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QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 02:15 AM) Unless of course he admitted they have. Has he? That'd be a pretty pathetic admission. He may have said something along the lines of "of course, no one wants to be booed by the home crowd" but that says nothing about it affecting his psyche. Has he specifically said it affected his results?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 02:06 AM) Dunn: .265/.368/.571/.940 - 3 HR / 12 RBI All you idiots that boo the guy at The Cell, I'm sure it's just a coincidence he rakes on the road. Probably. Dunn's been playing baseball how many years? There is a less-than-zero percent chance that boos affect him.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 12:23 PM) JDINAA Meh. CSMBAA.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 05:06 PM) A few more YEARS at third is not going to make a talent-deficient ballplayer any better than what he is now. The experience is over, next rabbit out of Kenny's hat please..... Do you call Ranger a lot?

I didn't think that AB was particularly bad...

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) Alright Brent... Nice and easy. No first pitch swinging... QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) Come on Brent, let one hit you. QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) Swing hard Morel

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) It was a good pitch, but I'd like to see him either foul it off or just not swing. I refuse to panic just yet, though Yeah, he still looks better than last year, even if numbers don't reflect it quite yet. What gets me is I don't think he swings at that pitch except with 2 strikes. He seems to be seeing balls/strikes pretty well up until that point in an at-bat.

Dunn swinging at a TON of low breaking balls.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 03:52 PM) That's what the minor leagues are for. If throwing strikes is his problem, I'm glad he's spending time with Coop

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 11:25 AM) He's basically announced recently that he's going back to twitter again (now that Ozzie and Oney are gone and things have cooled a bit with past controversies over the drafting of whose children was prioritized) and making it MORE of his job to get out to the minor league affiliates and interacting with the media. This kind of runs counter to the whole idea of anyone staying out of White Sox minor league business. Or, if our spin is really that we have 9 home-grown players and that we've produced a treasure trove of short relievers in Santiago, Jones, Sale, etc., then say that. But you can never assess a system based on developing relievers when the system has been so bereft of impact bats for the last decade. Because of that, we've been forced to part with the likes of Hudson and Gio to get more veteran experience (Jackson/Swisher) that could help to "win now" instead of some point in the indefinite future. But if Beckham and Morel can't stick as starters in 2013/2014, what have we actually produced of value, other than Sale and hopefully Santiago? Some of these are maybe arguable, but of people who never played in the majors before reaching the Sox: Alexei Ramirez Dayan Viciedo Addison Reed John Danks Nate Jones Eduardo Escobar Brent Lillibridge (maybe he got a September callup) Tyler Flowers and that list doesn't have the people precluded by the question. It also doesn't include talent traded to other teams but developed in the Sox system. On another note, I am somewhat disappointed that KW hasn't been fighting those rankings with some marketing, not because the rankings are legitimate, but because they may affect the trade value of our players. Sure, we don't have the bullets to trade for an impact starter now, but if some hype were generated around the likes of Mitchell or Thompson, maybe we'd be in a different position. GM's may or may not put any stock in these rankings, but it could still influence their behavior because fans DO care about them. These rankings could determine fan reaction to a trade, which is probably fairly important given that fans are the ultimate source of revenue. KW should have been hyping our prospects the whole time regardless of the relative impotence of BP's projections.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 10:45 AM) It's about being skeptical of what these minor league ratings are worth. If the pen is close to as good as it has been (Reed, Santiago, Jones), the gurus were either A.) wrong, B.) the ratings are worthless. Doesn't even take into account the position players. Got it. Agreed. I think if we have a relatively successful season this year, it has to be acknowledged that the ratings have been bunk and that KW has done an underrated job recently (not totally absolved because he has made some questionable trades).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 11:03 AM) Our team is a pretty impressive blend of cultures and languages. I think Jackie would be pretty proud. Probably. I'm more mourning the loss of one particular segment of America's population that was so important to the sport and emblematic of our culture ~60 years ago. There is definitely plenty diversity on the White Sox, or else I might be actually critical of the organization rather than just reflective.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 10:37 AM) Let's hope we don't have a real FIRESALE and have to trade Chris at any point in the next 4-5 years. Agreed. That was a one-off nickname, there will be no further use of it.

Also, sad Jackie Robinson day with no African American players on our team for the first time in forever*. *Please don't read too much into that statement, I don't want to make this into a race/politics war.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 10:27 AM) Now why on earth would you ever do that? Let's see, it's 525 pm in KIEV now, you could always go out for dinner with her and get back by 9 p.m. Or meet her afterhours at a club. Those girls usually don't like to go out until 11-12 at night and come back home at 3-4-5 a.m. depending on how much ecstasy they're using, lol. Man, these game threads get crazy in a hurry! please! FIRESAAAALE!!!!!!!!!!

Include me in the group that doesn't understand what the title has to do with the article, or where the discussion has subsequently gone. Marty, you have been pretty critical of KW in the past...are you being sarcastic with the title or agreeing with KW's stance on the system or what?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) I didnt catch this yesterday but Tigers fans are claiming the Sox deliberately are cheating by messing up the batters box. Hahaha that's so stupid. Why would we do that when their pitcher's fastball is faster than ours? We'd be screwing over ourselves more than them.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) Except, when you look at the Yankees roster, you find 1 legit star who came out of their organization during the last decade, (Cano), a couple of pitchers who have contributed some (Hughes and Nova), and a couple relievers, most notably Robertson. So the Yankees roster may have gotten "Higher-caliber players", but their roster is overflowing with big money FA acquisitions and a couple guys they developed in the mid-90's who they've kept because of the amount of money they have. True enough, but they've traded away a number of legitimate prospects (see: the only Tiger with multiple hits today) because they could spend on the draft, and they could afford to trade them away because they've got buttloads of cash for free agency like you mentioned.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 10:01 PM) Am I the only person that's still a bit pessimistic? The Sox have no chance at contending if Dunn, Beckham, and Rios continue to hit this poorly. But, it's early, hopefully they turn it around... If by pessimistic you mean not likely to win the division, then you are not alone. I still think the Tigers get it done fairly handily. However, my outlook on the future (and this season) is adjusting upwards. I originally had them pegged for a win total in the low 70's.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 09:22 PM) I remember the Sox had a streak of like 10-15 years or so without a top 10 pick. The only other team with a similar streak was the Yankees. The problem is that the Yankees were winning division, while the Sox were finishing around .500 usually. Never awful, but rarely a playoff team. The other difference is that the Yankees were willing to go over slot the entire time so they got higher-caliber players than us

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 06:27 PM) Cheers! Getting into baseball now, shame I can't get many White Sox games in Ireland. MLB Gameday will have to do! Why stop at Gameday? MLB.tv is where it's at! Well worth $120/year for us out-of-towners! Also, quite glad you picked the Sox out of all the baseball teams you could have chosen. You won't regret it! Or maybe you will. But probably not.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 05:01 PM) Bit of a baseball newb but is it just me or is 20/1 really good value for the White Sox to win the AL Central? Better bet now than it would have been about a month ago, but I still wouldn't put more than a few bucks on it. And welcome aboard!

QUOTE (MAX @ Apr 14, 2012 -> 06:09 PM) Twins fans have fallen off the face of the earth. Right where they belong

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 04:55 PM) Tigers have done a bunch of things today that teams as good as people think they are don't do. Well, a few people have said it: they are bound to be terrible on defense this year. Clearly they're going to win their fair share with that monster of a lineup, but they're also going to lose ugly sometimes.

Wow, Hawk proving useful on that call. Usually that's Stoney's department. I know, I know, blind squirrels...