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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 12:06 PM) That song is the best thing about his signing and makes me reconsider my opinion on it. It's a classic. My ipod has almost 4000 songs on it and that isn't one of them . Of course I'm also old and picking from about 50 years of rock music. And my musical taste is all over the place from Abba to the Sex Pistols . Sorry rap fans can't stand it

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 06:53 PM) Absolutely love that Hawkins is still getting PT. Got to be a big time confidence booster for the kid. I hope when is does get assigned down, he mashes in AA. Have you seen any of the interviews with him in camp ? Dude looks 30 at least to me. As young as he is the guy is a big man.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) Robertson in to pitch the 6th . Promptly gives up a walk to Phillips and a HR to Frazier.

Robertson in to pitch the 6th .

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) Yeah, but in the past they have allowed AL teams to use a DH no matter who the home team is. I don't recall any of our pitchers batting yet this spring, and we've played away games against LAD, SD, COL, and ARZ. Guess the Reds didn't want to cooperate with that plan.

Another double for the Baconator

Soto solo HR

OAK and Seattle playing on MLB network. Semien 0-3 ,Bassitt 2 perfect innings.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) Quintana is batting? What? Why? NL home park I'm guessing ?

Nope 2nd and 3rd no outs and Marquis pitched out of it . 4-1 Sox

Beltre pops out for 1st out of the inning . Marquis still in to face Avi. Might not be pretty .

Q singles ! Bonifacio doubles. Marquis gotta be done.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) Beckham double..wow. Over Hamilton's head apparently so must've been well struck.

Bonifacio has 2 errors today playing second base but the 1 run the Reds have is earned.

Beckham gets his 2nd ht of the spring, doubling to bring home Wilkins who was on 2nd base after a walk and balk.

Q 4 innings 2 hits , 1 R, ! BB, 3 K

Sox just went ahead in the 4th. Bonifacio and Avi walked , Alexei brought them both home with a double. Up until that point Jason Marquis had been perfect through 3 .

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 08:17 AM) Right now, hard to say, but I think he'd be on par overall (just better at some things, worse at others). This 30 PA in Arizona are really only a small part of the evaluation for me, and the stats are not even a major part of that, as I detailed in the article. That too. Though he still really only has a short time in AAA, which is a concern. I think the time is now for Micah without extra seasoning in the minors. As you said he's got options to burn and he brings the most to the table of any of his competitors. Certainly a case can be made for Sanchez but he is almost 2 years younger and Micah seems very mature and ready for the challenge that lies ahead. It wouldn't hurt Sanchez to spend another year in the minors . Micah's speed will only play for so long as that mid twenty something age turns to 30 quickly . If his speed is going to play I'd rather it be sooner than later. BTW it's caveat emptor not umptor .

I saw K. Bryant and 1st name I thought of was Kobe

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 10:46 AM) Dare I say... A Grinder? Grinder sometimes has a negative connotation like "not much talent but a lot of heart." So no don't you dare say grinder. I like future All-Star

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 12:07 PM) 100% agree, which is my beef with Beckham. I'm fine with him as a reserve infielder, but I'd rather have used the money on a legit 4th OF that could also fill in for LaRoche against tough LHP and settled for Sanchez or Saladino in Gordon's role. I love Bonafacio as a pure utility guy, who provides value through his speed and versatility that WAR can't fully account for, but I'm terrified of him being an everyday OF if someone goes down. Our lack of OF depth is our biggest risk on the position player side IMO. I'm still holding out hope that the teams with surplus OF's like the Red Sox and Padres look to move one of them and the Sox bite. Not likely considering what the Sox are paying Bonifacio and Beckham but ya never know.

Good job. Might want to vary the wardrobe Q

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 10:41 AM) Jose Quintana was a 3.7 WAR pitcher in 2013 and a 5.3 WAR pitcher in 2014. The breakout already happened. Exactly. How much better can he get than that 5.3 ? I'd be real happy with that for the next 6 years.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 12:19 PM) Who here loves Saunders? I chatted him up pretty good before we got Melky and LaRoche ( I think) when it was rumored Seattle would more than likely be moving him. I ,too, thought if he could stay injury free he was the right age for a breakout plus we needed a lefty bat at the time . I remember other posters echoing that sentiment.

QUOTE (CyAcosta41 @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 10:40 AM) But so is Quintana -- they both pitched yesterday. My take -- the Sox will go with Quintana. He's been an exemplary citizen and performer for a few years now. National recognition means nothing -- everyone who knows baseball knows that Quintana and Samardzija are in the same general tier of pitcher. This is where having a respected ex-player like Robin comes into play. He knows when it's six of one, a half-dozen of the other (in terms of quality), the locker room benefits by going with the guy with seniority. And my read on the blue-collar, union guy JS is that he'd actually respect that decision MORE than going with the new kid on the block (and maybe that's another tipping factor in the re-signing decision). My thoughts exactly . One thing you didn't mention if Samardzija pitches the opener then it goes R-L-L-R if Quintana opens then its L-R-L-R. But what you said is why I said Q will start the opener.