Sale was a first round pick with very high expectations. Quintana came from nowhere and has nowhere near the talent of Sale.

The local fox broadcast sports guys said "There's just no excuse to even lose two of three to a team like the White Sox, let alone get swept. Hopefully getting embarrassed during the 4th of July week will wake this team up for the rest of the season."

That's not a bright statement on a few levels.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Steve moved to Texas?

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Maybe. Beaumont is his kinda town.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Pasty?

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I think Quintana deserves a spot in the rotation. Will Ventura and Coop take away Humbers spot because of an injury? Does Coop have a history with this kind of decision?

How could they possibly take Quintana out of the rotation at this point? I'm not even sure Humber was really hurt. I think it's more likely he was simply suffering from a high ERA.

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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

There is no way upon God's green and verdant Earth that they put Humber back in the rotation right away.



Right?

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Maybe he could take Axelrod's spot until Danks returns. The only thought that could possibly be given to removing Quintana from the rotation would be if they really felt they needed a reliable lefty in the pen. That currently doesn't seem to be a problem with Thornton pitching as well as he has in awhile and Septimo looking good so far. Quintana is recording a lot of outs right where he is. The idea that Humber "deserves" to get his job back is crackpot stuff. Is Morel going to replace Youkilis too?

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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

Let's not romanticize Axlerod's contribution. He was asked to keep the team in games, which he has done. I'd take Humber every time over him.

I have a sneaking suspicion we won't see Danks until late August.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I meant Humber taking over for Quintana. If he's back for Axelrod, that's fine.

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the south side asylum had a tweet from a game within the last week where it noted that brent morel just struck out while watching the game at home. that was brilliant.

Leyson Séptimo (2012): 3g 0gs 0w 0l 0sv 0bsv 0hld 0cg 0sho 3.1ip 1h 0r 0er 0hr 1bb 4k 0.00era 0.60whip .083baa

i'd stick with that. basically quintana is in a spot where you have to ride with this.... i compare him to brandon beachy only insomuchas he didn't have some OMFG pedigree or anything, but when the kid was called up to the show and given a chance he pitched like he never wanted to go back down to the pen/minors again, just like brandon beachy did at the end of the 10 season. obviously beachy blew out his arm, but need i remind people that beachy was the early favorite for NL cy young before he blew out his arm?

simply put, you can't fuck with quintana now. that yankees start was still a+ cuz he gave up 3ER to his original team in the first inning or whatever, and he battled and kept the sox in the game which they would end up coming back and winning. that's brilliant stuff, and i'm sorry but when it's 150 degrees out the ball is jumping out of the cell and you're able to do a 2-1 win over the rangers? you ride that til the wheels fall off

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You might be right about John Danks, GD. I'm not holding my breath he's back anytime soon for these White Sox.