Hopefully there aren't any styrofoam elephants around.

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HELL YES

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Ranger thinks the Sale move is permanent.

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Well, that worked out okay. I was motherfucking Robin for taking out our best hitter when this thing might go sixteen innings and we don't have much offense to begin with. No way Konerko was scoring even with those dopes kicking it all over the outfield.

And there's one more! We need about five or six to make it Thornton-proof.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Finally something good happens when Lillibridge pinch runs for Konerko late. It feels like the only outcome that move brings is Lillibridge getting picked off or stranded on the bases effectively taking the bat out of Konerko's hands for the rest of the game. It's happened this year, and I remember an extra inning game against the O's (I think) that had Teahan and Pierzynski homer when they were both the potential final out. I think there were like 3 comebacks late in that game and Lillibridge was the winning round on second. They caught him not paying attention after straying away from second and picked him off while he was standing ten feet from the bag. I think Santos blew a save there too after being brought in at the bottom of the eighth. That was my biggest qualm with Ozzie- mismanaging late inning relief. Bringing in the closer at a time other than at the start of the ninth with a lead. In that particular instance, he got out of the eighth but blew it in the ninth. Robin is light years worse than Guillen was in that respect.

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fock this club. I should manayer.

So are they gonna stick with Reed as closer now?

I is confused.

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Well. That is about as unusual of a White Sox winner I've see in a long time.

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That's my Boy! Now make him the closer and put Sale back in the rotation for fuck sake.

Travis Hafner's wife apparently found the recipe for whatever it was she was mixing into his feed a few years ago. Scary guy when Sox pitching pitches to him lately. Dodged a bullet there.

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fock this club. I should manayer.

Not really. The tying run was on deck, so even a HR there and the Sox still have the lead.

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"@JakePeavy_44: So nice to see young closer @areed38 come in do his job & after striking out last guy have class & act like a pro! #grewupinSDwatchinHoffy"

Peavy calls Reed the closer but Ventura won't.

Oy.

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So is Sale now a set up guy?

It seems so simple. You got a lefty with real good stuff and is made for the rotation. Leave him along and let him pitch. Why fuck with him?

I guess Sale is now Sean Marshall.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

It's criminal what they're doing with this kid. Is he hurt or not? If he's hurt, why is he pitching? If he isn't, why isn't he starting? Or are they preparing to deal Thornton to the Yankees in return for a Z level prospect?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Read Ranger's Timeline.

You may want to smash something.

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I just read it. He seems to put a lot of trust in an organization that fired the greatest manager in baseball history, moved Carlton Fisk to left field, hired Terry Bevington, gave away Swisher and Vazquez for nothing, and almost destroyed baseball by throwing a World Series.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

White Sox relief pitching is like a dam. It springs a leak that compromises the integrity of the structure and often leads to the entire dam failing. The Indians had an obscene amount of wins last year because of an eighth ninth or inning rally. Combine that with a young inexperienced pen that struggles to overcome mistakes and quickly unravels if there are a mistakes.

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fock this club. I should manayer.

When Alexei starts hitting, and AJ stops.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

i have never heard that the sox tried to move fisk to left...this was hawk?

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Yes. He put him out in left. And then he traded half the team for Wayne Tolleson. But Hawk wasn't stupid. He knew more than the fans did.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That was 1986 when Ken Harrelson was generally managing this White Sox team, guys. Needless to say, that Carlton Fisk in LF experiment failed miserably and so did Harrelson's stint as GM.

The lineup is in for the finale with the Indians. These are the guys who'll deal with Cleveland's Jeanmar Gomez, complete with the players' batting average right next to it:

30 Alejandro De Aza CF (L) .277
15 Gordon Beckham 2B (R) .220
32 Adam Dunn DH (L) .241
14 Paul Konerko 1B (R) .345
12 A.J. Pierzynski C (L) .276
51 Alex Rios RF (R) .294
10 Alexei Ramirez SS (R) .192
24 Dayan Viciedo LF (R) .213
22 Brent Morel 3B (R) .172

Jake Peavy does the chucking as the White Sox start the night 4 games behind the Indians in the AL Central.

Nice game so far, fellas.

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and a seagull shit on the hawks head .......stretch

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Not really sure why Peavy is still in this game.

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Cause he's tough!

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Would you like to be the one to tell him he's coming out?

Robin bet that he would be on the DL before June 1

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Up 8-0, I don't think even Peavy would mind being out of this game with something left in the tank.

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Nice job getting a split after losing the double header and another brilliant outing by the Jakemiester. Ho hum.

You've got to get seven innings out of him if you can, Frank. Keep the bullpen in good order. The kid that pitched for Cleveland did a nice job of giving his team 6-2/3 after getting his brains beaten in. If he comes out in the fourth, you're really leaning on the pen. That's the kind of stuff that makes the difference between at least a few wins and losses by the end of the season.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don