Bananarchy

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 11:31 AM) James Franklin has shoved his foot so far down this throat this week that its going to be hard to rip it out. James Franklin is the coach Penn State deserves. Glad BOB found greener pastures in Houston.

Wish I could do more to help. Best of luck.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:22 AM) Yes I meant more when they feel they need for Garcia to bat. Which should probably be never

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) Jose has been disappointing, no doubt about it. But even the 2016 version is an above average bat making below average salary for a 1B. He's been a problem because we expected him to be better, but Jose is not THE problem with this team. I would be down with him DHing a bit more often, his glove seems to have gotten worse. Jose in his current state accentuates the bigger issues with this team, but I agree he's not responsible for the lion share of the problem.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:53 PM) We don't really know that. They haven't committed to blowing it up. They're open minded and listening. That's all we know. What if they go 5-2 this week? They can easily change their mind and buy or stand pat. I was mostly joking. However, weekly records don't matter. What does matter is the number of games back. If the Sox go 5-2 and gain like 2 games in the division, you still sell. Reason being, you would have to go 5-2 for a long time to really get back into this and this team has shown they are incapable of playing at that kind of level.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 08:09 AM) Ricketts came across horrible on the radio today when talking about Chapman. I can't remember the last time an organization sounded good talking about a signing of this type. Blackhawks showed their behinds in the Kane scandal, Bears sounded like idiots in the McDonald thing, Cubs sound dumb as soup talking about Chapman. The only correct answer to any question about players and past issues is "We believe this move will help us win more baseball games" In this case, the real answer is "We needed a big time closer and the risk of having Chapman in a different NL contender is a risk we were unwilling to take"

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:23 PM) You gotta get Morneau's bat in there. Nailed it. There's just no excuse to have Garcia's bat in the lineup when Morneau is available.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 07:54 AM) Yes, we all know that Abreu is having a tough year. We don't need a new f***ing thread every couple days about it. I heard Abreu is having a tough year. Have you heard that yet?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:56 AM) Sale is actually right. Robin had to have Sale's back on this. What if Sale would have hurt his arm wearing that s*** jersey? It would have come out that he hated the jersey and didn't want to wear it and somebody woulda been in deep trouble. Don't laugh. He hated the jersey. He might have gotten hurt that night and been able to blame whomever wanted them to wear the collars. You don't speak out of school on this. Throwing Robin under the bus is completely inappropriate.

I don't think Robin should be the manager, however you shouldn't throw your manager under the bus like that

Nothing says f*** the Cubs like saying "we know we won the season series against you but we are still going to blow up the team"

Still sell, but glad the good guys won.

Robin to sit Saladino tomorrow. You can take that to the bank.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:32 PM) Stay hot, Greg. I'm waiting for baseball Jesus to appear per Greg's promise.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:28 PM) Rocket! I'm ok with the bunt here Ugh, giving away outs is bad policy.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:23 PM) I don't know about that. Veeck might make it happen up in heaven for us. Your account is like a bit, right? You don't actually believe what you're saying?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:20 PM) This is just asking the baseball gods to hit the ball hard right at somebody. Only possible way to get out of the inning. We're not getting any more outs without help from the baseball gods. Get one more and win it in the ninth. If it goes extras i'm turning it off. I know what will happen. There is no baseball god, so good luck with that.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:18 PM) I believe the fanbase is to the point with this team that we'd be disappointed if there wasn't a sell-off of several players And let's not kid ourselves. We're the fanbase. Outside of these games, we're the only ones watching. Bad is bad. The average fan wants winners, and we're losers every year and we retry every year.

QUOTE (Green Line @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) Is that going to make Matt Albers a good pitcher? Bring back Abreau's power? Etc.? Robin is awful and needs to go but this bullpen as constructed blows. So many holes to fill every offseason. Every year you miss one when you don't have a bountiful farm system.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:14 PM) Yeah, numb to this stuff. Sell baby sell. Ditto. Nothing has changed, IMHO.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:22 PM) If we can hang in there against better teams no reason to blow everything up IMO. Obviously, move Sale for the right deal if we can get guys who can contribute in the next year but no reason to trade him just to blow it up. So, yeah. I'm still going with "blow it up"

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:19 PM) To come out against Arrieta and play like this I'm a little surprised. Maybe this team isn't dead in the water yet after all. To come back at this point is to rely too heavily on the poor fortunes of others. Beating or losing to the Cubs has never caused me to change my opinion on the White Sox in the past, it won't change my opinion now.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:12 PM) Well we could be only 8 GB after this game if they could go on a hot streak in August we still have 10 games left with CLE. A long shot but not out of the question yet. Yeah, no. 8 GB isn't close

QUOTE (Green Line @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:10 PM) Nothing I love more than beating the Cubs. If we're not going to the playoffs, sweeping this series will be the next best thing, Dude. It's the 6th. If we're going to blow it, the time isn't right.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:08 PM) Arrieta looks very average tonight. Not the same pitcher from the second half of last year. If he isn't dominant, Cubs are in BIG trouble this postseason. Teams seem to have success taking pitches with him. He throws some beautiful junk.