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Dumping a problem for another problem is bound to be a wash. Danks for anything that would be worth Danks would be like that, whether for Bailey, Hamilton, etc.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 09:33 PM) Quite the bomb dropping right after returning from paternity leave. He'll get over it by counting his millions.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:42 PM) What an asshole Also, note the chair.

For whoever was wondering if the riots are close enough to the ballpark to warrant the cancellation:

I'll be shocked if he lands anywhere other than Arizona, honestly.

If only this wasn't Phil Rogers...

John Danks pitched better yesterday than I've seen him pitch in like two years, and he STILL gave up two bombs.

I was sure as hell wrong about him. I really, really wanted the Sox to pick him up. Believed in bad reports about his defense being good.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) Can't wait for Delmon Young to look like the toughest out in history. One player that's been on fire for them is Paredes. Adam Jones is RAKING. He's basically been the best hitter in the league.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) No? They will start in the Top of the 9th with Robertson pitching Ok, that's what I thought, it just seemed like people were treating it differently. Thanks

So wait, they're going to restart the entire game for the makeup of last night?

I legitimately like that greg is offended enough at being called a Royals fan that he considers it a "personal attack," haha.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) you are correct, but i would like to also add being hype and the blood flowing which i am sure these players are pressing to do better. I'd be more inclined to believe that if I had ever seen him any better, but I honestly just haven't. He's talented enough that he's going to get hot for a while when he's guessing well, but he doesn't look to me like he's improved at all since he's been with us. And I just can't by the notion that the coaching staff hasn't been trying to work with him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) Some of Avi's at bats really are that bad. How come we have so many hitters that can't relax and take some pitches. He has three walks in 57 plate appearances and seems way too anxious up there. I'm afraid it might not be a matter of patience, but just actual pitch recognition and/or "baseball IQ." I think that was the same issue with Viciedo, and it's really a much more serious problem, because I'm not sure that a simple change in approach can fix it. It's really hard to tell from a fan's perspective, obviously, whether or not a guy is really trying to change. But if he just can't recognize the cues/pick up the spin in time, he's doomed to mediocrity even though he's so physically gifted otherwise.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) No, but you can't blame losses on the manager all the time, and last night was one of them. You have to score more than 2 runs to win most of the time, especially when you give up 2 in the first inning. If a baskeball coach had a team that was losing 99-98 and one of their players shooting 90% from the line gets fouled as time runs out, is that coach great if the player makes both free throws and they win and dumb if the player misses both free throws and they lose? The offense isn't working, that makes a team look lethargic. This is the truth. These dudes gotta hit, period. If you want a scapegoat, fine, but at least admit that's what you're doing. Personally, I'd much rather blame Avisail Garcia (just using him as ONE example, because he;s the most extreme IMO) for the fact that 80% of his at bats are hilarious-terrible. Better coaching? I don't f'n know, but I highly doubt more reps in the cage are going to fix his mess. I don't think Robin Ventura is up there saying, "Avi, you gotta decide to swing before he even throws the ball, man."

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:28 PM) Meatheads? Really? So only the "smart" baseball fans have the secret knowledge about what Ventura has done so well since mid-September, 2012? You're a mod. I would expect more rationalism and less Chris Rongey, to be perfectly honest. *Meatballs

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) Your next mash-up, perhaps?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 09:29 AM) I'll be there. Seems like a lot of soxtalk.com will be. Maybe a good crowd tonight for once. I'll be at Yankee Stadium, unfortunately But I'll have MLB At Bat running

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) Not saying some of the players on the White Sox are totally innocent in this event, but the Royals got into it with the third different team last night. We are three weeks into the season. They clearly have some issues. This

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 11:07 PM) I will admit being a lazy drunk watching the game, but fielding has always been quantifiable. As has hitting, as has pitching. Lazy as I am, I will merely say that what sabermetrics is trying to do is to try and find better ways to quantify it. This is a MAJOR step, though. Actual measurements of critical proxies like velocity, angle, speed, positioning, routes, etc. This data, compared to DRS/UZR, could be like comparing a calculator to an abacus.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 09:36 AM) Long time lurker blessing this glorious thread with my first post for an assured victory. Quintana gonna tana Tanas gotsta tana. Welcome to the fray.

A-f***ing-men

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 01:07 PM) Rodon was set up to succeed. He was sent in to face a LH .150 hitter who is 1-9 with 6 strikeouts vs. LHP. It would be pretty hard to find a more favorable match up. If you look at some of the posts of the people who love to rip Robin after the fact and are ripping this move, you will realize if he stayed with Noesi and Noesi didn't get the out, they would be ripping him for not going with Rodon. There were ZERO complaints about going to Rodon in the gamethread until after the fact. I wasn't able to watch that game -- people in the GT were actually upset that Rodon got a relief appearance against a lefty? When Noesi was pitching?

I hate this Royals team more than I can remember hating any team in recent memory. I need the Sox to give me a sweep here.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) Thanks for reassuring me. I'm confident that most of the guys will hit like they usually do. If you're right, in your assertion that having an inept hitter vs. LHP at cleanup isn't that big of a problem, then we should be fine. I do hope that you're right, but can you understand why it's a concern? LaRoche has a career 88 wRC+ against LHP. That is by no means good, but it's also very much not a disaster, and very much not that far off from what other guys have against the platoon split, and fortunately for us, there are vastly fewer lefties than righties. I am not suggesting that having someone inept is isn't a problem, but the precedent LaRoche has set isn't quite that bad, and certainly, IMO, not bad enough to drag the rest of the team down ASSUMING that team is playing like it's capable. Like Eaton, Garcia, Ramirez, Gillaspie, and Cabrera can't keep sucking, or it'll be a moot point. The good news is that we don't have any reason to believe that they WILL continue sucking.