southsider2k5 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 JAMES.SHIELDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Glad to see the Sox playing better after the 8 game losing streak. Tilson is hitting over .290. Good to see Avi mash the HR. Moncada's defense. Shields has had some stinkers that would prevent him from bringing back anything useful but if the Sox want to dump him, I will concede some team that needs a No. 5 might take him. He's to the point he appears to have a chance at helping somebody that needs one back of the rotation starter badly. No way a GM will give up much for him, but somebody might take him off the Sox hands after yet another good outing from him. I would not go there if I was a GM because this all might be Coop related. You bring Shields in without Coop and he could cost you games if you are a contender. Nice win, though Minaya should be DFAed or sent down. No need to see him again. Edited June 28, 2018 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Good rebuild game. Moncada and Anderson were good overall- Yoan also had that dazzling defensive play. Leury is really streaky when it comes to hitting but man it sure is nice to have him back. Avi too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Good win, on another note: Holy shit, looks like Arkansas got "Gordon Beckham'ed" tonight. Edited June 28, 2018 by chitownsportsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 The Garcia's make this team a lot better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Gotta give Shields, Lopez, and even Giolito credit for making it to the half way point without missing a start. It’s good to have a few durable starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 20 minutes ago, Tony said: You can say a lot of bad about Shields. But the guy has made over 100 million in his career and is closing in on age 37. He’s on a terrible team and he’s decided to totally change his mechanics and mentor young pitchers on the staff, and has actually turned himself into a fairly decent No. 4 starter. Gotta give the guy some credit. That is true. He's definitely not loafing and cares about the team and his craft. I bet Coop has helped him though and he probably doesn't ever wanna leave Chicago since he's figured something out likely with Coop's help I'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I've never hated James Shields, just how he pitched up until this year for us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Heads22 said: I've never hated James Shields, just how he pitched up until this year for us To be fair the guy ran his mouth a bit and has mostly backed it up. If he can make 2-3 more starts like this he'll get his wish to play for a contender. The Mariners look like an obvious potential destination. He'd fit in nicely there imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Good job James, you made Twinkie Town post this tonight: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 He totally fucking balked. That was awesome when Ricky convinced the umps to convene. Good job there Rick. Does anyone think he stepped off the mount there? Looked like he was on the mound, pivoted and forgot the rules change. It's a stupid rules change never understood the point of it personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: To be fair the guy ran his mouth a bit and has mostly backed it up. If he can make 2-3 more starts like this he'll get his wish to play for a contender. The Mariners look like an obvious potential destination. He'd fit in nicely there imo. The Angels even more so . They are really hurting literally for some pitching. Starter and in the pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: The Angels even more so . They are really hurting literally for some pitching. Starter and in the pen. Start at Trout straight up or is that too aggressive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: He totally fucking balked. That was awesome when Ricky convinced the umps to convene. Good job there Rick. Does anyone think he stepped off the mount there? Looked like he was on the mound, pivoted and forgot the rules change. It's a stupid rules change never understood the point of it personally. MLBN (well Ryan Dempster) was totally convinced that was a play Shields had been working on. If you step behind the rubber that makes you an infielder and you can do more or less anything after that . Question is ,and has been, was he behind the rubber ? I saw no definitive proof that he wasn't. One fly in the ointment if it was a designed play ( a really smart thing actually) , why did he chose the totally wrong time to use it ? Sure there was a guy on 3rd but there was a shift on and Yolmer was nowhere close to the base. Edited June 28, 2018 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside fix typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Just now, chitownsportsfan said: Start at Trout straight up or is that too aggressive? Sounds fair to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yea thanks for that info Cali, I'm a bit stoned and meant rubber obviously. I think after watching it a few more times he did step off. Good try by James honestly. Maybe sometimes you get the guy off base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazox Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Good Morning Chicago! 6-1 sounds like it was a breeze . Beautiful morning here (again) we are having a heatwave , 80’s and the country is shimmering to a halt . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 11 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: MLBN (well Ryan Dempster) was totally convinced that was a play Shields had been working on. If you step behind the rubber that makes you an infielder and you can do more or less anything after that . Question is ,and has been, was he behind the rubber ? I saw no definitive proof that he wasn't. One fly in the ointment if it was a designed play ( a really smart thing actually) , why did he chose the totally wrong time to use it ? Sure there was a guy on 3rd but there was a shift on and Yolmer was nowhere close to the base. "It's a designed play. I actually called the play myself," Shields said. "Knowing that, I know I have to make sure I step off and fake to first and throw to third. I'm pretty sure, I'm very confident, that I did that, and I went back and looked at the video, and I clearly stepped off. per whitesox,com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 13 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said: The Garcia's make this team a lot better Leury Garcia provided the key hit in the fourth, lining a double to right field to make it 1-0. Garcia is 8-for-17 since coming off the disabled list on June 22. per whitesox.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: "It's a designed play. I actually called the play myself," Shields said. "Knowing that, I know I have to make sure I step off and fake to first and throw to third. I'm pretty sure, I'm very confident, that I did that, and I went back and looked at the video, and I clearly stepped off. per whitesox,com James Shields folks. We will always have two great things from his time here. One of them is the time Jame Shields caused the "feisty" Twins to lose their 3B coach and Manager in one inning by using an ingenious play on a recent rules change. The other? Edited June 28, 2018 by chitownsportsfan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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