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Is this possible? He's hitting .111 with an OBP of .172? The stats I see have him with six hits in 54 at bats with 3 walks. There's no reason for him ever to bat against a lefty again, is there? I guess the good news is if he's going to be hitting 40 or more homers he'll have to be getting relatively hot relatively soon. He only has 2 bombs.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 02:58 AM) When they homer...7-3 When they don't...0-5 Boy, our White Sox team is certainly predictable. We all know the winning formula for this team. Glad to see the team is playing better on the road.

Wow, what a clean victory. Maybe the Sox are getting used to playing on the road. Keep winning, White Sox! Nice job tonight by many players.

Should our backup catcher be our starting catcher? Doesn't he make contact more than Flowers?

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 11:55 AM) No, if I was in that field I probably would have been ok cleaning them. I work in a warehouse while searching for a more permanent position. That is awesome you stood your ground and said no way you'd be cleaning bathrooms. I wonder how much money your company saves having regular workers clean the bathrooms one day a week. Insulting.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) No, I acted like and idiot and was severely anti-gun in my statements. I NEEDED to get out of that jury duty. I just would find it tough to say a word like 'xxrkie' in front of other people. Yikes. Were they astonished and/or upset?

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 10:24 PM) I remember my teacher on 9/11 immediately speculated that it was "suicide sickos" after the first tower was hit. She then led us in prayer. At my public school. That is awesome. I wonder if teacher coulda got in trouble if any of the children told their parents they prayed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) So of of curiousity, at what age would you talk to your children about what happened yesterday? I wonder at what age school teachers address the issue? I'd say second grade. Problem is if a school teacher addressed the issue, he/she might have to delve into personal opinion about good/evil; God/man and that wouldn't work. Seriously, how do teachers address this? Cause ultimately you'd have to probably address the issue of evil or evil people. I think a second grader is old enough though, to be told about the fact there are people in the world out to hurt others and we must make sure to protect ourselves from those people the best we can; not speaking with strangers unless mom and dad are there, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 03:25 PM) what ever happened to civic duty? I am willing to serve my country in this capacity. I'd just rather not if I had a choice. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 03:42 PM) Bring documents for everything you have. Make sure you know what your employer's rules are for Jury duty; most employers have certain amounts of time that they will let people off for this purpose. Find out what those rules are, get a document that shows it, bring that document with. Bring documents showing your work schedule and any commitments you have such as travel plans. If your employer does not specifically give certain amounts of time off, bring some information about your actual work duties. For example, I had jury duty while a college student. The college didn't specifically limit the amount of time I could take off, but the judge wasn't going to pull people out of school for a multi-week trial as long as I had my course and travel schedule with me. Do not give a smart aleck response to anything. Be honest and professional. Carry yourself like an adult, don't give them reason to dislike you. If you have to be there, deal with it. A tie is not necessary, but don't look like a bum. If you are picked, the odds are it would be on a short trial. If a long duration trial is necessary, they'll be bringing in hundreds of people because most people won't be able to make the commitment. A careful judge will make sure people document their reasons why they can't serve on that multi-month trial, which is why you should bring work and travel and schedule related documents with you and know how long your employer will give you off of work without penaltyl. Thanks for the response and thanks to the others on here, too. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 08:05 PM) It was organized crime and whatnot. I could tell it was going to drag out and I had no interest in making little to no money for months while sitting there. I think I called him a "darkie" in the chambers meeting. You are kidding, right? That'd be pretty rebellious. On another note, can I bring my computer for the waiting room? Is that allowed? Is it too risky whereas it would probably get stolen?

The direction of this team? It should be to get the starting pitchers fixed. Tell them to get their heads out of their asses and start doing the job on the mound. I do think the loss of Beckham hurts our lineup a lot. Flowers and Dunn are automatic outs and Kepp has been lousy. Taking out what is potentially a decent bat really turns us into a minor league offense IMO.

Dunn actually had a good year last year until the team's late meltdown. He was as bad as anybody the last two weeks during the choke job right? Before that, though, he had tons of huge home runs.

I have to report to jury duty the next two weeks. So how do I approach this? My normal job I usually work noon to about midnight and get to sleep in. Now I have to be at the jury room at 7 or 8 a.m. Any suggestions for me? Is it something to dread or not? Should I give a smart aleck response so I'm not picked? What if I fall asleep since I'm not used to these hours? I guess my main question is ... I have jury duty. what should I expect and what should I do? And do I have to wear a tie? p.s. Let me know if any of you are going to Sox-Royals games at Kauffman Stadium this year.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 06:51 PM) I told my direct boss I'd give him my 2 weeks notice and say no if he asked me to clean the bathrooms after the top boss said someone in my area had to do it every Friday. My direct boss ended up cleaning the bathrooms which was nice. What's your regular job, Gould? Are you in janitorial work or are they making everybody in all departments clean the bathrooms?

Prayers to all the good people who helped others and to all the victims and their families. Biggest impact of this: Impact on lives of those affected/killed. Tragic. Sad. Awful. Secondary impact: This occurred at a sporting event. Good luck attending sporting events in the future with increased security. There's no solution to stuff like this. I'm very surprised we haven't had a major tragedy inside an arena with 80 to 100000 people yet. The day that happens may change sports forever. Many will just watch the games on TV rather than risk going to them. From what I've read it's inspiring how many people help other people in this latest tragedy There is more good than evil as somebody printed on this thread.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 12:58 AM) They need to find a naive NL GM to take him off our hands. Maybe he can't hack the AL. The Adam Dunn era in Chicago has not been fun.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 16, 2013 -> 01:29 AM) I was not happy that we didnt bring in a better backup catcher. I was afraid of what is actually occurring right now. I honestly thought Olivo would be back in a Sox uniform which also would not have thrilled me.

This is going to be ugly, folks. I guarantee you he will shut the Sox down, unless he's suddenly lost it for good. He simply feasts on teams that refuse to take a walk. Soft tossing lefty? This is going to be interesting. He's Bruce Chen with actual talent. I hope it's 0-0 and we win it off a Blue Jay reliever in the ninth.

Is that the worst infield in White Sox history, combined with whomever takes over for Paulie at first? Wow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 14, 2013 -> 05:04 PM) Alexei actually does a decent job of bunting...when he's trying to bunt for a base hit. When he's trying to bunt for a base hit, he's not stabbing at the ball, he just puts the bat out. When he tries to sacrifice, he has the bat out there earlier so his brain reacts to the ball and tries to move the bat into it; exactly the opposite of what you need to do. Doing a sacrifice correctly isn't an easy thing to do. You have to break yourself of the urge to stab at the ball. Good points. Like you said, when he has to sacrifice he does stick that bat out there and stab. It's really painful to watch him try to bunt a runner over.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 14, 2013 -> 04:36 PM) Exactly. You just have to accept that some alwys think the sky is falling after each loss or a bad streak. I looked at the standings today and we are only 2 games out of first after 11 games. Things will get better I am certain You should post more, El Rockin. I always feel better when reading your optimistic posts.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2013 -> 01:43 AM) I don't know who Angel Sanchez is and didn't even realize he was on the MLB roster. Same here. Who is Tyler Green? Young? Old? Good prospect?

Jake and Paulie save the day. Nice. I hope Jake is confident enough in his third season to be team leader this year and kick some ass in the clubhouse if he thinks the team needs such a butt kicking. Three runs isn't a ton. He saved us today as did Paul.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 14, 2013 -> 07:38 PM) It's so obvious what Viciedo is doing wrong at the plate. I haven't seen that many games of late. Let me guess. Pitcher gets ahead in the count with high fastballs out of the zone, then finishes him off with a breaking ball way off the plate. All 3 pitches or at least 2 of the 3 are balls. Hey, a victory! Maybe this breaks the road doldrums. Two under .500. Got to find a way to beat Toronto. Mark has stunk this year so far, so we all know what that means unfortunately ... Chen-music from Mark. GO SOX!

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 07:34 PM) Best post. I wasn't too giddy about this season anyway since the changes made were from subtraction. I think this season is to find out if some players will have a future on this team. I'm a little alarmed at our lousy pitching. I always make assumptions after Opening Day and the first series. Sale just rolled the Royals and I thought we'd have great pitching and D all year. This road trip has been embarrassing so far. I hate when the Sox start dropping games left and right and the L's start to pile up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 03:32 PM) #2 was bad. Alexei just isn't good at bunting for a sacrifice. This is the guy who sacrificed into a triple play. When you ask alexei to sacrifice, there's a 50/50 chance he's going to pop it up. It's just not a good move, and it's just one of those things a manager needs to know about h is players. I used to defend Ozzie for bunting in obvious bunt situations as well. Even when our guys feebly failed the bunt try. I'd say, 'Is it his fault a big leaguer can't bunt a guy over??' I'd say every manager in the world would bunt in obvious bunt situations. But even I am getting tired of seeing guys like Alexei and Beckham (before he got hurt) look like fools trying to bunt. I'm amazed that guys like Ramirez haven't learned how to bunt. I mean there are a lot of situations during a season in which they are called upon to bunt. You'd think during the winter or sometime they'd go to a warm weather climate and work on their weaknesses. I'm sure Alexei doesn't want to look like a fool and fail miserably when asked to bunt. So why doesn't he do something about it??