell as a bonus.

Ventura brings out both mental midgets of the pen. I'd use Duke in March.

If I was a KC fan I would be ticked at giving up these homers to an anemic offense.

QUOTE (skooch @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) Here's a crazy thought, if you're the Blue Jays or the Yankees do you consider trying to add John Danks for a potential playoff match up against the Royals? I don't think he would be allowed in the post season.

Danks is better than Shark.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 01:31 AM) I remember going to games there and feeling sorry/pity for the Royals. I was at that game when Miguel Asencio threw 16 consecutive balls to walk in a run. Now we have to feel sorry for the White Sox organization. To those of us who have lived and died with this franchise for the last 30 years, this is all very confusing — almost as confusing as rooting for a team that’s resting its regulars for the playoffs with five weeks left in the season. That the Royals are the anything of baseball is disorienting enough. For a generation, the Royals were props, redshirts existing only as plot devices. That they are now central characters in baseball’s drama is heady enough; that they are regarded as villains is icing on the cake. Your favorite team can inspire worse emotions than hatred. Pity, for instance. The irony is probably the only contact for most of the US this year with the White Sox (other than Chris Sale K's) has been Eazy-E incorrectly wearing an early 90's White Sox cap 3-4 years before it was even introduced. In that sense, I guess it's not a surprise. Whether it's Shoeless Joe Jackson's denial or C caps with "Piglet" tails that get confused with the Cleveland Indians, it has been a LONG LONG three years in the wilderness, and the likelihood of beating KC, Minnesota or Cleveland before 2018 is about the same as Kim Jong Eun being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for using an anti-aircraft missile battery to execute one of his top military advisors. So like after 20+ years the Royals are playing winning baseball. I don't get the placing of that organization on a pedestal.