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QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 08:22 PM) How old is Duke? Mid 20's? 33.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) Whens the last time MLB players "speculated" about one of their own using, and they were loose lipped enough (or the speculation was pervasive enough) to make it to the media? You tell me. Is there evidence out there that players speculating = guy is a steroid user? I bet there isn't. Per usual baseball has brought this on their own so speculate away but there is testing now a days and Jake hasn't failed anything. I certainly wouldn't be shocked if he is on something but some of the opinions in here are pretty ridiculous.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 01:10 PM) I'd say if the Sox are sitting around 55-40 in July you have to consider moving Adams if that's what it takes to get a deal done for an impact bat. Notice I said impact. Would have to be way more than just an incremental upgrade. I think that's absolutely fair as well.

With our system looking pretty weak outside of the top 3, I don't think we're going to acquire nor do I think we need to trade for a star. Just find someone that can be average against rhp and go from there.

Going to be weird when Mat Latos and Jason Hammel win the cy's.

Winning is fung and fung is winning.

You better think Elliot is going to be the best rb in the league if you draft him that high.

Our offense just saves all of the run scoring for when our top 4 starters aren't on the mound. It's great strategy.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:08 PM) Albers is the quickest fat guy since Robert "Tractor" Trailer. Hey, if you can't be svelte, at least be quick and good at hurling a baseball. Jose has the best smiles when he does something a bit athletic. Glad to see the big man part of a winning club he'll come around soon. I'm not sure Lawrie makes that play without a barehand peg and throw on that chopper that ended it. Certainly would have been bang bang. I'll take the automatic out. Bartolo used to actually be a hell of an athlete too.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 05:26 PM) Navarro and Jackson are certainly playing better than their atrocious lines right now. As you are alluding to, Stone keeps giving Navarro credit for his framing work. Jackson can hit 0 for all I care(I might be exaggerating) as just having him in center and allowing Adam to play right has made this team a whole lot better.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 05:25 PM) That's a pretty sound strategy for a baseball team. That's the type of strategy that could win Robin manager of the year.

QUOTE (harkness @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 04:50 PM) I think the fail of the sentiment of this thread is that we sweep Texas and somehow the pizza is better, the sky is more blue, the pillow softer... the announcer better. It's just funny how people feel the need for absolutes... If Hawk were announcing the sweep I'm sure it the thread would have been "Hawk never retire!" A lot of people have been really tired of Hawk for a long time, I don't think the sweep has anything to do with the sentiment that Jason is better than Hawk.

Albers(yes I know he didn't pitch today), Jones and Robertson are on some Cotts, Politte and Jenks s*** right now. And while I know they won't be this good all year, they're going to be a huge part of our success. Props to Duke as well who a lot of people wanted to run out of town after 3 appearances.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 09:52 AM) Can anyone confirm what Hitchcock said to Pierre during his in-game interview? According to my dad, he said "we like playing here, but this is a different animal." Of course, I couldn't hear so he told me this via text messaging. The guy is 66 years old and texting isn't his thing. Did he mean: Hitchcock said "we like playing here" but he wasn't prepared for that crowd Or did Hitchcock actually say that? He said something along the lines of "we have fun playing here but this is a different animal." Basically we enjoy the atmosphere but this is above and beyond the usual.

The Hawks should just always play like they are this period. #analysis

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 08:41 PM) Crowd stayed cheering the ENTIRE time during that commercial. It was awesome. Source?

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 08:12 PM) Not really. They mean something, though it's a limited something. The problem with Avi is not that he's always been horrible (he hasn't), but that he hasn't progressed at all. Nobody with as many PAs against ML pitching as he's had should be swinging at the junk that he's currently swinging at. He just can't seem to get the mental part of hitting right. I'd really like to hear your reasoning on why spring training at bats aren't meaningless...

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 07:38 PM) Garcia is still learning. Guys may have proven track records from 2015 and back but that doesn't do anything for this year. All I am saying is don't give up on a player so quickly. The alternative to him isn't always better Nobody is giving up on Garcia early, in fact we've given him too much time. Unfortunately it's a product of the Laroche situation but Garcia is just bad. There's just no good dh option so at this point just find a way to get Tyler's glove in the lineup. For now I think Tyler would be my ss, Jimmy dh against rhp and Avi against lefties.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 05:03 PM) If we don't win this game I'm gonna dig a hole and live in it forever. I don't think this is true.

I haven't been able to see many games this year outside of the first series, how has Brett's defense been overall this year?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 23, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) I think people are suggesting the move based on Avi's entire body of work which is beyond s***ty. Correct. It's not just an early season slump for this dude, we have enough data at this point to tell us that he's just bad.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 22, 2016 -> 07:08 PM) Then those fans are idiots because Raw is the best it's been in years with fresh faces. Have to give it some time to see what this new direction will do for ratings. We've really only had 2 weeks with one being taped so it's impossible to know yet.

Norman to Washington. Him vs. Odell twice a year now.

Yay.

If I'm not mistaken, don't the computers always hate The Royals?