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Mattingly takes Conley out after 116 pitches with a no hitter. I think that's bulls***, although the reliever is three outs away from the no no and they still may get it. You figure it'll take him 132 pitches maximum to get the no-no. I think those 16 pitches are worth the risk of a career ending injury.

I challenge you to find Whitlock's columns on the Missouri situation. He is an incredible writer about race.

If we release him nobody would pick him up cause of the salary, right? That's sad cause I'd like to see him go to the NL. I wouldn't count him out yet once he gets the arm strength fully back. One other thing you guys have to remember ... we have four lefty starters. When you are the worst of the four, it's not easy. The other teams lick their chops that it's not one of the three great lefties. Do Danks a favor and trade him somewhere a team needs a lefty starter. Or put him in middle relief. He's our Danny Duffy. Lose him in the bullpen. Still I can't end a thread without adding ... I love Johnny Danks!

One thing Hawk is going to miss. As we all know, a good season on the road is .500. If we truly are a playoff team, we might finish five over .500 on the road if we're lucky and 20 over at home. That's a great season. Hawk is going to be broadcasting a lot of lousy losses and he won't have any of those exciting summertime home games where our fans are into it and we're rocking and rolling. What I'm trying to say is Hawk could see a lot of bad Sox baseball this year cause traditionally .500 is a great season on the road.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 12:58 AM) Yes he did Where are the Danks apologists now I'm still here. I love Johnny Danks. I do admit, however, I don't want him starting the Sox-Royals game I'm going to in May. Put him on the DL til he gets his velocity back, or make him a reliever (Danny Duffy and Hochevar were starters once as well) or send him down on a rehab assignment. Or send him to the Braves for a Class A prospect. I predict he will win 10 games again in his career during a bounceback season at some point.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 07:58 PM) Thought I read it's his father-in-law Thanks for clarifying. I actually think a father in law situation could even be worse on a husband depending on how his wife is handling it. I would think he should be there for every single bit of the way just as if it was his own dad, just to support his wife.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 01:19 PM) The VP is usually chosen before the convention, but after the nomination is locked up. It's unheard of for a candidate who isn't even the frontrunner to name a VP. Thanks.

If he died Wednesday, the funeral will probably be Monday or Tuesday. I hope he doesn't think of coming back until Wednesday at the earliest. To lose one's dad is horrific and I'm just assuming they were very close. Rest in peace. Don't even think about baseball for a week.

The Royals look human. Still not a lot of power in that lineup. Starting rotation is going without a true ace at this time. Soria is a weak link in the bullpen. I'm not saying we'll beat them. I am thinking we should be able to hang in there and not have them run away with the division. We shall see but our rotation compared to theirs, I don't see any reason we shouldn't go .500 vs. KC this year. It will be sad if it's something like 13-6 KC over Sox again.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 05:15 PM) Such a devastating situation. He should go away forever. Yes he needs to go away. These cases sicken me. Meghan McCain said it best tonight ... he's disgusting.

Are the Veep's always chosen before the convention? I forget. At any rate, Carly is very very very unlikeable. At least to me. Cruz needs to go away. He's had a lot of chances and can't even provide serious competition to ... Donald Trump?? Then this choice of Carly? Ugh. At least Donald vs. Hillary will be very fun theatre. I mean Donald actually did it. I heard the tape of him today accusing Hillary of playing the woman card. He actually said, "And women don't like her." He's certifiably nuts, but it's gonna be fun.

Nice to see Q win again. What a month of April. Almost perfect, really. You can't expect a much better performance out of the gate than this. Glad the Sox won 3 of 4 to open in warm Oakland. They haven't looked back. Keep it up. Like my friend said, the Robin haters have shut their mouths. This team is amazing.

Cruz has lost his mind. Why Carly? Pick a woman who is in Congress for gosh sakes.

In response to my Cruz question, I said I liked the flat tax but haven't really studied the guy yet. How come people say he'd actually have a chance against Hillary whereas Trump will get annihilated? I wasn't meaning to imply Christians are being persecuted. I don't know why everybody says we are bossy and try to implement our faith on others. I NEVER talk about going to church (except on here lol) and praying and all that stuff. I don't even try to get my siblings to return to their faith etc. I keep it to myself.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 02:35 AM) Yep We'll have to look them in the face and beat them down. Or if we're still in first place, just go .500 against them or 6-4 would be nice. Royals seem to be winning out of habit. I'm not crazy about their team. Let's see if they have the magic again this season or if that starting rotation just plain kills them as the season marches on.

This is too amazing for words. Sox have been consistently good to great so far this season. Several folks have already said it, but this is what it's like when we truly have the best pitcher in baseball. Sale has taken that additional step to where he's not gonna have a bad night like he occasionally had in the past (knock on wood and all that stuff; there is no such thing as a jinx people). 15 hits and even Avi busts loose, perhaps feeling the heat from Robin implying he'd be sent down. One month doesn't mean anything obviously, but I still say we could beat the Cubs in the World Series if this continues and our rotation stays sharp and healthy. Sale, Q, Latos and Rodon could be the foursome to do it especially since we have a good closer and set up man in Albers. Even the guys I started to dislike are doing OK to good. Rollins is hitting .262 and Navarro did well tonight. And Austin Jackson with the three hits. Way to kick some Blue Jay ass White Sox. Keep it up, but congrats on a fine April so far. Even our manager has matured. He's doing a fine job. I had a chicago friend call me today and he said, all that crap about Robin? You don't hear any of that any more.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 06:20 AM) Cruz? You've gotta be s***tin' me greg. If you're jonesing for christian extremism, he's your guy. That's just stupid in a country that has a pretty diverse portfolio of people. Some christians would love that but it would do nothing but cause complete and utter chaos in the country. What about the flat tax? I kinda like it. In this day and age of people getting so mad at believers, it is hard to believe he could emerge as the candidate. I mean I am a true believer and actually am a practicing Catholic, but as a nation I sense people get very mad when they find out you are a believer. People around here don't like hearing a word about God, that is for sure. You can't bring up religion or you better duck (except with your fellow parishioners of course). I was just wondering if there was anything about Cruz I could rally around since it appears he may beat out Trump and I despise Hillary as much as I do.

QUOTE (asindc @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 01:14 AM) Minneapolis Star Tribune rates Prince's albums: http://www.startribune.com/critical-...ums/376785321/ The Tribune has had great coverage of Prince the last week. BTW am I out of line saying Purple Rain is one of the greatest 100 songs of all time in the rock genre or whatever u want to call it?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 12:37 AM) I would enjoy listening to Benetti a lot more if he stopped asking so many stupid questions to Stone. He's done a good job outside of the kissing up to Stone, which is the same thing we saw with Swirsky. Great point, fathom. I've noticed the questions too and thought of Swirsky. But I think Benetti has to do some sucking up, so to speak, as he begins this venture at least. Show Stoney he's a lover not a hater. But I wonder when Stoney will get tired of saying ... "Because, when the count is full, blah blah." "Because ...." I notice cause stoney pronounces because funny and he's always answering questions of Benetti.

Admittedly I've been reading a lot more about Prince's death than the primaries. So tell me Republicans, is there any hope with this Cruz guy? Any reason I should be getting excited? I do like the idea of a flat tax finally. f*** the IRS and that bulls*** formula. Anybody who reads my threads know I despise Hillary. I'm not a big fan of Trump mainly because he's a f***ing idiot. How bout tonight's line about how good looking he is? I know it's a joke, but still ... Donald you are rich so you can say and do whatever you want, but you are not good looking. Your hair looks like Chicago legend Bozo's quite frankly. And Bernie's OK, but he aint winning anything anytime soon. So tell me, can we handle a Cruz presidency?? Is he somebody Greg could get to like??

That was a nice win. Frazier baby! Why didn't Hawk make the road trip? Is he skipping some of the annoying trips like Toronto?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 04:34 AM) Sox may be 14-6, but they got outdrawn by Cleveland last week, and attendance is down 13%, so no reason to be happy. Just ask Caulfield. It is nice how little he posts when things are going well. All he had was the attendance card. I haven't posted a lot lately, but don't mistake it for me not loving what's going on. I'm just loving how the team has performed so far this April. I think Robin is emerging as a force. Do you realize if the Sox make the playoffs, he's going to be this team's manager for a long long time? I'm still trying to figure out how the Sox are doing this? Personally I think the starting pitching is "that" much better this year. Sale and Q are taking the next step and don't discount Latos. The 4-0 record is huge. And Rodon is showing signs of very-good-ness.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 08:57 PM) The world is SO different now than it was decades ago! You REALLY want them to stick to all their views they held in 1992? Have YOU stuck to every single opinion you held when you were thirty years younger than you are now? come on dude you're really grasping here... Her track record suggest a person who CANNOT be trusted. I think that's pretty obvious. Only justification to vote for her IMO is if you think she's the best of this horrible lot of candidates. Her views can change, sure. But she changes policy and yes, lies, with the best of the politicians. She's very lucky IMO she's skating on this email thing. It's kind of like North Carolina and the basketball scandal. Everybody knows they are guilty, but we also know they aren't going to be punished. Just the way it is.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:55 PM) Sone and Hawk both has large egos, and I'm pleasantly surprised that both have co-existed peacefully in the booth for as long as they have. Exactly. Stone and Hawk have great days and mediocre ones, I'd never say "bad days." The only times I don't like Hawk are when Stone says something and Hawk appears to be in a bad mood or know it all mood and says, "obviously." Or "that's obvious." Stone's just trying to help fill time, Hawk. As long as Hawk isn't losing his eyesight (he was pretty bad on a couple homers on the first road trip) I like him with Stone. The new guy is OK so far. His voice doesn't annoy me, at least not yet, like some of the MLB announcers.

Hawk is great except the days he gets crabby and treats Stone like he's some rookie. Hawk forever! I would think Hawk will be on his A game more this year cause he has half the workload.