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Thoroughly enjoyable game 1. So nice to have a World Series featuring teams I don't hate!

Any expansion/realignment talk that reduces the DH is a non-starter for me. Universal DH! (no one really wants to see their starter batting 3+ times per game. get real.) Sort out the Oakland and Tampa stadium/attendance issues first and then we can talk about adding teams. If we are adding, Montreal is numero uno. Portland is worth exploring. I draw a blank as to where else is feasible. I am absolutely 100% vehemently against the dissolution of the AL/NL as I do NOT want to deal with the jackass northsiders in the same division etc etc. I also hate the two Wildcards. 3 divisions + WC or 4 divisions, no WC - please.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 13, 2017 -> 07:57 AM) Will somebody just beat these assholes???

QUOTE (hi8is @ Oct 6, 2017 -> 03:38 PM) What's with the Nats love on this board? Cant speak for anyone else but I lived in DC while in the Navy. And as I despise all things Cubs, the Nats are an easy choice!

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Oct 5, 2017 -> 11:00 AM) Hope the Nats take the first 2 at home and Scherzer dominates Game 3 at Wrigley. Yes please?!!!

Ideally? Cubs swept in laughable fashion & Cleveland going out in the 1st round + Bos and NY not winning it all. Rooting for the Nats to embarrass the sorry ass Northsiders on their way to winning the World Series.

2018 regulars 1B - Abreu 2B - Moncada SS - Anderson 3B - Davidson - Unless someone comes along and pushes him to DH. C - Smith/Narvaez - neither look like starters to me. They split time until something better comes along. LF - Delmonico - I think the bat plays. LF might be an adventure for a while. Future DH candidate. CF - Engel - His defense has earned him time to see if the bat ever comes around. Might only ever be a 4th OF but deserves the shot to prove otherwise. RF - Avi. I personally think Allstar Avi is a mirage, but unless the FO is blown away by an offer in the offseason he starts in RF. DH - rotation between Davidson, Delmonico, Abreu, and Avi. UT - Saladino - Love his glove and versatility. Bat is probably no better than what we have seen. Rotation Rodon R Lopez ? ? ? Pen ????? Fringe Yolmer Sanchez - FO probably tries to find a new home for him in the offseason. Great glove at 2B, but lacks the versatility to be a good Util. Leury Garcia - Never been a fan of his. Glove is barely passable in the OF, and never liked him at SS. Speed is pretty useless if you can't get on base. 4th OF? Alen Hanson - MEH. Willy Garcia - I like what little I have seen. Probably doesn't play much if he is back before the end of the year. I like his glove more than Avi's but I don't know where he gets time. LF/RF/DH? Stack the losses...

I would love it if the Sox won all 4 and put a dent in the northsider's playoff chase, but I am not hopeful. Please win at least 1 and then promptly go back to tanking...

QUOTE (Quin @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 12:23 PM) ...did my memory fabricate this last year? I vaguely remember some chatter about the Yankees trying to get him through a waiver deal, but I don't remember any DFA talk.

Of course this breaks right when I have to leave for work!

Chicagoist: White Sox Up Their Beer Game Again With New Revolution Brewing Deal https://twitter.com/chicagoist/status/860250311092572161

JJStankevitz: Charlie Tilson will go on the 60-day DL to make room for Mike Pelfrey on the #WhiteSox 40-man roster.

ChiTribSkrbina: White Sox place pitcher James Shields on 10-day DL with strained right lat. Shields is 1-0, 1.62 ERA, 16 Ks in 3 starts this year. ChiTribSkrbina: Mike Pelfrey will take Shields' spot in Sox rotation for now. Team expects him to miss as many as three starts. JJStankevitz: Hahn: Sox think it's a "it is a relatively mild strain and we’re optimistic that he will only miss a couple of turns through the rotation."

Found this interesting: CST_soxvan: Willy Garcia, a RF by trade, starting in CF for Charlotte. "We’ll see what he’s capable of doing out there as a possibility,'' Hahn said. https://twitter.com/cst_soxvan/status/854479521545945089

Rack em up!!

rack em up! ballgame!

Soto back to back!! 6-2!

Avi deep blast to center! 5-2!

Frazier gets a hit!!!!!...

hell of a play by Dozier to start the DP. wow.

He gone! Gonzo pitches over the 2 out double.

Nice quick 3rd for Gonzalez.

Damnit. Timmy liner to the pitcher caught.

Mejia out after 51 pitches.

Saladino HBP