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QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 08:45 AM) I'm rather confused by the direction of this team. They win some games bringing hope and then go on a slide so I'm not sure where I stand to be honest. I admit I have a difficult time accepting they can reach the post season so that being said... Assuming a team would trade for LaRoche, opening up the DH would allow Avi to move to DH. I know it would hurt what value he has but as long as Avi remains one of the core players then I'm not overly concerned about value. The Sox could give Thompson a look in RF or move Eaton RF and Thompson plays CF. Either way the OF defense would improve. Problem with that idea is, imo, Thompson's bat could use more time at Charlotte. Thompson has made impressive progress this year and would like to see that continue before giving him a look with the Sox or at least wait til September. Another idea would be Avi to DH with Shuck moving to RF which still improves the defense although not as much as Thompson would. Again, all this based on the Sox not being contenders and me as a fan being rather confused as to the direction of the current team so please take this post with a big grain of salt. I'm not even concerned with him remaining a core player. Core players usually do something well. We've got lots of holes to fill and at this point I consider right field one of them. And if we jettisoned LaRoche and moved Avi to DH, I'd consider DH one of them. I am sure the front office doesn't feel the same way and he'll get his shot as long as they can fall back on his youth.

This one was one of Hawk's "win 60."

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) Let him finish it. QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:07 PM) Yes, please Thirded.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 35s35 seconds ago 7 scoreless for Samardzija today. Has now gone 7 IP in 7 consecutive games (10 of 11). 2-0 White Sox at the stretch.

This game will have zero baserunners and last forever.

The most important thing that happened today is that Hawk joined Twitter.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 11:22 AM) Do I actually have to look to find the correlation between LaRoche playing 1b and there being a righty starter on the mound or can we just believe it? Righty on the mound for 18 of 22 first base starts, ~82%.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) Robin should have challenged that because he should be aware of what is happening in a baseball game. Doesn't mean he should have challenged this one. Surprisingly, two things can be similar (player asks to challenge) but be different (completely different scenarios and plays). On the same token, every day I wake up and go to bed, but much of the time the day is different! I'm not even referring to whether he should have challenged the play in Detroit. I'm talking specifically about people using "because the player said he should challenge" as a reason he should challenge. It should never be a reason, or only ever a minor consideration at most.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 1m1 minute ago #WhiteSox for 7/9: Eaton 8, Abreu DH, Cabrera 7, LaRoche 3, Garcia 9, Gillaspie 5, Soto 2, Sanchez 4, Beckham 6. Samardzija vs. Dickey. Alexei sitting because of the ball he fouled off his foot. Beckham hitting behind Sanchez, lolol

What was most annoying was that he tried to get Robin to come out and challenge it. I want people to remember that the next time they say Robin should have just "trusted his veteran" on that Alexei debacle in Detroit. Players are often wrong.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:09 AM) Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story? That would be the TOOTBLAN - thrown out on the bases like a nincompoop. You can go here - http://tootblan.tumblr.com/ - and find, supposedly, every TOOTBLAN in the majors since 2013. Click on 2015 database and filter however you want. It looks like it's updated with last night's games but I don't see Avi's there yet, so that gives me some concern about how complete this is. Anyway, if you include yesterday, looks like Avi has been thrown out trying to stretch a hit 4 times.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) Something is amiss with the Bluejays hitting success at home. Its almost like they know what pitch is being thrown..... Hasn't there been smoke around that in prior years? wRC+ splits for players with at least 50 PA's both home and away. Home Away Diff Player 175 070 105 Danny Valencia 185 114 071 Josh Donaldson 155 086 069 Russell Martin 166 112 054 Chris Colabello 164 122 042 Jose Bautista 153 112 041 Devon Travis 128 098 030 TEAM 144 130 014 Justin Smoak 090 079 011 Jose Reyes 119 113 006 Edwin Encarnacion 087 105 -18 Kevin Pillar 038 082 -44 Ryan Goins 071 117 -46 Ezequiel Carrera

Adam Eaton is now 5th on the team in isolated power. (.203) Abreu (.157) Soto (.156) LaRoche (.153) Flowers (.135) Eaton (.130) Gillaspie

Yikes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 04:33 PM) It is the double standard being used in this thread. One note talks about only the most recent history for the Sox, but then is going back to before a good portion of the Bulls fan base can ever remember to explain them. It is silly. You brought up the early '00s Bulls, and the '90s dynasty had a clear and obvious impact on those teams' attendance. This is not rocket surgery.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 04:29 PM) It is funny that Sox fans will point to only the last 10 seasons to talk about how bad they have had it, but are willing to go back to the 1990's to talk about how good the Bulls have it. What are you talking about dude? You're the one who brought up the Bulls.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 04:12 PM) If only the White Sox had only taken a 20% after their title years. Then even when the team was awful, the attendance started going up again. They gained fans after a .366 and .280 winning percentage. The White Sox lost fans after winning a division title. But, let's hear about all of things that make it different for the White Sox again. QUOTE (shysocks @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) They had a line of people 10,000 miles long ready to see the team from the Jordan years. Go figure, having a dynasty builds the fanbase.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Even when the Bulls were a perpetual laughing stock, they were amongst the NBA's attendance leaders. They had a line of people 10,000 miles long ready to see the team from the Jordan years. Go figure, having a dynasty builds the fanbase. And attendance still took a hit. 1999-00 41 22,124 2000-01 41 21,674 2001-02 41 18,934 2002-03 41 19,617 2003-04 41 19,736

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 03:45 PM) Didn't Hutchison destroy us last time he faced us? Yes.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 02:43 PM) At the Cell: Sox runs/game: 3.11 Opponetns runs/game: 3.42 On the road: Sox runs/game: 3.67 Opponents runs/game: 5.23 While the Sox offense has sucked more at home on the road, it looks like the pitching/defense has been nearly two runs worse away from the Cell, and that's probably the biggest culprit. I wonder why that is. LittleHurt's numbers are correct, I made a mistake. Pay attention to this man.

The raw totals for the Sox: Pitching: 3.02 runs per game allowed at home, 5.92 away Offense: 2.74 runs per game scored at home, 4.15 away TOTAL: 5.77 RPG at USCF, 10.08 RPG in Sox away games That grades out to an absurd park factor of 0.58 which is then balanced out a bit by previous years. Weird all around.

http://gosu02.tripod.com/id103.html That's super dated, and so it's probably a bit simplistic, but it gives a general idea. The tl;dr version: The runs per game at the Cell are compared to the runs in games which involve the Sox away from the Cell. So a bad offense and good pitching staff shouldn't really mess with the park factor because you're comparing it to the same bad offense and good pitching staff. Multiple years of data are used, with a weight towards more recent years. I'm guessing this fluky "4 runs or fewer at home" streak is responsible. So yes, the Sox' putrid offense is destroying not only their pitchers' W-L numbers, but also their WAR totals.

Do people not understand that Wrigley is a tourist attraction, or do they conveniently ignore it?

I live 4.5 miles from the ballpark, and I almost stayed home because two hours before gametime the forecasts were telling me not to bother. For anybody who has any more trouble getting to US Cellular than I do, I imagine the decision would be pretty easy. The weather certainly had an impact.

^^^ Predictable Post of the Year