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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 4, 2016 -> 04:18 AM) You do know that Bernie is losing in the popular vote as well, right? Not just super delegates. Bernie's candidacy has been much more impressive and much closer than the pundits lead people to believe. They are scoffing at his candidacy when it's MUCH CLOSER than that. You have to admit it's actually a close race and he's had a ton of impressive victories, especially for somebody who came from nowhere. ... One problem for Bernie is the good ol boy and girl network simply would not give him a fair shake. Like I said, the Heraldo-like dismissing of any Bernie discussion with "HE HAS NO CHANCE!" was quite unfair to all the people who have PACKED HIS RALLIES. Yes he technically is losing. But none of the good ol boy network/lapdog Hillary media members will acknowledge this. Do you agree with me or not that Bernie has actually been a formidable foe and has been given the short end of the stick nationally? His victories mean nothing to the media members eager to get on with the coronation.

Holy bleep ... Bernie won Indiana! It's pretty obvious except for this super delegate crap, Bernie would be taking the country by storm. Everybody loves him. His speeches are by far the most attended. They are happenings! Young people worship him. Lines are long, long, long. But this super delagate thing, combined with the media's never giving him a fair shake lead to .... you know who, Hillary (same song, 90th verse, no reason to elect her cept it's her turn; what a nation we have). I love turning on virtually any political show and any discussion of Bernie will quickly erode to somebody like Heraldo saying/screaming, "Bernie doesn't have a chance!" And then they pretty much move on to Trump or somebody rather than discuss the Bernie phenomenon. Just the fact the millenials worship him you'd think would guarantee fair coverage, but nooooo ... guys like Chris Matthews, lol, gotta have Ms. Clinton in the oval office. Bernie with another victory tonight and it means ... NOTHING.

Wow. Cruz threw in the towel. That leaves Trump. This is pretty historic. Can you imagine the convention? It's usually a big happy thing (even with a bummer candidate like Romney) with just about everybody united and waving the flags of the nominee. This year ... can you imagine all the stodgy old Republican government officials who will be at the convention asked to get excited on camera about ... Trump?? First of all, any Republican elected official over the age of 50 probably knows Trump, and considering Donald is a ruthless businessman, most probably dislike him. Also, there's the jealousy factor. Every one of the Republican elected officials there, who are asked to get behind Trump, are probably thinking ... "Donald Trump is our nominee?? A guy who has never been in politics before?? Why not me???" There just can't be that much support for Trump from the people who will be attending the convention. It's the little people, the voters who are supporting Trump, not anybody close to being in charge of the party. I think this leaves the disintegration of the party completely. Now would be a good time to aggressively get behind a third party. Maybe Cruz could be that party's nominee, maybe Bernie, somebody. Cause this is a runaway laugh out loud victory for Hillary and the convention is going to be one embarrassing death knell for the Republican party. The reporters are going to have a blast when they do the on the floor interviews. After one inocuous question about Trump, they'll get most of the interviewees to saying something like, "He leaves a lot to be desired but he is our candidate." That'll be about the most praise you hear from any Republican of note about Trump. The people want Trump ... the Republican elite do not.

Great win. Good to see the team go out and compete this season. Should be interesting to see how we fare against KC and Detroit this year. The Royals' win tonight figures to get them going again. Head to head games in the Central obviously will decide our decision. Releasing Danks is another sign the Sox are here to make some noise this year. In the past they'd have kept him around even if he was getting shelled.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ May 4, 2016 -> 02:46 AM) Not bad numbers for a Tuesday night. Great great win, but I have to chime in that's embarrassing attendance. Will certainly pick up soon as it looks like this team is for real.

QUOTE (Wanne @ May 4, 2016 -> 02:40 AM) exactly...wtf do you even have a set number of challenges if a manager can come out and whine. I used to be all for replay...but honestly it's turned into a f***ing waste of time. I can live with the "human factor". The human factor ended in that Tiger no hitter.

He was out. Replay rules cost him a hit. Full speed action he looked safe. Slow mo he's out.

Nice hustle by Melky. Too bad looks like he out.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 4, 2016 -> 02:31 AM) I say bring Q back out now I assume he has a low pitch count? Nah, let some reliever pitch. Maybe not the closer?

Nice job by Frazier not giving up an at bat swinging at crap, instead taking the walk. Love it.

Wow. The opposite of corpsball. Fans having fun at the Cell tonight again.

How bout a sac fly then a homer by Frazier this inning?

Way to run, Eaton! Safe by a mile.

QUOTE (daggins @ May 3, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) His contract and injury came to be unfairly associated with the stink of failure that hovered over this team the last 3 years. Excellent line. Thank you for that. The nice posts in this thread are starting to lessen the sting of all the vicious, classless things said about Danks in game threads the last two seasons. I hated reading the word bum in game threads about Danks. It'd be nice if somebody in the NL picked up Danks and allowed him to continue his comeback, but I assume they'd have to pay him. So he must be done. That said ... one of my favorite Sox ever. It's not his fault he got hurt. I think some haters thought he should give the money back. It doesn't work that way. Danks is a class act. It'd be great if he could continue his career. In conclusion, I loved Johnny Danks and we've had a lot worse pitchers stand on the mound at the Cell in White sox uniforms than Johnny Danks! Go Danks!

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ May 3, 2016 -> 05:42 AM) -White Sox on the way to playoffs? Check. -Donald, Ivanka, Don Jr, Eric, Tiff, Melania, et al mere 8 months away from rightfully reclaiming the White House? Justice, light & truth > Soros -Pam Bondi as VP? oh yeah, a gift for Mr. Greg: . Thank you! Did you see her face on Anderson Cooper's first question? She lit up so happy cause she is so used to lying she's very comfortable doing it IMO. My only hope is the FBI. Please come through and indict her.

Why did Boehner call fellow Republican Cruz "Lucifer." As many of you I despise Hillary based partly on stuff written in books about her mean personality. What's the skinny on Cruz? Why Lucifer?

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ May 2, 2016 -> 03:32 AM) Jason Benetti's home run call "Oh my goodness," is at worst, a pussification of a home run. At best, Benetti simply used that trite expression because he could not come up with anything original or better. A grandmother says "oh my goodness'. I don't agree with Hawk's opinions and politics all the time and I understand he can't go on forever, but I would have liked to see him back full time this season. Instead of Benetti , I would have preferred that someone else be chosen as his successor, preferably a former major league player who has wit, personality and is more familiar with the game and the players. Benetti seems better suited to the radio side, not as the primary TV play to play man. As long as he is doing that job though, I wish him well and hope he improves. Is that his call? Oh my goodness? Yikes.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 2, 2016 -> 02:19 AM) Yep, that's Quintana Line of the year! Ba Boom! Great road trip. Excellent job by the White Sox and Robin/Coop. I will say too bad won/loss record doesn't mean anything anymore. Sale's six wins against no losses would have impressed the masses when won/loss mattered. I love Sale's maturation as a pitcher. Good hitting again. A. Jackson has put the .100s behind him and is climbing well over .200. A blowout win. I'll take it.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:56 AM) Hawk ... a real rarity in the today's game with all the robotic "voice guys" who never played sports. I hate the robotic voice guys' work. Jason at least seems to be copying Stoney and Hawk and talking like a normal guy. I wonder why 80 percent of all announcers do the robotic radio voice thing. It's annoying. Just talk in your normal voice, announcers. Like I said I'm glad Jason is doing the normal voice and not the robot.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:36 AM) Nah, you're just putting your own bizarre spin on this s***, Rock has exulted the virtues of Adam Eaton pretty consistently because he's not insane. You've turned a correct, off the cuff remark into a negative talking point because you don't understand context. OK. I thought he was dissing Eaton basically. My bad. QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:58 AM) Even when Frazier, Lawrie, Jackson and Rollins aren't hitting, it's their energy and enthusiasm that makes the difference this season in comparison to a very lethargic clubhouse last season Fair enough point. But I'm curious to see how the posters react in times of struggles. Frazier was catching some big-time grief on here when he was hitting .150 early with all those Ks and I shut up waiting for him to produce which he is doing. Rollins has already been ripped on this site by fans. Somebody was bagging on Rollins' range and wanted Saladino to play more. Let's see if everybody stays behind these guys all year cause these four guys are going to have stretches of badness at the plate.

Nice inning by Nate. He was pretty nasty IMO. Those home runs were bombs. Geez. Frazier has 17 RBIs in April. That is pretty damn good. Looks like Sox hit the jackpot on this FA signing from the NL. Seven homers. Beautiful. Abreu, Eaton, lots of great at bats. Lawrie's home run was a blast. Watch the replay of it. When he hits one he hits one. Nice to stop the bleeding vs the O's. Just think, if Sale is Sale, we may go 2-2 in Baltimore. Pretty nice this time of year when the O's were red hot at home.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:25 AM) Rock's basically saying Eaton took a s*** standpoint in the Laroche situation that he'd probably admit was misguided at this point and the new dudes have changed the culture in the clubhouse for the better. Not sure what you're disagreeing with. I feel like he's downgraded Eaton's contribution. Don't understand why a grown man would suddenly think he had the wrong position on LaRoche's kid just because the team is winning. The team is winning "partly" because of Eaton who is playing very well for four weeks.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:19 AM) Nope. The guys who have taken over wondered why a kid was taking their spots in drills when they needed the reps. They want to win not play in a country club. Eaton was loyal to his buddy but he knows now that this team needed an attitude change. That's my last post on the subject. I mentioned it when it was going on, I've exchanged many PMs on the subject and I think I'm proven right. We can drop it, but there's no way you have been "proven right." Like I said, Eaton has been one of the team MVPs thus far. He came out of the gate aggressive, not acting at all like he was knocked down by the new blood on the team that wanted LaRoche's kid out. QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:20 AM) No doubt, Eaton has been a very good contributor with the glove, arm and bat. To me, it looks like any beefs over the LaRoche saga are a thing of the past. These guys look to be getting along rather well and it's the energy of the new leadership from Frazier, Lawrie, Jackson and Rollins that has made a big difference. The clubhouse is rejuvenated. Frazier was not hitting at all the first two weeks and the team was winning. Lawrie was good with some key hits and defensive plays but his average was around .220 for a good while. Jackson was under .200 for a while (albeit doing some nice things) and Rollins not exactly hitting like a Hall of Famer and we were still winning. Yes I like them all but arguably Eaton, who lost the LaRoche battle, has even been more consistent than anybody mentioned as "new blood." Happy the White Sox are winning, but don't agree it's all because of the new blood. They haven't taken the mound once. The pitching has been old blood plus Latos. Rodon is new blood sort of but has been around a while. Bullpen is old blood too. It's too simplistic to give all the credit to the guys u and Rock mentioned.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:12 AM) No it's not. The new leadership on the team are who complained about it and they were right. They've taken over and this team finally has leadership. Eaton is a good guy and backed his buddy but he knows it was the best thing for the team, now. With all due respect, I think you are crazy. A grown man with convictions doesn't change his mind on an issue like that five weeks later.Eaton has been great this season offensively and defensively. I like Frazier and Lawrie as well, especially Frazier, but what the heck are you talking about?? Lawrie had a huge error the other night. Are you saying Eaton won the leadership battle that night? Please admit your post was a rare horrible one. You can take a Mulligan you know? I've had my share of awful posts before but your take on that seems pretty wrong to me.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 1, 2016 -> 03:06 AM) And yet it was HR's by Lawrie and Frazier ( leadership regime) that kept the Sox in the game tonight. Pretty sure that's what Rock is referring to. Oh. I get you. Thing is, Eaton had a big part in that win as well. The two warring factions seem to be getting along well enough. Eaton's bunt was one of the biggest plays in the game as well as the two homers you mentioned.