Bananarchy

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.

E6? Probably wouldn't have gotten him.

Tim Raines similarity scores (* is HOF) Lou Brock (863) * Kenny Lofton (861) Max Carey (850) * Johnny Damon (848) Willie Davis (838) Jimmy Ryan (824) Jose Cruz (822) Julio Franco (818) Fred Clarke (816) * Enos Slaughter (813) * Lou Brock is really a Hall of Very Good guy, but if he's in, Raines probably should be.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:53 PM) Why are we so excited to get to their pen Old school baseball says we should be...?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) Completely disagree. Got a good pitch and had good swing. He's getting himself down in too many counts. In this situation for sure a pitch to hit is a pitch to hit. He just didn't get enough of it. Do you think they'll put that girl in the bullpen? "How would you like to be our 4th or 5th starter?"

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:44 PM) Benetti was right. Didn't realize Dyson had been playing in the big leagues (small role) since all the way back in 2010. Seems like he's a lot younger than 31 years old with his energy level. Dyson only played 25 for the Royals in 2011, so they played some together.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:43 PM) Entire team has warning track power now More flyouts!

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:36 PM) Still NO luck with RISP We do it to ourselves getting RISP with 2 outs, but yeah, no luck either.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) Was that Crede/Frank Thomas with that flare to RF, or Abreu? At least Jerry Sands has been hitting...but the 4 hole? Working for now. I have to do more research, but I don't think the 4 hole is where you want your best hitters anyway. Edit: Sorry, it's the 3 hole where teams put their best hitters and that's wrong.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:25 PM) They don't take many pitches...and they almost never walk. But they make contact about as well as any team in baseball. That's their schtick. Duffy has a great arm and still hasn't learned how to pitch. Always has had command/walk and pitch count problems. 60 pitch count limit today. They should take a lot more pitches. Paulie used to take so many.

Nice from Abreu.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:18 PM) I expect an average of a run an inning for KC.. I'm more concerned we won't hit, honestly.