Bananarchy

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.

1-0 KC

QUOTE (hi8is @ May 21, 2016 -> 11:35 AM) beginning of story. f*** jeff samardzia. end of story. The greatest story ever told.

Abreu. Betting against the streak.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ May 21, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) i could do without it, but conducting 162 post game interviews means some dumb ish is going to get asked. That is probably the crux of it, really. The difference between today and yesterday and the day before is just so small you can understand why the questions get weirder.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2016 -> 08:58 AM) Looks like it will be $1 billion plus, $500 million publicly financed and $500 million from the Rangers (plus the Rangers responsible for cost overruns)...will be finished no later than for the 2021 season. Funds available created by local hotel taxes and early payoff of the bonds for AT&T/Cowboys Stadium. When it comes to both of the stadiums in Arlington, the only real losers are the people who want to go to the games. Dallas has a surprisingly good rail system for a city in Texas, but Arlington has declined to have a station built on said line. Baseball isn't as bad, but football games at AT&T stadium are just a disaster.

QUOTE (lord chas @ May 20, 2016 -> 09:39 PM) Looks like Jason Heyward just broke his collarbone X-rays are clear. MRI tomorrow. MRI issues tend to be pretty scary though. He definitely looked bad. Edit: Side contusion. Out 3-5 days.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 21, 2016 -> 01:55 AM) This concocted rivalry existed long before inter league play. But even since it has been made mildly meaningful it has mostly fizzled.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 20, 2016 -> 11:31 PM) Batting him second is downright dumb. No reason for it. How bout fourth and keep him there every game of his Sox career. I can't believe Paulo Orlando beat us tonight. We play them 19 times. Bad to see him get confidence in Game One of 19. Cain also raked. We are in trouble. I look for Moose to be a problem tomorrow. yeah, that doesn't really make any sense.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 20, 2016 -> 10:26 PM) Home plate umpiring has been worse then ever and now MLB is going to change the strike zone like it will make a difference Until computers keep the umpires honest, nothing seems likely to change.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 20, 2016 -> 07:23 PM) No such thing...go back to Northside. THANK YOU.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 20, 2016 -> 10:50 PM) Thing is ... Sox played so well for such a long period of time (six weeks is a long period of great baseball) it looked like we had a special team. We were rattling off win after win, even without scoring many runs. Now loss after loss. It's true, though, the adage that it's all about the players. At 23-10 Robin looked like a genius, confidently making out the lineup and making the right calls. When the bullpen reeks and nobody can hit a home run cept Frazier and only 2 starters are godly, then the manager looks like a bozo. And Robin is still all nonsense. You can deal with the inopportune bunting and the silly lineup decisions when the Sox are winning, but when they look bad Robin gets exposed.

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ May 20, 2016 -> 10:56 PM) I'll answer for you. Because we get to see and hear about how amazing the Cubs are and watch and hear about how much of a fraud we are. The Cubs are in Chicago so as we continue to pretend we will be reminded of what a real baseball team looks like every day. Seriously, get over the Cubs. This is Soxtalk. There's an MLB forum for that trash.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) Just 2 hits since the 4th inning (would have been nice if Sanchez could have had that hit in the last week when we really need one). White Sox fans should get a refund. And of course the Cubs are destroying the Giants. Perfectly crappy night that started out so promisingly in Boston. Ton of called 3rd strikes tonight for someone with such pedestrian stuff. The bold is why "Lazy Journalism" is a thread on here. Why the heck do you care and what does this have to do with the White Sox game? I'm sorry, losing is super frustrating and the Cubs score does nothing to help.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 20, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) Sox -Cubs rivalry defies logic but so many of us bought into it. But if you follow the series over the years, the infatuation with that rivalry is over. it was novel for the first decade the games counted, but now people just care less than ever. Yeah, Sox and Cubs fans give each other a ribbing or whatever, but the excitement over that silly series has subsided locally. The national media just hasn't paid enough attention to notice.