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QUOTE (coco1997 @ Mar 31, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) Trayce Thompson is white.... Here we go again......

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 31, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) Nice 6 innings for Danks. Crain with a good inning. Sweet Caroline at Camelback Ranch? Keep it. Yeah, whoever let Sweet Caroline play must have thought the Dodgers were playing. The inning when the Sox wasted Konerko's triple really pi$$ed me off. I left my seat in the shade and just walked around for the rest of the game. Oh, and I have come to really hate Alex Rios.

Ventura = Manager of the Year

I've been at spring training and have seen every game but one. It's been a blast. Maybe seeing these guys day in and day out has clouded my mind but I'm feeling way better about the team than I did before spring training started. I'm not worried about Dunn. He should be pretty much back to his old self. He won't hit for a great average and he will strike out a lot, no doubt. Until late, he was making great contact and not striking out at all. But he'll do the Adam Dunn things we expected last year. At spring training you can get pretty close to the players. I like Adam Dunn. He's a nice guy. He has fun. He seems to love the game. I'm pulling for him more than ever. Gordon Beckham is very serious and seems to be very determined to improve and hit the way he thinks he should. His work ethic is something else. To watch him at 2B day in and day out has been a joy. He makes those occasional outstanding plays that just have you going "Wow!". Often when he's not in there and a ball gets past Saladino or Garcia or whomever, I always think, "Beckham would have had that". I look for him to have a good year. Konerko started out so bad and I was a little worried. But the hits started coming and he has been tearing it up, though still homerless. Not worried though. The homers will come. Escobar was a surprise. He has hit so consistently well and has displayed a little power even. His fielding has been decent. The pitching has been good, even great at times.The guys who matter anyway. Each of the starters have had impressive starts, especially Sale, Humber and Peavy. No worries at all about Sale as a starter. Brian Bruney surprised me. He's been good all spring. He's in great shape and not that it means anything, but he's too a real nice guy. I like him. Young guys who have impressed besides Escobar have been Jordan Danks (well, not exactly young) and Trayce Thompson. Thompson has made much better contact than I expected to see. He's smooth in the field and has a good arm. Seeing him homer yesterday was awesome! As for Ventura as a manager, it's tough to say from seeing spring training games. I'm not worried though. I feel good about him. I like this team.

I think it would be fun if Lillibridge could play all nine positions in a game. Only if the Sox were out of contention and the game didn't mean anything.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 12:16 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/bluegrass-legend-ear...-235658884.html Bluegrass performer Earl Scruggs of Flatt and Scruggs ("Balad of Jed Clampett") Flatt & Scruggs had a big hit and achieved mass popularity with "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" from the Bonnie & Clyde movie.

The people sitting in front of me were members of the high school team (and their parents) where Jesse Crain went. They traveled to the game from Boulder. They got to meet Jesse before the game. He gave them all White Sox hats and after the game they got to tour the whole White Sox facility. It was pretty neat when Crain went into pitch, the kids had all moved to the front row right behind home plate to watch their idol.

QUOTE (MAX @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 07:07 PM) Jump? All he has to do is roll. All of his other numbers look good and he isn't an average guy. So why worry? Agreed. He hasn't been striking out hardly at all. Hitting the ball to all fields. He's hit lefties and some of his outs have been hard hit outs. I'm not worried.

I voted 78-81. I've been down at spring training and seen every game but one. I feel much better about the team than I did prior to spring training. There are good signs.

I was hoping for one less pitcher and Johnson and Escobar both making it though I knew that was unlikely. Escobar has sure earned a spot. As for Johnson, I wish him the best. He's a really nice guy.

I just noticed in the lineup both Lillibridge and Morel are at 3B. I'm guessing Lilli is in RF? Curiously Lillibridge hasn't played at 1B this spring. I'm a little surprised at that.

I know what you mean Balta but I'll be at the game and I don't want to see that. I saw enough of that kind of pitching the first couple of weeks of spring training. On a non-related note, Konerko with 16 hits in his last 35 at bats. Man, is he hot! Yet he still hasn't homered this spring.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 24, 2012 -> 09:21 AM) Hector Gimenez is still in major league camp. He's been pretty good, and he has major league experience. I'm liking Gimenez more than the strikeout machine that is Tyler Flowers.

No DH but Viciedo at DH. Huh?

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Mar 23, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) AJ with an inside-the-parker! That was a total blast! AJ said after the game that Blum told him "Ya gotta go for it, Tubby". In all my years I don't think I've ever seen an inside the park homer in person. Who'd ever think they would see one from AJ?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Mar 23, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) Lol 17 - 4 ? geez. Yuck. Who pitched besides Axelrod?

Wow. Really cool, I wish I could be there. Man, I loved that era. Pat Kelly was one of my favorite players too. Unfortunately he has passed away.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 21, 2012 -> 08:47 AM) Mark Gonzales ‏ @MDGonzales Danks to start today in minor league game, Stults to face Seattle @MDGonzales: Viciedo out of lineup (pulled tooth). Dunn in LF (!!), Gallagher DH.

Gonzalez: Beckham replacing Lilli in the lineup designed to get Gordon more at bats. Hey, Dunn has been playing pretty well in the few times he's been at 1st.

Today at Hohokam

Ugh. I drove 2000 miles to watch this crap. I keep telling myself, "Appreciate the game. Just appreciate the game".

Revision: De Aza 8, A.J. 2, Rios DH, Fukudome 9, Ramirez 6, Viciedo 7, Morel 5, Dan Johnson 3, Beckham 4, Axelrod Pitching

Let's win another one!!

Take away the monster homer Pujols hit and I actually thought Sale looked pretty good. Molina has been good aside from one game when he imploded in his second inning of work. I was nervous today when he came out for a second inning. Thornton and Ohman did well today. Adam Dunn is looking just fine, hope he keeps it up. I'm liking Escobar and Gimenez. Escobar has looked solid in the field and surprisingly good at the plate. Gimenez has looked like a stud defensively.

Maybe if I start a game thread the Sox can win a game. No lineup yet. Wake up, Gonzales!