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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 09:26 PM) I would rather they get someone who can hit home runs. The Sox suck when they don't hit home runs. Only thing Loney provides is he's a first baseman. Outside of that, he does nothing to help this lineup.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 09:50 PM) Why? They can't "waste" it on anything almost certainly until closer to the deadline. Usually guys like Loney aren't available on March 30th and usually you don't have a free 13 million cleared up two weeks earlier to put towards improving the roster. It's a very unusual situation but it doesn't mean the Sox shouldn't look into it. If they are committed to Avi then I understand that but they probably should at least do due diligence on Loney and see what the Rays are asking. There's no reason not to at least investigate the idea of acquiring him. For starters, he's garbage. Neg 1.3 fWAR last year is the type of player the Sox should be moving away from, not taking on a bad contract to save Tampa.

Taking on Loney for anything more than 1-2 million would be a huge waste of money.

Interesting comments http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/white-s...t-jacob-turner/

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 12:55 AM) Absolutely. Have some great options. I hope Jones is nasty and locks down 8th inning. I like all of our pen options even Jennings who had one bad inning bloat his numbers. The bullpen guy that worries me the most is Petricka, but his value is in his rubber arm.

Really want Valpo to lose tonight

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 12:07 AM) Wonder who this mysterious recruit is that's going to visit UI tomorrow http://247sports.com/Player/Terrence-Lewis-75455

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 08:13 PM) Eaton's body language is awful. Can't afford a slow start from him. Who cares it's the last week of spring but what a lolly gagging walk to the dugout. Hasn't he been pretty awful since the incident?

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 09:05 PM) wait, what "health issues" has sale been battling? Who said that?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 09:00 PM) Supposedly there are rumors that UI is going to have Tilmon on campus tomorrow. Not him, last I heard Alex Roux ‏@aroux94 LaLu HC Shane Heirman tells me Tilmon won't be on campus before team's tourney trip to NY tomorrow. Illini still preparing for Wed. visitor

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 06:43 PM) Daryl Van Schouwen @CST_soxvan Jose Abreu: 'I want to spend my whole career with White Sox because they gave me opportunity to play here. And they have done a lot for me.' He might be the most likable Sox star of all time, along with Buehrle.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:14 PM) Jeff Capel to GT? That's pretty meh if so Most GT sources don't think it's true. I don't think he's a great coach by any means, but his recruiting ability at a place like GT should be insane. I believe it's between Drew and Capel at this point.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 07:33 PM) I wonder if there is any chance they keep both Saladino and Sanchez, and let Rollins go. Why in the world would they do that? Rollins has looked solid this spring

That's absolutely the opening day lineup, and you can see the final spot is between Sands, Sanchez and Ishikawa

I don't get the fascination with Ishikawa at all. No way should he be your DH and batting 6th to start the season.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 01:30 PM) How was last night's show? Had fantasy draft all night. Eva Marie's crowd reaction was something needed to be seen

I would be shocked if Avi isn't the starter opening day. I dislike how much this organize seemingly overrates Shuck and now Ishikawa.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2016 -> 11:12 PM) Javon Bess leaving MSU as well. College Bball is hilarious now. AAU and transfers have changed the game. Transfers has ruined college hoops

Nothing above 89mph according to gamecast

I guess he's tipping his pitches again today Sox starting pitching is more troubling to me than the offense by far heading into the season.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 28, 2016 -> 01:50 PM) Some big news story is about to break or something. Doesn't sound good. Here's some more context, and I'll use that loosely. "A major wrestling related story that has hidden beneath the surface is starting to poke its head out of the water,and is going to break soon" -Joe Lanza of Pro Wrestling Voices. "Building a shelter for when this story breaks." -JJ Williams of the Wrestling Observer More from Lanza: "Seems the Tweet I made from my personal account has caused quite the stir. I will address it here, and then never address it again. I am not a journalist and have never claimed to be. I do a podcast, write reviews, and a few times per year when the situation is right, our site or our podcast will break the occasional news story (the infamous Dixie email, Steen signing with WWE, Ibushi to EVOLVE/Kaiju, Candice/GFW no show drama, PWS stuff, the end of DGUSA, etc). We are not and have never claimed to be a news site. Tons of hard news & rumors finds our DM box that we choose to sit on, and there are people reading this right now who know full well that we (myself & Rich) sit on TONS of "scoops", especially when specifically asked not to speak about it. If we wanted to be a news site or hunt for cheap clicks, we could very easily do so. The story I Tweeted about has been cooking for months, and somehow stayed quiet. It is now making the rounds, and being hinted about publicly. I am not going to break it. I have no interest in breaking it for a variety of reasons. It would drive CLICKS for sure, but it isn't my place to report it and it isn't what we do here. My belief is that it will come out soon because the person has enemies (to be fair, who doesn't?) who will find a some pleasure in outing it. That won't be me. People are running wild with it on places like Wreddit. Your mileage on the word "major" may vary. I feel like it's a major story because it involves someone who works full time in the wrestling business and reputation(s?) will be ruined. Some may not consider it a "major" story. There are people who will read this who are aware of the situation. This is not me asking them to back me up or to out themselves. In fact, I prefer that they don't confirm or break it here, because I want no connection to this for a number of reasons. I may have underestimated the power of Twitter or my own reputation as a news source in peoples eyes when I made the Tweet. I made it from my personal account, and figured my friends would see it and didn't think it would cause much of a stir. That was stupid, but at this point it's whatever, because the toothpaste cant be put back in the tube. I won't ever speak about it again. If/when (more like when) it comes out, I'm not going to claim to have broken it, or confirm it as being what I was talking about or anything like that. I made the Tweet, I have to own that, but I want nothing to do with actually breaking the news or claiming I instigated it breaking. If I was interested in that, I'd simply write the story and publish it here. So that's that. Sorry for working everybody up. And I said this on Twitter, but I'll say it here too. If you followed me based on that tweet, you are welcomed to stick around, but I am never tweeting a follow up and I almost never tweet about wrestling. That account is extremely boring unless you like college basketball and Reds baseball. Might as well unfollow. I wasn't looking for cheap Twitter follows." Did they kick out Daniel Bryan's son from the locker room and that's really why he retired?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 28, 2016 -> 01:12 PM) Vandy and St Louis want him really badly as well. I haven't heard anything this week, which makes me think something is up. My guess is Vandy goes after King Rice

Lots of buzz that GT will hire Bryce Drew

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 28, 2016 -> 01:15 AM) Unbelievable choke job. Bennett with a horrendous coaching job and Virginia did a terrible job handling the press and attacking the zone down the stretch. Yep, Bennett let Cuse for the tempo

Nice Avi