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QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:50 PM) Anyone just hope and prey Dunn will go away and retire after this season? If he's going to suck this season (like 2011), the board is 100% on board with that.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:47 PM) Are you kidding me. How many short hops and long hops and other Alexei side armed, held too long, lazy throws has Konerko scooped out of the dirt in the last couple of years. And you don't think that the regular 1st baseman who has a history of scooping these might of had more success than the utility guy we swung over there. We'll never know if PK would have scooped it, but he's no worse than 80-90% it seems at scooping low throws by our infield. All I know is that Keppinger had his chance to scoop it, and he failed badly.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:46 PM) For no other reason than they share the same city, are the Cubs better situated than the Sox at this point in time? It's pretty close...Sox have the young pitching the Cubs aren't close to having, but the Cubs offensive prospects/young players are significantly better than the White Sox. The Cubs have the whole "money to spend" issue that would make the Sox rebuild a lot easier.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:45 PM) Your not in management anywhere right? I don't think he's rooting for them to lose, but flavum is huge into projecting records for teams, and if he feels like the Sox are at best an 81-83 win team, then I'm sure he's fine with them getting out of contention early so they can try to unload basically anyone on the roster not named Sale, Santiago or Quintana.

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:41 PM) If Robin Ventura was not a former White Sox player that was hand picked and had to convinced to manage, he would be in the hottest seat in all of MLB. The fundamentals that were lacking in Ozzie-managed teams and stressed so much early in 2012 that led the White Sox to be in 1st for most of the season only to fall apart in September have somehow managed to carry over 6 months later into the 2013 season and is costing the team dearly. That is 100% unacceptable and someone needs to held accountable. Unfortunately accountability is a four-letter word for the Chicago White Sox baseball organization. This is a failure all around, from the top on down and it is pathetic to see. Ventura had the easiest job on the planet last year, as he was "not Ozzie Guillen". I don't know what the heck happened to him and the team the last month of 2012 and the first month of this season, but it's going to be a very short stay for him as Sox manager if he's not able to generate some excitement with the team and the organization.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:40 PM) That was brutal. It's simply amazing how much last year's collapse has continued into this season.

Yay, keep batting Keppinger 2nd and Dunn 4th. Awful offensive performance, this team is lifeless this season.

ADA striking out at an alarming rate. That pitch was right down the plate.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:36 PM) The strategy is to rebuild on the fly. This strategy only works if you either tradeable assets and/or a decent minor league. I say the strategy this season was more "maintain". I think we'll see more of a rebuild next year and then start to add more pieces with more money coming off the books.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:36 PM) I like the shape of his swing, but he never hits anything. Ever. Completely agree

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:34 PM) Escobar would have been safe at 1st, even the official scorer called that one. He should have gone for the out at 3rd. With that said, Keppinger has to keep the runner from being able to advance home.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:34 PM) Giminez looks bad. His bat speed looks AAA-ish. Not surprising, I never heard anyone actually think he could make it at this level.

Haha, he missed that by a foot.

Wow, Gimenez gets the call...interesting

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:29 PM) Lots of time for things to turn around Look at this lineup though, the talent level is just not very good. The injuries have exposed the lack of depth the Sox have, and even before the injuries, it was a "2011 Dunn season" away from being mediocre.

You have to love that the Sox will have to let Danks and De Aza face their lefty closer.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) Keppinger is Tony Graffanino. Good bench player, but if you give too much time, he'll hurt you. I'm sure they'll wait forever to move him from the 2nd spot, a position he clearly shouldn't be at against RHP.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:25 PM) Lol. This team, you can't help but laugh.. Incredibly awful start to this season. At least with Viciedo and Beckham, you had some hope they could show development. This team is the worst coached team I've seen since the Bevington era.

Yep, good thing we have Keppinger over at first base now. Ventura is just killing us.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:19 PM) Neither the manager or bench coach seem to have great in game managing skill. I mentioned this in the Viciedo thread, but it's crazy how poorly this bench is constructed with both Danks and Tekotte on the roster now. The Sox should be able to avoid LHP/lefty hitter, RHP/righty hitter match-ups late in a game, but they can't.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 10:17 PM) There was no reason to pinch run Greene unless you planned to run with him. He only went on the last pitch of Alexei's PA. SMH. Yep

Why not run Tekotte and let Greene hit for Gillaspie?

Keep playing him Robin...ugh

Great defense last inning!! ADA needs to get back to acting like a leadoff hitter.

What awful managing this inning. Did Ventura really think Veal vs Doumit was a better match-up for the Sox than Lindstrom vs the young fella in Arcia?