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After an injury-plagued last year, he's back in AA Birmingham this year....again...FOR THE THIRD TIME. Currently leading his team in hits, HR, RBIs, tied for triples lead. 23 games = .299 BA, 26 hits, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 3 HR, 11 RBI, .351 OBP, .891 OPS Even 4 SBs. Not a bad month of April. Hopefully we'll see him in AAA Charlotte soon. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=461842

So far at AA Birmingham...meh. 4 games, all started by Nevin. 1-1 record, 6.23 ERA 17.1 IP, 15 hits allowed, 12 runs all earned, 14 walks, 13 Ks. Well, he was shelled in his first game with a 21.00+ ERA. What's troubling so far is the hits/bb per game compared to innings pitched. That tells me the command isn't there yet. The strikeouts per 9 are respectable. Other than this, too early to tell what he'll do this year, hopefully stays healthy. Only 22 still. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=518746

and the White Sox continues to be Luke Scott's B****.

The White Flag for this season should be up by the end of today. I've had it.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2011 -> 02:25 PM) 5-0 before this inning is over? how prophetic.

MAKE IT SO.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 1, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Foghorn likes to protect his pets. Foghorns blame matrix. 1.). Luck 2.) weather 3.) umpires 4.) rookies 5.) pressure 6.) pitching ( bullpens ) 7.) defense 8.) non favorite players ( newer non expensive ones ) 9.) random stuff Usually we get how hard x coach works. How hard the players work. Etc Then it just repeats, over and over. What, no curse of Yaz stories?

This? Crap, can't copy the pic, but here's a link of Bill Veeck holding the keys to White Sox Park. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jtZM_i2fSV8/RblL.../Bill+Veeck.jpg

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 06:44 PM) Humber has zero command of his fastball or curveball Real, agreed. Does he look frustrated on the mound, or is it just me? He should stop thinking too much and just pitch.

Wow Humber with a nasty hook but it gets by AJ.

2-0 O's.

FIRE THEM ALL.

How fitting that it's Gordo with two outs in the bottom of the ninth up. NO PRESSURE!

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) no pressure when you're down 10-4. pretty simple now that i've seen it routinely. this team chokes under pressure. the whole all-in thing was bad from the start. it set these mental midgets up from the start to play like s***, they cannot play under pressure And that is what bugs me. C'mon, this club is supposed to represent one of the largest media markets in the COUNTRY, not much less the entire world. And we have players on this team that don't thrive under pressure. No accountability. Someone should have gotten the ol' pink slip routine from the road trip, but NO. No one got booted out.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 09:57 PM) Wieters vs. Posey...who do you like? Posey. I like how he handles the pitching staff and how he calls the games. Oh and his bat is all right.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) Hawk says this is a good ballclub not playing well...LOL sounds familiar like the last 5 yrs we've been saying that???? Did the WS REALLY make a Hawk Harrelson Wing at the Cell?? LMAO.

MOMMY MAKE THIS SEASON STOP.

http://www.digtriad.com/video/default.aspx...id=914180953001 Video of WS's 7-6 loss last night. It shows Andy Wilkins' HR, and Jared Mitchell's triple.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) who cares...not like him quitting on the bullpen 10 days ago fired up the team. It's been a long time since I saw a team have so many players slump. True Fathom. Maybe it would take Ozzie getting fired for the team to either fire themselves up (which will be sad if that's the case) or otherwise.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) I know it won't happen, but this team is truly playing like a team that ends up getting their manager fired. It comes out flat, has terrible at bats, can't field, and then crawls into a hole when they're down. Heck, I don't even blame Ozzie for all but about 3 players on this team sucking. Over/under on how many more games until Ozzie quits on this team?

Am I crazy to want a Brent Lillibridge/Dayan Viciedo platoon in LF already? Maybe I should put down the Shiner Bock...

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:12 PM) The entire organization likes to talk a big game but they do nothing but make excuses and back down when they get challenged. So what you're saying is that we've become the Vancouver Canucks. Nice.

Well...whatever slimmer of hope I had in this team coming back today, it just vanished.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 05:00 PM) Yeah, no...his power is definitely a plus tool I still say Dunn will hit his 40-50 HRs this summer at the Cell, plus get 200Ks. Love/hate relationship for sure.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 04:50 PM) I'd like to see Frank Thomas come back and he a hitting coach for this team. Seeing Mark McGwire in the dugout for the Cards made me think of it. At this point, is Walt Hrniak available?!?!?