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[CosmicQueso]

This game is so ugly. As-Rockies. Awful batting against mediocre pitching with terrible base running. It's a trifecta of garbage.

Bassitt pitched really well, especially given the circumstances.

Unless you're just referring to the Rockies, then sure.

 

[zulux21]

the first half of the sweep of the cards is done. now to finish it tomorrow as it's been a common theme of the white sox the last few years... beat up the best teams in baseball, constantly get swept by the worst.

 

[rando14]

No hitter no more ;_;

 

[Chris R]

Montgomery on fire these past few starts

 

[darkside31337]

Montgomery on fire these past few starts

I wonder who wins the Erasmo Ramirez - Mike Montgomery trade in the end. Erasmo has been a savior for the Rays. Somehow. Even after looking like the worst pitcher in the history of baseball in April. That trade has kept the Rays afloat.

 

[Dominican Power]

Sale is a beast.

 

[Dominican Power]

Headley, Didi, and Drew, the holy trinity of awful at bats. I'm so tired of them.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Howie!!!!

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

I just realised I can't name any White Sox players other than Chris Sale. No biggie.

In other news, while I might be a little biased, YES (Yankees) has some of the most god awful commentating in MLB.

 

[Chris R]

Very nice outing and win.

Just the right amount of offense!

 

[rando14]

Back to back cgso for Montgomery!!

 

[Dominican Power]

Yanquis are embarrassing.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Hey it's the first of July and the Astros have a 4 game division lead and the most wins in the American League. Can they be considered contenders now or should we wait another month?

 

[Malo]

Nice to see the offense has returned to 2013 levels.

 

[zulux21]

I just realised I can't name any White Sox players other than Chris Sale. No biggie.

In other news, while I might be a little biased, YES (Yankees) has some of the most god awful commentating in MLB.

you might have heard of a jeff samardzija
or perhaps a jose abreu
or david robertson

you also might have heard of Melky Cabrera
Adam LaRoche
or maybe Alexei Ramirez

and if you are a cubs fan...

Spoiler

Geovany Soto landed on the white sox this year lol.

you however haven't heard of José Quintana even though he has been one of the top* left handed pitchers for the last few years lol. (in 2013 his WAR was higher than over half of the people who got votes for the cy young lol.)

*one of the top implies that he isn't on the elite pitching status, but he isn't that far off despite no one knowing him lol.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Joc mad.

 

[cashman]

Dude, there's rookie woes then there's striking out 44% of the time. He's not making contact anymore. It's fixable, he's not broken or anything, but his swing got worse and he cant read the zone so far.

His plate discipline is fine, he just swings through some fat pitches over the plate. He's done fine for his first taste of the big leagues and now he'll go to AAA to get his swing worked out down there.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Howie saving us!!

 

[zroid]

Hey it's the first of July and the Astros have a 4 game division lead and the most wins in the American League. Can they be considered contenders now or should we wait another month?

I dunno, why don't we ask the 2014 Jays

 

[zulux21]

this has some fun info about chris sale

• In the month of June, Sale threw 44 1/3 innings over six starts. He allowed 28 hits and eight walks, while striking out 75. Those 75 strikeouts stand as a single-month franchise record. Yet, he finished the month with just a 2-2 mark.

• Sale struggled for 5 1/3 innings on May 6 against the Tigers and exited that no-decision with a 5.93 ERA. Since his next start on May 12, Sale has pitched 76 innings, given up 44 hits and 12 walks and fanned 115. His ERA has dropped to 2.87. Yet, in those 10 starts, Sale has a 4-3 mark with three no-decisions.

and some fun comparisons to some legends.

• Many Sale comparisons have been made to Randy Johnson during this strikeout run, but how about looking at both Johnson and fellow Hall of Fame southpaw Sandy Koufax at 100 career starts. Sale has 766 strikeouts over 682 2/3 innings, with a 2.81 ERA to go with a 46-30 record. Koufax had 557 strikeouts in 565 1/3 innings and a 30-37 mark with a 4.23 ERA, while the Big Unit featured a 38-34 ledger, a 3.97 ERA and 592 strikeouts over 621 1/3 innings.

and just a reminder that he was the 13th pick of 2010 (due to injury worries from his weird motion that helps him be so effective

imagine if the astros or blue jays had him right now instead of the white sox. and how he would look in their rotations.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Hearing from local news they said Dipoto packed up his stuff a little while ago. Local NBC news

 

[BigAT]

 

[Windu]

MLB Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Deny San Jose Appeal

the supreme court probably won't hear the case, which is a shame.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

MLB Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Deny San Jose Appeal

the supreme court probably won't hear the case, which is a shame.

A's are dead. Not even shit flooding the stadium changed it....

 

[JoseDFrog]

What's going on in the AL Least, I wake up to see the every team continued their losing streak.

Spoiler

Boston doesn't exist cuz FUCK Boston!

 

[Loco4Coco]

Hearing from local news they said Dipoto packed up his stuff a little while ago. Local NBC news

So Dipoto left cause Scioscia didn't want to use analytic?

 

[zroid]

these bums better not lose the Canada Day game

 

[Lexxism]

these bums better not lose the Canada Day game

I think they are currently 4 straight lost on this day?

 

[zroid]

I think they are currently 4 straight lost on this day?

 

[sf2fanatic]

So Dipoto left cause Scioscia didn't want to use analytic?

It had to be more too. Didn't help Dipoto by firing one of Mikey's good buddies in the past. It had to end soon. Shocking Mikey didn't walk first. Tells you Arte likes Mikey

 

[cashman]

Never a bad time to lol at the angels.

 

[rando14]

Bobby Bonilla’s isn’t the only deferred money deal in the game. And isn’t even the worst.

Wow, some really nuts contracts out there. TIL the red sox are paying Manny Ramirez $2 mil a year until 2026.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Bobby Bonilla’s isn’t the only deferred money deal in the game. And isn’t even the worst.

Wow, some really nuts contracts out there. TIL the red sox are paying Manny Ramirez $2 mil a year until 2026.

$2m a year? That's good enough for me. Even living in SoCal..lol

 

[Silver Arrows]

Anyone know why the Jays game was delayed? Saw it on my phone so I wondered. They're on now apparently.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

lol

Someone please fire Porcello into the sun

 

[Alex Anderson]

Anyone know why the Jays game was delayed? Saw it on my phone so I wondered. They're on now apparently.

Canada Day ceremony stuff probably

 

[AgentChris]

Conforto

 

[Silver Arrows]

JAYS FLY HIGH ON CANADA DAY!

 

[MechDX]

So how about them Astros?

 

[Silver Arrows]

Conforto

The fuck is this? Did he blast that ball to the next county?

 

[Loco4Coco]

Conforto

Meanwhile Cuddyer grounds into another doubleplay.

 

[Silver Arrows]

just give up Boston

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

lol

Someone please fire Porcello into the sun

100 million dollars right there.

 

[Malo]

lol

Someone please fire Porcello into the sun

And his contract extension hasn't kicked in yet.

MJlaugh.gif

 

[Doogdogg]

Mookie is just too good to let a bad team drag him down. Already tops 5WAR for first 120+ games of his career (including last year) .

 

[perfectchaos007]

Astros doing what they can to keep a few Royals players off the AL Allstar starting lineup.

 

[User 479360]

JAYS FLY HIGH ON CANADA DAY!

JAYS!

Now they need to do the same tomorrow.

 

[Humidex]

Funny how we do better on Canada Day... ;-)

 

[Frozenprince]

Maybe giving Rick Porcello $20 AAV wasn't such a great idea?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Bobby Bonilla’s isn’t the only deferred money deal in the game. And isn’t even the worst.

Wow, some really nuts contracts out there. TIL the red sox are paying Manny Ramirez $2 mil a year until 2026.

What's especially stupid about the Bonilla thing though is that they only owed him $5.9 million in 2000 after they dumped him. They agreed to the payment thing because Fred Wilpon was making more money in Bernie Madoff's scheme than they would pay Bonilla, so they did that to save money that season instead of just paying him normally and that being the end of it.