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How about a dose of reality for Steve Stone ? Hey thanks for the memories. You have now been promoted to a Sox Ambassador, whatever that is, or maybe you can rejoin the Cub organization if that is how you wish to finish and be remembered. Black Jack McDowell is replacing you as the color announcer for the White Sox effective after the season ends.

If he can still hit 100 mph maybe he can be the Closer.

Eloy is still developing physically. He seems to be adding muscle mass rather than fat. His skills as an outfielder seem to be improving, even during the short time he has been in the majors. Eloy has made plays at the outfield wall that were aided because of his height and reach. He has made numerous plays on balls hit in front of him where he slide to get them and IMO, it is ridiculous to conclude that Eloy will not develop into a serviceable outfielder given his age and physical make-up. He is not a stocky dude like Schwarber or Viciedo and never will be. He is going to be our left fielder for many years but that won't stop some including cub fans from trying to diss him every time he makes an error or sustains a bruise. Come on people, Eloy is a gaddamn stud....the prototypical LFer who can rake but isn't going to be get every ball or have the arm of a RFer. Eloy and Robert will make a dynamic outfield combo for YEARS to come.

Tilson should have been instructed by Renteria that his primary job in CF was to call for fly balls and above all else, to avoid colliding with Eloy.

Large sample size: Collins has had 1,088 at bats in the minors over a four year period with a combined .234 batting average. He had a high OPS but that would not translate with major league pitchers. Collins is a pretty big dude at 6'3" and North of 220. He has slow reactions behind the plate . Collins has zero value as a DH but could be a back-up catcher for a team that needs one. He could be a secondary piece in a trade.

Collins is never going to beat out McCann so no big deal.

I would offer prospects like Blake Rutherford, Steele Walker or even Zack Collins for a decent starting pitcher. Madrigal should be brought up now so Leury can play Right Field and Yolmer short until TA comes back. Robert should have been brought up after the All star break. They are wasting his time in the minors. I still want the Sox to win as many as they can this season.

Awesome comments.

I doesnb't matter how many minor league at bats a minor league player has..it just doesn't. And it doesn't matter if Madrigal hits home runs. That is not his game.

Polka hit some of those against pitchers that were brought up by clubs from the minors at the end of the year or against pitchers whose teams were out of play-off contention and making vacation plans for the off-season. He's swinging at air this year. He can't play defense, even at first base. DFA him and don't look back,.

Leury is an every day player. He can hit for average, has speed on the bases, has a gun for an arm, and can lead off. Benetti said that he had about as many base hits as Castellanos does this year. I'd bring up Robert and have Eloy, Robert and Leury as the starting outfield for the rest of this year and to start 2020, No reason to give Palka another 60 AB's in the majors while Robert is held back. Leury is good enough where the Sox can wait for an internal option (Basabe, Rurherford, Walker,,) to develop and replace him down the road, if necessary. I would bring Madrigal up to play second, Rendon at short (until TA comes back) and Leury in RF. Stop switching Leury between infield and outfield.

Palka should be released before the cub series. Who is in charge of talent evaluation? Palka doesn't even look like a major league baseball player. Call up Robert and Madrigal. Oh, good riddance to Fulmer. Enough is enough with him as well.

Indoor TV antennas are around $15 and are unobtrtusive, even at an office desk .

How could this dude have been taken in the first round? Did Hostetler even watch any vides of this guy? Has anyone in the Chicago sports media questioned Hostetler about this pick? Burgur has not been able to control his weight. He lacks balance, flexibility and speed. And then the Sox take Vaughn who profiles the same way.

Despaigne will be released tonight.

Collins....LOL.

Falk Palka. For the love of God, bring up Robert and DFA Alonso.

Collins looked like Chris Darling in goal. Big and slow.

Pinch hit for Collins

Unless and until Luis Robert is brought up to take over CF, RF seems to be a moot point or at least, a secondary issue. Those who would rather insist that Robert isn't ready until 2020, and instead choose to blend in a 34 year old CF (Jay) and trade young prospects for a veteran RF may be on a different wavelength than the Sox rebuild is on.

Disco Demolition was a fearful response to the growing popularity of artist who were either black, hispanic, gay or female. That is proof positive that you don't know what you are talking about and I am not trying to be mean. We all loved Motown and artists and groups from the 1960's that were African American or multi-racial. Some of us originally thought that perhaps members of Steam were black.

I was there (for real) upper tank Left Field until they called the second game. Some of the attempts at historical revisionism are really absurd. Kids like me were raised on the rock and roll from the late 60's / early 70's and enjoyed listening to the great albums from that day AND the FM radio stations that played them, like .WDAI, WGLD, etc.. We were not into disco music, disco dancing or dressing like John Travolta did in Saturday Night Fever. Wayyyy too much has been made of the event, which tore up some sod and forfeited one game for our crappy team. I recall smoking a joint on the cat walk that went behind the scoreboard and then watching a few idiots throw 33 rpm vinyl albums from the second deck. That was one of the dumber moves....but large groups of young teenagers often get emboldened to misbehave. The hooliganism that lasted about an hour was nothing compared to the weapons related violence and murders that takes place every day now in Chicago and other major cities. The only people that had guns at Disco Demolition night were the Police. Nobody got shot, no teenagers and no Police. Maybe there is a lesson in there for some people but I doubt it. And the Cubs also sucked badly in those days and had sparse attendance at Wrigley. Santo was traded to the Sox and Kessinger played for and managed the White Sox. A few years earlier, Jack Brickhouse was the announcer for both the Sox and the Cubs on WGN TV.

I so agree Kyyle, especially since defensive shifts are countering many LH pull hitters. Leury is a decent LH platoon in CF or in RF for now. Sox need pitching, pitching and more pitching. That has to be the focus.

White Prince ..

This is a pretty uninviting fan forum that I plan on visiting far less than I have in the past, and yes, I know I won't be missed. There is just too much one-upmanship and juvenile taunting that leaves many true Sox fans wondering what is really behind it.