southsideirish71

Maybe Timmy should work on fielding instead of his bat flip. Timmy just needed to clear through the bag instead of trying to Matrix the throw.

high school shortstops make that play. Dip the shoulder, bury your head in the mitt and then pick up the throw. I swear to god I watch fielding guru's work with major leaguers and they get better and our guys cant even work a basic defense at times. Our development staff sucks.

What if the runner never touches home plate, or misses bases all together. This isn't that hard. Obviously it doesn't happen that much and we shouldn't have to go through the motions to make the game safe for those who do stupid things from time to time. In a HS game this year I saw a runner on a hit and run miss 2nd returning back to first on a ball caught deep in the outfield. He was safe at first. The appeal to the umps called him out because he missed 2nd. Lots of rules like this. Hell the stupid drop 3rd strike rule as a former pitcher I think is dumb. We reward a guy who swung at a pitch so bad a catcher couldn't handle it. Yet it happens. And more to the point what the hell is our 1st base coach doing besides sleeping over there. That's part of the job is to be aware of things like this. Like why are you tagging up, hey don't pass the runner he is still there.

The rule doesn't need to be changed. This not passing the runner thing is covered at length before a kid is 9 years old. Right after run to first, then take a left and go to the next base. Its a home run not a bang-bang play that required some thought. Don't pass up the guy wearing the same uniform as you. Its not rocket science.

It would be great if the American League had a mechanism for a player that isnt good defensively to just hit.

Adam has a zero bat.

This. The friends and family plan is working well.

And he had an aluminum bat.

The minors are littered with physical tools guys that cant take that last step. Most of the guys in the majors are physically gifted. He can catch a ball, he however cant hit one with regular success.

Two hands is great for getting the ball into the throwing hand quickly. Outside of that most of the outfielders in the majors don't need two hands to secure a catch.

African American rappers have used this word as part of their music for a while. Go take it up with them. I am sure that will go well. I am a white guy who doesn't use this word and find it offensive but I am not about to tell African American's what to do with this. That's not my place.

If its a word that can never be uttered th So you advocate for the elimination of all music that uses that word in any context. Great that will go over well.

Well Terry Collins called an ump a cock sucker. I wonder what he meant by that.

I will just leave this here.

Meanwhile I will hear the word fuck being screamed by pitcher after pitcher, watch a Madbum start for instance. And nothing. That's live on tv for everyone to hear. Not something barked that only a few heard.

Beckham looks like a freshman HS shortstop in his footwork and glove presence. He used to be a lot better at being a fielder.

That's not mental. He has run in his fastball. He just needs to either target better and let the ball dance or finish the arm rotation to get into proper release.

Bunting is stupid. Carson keeps missing arm side.

Throwing high when a person bunts is great. Missing slightly arm side is okay as well. When you get to two strikes missing arm side up and in is just being lazy on your finish.

a 3-0 swing on a spike curveball. Yikes.

Or they can have both protective ears on their helmets. I know its more comfortable and lighter but in the end you only wear the damn thing a small amount of time in the game.

This franchise has the audacity to get upset at someone showing emotion after having Ventura on the mound for a while. I mean seriously.

Tall and fall.

Whitesox front office in a nutshell