Series Thread: Reeling Rangers to turns things around against champ Royals 7/22-7/24

[romeo212000]

Welcome back, Maz!

 

[DT LUNA]

Feeling a smite better

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I was sitting here thinking it is time for Maz to hit a HR. Good to see.

 

[saddles]

i'm hearing two different things regarding Sale. Sources are claiming that JD got even more aggressive with the offer for Sale today and included a player previously he said he wouldn't. But I'm also hearing that Sale is rumored to be sick, which is why he was pulled. A lot of speculation at this point.

It is simple. I needed Sale to do well for my fantasy team tonight so they pulled him to continue my bad week. lol

 

[darrylgann]

What! A lead?

 

[DT LUNA]

Remove your head out Odor.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

That was bad all the way around Odor.

 

[darrylgann]

Roogie! Come on!

 

[romeo212000]

Odor, you're a dumb ass sometimes.

 

[darrylgann]

Not a joke: Source says Sale blowup was because he didn't want to wear throwbacks, so he cut the jerseys up so no one could wear them.

 

[romeo212000]

Not a joke: Source says Sale blowup was because he didn't want to wear throwbacks, so he cut the jerseys up so no one could wear them.

 

[saddles]

The White Sox scratched superstar left-hander Chris Sale from his start Saturday in Detroit, which Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet was first to report (Twitter link). Given that Sale has begun generating significant trade buzz this week, speculation initially ran rampant that the White Sox had a deal in place to move the 27-year-old. That isn’t the case at the moment, though, as Chicago actually scratched Sale because of a pregame “clubhouse incident.”


“Chris Sale has been scratched from tonight’s scheduled start and sent home from the ballpark by the White Sox due to a clubhouse incident before the game,” senior vice president and general manager Rick Hahn said in a team-issued press release (Twitter link via Paul Skrbina of the Chicago Tribune). “The incident, which was non-physical in nature, currently is under further investigation by the club.”


Sale got into an altercation with front office staff, which began in “silly” fashion and blew up into a bigger argument, tweets Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com (links here). Amazingly, the fight centered on Sale’s disdain for the White Sox’s throwback uniforms. Sale didn’t want to put them on, so he cut them up to prevent anyone from wearing them, relays Tommy Stokke of FanRag Sports (via Twitter). FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal subsequently corroborated Stokke’s report (Twitter links), adding that Sale first requested Chicago not wear the uniforms because they’re uncomfortable.

 

[saddles]

This isn’t the first off-the-wall dust-up of the year featuring Sale, who lashed out at team president Kenny Williams in March after first baseman/designated hitter Adam LaRoche retired because the White Sox requested that he bring his son, Drake, into the clubhouse less frequently. Saturday’s disagreement did not include Williams, per Rosenthal (Twitter link).

 

[PhantomWarrior]

Why does MM move his feet so much when he swings?

 

[saddles]

I bet Juan Gonzalez wishes he would have thought of cutting the uniforms up.

 

[darrylgann]

Helluva AB, Mitch!

 

[DT LUNA]

Helluva AB, Mitch!

UNT style

 

[darrylgann]

May want to rethink this Sale thing

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Big difference on count being 3-0 vs 2-1.

 

[saddles]