South Side Fireworks Man

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) That's kinda my reaction too. Heck, aren't we ahead in this game because of a defensive miscue on a double play ball? Exactly.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) We want Micah! I want someone good.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Overpowered by 91 mph fastballs was Sanchez. Again, what are they thinking keeping him in the lineup? I'm glad the Sox are so deep at middle infield talent. At least that's what I kept reading for the past year or two.

Takes strike three right down the middle.

C'mon Martinez, hit Sanchez too!

DP ball turns into two runs for the Sox.

Melky found a way to get on base.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 01:59 PM) I definitely think it does help but these shouldn't take 3 minutes. Maybe they should change it to where they can't use stop motion to review safe/out calls on the basepaths. Just use slow motion to review the play. If it's close enough to where you have to use stop action and look at it over and over then the call on the field should stand. Replay should only overturn gross errors by the umps. Otherwise, go all the way and automate the ball/strike calls to remove all of the human element.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 01:58 PM) Sox should send all there players to Academy camp for defense. They should send them to some other organization's Academy.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 01:50 PM) Rangers lost the review rest of game right............wrong they can ask for umpire review so losing challenge does not mean s***. QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) No umpire request has been denied in 2015. The whole system sucks. And a good percentage of the time they don't get it right on replay anyway.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 20, 2015 -> 01:37 PM) What's worse, MLB replay or the White Sox? And I ask again...

What's worse, MLB replay or the White Sox?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 08:16 PM) Then you lose your draft picks and farm system gets worse. Plus, they will overpay for whomever they get. Start with the farm. They'll be getting top draft choices for the next few years. Get some Cubans. Get some guys who can run and play defense. Get lucky. Sox don't draft or develop position players well. That's a big part of the problem.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:41 PM) Red Sox up 6 runs in the 8th, Oakland up 4-1 with Gray on the mound but earlier. If both win we will have the worst winning %age in the AL after tonight. The White Sox have once again become one of the most irrelevant franchises in professional sports. Good job JR and company.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:39 PM) Melky's the kind of baseball player who could get a GM fired. In this case that would be a good thing.

Hahn certainly put together a great roster.

Let's see if Melky can do something good here.

Eaton takes a straight fastball right over the plate for strike two.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Can Hahn go as well? Need a new owner.

Sometimes you just have to laugh.

What a shame that Sale is being wasted. He deserves to be pitching in meaningful games.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) “Fire sale” or call it what you will, there are some moves that seem compelling. I’m still hopeful for next year, so I don’t want to see them trade away the young core of Sale, Quintana, Rodon, Abreu and Garcia. Here are the guys that should be moved, and why: Samardjiza - It’s obvious that he belongs on a contender, in his contract year. He holds little value to the Sox. A contending team that needs a RH starter, who can go deep into games, and get outs, should be willing to give up something of value. I favor one top prospect, who has a good probability of being able to fill one of the several holes, for next season. I don’t want a package of 3 or 4 big question marks. La Roche - Of course, they aren’t going to get much back, but that’s not the objective, which should be to clear roster space for the real clean up hitter, whom they must acquire for next season. You all know how I feel on this topic. If the Sox go into next season with Adam as the clean up hitter, I doubt that the offense will be very effective. With him gone, they could go after a free agent, probably another first baseman or DH. He was the wrong choice, and he won’t be the right choice for next season either. Alexei - The Sox are almost certainly not going to exercise the option on him, so this is really his last season. He’ll likely hit better than he has so far, and hopefully some team needing a SS will give up something for him. Once gone, the Sox might pick the best, in organization, candidate and give him some valuable playing time. L. Garcia is still very young, and has had a decent season at AAA. Maybe he could temporarily fill the hole. Just how good is his defense at SS? Maybe Saladino will get going. Whoever it is, he better have a solid glove and arm. I wish they would instruct Rondon to abandon switch hitting and see how he could handle RH pitching, from the right side of the plate. His defense is purportedly so good, that it wouldn’t take much offense to earn a spot. I agree that Anderson is a long way from the Big Leagues. He can’t play defense and he doesn’t draw walks. One of their relievers may have to be included to make a deal, but it doesn’t make much sense to just dump guys who have shown that they can perform out of the pen. I like Putnam, Petricka and of course, Robertson could be a huge plus, if this team can contend next year. Trading Duke just leaves a void with no other lefties in the pen. I’m not worried about Melky. I think he’ll earn his contract and be good enough to fill the hole in LF. Gillaspie will probably hit better as well, and platooning him with a right handed hitting, sure handed third baseman, who can take over, in the late innings could be manageable. The bottom line is that ownership is going to have to spend some big money, in the off season to get this team back in contention. I think that they would be better off acquiring a couple of impact bats, than trying to load up on prospects. By the time those prospects might be ready to contribute, Sale and Abreu could be past their primes. I know that the farm system is badly in need of some talent, but I don't see this organization waiting another 3 or 4 years for a bunch of prospects to develop. Excellent post. The only way for the Sox to become successful is to spend big money on top free agents. They have a poor minor league system with very little talent and poor player development. They have very little on the major league roster to trade for major league ready talent and too many holes to fill through trades. If they are not willing to make a very big splash on free agents it will take a very long time to turn this team around, and probably never with the people in charge of evaluating and developing talent. Bring in top tier talent through free agency and hire a good manager and coaches to manage them.

Hawk gets excited over a ball not even to the warning track.

Soto hits a HR.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 09:11 PM) No that's 100% on Eaton. It's his ball to get to. He was probably playing too deep again. Yep.