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Rodon no hitter thru 4

Chris Sale not backing up the throw to third. What is this little league? C'mon.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 18, 2016 -> 02:57 PM) Good baseball discussion going on thus far with Hawk & Stoney. Interesting, informative and enjoyable. Yeah it was like that yesterday too. I like Benetti, but the combo of Hawk and Stone (when Hawk isn't in a depressed mood) is much more enjoyable IMO.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Sep 17, 2016 -> 08:16 AM) I turned the game off, before Tyler's 3RD hit. What kind of single was it? Was it a solid hit? The fact that he has responded to more regular playing time is very encouraging. Unlike many bench players, who become "exposed" with more playing time, he has only gotten better. It shouldn't be surprising that a guy with his baseball acumen would improve with more experience. Last night he was facing a tough right hander and was very solid, once again. It's hard not to really like the guy. If he can produce like this, as a second baseman, he is certainly a starter, in my opinion. He brings good defense, solid contact, a little pop, high baseball acumen, versatility and is very affordable. What's not to like? Seriously, I hope he has more playing time than Lawrie next year.

Avi has been looking good

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) They hire a service to clean up after the pups. I used to bring my late dog Maggs. He loved it, especially the parade around the field. He pissed on the tarp. O was so proud, That's awesome lol

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 09:59 PM) They showed a couple bringing out the plastic bags LOL That's hilarious...and gross lol. I would hate to be the guys that clean the park after tonight because you know at least a few of those 1000+ dogs are going to have an "accident" that isn't properly taken care of.

Loving this offensive explosion. Where was this May 10 through Sept. 11?

Do they have designated areas for those dogs to do their business? What do they do if it needs to take a piss or something?

I wanna see a pit bull run on the field and start chasing a ball

Salad with that average in the 280s

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 11, 2016 -> 02:11 PM) Still a lot of holes Can start with Frazier "set in stone". He's okay, nothing more. No real stud hitters except a good Abreu. Yeah but you really don't need more than one "stud" hitter. Look at the 05 team. Konerko was the stud hitter on that team, Jermaine Dye would be next but idk if he is "stud" worthy. Who would be next? Crede? Iguchi? AJ? They weren't stud hitters either when they were in their prime. Thing is, need Abreu to be Konerko-esque in terms of hitting ALL YEAR, not just in August, September.

Right now on mlb the show 16, my franchise white sox roster (2018) consists of Adam Eaton, Tim Anderson, Bryce Harper, Jose Abreu, Andrew McCutchen, Eric Hosmer, Adrian Beltre, Victor Martinez, Jose Altuve with a bench of Hunter Pence, Nick Hundley, Odubel Herrera and Juan Uribe. The Sox should try to duplicate this. I'll write to Kenny .

Benetti talking about the Easter bunny...for no reason...that was embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as that base running blunder by Avisail

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 9, 2016 -> 10:39 PM) My biggest fear is Ventura being back next season. Ventura isn't the best manager but he isn't the worst. I mean, you really can't blame him for the team's performance this year.

Saladino with that average over .270 now...

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 9, 2016 -> 10:12 PM) Another solid performance from Carlos Rodon. I love Rodon's competitiveness. It is so good to see him finally the fruits of what he is capable of. Good pitchers take time to develop. Soon he will be able to get that 100 plus pitch count into the 8th, 9th innings.

Hope Rodon continues to dominate today

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 08:50 PM) I'll just go out on a limb and say Anderson is for real.He might hit more HR's then Alexei too. I think he D will also be on par if not better than Alexei . I'm not slighting Alexei in any way either. If he hits some homeruns ALONG with the singles and doubles while keeping that average and on base percentage where it should be, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But I'd rather him not get it into his mind that he needs to hit homeruns in order to help the team win. He's not here because of his pwoer (although I am not denying he has that potential), he is here to hit line drives, get on base, steal bases, and score runs. He is a table setter, not a run producer. I wouldn't mind if he didn't hit more than 8-10 per year.

Narvaez still hitting up at .340 haha. Wow what a nice light in the darkness huh?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 6, 2016 -> 05:31 PM) I hope Leury hits. He really would be the best bench piece. If Leury proves that he can play at this level, I honestly would have no problem putting Saladino as the primary 2B and having Lawrie DH next year if they can't sign anyone else to DH...and have Leury be the infield utility. Obviously not the first choice of action, but I would like to see Saladino start somewhere. Maybe they can convert him to a RF and have Eaton stay at CF? Just throwing ideas out there.

Heading into next season, the rotation currently looks like Quintana, Sale, Rodon, Shields, TBA (I deliberately put Q first, he should start opening day imo). Okay, so what do you do with Shields? If the front office wants to contend next year, there is no way they keep him. Do what do you do with him? His contract still has him under control for a couple years, and you aren't going to get any value for him. Should they release him and eat his contract? That means they need to find 2 starting pitchers. Maybe Gonzalez gets that 5th starter slot, or maybe 4th depending on who they pick up. Obviously, I think most of us would agree that the rotation should be the least of the off season concerns, but it will be interesting to see who they get to fill in that 5 hole... Because no way in hell is Shields coming back unless they go fill rebuild, which lbh isn't happening.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Sep 3, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) I'm perfectly fine with going into next season with Omar as the backup catcher but still think they need to sign a starter in the offseason. I'm hoping for Wieters. Would MUCH rather have Ramos

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Sep 3, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) I'm perfectly fine with going into next season with Omar as the backup catcher but still think they need to sign a starter in the offseason. I'm hoping for Wieters. Would MUCH rather have Ramos

The White Sox are the team to stop the Twins 13 game losing streak. And they will probably be swept. So embarrassing. The twins have 7 hits and 7 runs the sox have 11 hits and 2 runs. Give me a break.