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K-town Intimidators ‏@Intimidators BANKS AN ASSET: Tanner Banks named SAL Pitcher of the Week following his 9-inning CG-SHO. http://atmilb.com/1qPsjCF

I don't have as much of a problem with the dollars, as I do the years.

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 33m33 minutes ago #Whitesox are 14-6 despite ranking 27th in MLB in OPS. Jose Abreu has a .592 OPS. Avisail Garcia .546. Austin Jackson .468.

Keenyn Walker is quietly off to a pretty solid start at Bham.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 09:19 AM) Eaton doesn't throw the guy out at 3B, that would have been another run. The spin that he wasn't so bad is the "he's not John Danks" argument. The guy was bad. Austin Jackson also made a nice catch on a ball out in deep left center field that ended an inning as well, which would have been a couple of runs IIRC.

QUOTE (skooch @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 09:15 AM) If Avila and Smith are hurt, who is/was the emergency catcher? Saladino is the emergency catcher.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 08:28 AM) Is Danks' velocity really down 2-3 MPH? If so, I say you give him the Baltimore start and maybe one after that before making a final decision. If that velocity doesn't come back, he's not going to be an effective 5th starter in the majors. As far as contingency plans, I think Gonzalez deserves a second look. The end result was ugly yesterday, but the velocity was there for him and the periphials were ok. If things don't work out for him, Johnson should be next in line followed by Turner. I haven't seen any reports on his velocity since spring training, but if it has come back, I fully believe EJ can be a solid #5 starter. Turner has pitched the best out of minor league guys but doesn't have an option left, so when he comes up he's got to stick for good. I'd like to see him show success for a few more weeks before I consider, so maybe late May or early June. According to fangraphs, Danks is down about 2 mph on his fastball and cutter, down about 1mph on his curve and down 0.3 mph on his change. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playe...&position=P

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 07:16 AM) So, what is the group consensus on Gonzalez? He wasn't good yesterday, but to be fair, it was his first start with the Sox against the best offense in baseball at their place. I don't know about you guys, but I'd give him at least one more chance. If nothing else, he is a better strikeout pitcher than Danks has been for years. Gonzalez gave up 13 base runners in 5 1/3 innings. It isn't that he gave up 5 runs, it is that it could have been worse!

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 08:09 AM) Mad Cubs fan rant: Eh. Who cares what Cub fans think?

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 07:54 AM) Callers on local radio saying Hossa needs to retire. Hossa is going to be with the Hawks for years in some fashion. That recapture is nasty. Also, everyone calling this a complete failure of a season. I don't disagree, but let's be honest, if this team wasn't going to win the Cup, it's best that they go out in the first round. The Blackhawks are playing so much extra hockey every year, this is probably a deserved long offseason. All you had to do was consider the first four words of your post, and then stop there.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 11:57 PM) So the Tigers CF Collins lost a ball in the lights at Comerica. Then after being booed proceeded to flip off the fans. Haha I've never seen that. Wouldn't we all flip off Detroit fans if we could. I know I would.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 12:38 AM) Should the Sox go 6 deep? Why would you add another bad pitcher to the rotation? It just gives you one less chance at winning each rotation turn.

People so need to start bringing stuffed cats to game for when Latos pitches.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:49 PM) In reality, if the Blackhawks weren't going to win the Cup this year, it's probably better that they didn't have another fruitless playoff run. It sucks that Ladd will be gone again. Tough enough to see him go the first time. Yeah, as much as the core has played hockey over the last 8 years or so, it is nice for them to get a couple of extra months off.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:18 PM) He's finally snapped. It's ok kiddo, it'll all be over soon. Yeah, to put Hillary as an equal with the rest of the field for trustworthiness will do that to people. That might be the most ridiculous thing I have seen in the Filibuster.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:25 PM) Sucks to lose, but they went through major salary cap attrition. They still finished 5th in hockey in points, then got screwed by the new playoff format and took a very good team to 7 games. Good season, they found a stud in Panarin, they will be back next year. Yeah in terms of being upset, I didn't have the highest of expectations for this season. They had the one stretch of insanity during the 12 game streak, but never really had that "it" quality otherwise. They looked like a team in transition for a lot of this season. They will be back for sure.

This is a life or death kill for the Hawks.

Ah f***.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:50 PM) There was no way in hell they were getting any outs there if he just avoids that ball. There was nothing routine about that play. With out the guy in the way, it is a grounder to second. Lawrie makes that play.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:46 PM) I think he just got caught. Tough instinctual play. Turf made it harder. It looked to me like he slowed down as the ball was coming intentionally to get into the way. I'd have to see it again to be sure.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:42 PM) asked him about his throw to nail the guy at 3rd and he was like "jimmy was hollering for me to hit the cut but I was going with the flow of the game and managed to throw him out". Didn't throw rollins under the bus or anything obviously but the way he said it just kinda seemed they weren't best of pals. But, does not f***ing matter, keep on winning! More likely it is Eaton being an idiot. It isn't like this is the first time he flew the cutoff man trying to make a play.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:39 PM) #PaniaguaAlert !!! http://deadspin.com/tyler-collins-flips-th...oing-1773024976 To be fair, who doesn't want to flip off Detroit?

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) How dumb and unaware can Tulo be? It wasn't a dumb play. He was trying to distract Lawrie in a desperation situation. He just had a bad break with the bounce hitting him. It is worth a try on an otherwise routine play for the final out of the game.

D'oh. He was trying to mess with Lawrie fielding the ball, but forgot to get out of the way.