Jack Parkman

Not worried about either Moncada or Giolito yet. Moncada is hitting the ball hard and it is going right at fielders. It will even out over time. Giolito has battled without his best stuff and pitched well in really cold weather, in which he has probably never done in his life. When you don't have your best stuff, you rely on the defense to bail you out, and they didn't on Saturday. His line looks worse than it should have been due to poor defense. Should have had 6 IP 2 ER on Saturday. Giolito's velocity was starting to return to ST readings during the 1st 3 innings, as he was 92-94. Even Lopez was in the low 90s by the 4th inning today. Not worried

I have both Moncada and Benintendi on my fantasy roster. Benintendi has been worse. Small sample size.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 03:14 PM) Overall a very bad start for Giolito. Results finally revealed just how poorly he was throwing. Hopefully he starts to get more comfortable because as of now, he looks like he did to start last year. I was noticing that he was getting his mechanics out of whack. He had this one inning(2nd?) Where his velo was higher and control was better. I'm just going to chalk his first two starts up to not being used to pitching in ridiculously cold weather.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 02:59 PM) I don't understand why they don't run him. Tigers convert their DoublePlay. Maybe they're afraid he'll get injured after the Robert slide.

I get it. Sox fans are scarred. Brian Anderson, the back to back hilariously bad 1st rounders that were Lance Broadway and Kyle McCullouch, Courtney Hawkins not being able to hit anything in pro ball, Gordon Beckham coming up in 2009, setting the world on fire only to completely flame out afterward. Trading Gio Gonzalez twice. Tatis for Shields, the Wilder scandal and the list could go on forever, depending on how far back you want to go. Sox fans wanted the rebuild, so we can't have prospect PTSD anymore. We have to look at it with a clean slate, because otherwise we can dismiss everything until ownership changes and the front office is replaced. We can go on with our lives without giving a rat's ass about the Sox. I'm usually one of the most pessimistic posters here. Jack Parkman's law says Murphy was an optimist. If we're going to expect everything to fail miserably the what is the point of watching? Why do people even care? No matter what the FO tries to do, we can dismiss it as incompetence, etc. What is the point of being a sports fan if you always expect your team to lose because the odds say so? We all hate the Cub fan so much that we have gone completely in the other direction. They have eternal optimism, we have eternal pessimism that would put Murphy to shame. Sometimes being a sports fan is to be irrational. Spend that irrational energy on what the Sox look like in 2021 if only 2-3 of the top guys in our system completely wash out, and those three guys aren't the big names(Moncada, Giolito, Lopez, Robert, Kopech, Jimenez) Imagine all of those guys approaching their ceiling. Irrational, yes. But not any more irrational than writing off Moncada after less than 1/2 season's worth of at bats at the major league level ofer 3 separate seasons.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 07:16 PM) 93-95 is just fine with that movement. The key is confidence in his other three pitches, particularly the changeup. Let's hope Giolito can show that type of fastball Saturday.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 06:35 PM) I’m sure a dome would help improve attendance in April to some extent, but the question is how much. People still have kids in school and you still have to deal with the s***ty cold/wet weather getting to & from the game. It would be very unlikely that any benefit would offset the massive cost IMO and it most definitely would not if were a retrofit. I'm not advocating retro fits, I'm advocating that the next generation of stadiums have retractable roofs. From this point forward it should be non-negotiable.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 06:01 PM) I'd like to see proof that Dome vs not Dome makes a difference. The Twins had some of the worst attendance in baseball in their dome. Check Miller park vs the other upper midwest teams and you'll get your answer. Also check in seasons when the team is bad and when they're good. Nothing changes the fact that the Metrodome was a dump.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 05:56 PM) What would help attendance more than a dome: Not having a s***ty team for 10+ years. Attendance is going to be s*** if the product is also s***. Ever think that the cold weather contributes significantly to the product being s***?

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 05:42 PM) The billionaire owners + league silly. They for sure would agree to each non-dome cold weather team spending hundreds of millions of dollars a piece to magically retrofit stadiums with massive domes vs. pushing the league start date back 1 week or having no cold weather home teams When they see early season attendance go up significantly because fans are comfortable and the players aren't freezing and playing better, they would find it worth it. Teams could double their early season attendance at places like Cleveland Minnesota and the south side of Chicago. It could go from 8-10 k to 20-25k.

I really like Bennetti. I think the time has come though to replace Stone with AJP. Stone is good, but I'm a huge fan of AJP's work on Fox. Bennetti and AJP should be the PBP and color man for the foreseeable future. On another note, I'm sad Hawk isn't going to be in the booth for what should be the most successful period in White Sox Baseball in 100 years. Hawk is so much fun when they are winning, but he is so bad when they're bad.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:38 PM) 90 one night does not equal 105 regularly Yeah, during the day. It probably would be 85 at night knowing AZ weather. And dry. If they only had night games, what gives?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:26 PM) Chase Field experiences heat up to 120 degrees in the summer, and iirc they close the roof prior to night games and then open it up at night. Not even close to the same thing as a 90 degree summer night And no way in hell they(Chicago) would close the roof on a clear summer night It is more comfortable at night in AZ even when 90 because it is super dry. When it is 100 and humid it feels like 120. Ever heard of the heat index?

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:21 PM) Want to make another point clear, that someone seems to be missed.....it's your choice to go to these games. Unless you are under some sort of weird "Stadium Arrest" type situation, if the weather isn't to your liking....you don't have to attend the game. Well of course. People would be more likely to attend if it is comfortable to do so though. I think there would be higher attendance year round if they all had retractable roofs. More butts in seats= more cash for ownership. Reason enough to do it. People would get used to it after awhile.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:20 PM) Depends on the dew point. Above 70, give me air con. If it Is above 90 most likely the DP will be 72+ DP was like 82 that day.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:18 PM) I get where you're coming from and I understand that you're hypersensitive to heat. But I really don't see any team closing their retractable roof if it's 90 and sunny. Explain to me why Chase field has one then? Monsoon season?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 04:15 PM) So do you think in the middle of the summer on a (presumably) clear 90+ degree evening in Chicago, it they had a retractable roof they would have it closed? Yes. They should. Too damn hot. Why do you think they have one in Phoenix?

Geez, you missed the point. Between 7 and 8, yeah you need shade. My point was that when we left the game at 10:15 it was 91 degrees F. It sucked. Was 99 at 7pm when the game started.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 03:42 PM) The sun sets in the summer at 8:30... Ever heard of twilight? It lasts quite a while near the Summer Solstice.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 02:59 PM) At 10 PM, isn't every seat in the shade? Yes, but I went on like 6/21 and it wasn't even dark until 9:45.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 02:39 PM) I’m ok with blowing up Wrigley field for any reason to be honest, just don’t want Chicago to fund the bill Seconded.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 02:04 PM) Come on man, stop acting like the commissioner in 1988 should have predicted global warming and made it a rule that retractable domes are mandatory. They were costly and unweildy and imperfect back then, and every dome was outfitted with awful astroturf. I get it that early spring weather is annoying, but get over it. How many times do I have to say it isn't just early spring weather that is annoying. I find midsummer equally annoying. If you have read the Filibuster and Slam you'd know that I am autistic, and am hypersensitive to heat. I can't touch a hot plate out of the microwave or drink hot coffee. I have to eat my food slightly above room temperature, otherwise I burn myself. I went to a game where at 10 PM it hadn't got below 90 degrees last year and it was absolutely miserable, despite having a good shady seat. I'd rather sit in the cold and bundle up than go on a 90+ degree day or evening. This would solve that problem too. I love baseball and go to 5-10 games a year, but most are in May, early June, late August and early September because that is most comfortable for me. Some people hate 85+ degree F weather and I am one of them. If I could afford to live in San Diego it would be the easiest no brainer ever. There has to be other people who hate hot weather too, right?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 12:55 PM) You want to force mandatory retractable roofs on all teams so people can be comfortable watching baseball games in April. If the weather is too much to deal with, simply watch the game on TV. Do you have any idea how much it would cost to retrofit a retractable roof on an existing stadium? And who the hell is paying for this exactly? No, it goes to more than that. It completely eliminates weather related delays other than the rare case of a tornado warning. Also, the on field product is better because the players are also more comfortable. I don't think it is realistic to do this anymore, because of all of the new stadiums that have been built in the last 25 years. Furthermore, there are multiple uncomfortably hot days in the dead of summer. When this generation of stadiums start to be replaced, it should be mandatory. A forward thinking commissioner would have had them be mandatory in 1988 when the Canadians engineered the first one. I wish they could be retrofitted but it is pretty much implausible with most of the open air stadiums.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 11:24 AM) Well this thread has gone off the rails so I figure I'll inject my two cents: the weather pattern you are seeing in the midwest and east coast is associated with a warmer arctic. Which is associated with climate change. Get used to late springs and blistering summers. To go on a more scientific level, the jet stream pressure gradient has been weakened because of the warmer arctic, so it allows more extreme swings throughout the year. Polar Vortex events happen because of this weakening of the jet stream. They can occur at any time of year. Get used to the occasional 40s in May and 50s in June as well. Also, here in North America, gulf moisture can push in the other direction just as easily, causing heat waves throughout the year. Hence, my argument for retractable roofs. It is necessary to combat the effects of climate change. Gulf moisture is more likely to dominate in summer, and polar vortex in winter. Spring and fall are a crapshoot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 11:07 AM) It was a jab at defending millionaires at the expense of billionaires and not realizing the irony there. No irony. I do think it is sad that the most powerful and well run unions are for millionaires though. From my point of view it is still an organized labor vs management argument, no matter how much money the labor is getting paid. Until I framed it in that way, I used to side with ownership in pro sports labor negotiations too.