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Let him finish it.

Nice work Jeff, would have liked to see a few more Ks for the scouts, but impressive nonetheless.

Melky's OPS up to .650. Baby steps!

Well that's one way to do it.

Eaton!

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) Does anybody have the stats of run support for each pitcher? Seems like Danks gets more than anybody -- and that Sale, Q, and Shark get the least. Just hard to watch us shut down such a hot offense and always be down 0-1. Samardzija: 4.34 runs/game Sale: 4.175 runs/game Danks: 3.454 runs/game Quintana: 2.605 runs/game (Kluber and Hamels are the only two to get worse)

In his last 30 games Beckham is batting .132/.193/.211 In his last 7 he's at .067/.125/.133 and that doesn't include his 0-2 performance so far today.

So predictable.

Jeff looking good so far, I've been impressed with our pitching against this lineup this series.

We have three inflelders getting major playing time with an OPS under .600

We hit into so many double plays, where does the offense rank in that?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) The way Samardzija has pitched today I am sure the Jays are ready to give up their top three prospects for Samardzija. Just get the Blue Jays GM really drunk after the game, that ought to do it.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) Didn't face Dickey earlier this year and did well? Yeah, we scored 5 runs in 5 innings. 8 hits, 2 walks and a HR.

QUOTE (Chris Sale @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:24 PM) He was way better with the Cubs than the A's Samardzija with the Cubs last year: 2.83 ERA, 3.09 FIP Samardzija with the A's last year: 3.14 ERA, 3.30 FIP I wouldn't call that way better, especially when you factor in the jump from the NL to AL, where pitchers generally always see their ERAs increase.

QUOTE (Chris Sale @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Guess Jeff knows how to turn it on before the trade deadline. I really hope we don't sign him to a long-term contract, my guess is he'll be awful immediately after he has a good deal (if he even gets one). What is the evidence to suggest this? It's not like he only pitched well at the trade deadline last year, and this year his peripherals have been pretty solid the whole season. He's 26th in WAR among starting pitchers in the MLB this season, hardly what I'd call anything close to "awful".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:11 PM) With the notably large exceptions of the 2013 and 2014 first rounds. Can you imagine if they had Bryant, Correa and Rodon on their team right now? Holy s***.

Would have loved to see that 1st inning Jeff earlier this year.

Good start

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 01:02 PM) The most important thing that happened today is that Hawk joined Twitter. My roommate is a huge Phillies and WWE fan, and absolutely loves Hawk because he thinks he'd make a great wrestling announcer. Ever since he said that I've looked at Hawk in a new light.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) This is where you ignoring things. Caulfield likes to say a third of the Cubs attendance are tourists, but then say USCF is 75% Tigers fans or whoever they are playing. So the assumption that everyone at USCF is local is crazy. The other assumption you make is if 37% of the crowd at any particular game are tourists, if those tourists stayed home, those tickets would remain unsold. I don't think that is true for every one of them. Not even close. The Cubs are more popular than the Sox. It's even in this thread people would be more inclined to go to a Sox game if there was a Wrigleyville vibe to the neighborhood. I never said the Sox were 100% local, and you're right that a lot of those lost tourist tickets would go elsewhere. But it's still not a level playing field. Is it a coincidence that the Cubs really only started to outdraw the Sox after the Tribune started marketing the hell out of Wrigley? It's not the only reason the Cubs are more popular of course, but it's a huge reason. I'm not trying to take away from the Cubs here. They've done a hell of a job building a brand over the past 30 years while the Sox have failed.

I can't believe the Bulls were even compared to the Sox situation. They had a dynasty in the 90s, have been pretty good over the last decade, have no other Chicago NBA team in town to compete with, only have to fill up the stadium 41 games instead of 81, and have a much lower capacity to fill. Even the pathetic Sox attendance of recent years would be enough to sell out the United Center every night. It's not an even comparison in the slightest. We also need to stop comparing our situation to the Cubs. According to the Cubs' marketing department, 37% percent of their fans are tourists from out-of-state. Wrigley Field is a huge tourist attraction, you take away that from the Cubs and they would have similar attendance woes when they're bad. http://chicagoist.com/2011/07/25/cubs_numb..._percent_of.php

There was an inside-the-park home run by both teams in the Royals-Rays game last night. First time that's happened since '97.

Abreu and LaRoche each get one off Dickey.

That was huge. I did not want to face them coming off a 3-game winning streak against their hated rivals.

Rare Emilio sighting.