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Hickory Huskers for the wins !!! Nice job no names, Gimenez, Gillaspie and who ? oh yea Greene !

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 08:02 PM) No Come Sale Away ? You get a choice of songs for Kyle Long . (I've Been) Searchin' So Long , by Chicago or It's a Long Way to the Top if you Wanna Rock and Roll by AC/DC . And I always use Do Ya by ELO for a Johnny Odouya goal.

I was just about to post based on Dunn's 1st 2 AB's against Hellickson we might expect something good .

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) Stop, hawk. Just stop. Oh c'mon Hawk gave them TWTW today .

That was close !!! Nice slide/tumble.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 05:27 PM) This is where Dunn needs to not be a rally killer. Great minds .

C'mon Dunn the HR walker guy and not Dunn the rally killer !

AT least Kepp s getting his stroke back the last 3 games

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 05:21 PM) Who says Keppinger doesn't create runs! That and Sales huge discrepancy between the way righties and lefties hit him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 10:12 AM) WAKE UP BATS. And fielders.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 08:26 AM) Handzus with two more points? Not bad. LeBlanc looks like a real player to me. 3rd period LeBlanc seemed to be flowing much better .Him and Kane worked a little magic together a few times though it didn't result in a goal.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 01:49 PM) As if we didn't know this already, Hawk is clueless. This is absolutely ridiculous, he doesn't even make any sense. You need to hear it, but for those that want a short summary... Some notes: Hawk saw the movie Moneyball but didn't read the book. Baseball is all about defense. Sabermetrics isn't ready yet and won't be for 40-50 years. Sabermetrics doesn't address defense, bunting, speed. TWTW is the most important stat. The Will To Win. Leadership is the most important thing, aka Peavy throwing 120 pitches or Konerko's leadership, not stats. Again, he emphasizes THE WILL TO WIN. That trumps all. The only thing that counts is a W. Wins are the most important stat for a pitcher. Gotta have the W. Pitching and defense is how you win. In case this hasn't been mentioned, TWTW is how you win baseball games. ********** He never addressed any good counter argument made, just kept spewing nonsense. Of course Hawk can't make an intelligent response to sabremetrics because he doesn't study them . Much like myself especially defensively, I don't understand how defense can be measured taking all things into consideration. Anticipation can't be measured or positioning or response to the ball off the bat , poor routes that a fielder can make up for with pure speed, how an outfielder plays a long deep fly ball as opposed to how he plays a line drive and those same things off a RH bat or LH bat. A defender can be good at some of those things but not all and until you measure the kind of fly balls he's tracking how can you accurately measure his defense ? If a teams pitching is poor could be someone rated as a poor outfielder is seeing an inordinate amount of hard hit balls as opposed to a good pitching staff and routine plays or has a good coaching staff who positions you better . Or maybe I have no idea like Hawk

Emery removed with 6 minutes left in 1st period most likely tweaking his lower body injury. 2-1 Hawks on goal by Toews and Kane after one.

On his 2nd shift Oilers score.LeBlanc promptly dropped to 3rd line as he was out of position.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 12:48 PM) So what line is LeBlanc playing on, Sunday? I don't know anything about him. Offensive minded forward? Defensive? Physical? Speedy? http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/drew_leblanc/ LeBlanc is a 6’0”, 195-pound playmaking center that plays an intelligent two-way game. He also possesses some of the best hands in all of college hockey. His superb passing skills and great vision allow him to make plays that few other collegians can make. And it’s an attribute that hasn’t been lost on scouts, either. LeBlanc’s decision-making is excellent. He makes few mistakes and thinks the game remarkably well. He also has the ability to make those around him better. Although LeBlanc is known more for his playmaking ability, he has shown a knack for scoring timely goals, as well. One attribute that sets LeBlanc apart from many other collegiate players is his ability to create time and space for his teammates. He can control the tempo of the game and, with his tremendous patience with the puck, can allow teammates the time get into the best possible positions. LeBlanc is an excellent skater that moves exceedingly well with the puck. While he isn’t exceedingly fast, LeBlanc does have good speed, acceleration and can transition quickly. LeBlanc, who is one of St. Cloud State’s co-captains, also possesses strong leadership qualities. He went undrafted out of high school.Broke a leg in college so got a 5th year at St. Cloud St. So he is 23 already.

Sharp is back tonight and Drew LaBlanc,( pronounced LeBla ) the Hobey Baker winner, is centering for Kane and Sharp.

Nice to see some good pitching not wasted even though the Sox only got 5 hits again.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 01:20 PM) Sox shouldn't be in a situation where they can't have PH for the 25th man on the roster when a LOOGY comes in. I was just thinking that. With the injuries and call up of Danks and Tekotte now we're too left handed .

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 10:51 AM) Danks has also fanned 3 times in 7 AB. He's really not the answer. Maybe a good 4th or 5th OF some day, and really playing sporatically is something he will probably have to learn to do anyway. Odds are really against him being a regular player. I agree but still a better option than Tekotte and so is Wise.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 10:30 AM) Keep in mind one of Danks' "hits" was a pop up to the pitcher. All line drives in the box score. It's contact and getting on base which is more than I can say for the majority of the lineup. And limited sample size ,I know, but I want a string of wins with some runs.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 10:15 AM) He said Dunn should bat 9th and that Flowers should bat after him, so that would make Flowers 10th. Was my fault. I left a catcher out of my proposed lineup. I fixed it since.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) So Tekotte makes a huge base running mistake then gets the start the next game? What the hell is that? Danks and Wise and Tekotte. Danks goes 2 for 4 since call up, Wise on opening day roster . Tekotte kills a rally with base running blunder. So yea of course he's starting.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) What is funny to me is some of the same people who think Dunn should bat 9th or not play or think Ventura is stupid for batting him 4th, are some of the same people who always tried to make a case for him batting 3rd last year when he hit .191 the last 4 months. I think when some were giving out "grades" at the All Star break last year, Dunn was hitting .205 and someone graded him a B,and he was ripped to shreads saying Dunn deserved an A. Keep in mind, Adam is only 2 homers off his April total of last year. The guy certainly is no all star, but he cannot be as bad as he's been. He is somewhere in between. For those of us that want the White Sox to win, he is going to have to produce, there really is nothing else. For those who want to rebuild and want the White Sox to lose, instead of complaining when he strikes out 3 times and goes 0 fer, you should be doing cartwheels. I want the Sox WIN and stop wasting good pitching. Dunn is hitting like a pitcher. He should bat 9th against righties. Gillaspie leads the team in hitting yet has very few RBI . Bunch the hot guys together. Don't put a guy hitting like a pitcher continuously in the middle of the order.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 08:19 AM) Going along with that, Dunn's big problem is his strike zone contact percentage is awful. Right now he is a pitcher batting 4th . I'm amazed he continues to hit there.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 07:21 AM) ADA 7 Kepp 4 Rios 9 Done 3 PK14 dh Gillaspie 5 Alexei 6 T-Flo 2 Tekotte 8 Q 1 He who doesn't learn by his mistakes is doomed to repeat them.