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Just glancing at stats, ~1 of every 5 fly balls hit against Ervin Santana last year left the ballpark. He gave up 39 bombs last year. Let's shellack this sucker.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) Comcast, WCIU, or WGN? I dü believe WGN

If he was a better goaltender he'd have a perfect game

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 2, 2013 -> 10:34 PM) I'm actually rooting against it. I want Perfects to MEAN something again. You're welcome, says Gonzalez

Every time Saliva pops up on my iPod

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 2, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) A link (which also covers southsidesox position) on The Video that makes more sense than just " it sucks" . http://www.chicagonow.com/sox-report/2013/...nks-and-videos/ That's all fine, and I don't think anyone hates this video because the players are having fun. That doesn't change the fact that Saliva is awful and lip synching while zooming in and out is awful. (I'm aware that I am lending ammo to his argument about the internet being full of nerds who hate Limp Bizkit. Durst-Hater is an epithet I'm glad to wear.) Glad the Sox had fun making it. Good for them, and I hope it somehow makes the Sox a better baseball team. I hear Uwe Bol has fun making movies, but nobody should let him near a camera either.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 2, 2013 -> 01:21 PM) I agree message boards are better. But it certainly seems the posters here have all been here for a while. When it hits that point, everyone kinda knows where everyone stands, and new discussions don't really pop up. And when "marginal" threads do pop-up, people jump all over them. Solution: everybody pairs up Secret Santa-style and adopts their person's opinions. Then, everybody changes their handles and avatars. Should take another couple of years before the dust settles.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 2, 2013 -> 12:57 PM) Okay, so something good came of it

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 2, 2013 -> 12:19 PM) THE SOURCE IS NOT CREDIBLE. or is it...incredible?

Chris Sale will not give up a run in 2013

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2013 -> 06:44 PM) For those who missed it in the game thread, this happened and we all let it happen. :crying Why would you let me click that link? I thought we were friends...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 1, 2013 -> 09:28 AM) let the gamethread teeth gnashing begin Yeah! Over/under on number of posts before someone declares the season dead?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 1, 2013 -> 08:13 AM) WE SO WE SO WE SO EXCITED!!!!! Today is opening day, then comes tomorrow day, and after comes the day after the day after opening day. FUN FUN FUN FUN!

Well hello, thread, I didn't see you there

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 31, 2013 -> 10:04 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb--mlb-open...-172007462.html Newsflash. White Sox 9th in Opening Day payroll, while attendance is mired in the 20's (I think it was 23rd or 24th, of the top of my head). Anyone know when the last time was that the Yankees weren't #1?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 1, 2013 -> 12:55 AM) I think what generally drives me crazy as a fan and winds up getting me suspended is when crazy stuff happens in our season. Like we'll have a rotten record in the Cell the first 2 months. Usually teams with the talent of the White Sox go 6-4 minimum on long homestands, not 4-6 or 3-7. I'd love for our team to be consistently good in the Cell. It'd save me pulling my hair out. What also drives me batty is never having a long winning streak. It seems like my team, the Sox, is incapable of one of those indescribably delicious 9-to-12 game win streaks that can really get the team well over .500 and establishing itself as a wild card contender. What also has driven me insane is losing to divisional foes, when those teams stink. Let's say KC has a typical KC season. It kills me when they dominate us in that scenario as the Royals did last year. Finally what drives me batty is the inability of Sox starters to complete six innings, preferably get one out in the seventh, even two outs. I am of the opinion the Sox have a heckuva difficult time covering nine outs with our bullpen. That said, I think I will be a lot calmer this year even if those things happen again ... cause my expecations are finally lower. They've remained high every year since 2005. I've had high expectations all those years that followed the WS title. This year I hope to enjoy baseball or at least not get so worked up. I don't expect us to get the wildcard which leaves the division title or bust. And I'm not too energized about our chances there. But I am kind of a wacko regarding the Sox. My opinion on most Sox matters totally deviates from the normal fan. GO SOX! Last year the Sox had a 9-game win streak from May 23rd to June 1st. In 2010 they had an 11-game win streak. 2011 was the only recent year where they couldn't put a streak together. Streaks are a happenstance of probability anyway. It's obviously better to go 10-1 with two five-game streaks than get an 8 game win streak. We didn't make the playoffs either of the years we had those streaks, so they don't really push you into the playoffs...they're just nice when they happen. Sustained success is really the key, which is maybe too obvious to even say. But I'm not hitting the delete key. EDIT: Longest win streak in 2005 - 8 Longest win streak in 2008 - 8

FINALLY! It's tomorrow! And not a minute too soon. Happy Opening Day, everybody! Time to close down this thread!

Is it tomorrow yet? If not, why not?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 31, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) When's the last time a RH pitcher with an average fastball in the 86-88 MPH range got anything great back in return? If we couldn't get anything for the likes of Ely, Harrell or Humber, we're not going to get much for Axelrod either. If you have two great pitchers at the top of the rotation and a very solid 3, you can afford to have Axelrod as your 5th. Although this is not your point, John Ely was the PTBNL in the Juan Pierre trade, so it's not quite fair to include him in the "got nothing for him" category. And, whether you like Pierre or not, that was a major move.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 30, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) I sense that overall the Sox thinking is to acquire as much talent as possible in the most cost-efficient manner possible, and to put the best possible team on the field each and every season while still building for the future. That's so wrong. It is always foolish to concern yourself with your own matters, especially when others around you are doing more interesting things. f*** the hamburger in front of me, I'd rather go hungry watching that guy eat his steak. Why? Because he's better than me. IMO the proper approach for Sox brass should be to hold an emergency meeting every time a division rival acquires, promotes or extends a good MLB player or prospect and at that point decide whether it's best to play any games at all or instead to shift the focus to monster truck rallies. And right now, after the Verlander deal, all I can hear in my head is Gene Honda shouting "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" because we're totally f***ed and the sky is black and holy s*** we're doomed and Jerry needs to sell among other things. This!

Also, not sure the Axelrod thing has much to do with this. Wringing hands over who functions as our spot starter is not exactly "pushing the envelope". Even the best possible decision with perfect information will probably be inconsequential in the long run. That said, I don't get the decision to start Axe over Santiago either.

Well, I can tell you that it's not all cheers and cartwheels in southeast Michigan right now. Having grown up in Ann Arbor, most of my friends are Tigers fans. They're mostly excited about Verlander's legacy, and they're pretty happy that the window remains open from 2013-2015, but from 2016 on they will have over $50MM per year committed to Verlander and Fielder alone, which worries even Tigers fans. There is a massive, massive possibility -- one might even call it a probability -- that they will end up regretting one or both of these signings down the road. I don't know that it changes my approach much if I'm the Sox, as Verlander was already under control beyond this year anyway. The landscape hasn't changed all that much, in my view. Remember when Johan Santana was a lock to be the best pitcher in history (he said, hyperbolically)? Yeaaaah....imagine him signing this deal a few years back. There's a very real possibility that the Tigers will rue this day, so why panic if you're Hahn? Do what you were going to do to make a solid competitor.

But, more helpfully, the counter move is to have already signed Chris Sale to long-term team friendly contract

This poll is confusing. Nothing has changed for 2013. Seems like a Diamond League post to me

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 10:27 PM) He's programmed to hit, not to love. This is the best