Bananarchy

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 21, 2016 -> 06:42 PM) Agree with the Crede. After 06 I identified Thome as the entire problem with the White Sox. He was brutal to watch IMO. I know he somehow got on base, but he made me want to create a whole new statistic to send into fangraphs: POBP- Pointless On Base Percentage. Or OBP that doesn't help a team. 2007 Thome would have been the second best WAR player on the 2005 White Sox. You're completely wrong about him.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 06:23 PM) Amazing how Crede is thought of as an all-time great and thome is brushed aside Which is crazy because everyone here values locker room guys. Jim Thome may be the classiest guy in MLB history. And Joe Crede had 1 year with a better WAR than Jim Thome in 2007.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 21, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) At least the corpses of the late 2000's hit homers sometimes. Outside of 2006, Thome was one of the worst things to ever happen to the white sox. Konerko, Thome & Dye had zero wheels. Needed three hits to score Thome. This is a different version of suckball. You can't be serious. He was almost as good in 2007 as he was in 2006.

Sources: MLB moves toward changing strike zone

I still can't get used to Frank doing national games. Looking forward to watching Stros/Rangers, but seeing him makes me think the Sox will be on.

QUOTE (ron883 @ May 21, 2016 -> 03:39 PM) Anybody change there opinions? Remember when I was ridiculed, but it turns out was totally right This attitude gets you nowhere.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 21, 2016 -> 04:56 PM) Way to ruin a 23-10 record in a hurry. 2-8 better be a blip. I'm concerned it's an adjustment. I just don't know how bad the team is.

More lost.

Eaton might need to bat second.

Saladino Name Meaning Italian: from the personal name Saladino, from Arabic (see Saladin), or nickname from this word denoting a bully or tyrant.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:41 PM) We need to win this game It would certainly be nice

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:34 PM) Not cheap, but we're a 3rd quartile payroll in a huge media market. The Tigers and Royals are WAY ahead of the Sox, especially Detroit. The best way to put it is that we've spent a TON of money inefficiently or evaluated talent quite poorly....wasting money on guys like Keppinger, LaRoche, Duke, Bonifacio, Kelly Downs, Beckham, the money all adds up even with the contracts at $5 million or less. The bold should be true, but they're the second team by a long shot in a large market.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:33 PM) Why not? Huge fan, great way to steal an out if you guess right It's a waste of a pitch. I would be interested to know as well.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:32 PM) You have no idea if this is true. If they gave him the 3/45 or so, he would have signed here. Nah. He wouldn't have. He wanted to be on the north side.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:29 PM) This is what happens when you're a cheap f*** and won't spend any money on a good bat. All the pressure is on Jose and Todd and it's not working. I just hope this team is around .500 come July. Keep playing like this and they'll be 8 out of the division and 5 or 6 of the WC come July. Didn't think this team would crawl into a hole. $100,000,000 payroll. Yep, they're cheap.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) Benetti is not a good announcer. Says a guy who listened to Hawk for how long?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) Damn, so close.. Now we all know this run probably won't score That was well hit. Stinks.

Looked like Cabrera got all of that.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:14 PM) Gonzalez is pitching well minus the 1st inning And he got out of it fine. The offense just needs to do something. Bunt this inning? #pleaseno

Can't wait for this Gonzalez experiment to end [/sarcasm].

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) The only people not killing the line up right now are Eaton, Melky, and to a lesser extent Saladino Pretty much. Jose is just the most disappointing.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:06 PM) Abreu also sucks against LHP for the 2nd year in a row. Can't believe it's not Rollins and his 1.433 OPS vs LHP batting 2nd. Would it kill Robin to read ANY of the research on batting orders?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) Enjoy tonight. Could be last night this year of going to bed with them in first Good Lord. Did someone die? When you wake up tomorrow morning, it doesn't matter what place the White Sox in. Life is a miracle. Relax.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:03 PM) Abreu was so overpowered by the fastball that at bat. He's killing this offense There's no planet on which a struggling player should bat second. The 2 spot is the first or second most important slot in the game (after the 4 spot)

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 21, 2016 -> 02:02 PM) Abreu is the best.. I like him a lot, but I want this slump to end.