If you were on the pro-buy camp, wouldn't you just say that swapping Avi for [good hitter] would win you this game?

Having a competent defensive OF probably would have saved us 2 runs today.

You are both right.

 

How could he if the response to that would be "the players I wanted would've won us the game"

He gets the blame, but if you believe what bucket (and Rock to an extent) said, who knows what guys he wanted and what guys were KW's finger prints.

Well, Baltimore's winning as well...although the Angels are playing so badly they're putting themselves back in the elimination bracket.

 

This game is a perfect illustration of why we should have dealt Shark.

 

Coaching decisions right and left, bad defense, bullpen giving up key late runs right and left whenever the Sox had the momentum.

 

3.5 behind a superior Blue Jays team. Have fun catching them

Ventura talking nonsense after the game...bad call, Robin. Own up to it!

He just cost the White Sox any chance of getting the wild card. He MUST be fired. I mean if he uses 1/10th of his brainpower he does not send Lexi there. He just has to go.

Don't get me wrong, I know it was a terrible move and I think he should be fired, not just for this but for all of his horrendous decisions this year. But we're the White Sox. We won't fire him.

If you flip the W-L record against the NL in 2007, it wouldn't have been as abysmal of a year as it ended up being, despite the fact that watching that team for more than a few innings at a time would make your eyes bleed.

 

At least you had Fields and Owens and Wasserman looking decent...Andy Gonzalez, haha. He looked like a slugger compared to Leury.

it's been common knowledge for years now that the Sox cannot win games when there are expectations set upon them, hell even Rongey admits it and he waves the damn pom poms every night.

 

it's like they're scared as f*** when pressure is on

well not much else Robin can say... everyone on the planet earth knows how idiotic it was.

And the thing is, there was a play last week where the Sox got away with it, but the send by McEwing was equally stupid.

Can you imagine if you screwed up at work as badly as McEwing just screwed up there? You'd get raked over the coals and depending on your reaction to the chewing out, you'd be fired or at least DEEP in the doghouse.

Will anybody even say anything to McEwing? The Sox have a bad enough team ... they don't need coaches making the players' jobs even more difficult.

Thanks, McEwing. We'd have probably hit into a DP and tied the game, but noooooo.

worst loss of the season. I am so pissed off, what a disaster

And the thing is, there was a play last week where the Sox got away with it, but the send by McEwing was equally stupid.

I think he tried to hold Eaton last week and Eaton literally blew him off and ran right to home

I'm sure Garcia will be out there tomorrow. Heck probably moved up in the order. Mistakes gets you a promotion on this team.

Guys lets not let McEwing let us forget that Avisuck is the reason we lost

 

edit: McEwing is just the reason we didn't tie

Edited August 4, 201510 yr by Knackattack

I think he tried to hold Eaton last week and Eaton literally blew him off and ran right to home

 

Ok, if that's the case, I take it back. Couldn't remember the exact play.

He is blocking the plate

 

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to block the plate when the ball beats the runner like that. What's the catcher supposed to do ,get out of his way to tag him and allow the runner to try some slick slide maneuver ?

The thing is....it's just laziness on McEwing's part and/or lack of scouting.

 

If Kiermaier didn't play for the Rays, he'd be in the Gold Glove conversation. He can really do it all defensively. The Rays' announcing team was simply incredulous he was being sent there.

Edited August 4, 201510 yr by caulfield12

Don't get me wrong, I know it was a terrible move and I think he should be fired, not just for this but for all of his horrendous decisions this year. But we're the White Sox. We won't fire him.

I hear you, brother. I'm so mad at McEwing. Like somebody said, a good Little League coach would know better. McEwing has to be ready to make an educated call. He probably never even considered the fact there were NO outs. He got caught up in it. Pretty idiotic. I think it's baseball etiquette to not interview McEwing after the game, so the writers can't grill him about it. Probably unnecessary anyway. But it was a send that cost the Sox a game.

 

it's been common knowledge for years now that the Sox cannot win games when there are expectations set upon them, hell even Rongey admits it and he waves the damn pom poms every night.

 

it's like they're scared as f*** when pressure is on

Never thought of that, but you are right. They'll start playing good ball again when they are 8 under .500 probably. Web gems. Big hits. Key bullpen performances. And then they'll get to one under .500 and reek again. Sickening.

The thing is....it's just laziness on McEwing's part and/or lack of scouting.

 

If Kiermaier didn't play for the Rays, he'd be in the Gold Glove conversation. He can really do it all defensively. The Rays' announcing team was simply incredulous he was being sent there.

 

He will win the GG this year

I'm sure Garcia will be out there tomorrow. Heck probably moved up in the order. Mistakes gets you a promotion on this team.

Guys lets not let McEwing let us forget that Avisuck is the reason we lost

Of course he'll be starting tomorrow. He's Hahn's pride and joy - Avi the "untouchable."

Edited August 4, 201510 yr by South Side Fireworks Man

The thing is....it's just laziness on McEwing's part and/or lack of scouting.

 

If Kiermaier didn't play for the Rays, he'd be in the Gold Glove conversation. He can really do it all defensively. The Rays' announcing team was simply incredulous he was being sent there.

The Rays broadcasters honestly seemed offended that they sent him. Were baffled that they could even think about it with Kiermaier out there and even if it wasn't a guy with an incredible arm the ball was just hit in an area where you don't send a guy with no outs

That was one of the many reasons it was such a horrible call.

 

You don't gamble with zero outs... and you don't gamble on their best throwing center fielder...

 

not to mention Alexei slowed up because he figured he was stopping.

 

Just an unbelievable f*** up there.

I'm pretty sure you're allowed to block the plate when the ball beats the runner like that. What's the catcher supposed to do ,get out of his way to tag him and allow the runner to try some slick slide maneuver ?

That whole "blocking the plate" rule is BS anyway.

I think he tried to hold Eaton last week and Eaton literally blew him off and ran right to home

That was probably in the back of McEwing's mind ... ugh.

 

The thing is....it's just laziness on McEwing's part and/or lack of scouting.

 

If Kiermaier didn't play for the Rays, he'd be in the Gold Glove conversation. He can really do it all defensively. The Rays' announcing team was simply incredulous he was being sent there.

It's not laziness, it's stupidity. Being baseball stupid. Not even thinking about the situation. If Lexi ran through a stop sign, let me know and I'll re-direct my anger.

I need some King of the Hill to cheer me up after this game