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De Aza again horrid defense.

2-0 already after 2 batters.

Conor Gillaspie was scratched from the White Sox lineup Saturday due to an upper respiratory issue.

Too many errors

Good inning for the offense.

Flowers rbi tied 5-5

DV a big double.

Dam it Conor

Come on PK

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) 9 straight retired by Enright, who's awful Sox should hit this guy hard but are not so far.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 10, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) but Axelrod is the kind of guy who will nut-up and not give up another run tonight. Hopefully the offense will score some runs tonight.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2013 -> 07:50 PM) More bad defense by De Aza. Axelrod getting hit hard. Lucky for him, no one in Chicago is watching. De Aza defense has been bad all year.

Not a good inning.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 10, 2013 -> 07:41 PM) they should be destroying this guy the 2nd time through... Hope you are right.

Nice start

Abyss returned last night hope the Joseph Park nonsense is over.

Need a home W

Joey Crawford going to ref game 3.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 9, 2013 -> 07:29 AM) You just make things up for bad one liners. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/18388493-41...w-to-relax.html What more do you want ..............I am growing tired of your make things up one liner rhetoric..............this is the second time you have used this in a reply lately. I said KW has veto power and he does. "His duties are bigger picture now. He still oversees every aspect of what the Sox do, but he deals less with the minutiae. Hahn and his staff can come to Williams for guidance or approval. Williams says he does retain ‘‘some’’ veto power. He said he could envision a scenario in which he would veto a trade."

QUOTE (VAfan @ May 8, 2013 -> 10:45 PM) Forgive me. It's still early May, but already my mind drifts to the rebuild that is coming soon for the Chicago White Sox. It's the rebuild that Kenny Williams never undertook, because Kenny always wanted to retool and tweak, not rebuild. But Kenny's not the GM anymore. And unless he tries to control Rick Hahn, I think Hahn is not the same guy. He's going to realize soon that more significant changes are going to be necessary before the Sox can compete again. What are the Sox' assets? 1. Sale, Quintana, Santiago. Three young lefties who are cheap and under Sox control for several more years. Quintana hasn't done it for a full season yet, nor has Santiago, but both have pitched enough very good games to be excited about their upside. Chris Sale was a Cy Young candidate his first year as a starter. 2. Alex Rios. By far the Sox best hitter. Not sure how much longer he's tied up, but I expect the Sox will keep him just so they have a quality hitter, and because their young outfielders aren't ready yet. 3. Dayan Viciedo. A young power hitter who still needs to improve plate discipline, but the only other hitter on the team with offensive value. At least potential offensive value. 4. Young bullpen arms. Reed, Jones, Veal, et al. Jones is having a shaky year, but he has the stuff to get it figured out. 5. Alexei Ramirez. Great defensive shortstop. Led AL SS in RBI in 2012 despite a down year for his power numbers. Sox don't have anyone to replace him, so I'd keep him. 6. Conor Gillaspie. A potential everyday third baseman. Lefty bat is sorely needed. Would like him to have more power, but he looks like the best hitter other than Rios on the team right now. These are the guys you are likely to keep during a rebuild. The next rung is guys who might have trade value. 7. Paul Konerko. With his contract up, and his slow start this year to go along with his injury-hampered finish last year, it looks like Paul Konerko's great run in Chicago is going to be over. I really like him because he's the only player to consistently come sign baseballs for my son when we catch the Sox in Baltimore or DC. Classy guy. I'll be sorry to see him go, but it's time to deal him at the deadline. 8. Jake Peavy. I'm torn about this one, mostly because Peavy took a bit of discount to stay in Chicago, and really wanted to help the team. The problem is he's only signed for two years, it's a big contract, he's pitching really well to maximize his trade value, and the Sox aren't like to contend this year or next in a rebuild, so you might as well move him. He's too old and with too much injury history to want to extend past this deal, so he isn't going to be a cornerstone guy when we're good again. But I'm still torn. 9. John Danks. He's going to have to come back and prove he can pitch again, which might not be soon enough for him to have much value as a deadline deal guy. But Chicago has to get out from under his contract. He's just not worth it. As a lefty, he should still have value. 10. Alejandro De Aza. As a center fielder and lead off guy, he should have trade value. Since the Sox have several minor league outfielders who might take his place, he's a candidate to move. Dewayne Wise can fill in until the young guys are ready. 11. Gordon Beckham/Jeff Keppinger. We just signed Keppinger to play third. But it appears that Gillaspie is a better choice there, for a few reasons -- better defender, lefty, better hitter at the moment. When Beckham comes back, the Sox have a choice. Only one of these guys should be in the running for second base; the other should likely be dealt. With Sanchez in the minors, perhaps both will be gone soon. My own take is that Beckham hasn't proven he's worth an elevated contract. I'd give him one last chance to see if he can cut it this year. Sox really needed him to be a young building block. He's got the D, just not the O. Too bad. 12. Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain. These guys will have some value at the trade deadline, and absolutely must be moved. If you are doing a full rebuild, you might as well move Matt Lindstrom too, since he's 33 and could bring something back. Then there is the worthless guy the Sox just need to deal because he's killing the offense. 13. Adam Dunn. The Sox have to hope he pulls out of his tailspin and puts up decent HR and walk totals by the end of July so that someone will take him and at least some of his contract off the Sox hands. If not, the Sox may just need to eat his deal. Because he's death to this team just like he (and Rios) killed us in 2011. It's just a horrible message to everyone else to trot him up to hit clean-up every day. Finally, there are the space fillers who you keep until you have a replacement. 14. Tyler Flowers. He would be an acceptable starting catcher on a team where everyone else could hit. On the weak-hitting Sox, they can't really afford his bat. Still, he could perhaps pull out of his hitting funk, and in the meantime, he's a good defensive catcher on a cheap deal. Even if the Sox upgrade, Flowers might stay on as an above-average backup. 15. Dylan Axelrod Axelrod has pitched very well so far. But he's never going to be much more than he has been -- a fill-in pitcher. Still, there's no reason to dump him until you have something better, since he's cheap and likely has little trade value. KW has VETO power over anything Hahn wants to do so in reality KW is still the GM without taking the heat on a daily basis.

Nice to see refs let Lebron and company do anything they wanted tonight.

Sox win never ever easy.

WTH Reed

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 8, 2013 -> 09:10 PM) 3 run lead is a save situation. No 4 runs not a save

Why waste Reed here Robin.