General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Cubswin11]

There's are the comments from Williams that Rosenthal has, btw.

 

Just talked to ‪#‎White‬ Sox president Ken Williams. Here is what he told me about LaRoche:

"There has been no policy change with regards to allowance of kids in the clubhouse, on the field, the back fields during spring training. This young man that we're talking about, Drake, everyone loves this young man. In no way do I want this to be about him.

"I asked Adam, said, 'Listen, our focus, our interest, our desire this year is to make sure we give ourselves every opportunity to focus on a daily basis on getting better. All I'm asking you to do with regard to bringing your kid to the ballpark is dial it back.'

"I don't think he should be here 100 percent of the time - and he has been here 100 percent, every day, in the clubhouse. I said that I don't even think he should be here 50 percent of the time. Figure it out, somewhere in between.

"We all think his kid is a great young man. I just felt it should not be every day, that's all. You tell me, where in this country can you bring your child to work every day?

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't necessarily fault the White Sox here, but any day the White Sox and Cardinals look like bad guys in the media is a good day.

 

I don't see the White Sox looking like bad guys at all. I see LaRoche looking like a kinda crappy parent, though.

an overly attached parent.

 

If the kid was there every day during the summer that would make some sense, but the fact that they pull him out of school to hang out in a locker room is kind of creepy.

[David]

I don't necessarily fault the White Sox here, but any day the White Sox and Cardinals look like bad guys in the media is a good day.

 

I don't see the White Sox looking like bad guys at all. I see LaRoche looking like a kinda crappy parent, though.

an overly attached parent.

 

If the kid was there every day during the summer that would make some sense, but the fact that they pull him out of school to hang out in a locker room is kind of creepy.

 

fair enough way to put it.

[ConstableRabbit]

Apparently he suits up in a full uniform, too. Also his name is Drake LaRoche.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

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[Sammy Sofa]

Man, their eyes in this picture from White Sox Faith Day (come the horsefeathers on) each speak volumes:

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-55dfdc8f/turbine/chi-laroche0827-ct0029282518-20150608/750/750x422

[Sammy Sofa]

He was the little bastard who didn't know who Bo Jackson was and made me ponder my fragile, aging existence as I lose the battle to time:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8878818/v59454983/a-micd-up-bo-jackson-shares-his-career-history

[Banedon]

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

I was listening to MLB radio while driving today and apparently Kazmir's velocity is way down, like topping out mid 80s, in his 2 spring starts. Maybe it's nothing and as a older guy he's just easing into things with a few weeks left in ST but at the same time it could be another guy added to the Dodgers already impressive list of pitchers on the DL to start the year.

 

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[David]

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Jesus Christ.

 

I retract my retraction of the bad parent comment.

[CubinNY]

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That is awesome.

[imb]

I don't necessarily fault the White Sox here, but any day the White Sox and Cardinals look like bad guys in the media is a good day.

 

I don't see the White Sox looking like bad guys at all. I see LaRoche looking like a kinda crappy parent, though.

an overly attached parent.

 

If the kid was there every day during the summer that would make some sense, but the fact that they pull him out of school to hang out in a locker room is kind of creepy.

 

kid just loves seeing dad dicks

[Clem Fandango]

 

I don't see the White Sox looking like bad guys at all. I see LaRoche looking like a kinda crappy parent, though.

an overly attached parent.

 

If the kid was there every day during the summer that would make some sense, but the fact that they pull him out of school to hang out in a locker room is kind of creepy.

 

kid just loves seeing dad dicks

 

"Dad I want to meet David Beckham"

"Gordon Beckham"

"No, David Beckham"

"We have a Gordon Beckham, take it or leave it"

"I want to go home"

"Go have Gordon show you his jockstrap"

"Why?"

"Because school is [expletive], kid. This is life changing horsefeathers here."

*begrudgingly looks at Gordon Beckham's jockstrap while Gordon Beckham showcases it with glee*

*Gordon Beckham released*

[OleMissCub]

He was the little bastard who didn't know who Bo Jackson was and made me ponder my fragile, aging existence as I lose the battle to time:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8878818/v59454983/a-micd-up-bo-jackson-shares-his-career-history

 

That clip. It's painful.

 

"So who are you?"

"My name is Zeus."

"Ok, cool."

"I'm a god. In fact I'm the king of the gods."

"Yeah..."

"I live on Mount Olympus."

"...ok...umm, that's in...Missouri?"

"No, it's in the sky. I defeated the Titans. I even made one of them hold up the sky. His name was Atlas."

"Oh...that's cool. Have you seen that juice box I was drinking earlier?"

[sneakypower]

 

putting a 101-mph pitch into the Bay, foul...

[Tim]

I miss the steroid era

[Tryptamine]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25520355/report-white-sox-nearly-boycotted-game-over-adam-laroche-situation

 

Looks like Kenny pissed off a lot of players including Chris Sale who requested in not as polite terms that Kenny stay out of the clubhouse.

[imb]

 

putting a 101-mph pitch into the Bay, foul...

 

barry bonds owned, still owns and will own forever

[CubInOK]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-baseballs-new-data-is-changing-sabermetrics/?ex_cid=538fb

 

Maybe pitchers can influence where a ball goes after it is hit...

 

Something else that is interesting is that teams and the league are collecting neural data to determine how well batters recognize pitches.

[CubinNY]

I miss the steroid era

Yeah, both of them were jacked up.

[Sammy Sofa]

Chris Sale told Kenny Williams to GTFO of the White Sox clubhouse, and players considered boycotting a game because they feel LaRoche and son were unduly pushed out:

 

http://deadspin.com/who-had-a-problem-with-adam-laroches-kid-1765501446

[Banedon]

Chris Sale told Kenny Williams to GTFO of the White Sox clubhouse, and players considered boycotting a game because they feel LaRoche and son were unduly pushed out:

 

http://deadspin.com/who-had-a-problem-with-adam-laroches-kid-1765501446

 

Yeah, saw some chicago media joking on twitter that usually the White Sox wait till the season starts to implode, but they started early this year.

[ConstableRabbit]

It does seem pretty stupid that the GM and manager said it was okay the way it was, then Kenny comes in and says it's not.

[Gilby]

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I hope the short RF porch at Yankee Stadium fixes him (stops trying to pull everything) and he hits .300 with like 25 dongs. He's got real power when he gets into one, as we've all seen.

[Sammy Sofa]

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