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QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 14, 2016 -> 01:20 PM) Loves me some Wimpy! I wanna hear Hawk and Wimpy call a game together.

Excellent woodwork by Jose. This team is so much more fun to watch when they score.

Adam Eaton crushed that. First pitch foul pole homerun. Loving this early scoring recently.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 14, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) They just showed a stat that the Sox bullpen has pitched 33 innings in the last 6 games. And opponent's batting average was in the low .200s

The team is actually playing well tonight and everybody is b****ing about every little thing they do wrong...they aren't going to be absolutely perfect geeze.

Who's next??? Lets take bets. I say Melky.

This team just looks dead. I'd we actually had a decent offense that scored an average of 4 runs a game, with so many low scoring close game that have been lost, I bet they would be over .500 right now.

This team is so damn BORING

As bad as Reinsdorf's teams have been in the last decade or so, you really can't deny what he has brought to the city of Chicago. 7 World Championships. His legacy is with the Bulls, and he was the first owner to bring a ws trophy to Chicago in 88 years. Unfortunately, he will probably be remembered by most Sox fans as an owner that fielded mediocre teams because of the last decade or so.

Real nice pitching from Fulmer there.

As long as he is pitching decently, I wonder how many pitches robin will let ynoa throw

They're dropping like flies. Story of the season. Will Anthony Ronaudo take his spot? Please hopefully not Turner.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 07:19 PM) Except he is at total cross purposes with the 2017 team at this point...helping to elevate the win total, taking at-bats from a Saladino or Coats or Garcia (well, that's a bit of a stretch) and very unlikely to be traded for a future asset this month because his pittance of a salary makes a waiver block highly probable. Too bad it's not Avila doing this, because he is under control for 2017...but it's just the way this season has gone. Wasn't Avila signed for a one year deal?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 08:31 AM) Question to those seeing the Sox on a daily basis. Abreu has been on a tear lately. I wonder how much, if any, has Mourneau helped hitting behind him. Earlier in the year, Melky was hitting well but it didn't seem to help. But it seems to me the arrival of Mourneau seems to coincide w Abreu hitting much better. maybe Abrfeu has just found his groove. Could be the presence of Morneau, but I think the fact that his son is around is the biggest factor as to why he has been performing so well.

Jose Quintana is by far my favorite player on this team. If the Sox hold on to this lead, Q could care less about his own personal win, although he more than deserves it. He will sleep well tonight knowing he pitched well enough to put his team in a position to win the ballgame.

Excellent defense by the white sox in that inning

QUOTE (Insp @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 09:04 PM) Team's ahead, nobody posting. Business as usual. I was posting...and then saw no one else was and then was like well this is awkward lol.

There's your random JB Shuck homer lol. Nice swing by JB.

Another hit by Morneau

Coop for manager lol. I love how fired up Coop was after getting thrown out there and Robin was as chill as can be. In all honesty thought, I love how Coop is defending Q. Q needs love somehow.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) His current HR pace would give him 26 HRs over 600 ABs, so call him a 25-30 HR bat while hitting .300 with an OPS right at .850. If he can keep up that pace for the rest of the year, and he's willing to take, say, 2/$10, why not? That's a bat you want in your lineup. Yeah, I guess I didn't project his power numbers well. I agree his bat is one that should be in the lineup, going into next year with Morneau the lineup would look something like: 1) Eaton 2) Anderson (?) (Not sure if he is a 2-hole hitter quite yet) 3) Abreu (Hopefully he returns to his 2014 form...he has not hit like a number 3 hitter or even a number 5 hitter this year. Sox need him to drive in runs in order to compete) 4) Cabrera (I actually trust him to drive in Eaton and Anderson more than I do Abreu, so Melky might be better suited for number 3) 5) Morneau 6) Frazier 7) Lawrie 8) Catcher? (No clue who this will be, hopefully one that works well with pitchers, not necessarily an offensive force 9) Other outfielder, I like Jackson in the 9-hole, so maybe he comes back, who knows, although Avi might be back next year too. If the players mentioned in this lineup at least play AT their career norms (other than Anderson, not sure what his "career norm" is quite yet, looks promising though), this is a very solid lineup. A bench with a backup C, Shuck, Saladino and someone else is GOOD, if none of the starters get hurt. Problem, there is no depth. An aside: really looking forward to getting Putnam and Petricka back in the pen next year, along with possibly Burdi.

Just curious as to everyone's thoughts. After last night's 4 hit performance, in 70 at-bats Morneau is hitting .300 with 3 homeruns, 9 RBI, OPS of .851 While 70 ABs is a small sample size, I think that Morneau has proven that he is still capable of hitting well at the professional level. The power may not be there, but he is still finding holes and putting the bat on the ball which is waaay more than any other recent Sox DH has done. Should the Sox strongly consider offering him a contract for the DH position next season? He does solve a hole in the lineup...good left-handed bat and a DH (2 birds one stone). If so, would a 2 year deal be too much? He's 35, turns 36 in May 2017. I don't think so...not a big fan of these 1-year rentals and it's not like Morneau is 38, but maybe they need to see how he hits the rest of the season.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 9, 2016 -> 10:31 PM) True that. I would like to keep Morneau though Yeah I was just thinking that...would be real nice to have him back as our dh. He has proved so far that he can still hit major league pitching.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 9, 2016 -> 10:27 PM) Gosh we need a catcher next year. We need a catcher every year lol

If this isn't Sales last hitter...also good throw gets the runner at second.