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In the last 7 days, Leury has more hits than Collins-Vaughn-Mendick combined.

But the only grades that count toward graduation are JR's.

Agree. This is pretty much a young team and we had the chance to find a manager who could relate and grow with this group. Instead we now hope "inspite of......................"

In all fairness, I am sure almost every manage/coach including TLR has cost his team games with bad decisions, poor player management, shitty lineups etc. Which is why in every sport you see many coaches who get chased out of a town by fans and/or the front office are back coaching in another town down the road. TT will probably get coach of the year in NBA and is the toast of NY but he still might want to rent and not buy.

Of course La Russa said the situation was handled appropriately. But he screwed it up. Many media reports said it should have been handled in the manage's office not in the press. I saw this morning where Alex Cora, who is a close friend to TLR , when asked said Tony was wrong.

I don't think the Twins will retaliate. This in not a situation where Mercedes injured the opponent's player and Minny did send a message to Yermin.

All over the Boston market the last couple of days.

German: Great find. I looked it up and he got ejected. That was after he got brushed back

Like many of us said about another Tony, give it behind closed doors. Hopefully TLR and Yermin are assigned seats together on the NY charter.

Tony: You just posted 5 minutes ago "I don’t need to have any further discussion about it. It ends there. "

Agree there are some in every sport. Players taking a slap shot at a goalie after the whistle on an offside. Basketball players not taking last second shots in blowouts. I do think a runner going hard into a SS/2B in a blowout is a worse offense.

I am amazed that through the years that when a pitcher throws at a player, I have never seen the batter let his bat go toward the mound on the next pitch. Probably has happened but I have seen plenty of batters thrown at and none retaliated w a thrown bat

Tony: That makes no sense. 557 players before him, who I also assume got paid, declined to do this until Mercedes did. I think it is fair to say some were HOF calibre, some were rookie and some were bench players. But an unwritten rule, by it's nature, can be broken if a player chooses. TLR should have just handled it privately w the player and if questioned by the media gave a no comment. Unfortunately the NY media will love this crap w the Sox in town this weekend.

Not sure that will happen. I doubt JR even know who Yermin is and Hahn probably headed fr the tall grass.

I assume it was brought up but the Boston announcers were talking about the game this year where Mercedes came in to pitch in a blowout. I had forgot about that. Jerry Remy and Ellis Burks both agreed that Mercedes never should have swung and LaRussa should have handled it in his office not w the press.

I saw a game not that long ago where a batter tried to bunt for a hit in a blowout but fouled it off. Next pitch he got dusted. Time to go to the 10 run rule after 7 full innings.

But Baldelli did respond after Monday's game. " I was surprised to see him swinging in a game like that, but those things occasionally do happen in this game still, and we have to deal with it."

I think with the White Sox lineup having numerous offensive threats, especially in top half, Madrigal may see more hittable pitches. As a result, I think he will not walk as much as people want.

We call this a rout!!!!

Not sure that is a great comparison. Billy Hamilton has a career BA of .240. He strikes out on average once every 5 plate appearances. Hamilton in his prime was a threat to steal.

I think a big part of a team's success is the atmosphere the manager/staff creates. I am a TLR detractor mainly because of his age , but this team has exceeded my expectations with their play despite loosing 2 of their better offensive players. I temper that with the fact that 12 of the last 14 games have been against the AL Central which I consider the worst division in baseball. They have gone 10-4 in that stretch. But I watched the Oakland/Boston series this week, which started w the two teams w best records in baseball. and their rosters in my opinion are pretty much inferior to our's across the board. So TLR is getting this team to play well despite the adversity. Hopefully we have the same feeling when they play outside the AL Central

This rotation is solid throughout

Another alternative, if we don't have an option in the minors, is to go get a legit corner outfielder. Eloy's return to LF will always be questioned and Eaton is questionable now. Maybe the Sox have to trade an asset to get one in return. But rather than fill a hole with a prayer, trade a package and get someone who solves at least RF now and next year can play LF or RF depending on Vaughn's progress. Maybe it means trading Madrigal and an arm if we could get a legit outfielder. Let 2B be the spot we fill w Mendick or another option in the minors. If Madrigal doesn't attract a good return, maybe plug Kopech in the 5 spot and see if Keuchel gets you an outfielder. We have the pitching to compete this year but a patchwork outfield will negate our advantage.

Agree he never should have been on base but that is a weak excuse . Katz and Grandal aren't in the bullpen when Hendriks is usually brought into a game. Certainly Grandal and Katz could have done a mound visit to discuss the next group of hitters if it was needed. Now maybe somebody can determine if Hendricks is not as effective when he goes back to pitch a second inning.

The biggest takeaway though is our staring pitching was great in Cincy against a very good offensive team. We have 5 very capable starters right now. I hope the FO has the foresight to realize this is a very good roster w one major hole in the corner outfield that needs to be addressed.