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Honestly this is the dumbest shit. You are taking at bats and defensive reps from players, pitchers aren't getting work. This is not cool

I'll post a picture with a FORCED beer and a FORCED hotdog on the FORCED attendance on April 8th.

Who are you forcing? People can choose to go to games or not, players can choose to play or not

pointless to even broadcast this garbage

As a fan, if I paid to get into that game I'd want a refund!

I get that in the first week of Spring Training coming off a COVID year that there are a limited number of pitchers and pitches available each day, but if we're going to make up rules and allow a team to end an inning early, then how about allowing the runners to go back out on base to start the next inning?

not sure why this is even a thing, in that case why even keep spring training records

Well this aged poorly..

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Actually I think if you cancel an inning the next inning should start with the same scenario with no outs.

Good lord that was impressive

I completely agree with you here. I don’t think Joses words mean or should mean Jacksquat but Vaughn and Kopech both absolutely need to be in AAA to start the year. And that doesn’t seem to be the current narrative, and that is.....shortsighted and dumb.

Their website's biffed up, for sure. Mrs. Stanky and I got scheduled for Tuesday (today) on Saturday at 6 AM when they put the openings up, but our second shots are at different (but closeby) stores than the first. I got the Moderna jab and no adverse reaction 9 hours later.

Its almost like he is going out of his way to be stupid. This kind of shit is going to keep this thing around for a while. The same people who support this shit are not going to get vaccinated because it's the flu after all. Here in my wife school district the parents want the school opened up 5 days a week, full time without any restrictions. They are now complaining that the kids have to wear masks. For those people I have a shirt.

TLR is a man of the people

Just amazes me that Williams didn't run as soon as he hit it. You'd think constant hustle should be imbedded in a fringe player's head.

Will Rangers let Sox hit or roll inning before it begins?

Collins works a walk, bases loaded, and the Rangers roll the inning again.

boo

He’s not looked very good behind the plate to be honest

I got my vaccine apt with Jewel tomorrow. Woot. So far Jewel is allowing you to select either the two-shot model or the J&J single shot. So Walgreens opens their APTs up in the morning it seems. Jewel just randomly drops there's. I have been scouring the website trying every 5 minutes for a few days. I finally got lucky.

This is as low as I can remember the COVID ICU bed count, hoping this trend continues

http://dph.illinois.gov/news/public-health-officials-announce-1577-new-cases-coronavirus-disease 83k J&J vaccines coming wednesday to IL

This cannot happen at all. I don't know about you but I don't want to see Lucroy in the lineup multiple times in the ALCS and WS.

I have conflicting info on that. I have no idea how old the kid is. The White Sox are signing him though whenever that is. As of now, the next period is scheduled for July 2 2021. It's expected to be moved back though because current period would only be 6 months then. If that happens, the players with deals for this July wouldn't sign until next January. Then the players (who already have commitments) for J2 2022 wouldn't be able to sign until January 2023. Meanwhile, the collective bargaining agreement expires in December and there could be an international draft anyway.

I certainly wouldn't let the player's union dictate my roster/service time strategy and so would not advance either of these young pitchers to the active roster coming out of Spring Training. It's not like you're going to get a union concession because you did. I'd send them to Charlotte with instructions to use them together as a tandem starting pitcher until they were comfortable in that roll. Lopez and Flores can serve as your long men until the young starters are ready or you need a fifth starter. The Sox seem hellbent on bringing them north but no one knows if or how much they'll be needed during April and early May or if they can handle it. Why would you burn service time on such a high risk strategy. I don't get it.

What do you like about him? He's 31. He put up a .600 OPS last year...and his career OPS is .729. He's basically Leury Garcia and we already have him.

i know this is just a part of your anti-jose bit, but if the Sox need a year of extra service time from a 1B then they are even more embarrassing than I thought. Vaughn is going to be a star, but first basemen aren't getting 200+ million dollar deals these days.

They were very competitive in 2013, but no playoffs...especially second half, they really ended the season on a high point and then carried it on into the following year. Two World Series in a row in 2014-15, then they REALLY spent a lot of money in 2016 and 2017. Too many injuries, Gordon fell off the map, etc. Let's not forget how the Yordano Ventura death set that franchise back, not unlike the Fernandez situation with the Marlins, he was always going to be their future ace and franchise pitcher. Not unlike our 2005/06 situation. They broke the franchise record for payrolls every year from 2013-2018, afaik.

Watching on TV I was yelling at him to run and bitching about it when he got tagged at 1B! Send him packing tonight.

I wonder if a fight will break out for rolling innings. I guess a fringe player who losses chances for big hits may get angry.

Looks like we have an early candidate for Charlotte’s closer woof that was awful

has anyone said going going Vaughn yet

This new rule is so dumb. Hitters also need to practice hitting with men on in good spots

The way Vaughn loads his swing is so damn satisfying

I think that's even tough to do optically. Punt one of your aces during a World Series run? And then if someone is acquiring him that means they're a contender. So you're punting to a competitor. More likely he plays out his contract and then Jerry offers 5/150 or something while he goes out and gets 6/200. It will Machado 2.0 -- we made an effort "the money will be spent". etc.

Is there a stream for this game?

Cases may, and probably will go up, but I don't expect this to get out of hand again.

It’s cool that almost any of them in both categories are legitimate choices.

Me too. Looking forward to see his PA's; hopefully a free & easy swing.

Six.

It's 2021 my fellow Sox fan. We aren't solely using ERA as an indicator of pitching value.

Giolito ain't gonna get an extension, not with this ownership lol

Going to get my first shot on Thursday morning. Excited and worried since my heart and its health are very poor, we shall see what happens. I was skeptical of the vaccine because you know, the government and the history of black people and mass medicine in this country, but my grandparents who grew up not too far from Tuskegee decided to get the vaccine and got both their shots, so I'm doing the same.

Renteria burnt Cordero into the ground, curious how he'd be if managed effectively but may not make the 26 man (shouldn't)

I'm not exactly a "fair weather fan." I go back to 1970 with the Sox, which is 51 years. And if you look at how long I've posted on Sox Talk (2003), I didn't just arrive yesterday. I guarantee I've posted here longer than most, and been a fan longer than a lot of posters on here have been alive. Just because I tuned out during the years when the Sox were tanking doesn't change that. Any, BTW, I'm not the only one projecting everyone as a star. MLB Top 100 Right Now has 9 Sox on the list, tied with the Dodgers. That's pretty damn good by any measure. I'm also not making any apologies for being excited and optimistic about the team. As the title of this post says -- I'm going to enjoy the White Sox this year. Aren't you?

Who was it that said there wouldn't be baseball until like 2023? They seem to be "juuust a bit outside."

Why would you have no hope for Sheets? I wasn't a fan of that pick but he's absolutely useful now. 16 homers and 83 RBI in the Southern League is impressive. He's dropped 20 pounds and implemented swing changes. Rival scouts think he can be decent in an outfield corner. He's enhanced his profile quite a bit.