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Travis Ford to St Louis.

You can't do much better than that killing a major.

Gonna be two more days at least.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 06:57 PM) Really want Valpo to lose tonight Suck it Tech-er!

Great defensive first half for Valpo.

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 06:33 PM) I have a hunch the Hawks are going to get smoked tonight. Don't know why, I just think it's going to get ugly. The Wild have owned them this year.

Apparently at one point in the 90's the Yankees were offered Pedro and Vlad for Jeter. http://bronxpinstripes.com/news-rumors/caf...ng-derek-jeter/

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 3m3 minutes ago Nate Jones having a dominant spring. Hasn't allowed a run, gets his 11th and 12th Ks to finish the inning. Has walked 1 in 8 appearances.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) Again, the Phillies got 5 billion to stay on CSN. The sox will be fine, especially since the Cubs are all but gone. Look at the details there. #1, half of that is their ownership share of the network. So they really aren't getting $200m a year, they are getting $100m in broadcast fees. Seeing as the White Sox already have their share of the network that isn't happening, and with the impending exit of the Cubs, the CSN network is about to be worth a whole lot less. #2, speaking of the Cubs, Philly owns the entire city for baseball, the White Sox don't. Even in the middle of rebuilding the Phillies pulled a 3% share of televsion's in their market, while the White Sox pulled a league worst 0.79.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:26 PM) If Hawk could be a little more like Stacey King in his homer-ism, he'd be fine. Also, I one day want to see those two call a game together. Hawk couldn't be worse than Funk. I like Stacey most of the time, but at times he comes off as really fake. The duo I love most in the broadcasting world is Pat Foley and Eddie O. They are homers, they are authentic, they are excitable, and they are mostly honest.

Good for Spike. I hope he does well! Mark Snyder ‏@Mark__Snyder 1h1 hour ago Updated: Spike Albrecht transferring to finish on 'own terms', restricted from Big Ten, '16/'17 opponents http://on.freep.com/1MybhTx

As of this moment the White Sox have hit 47 homers this spring, after hitting only 22 last spring. They have homers by 20 different players. They are also looking to finish with their first winning spring training since 2004!

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:14 PM) I figured that out. Yes/fox also charges $9 per household per month to Comcast. The problem isn't as bad here, as xfinity is the dominant cable service in market. And Comcast owns both the channel and service. From the article, it was actually $5.36, and they wanted to make it $6. From a bigger picture view, it means the market is shrinking for potential competition for White Sox baseball broadcasts, and for baseball broadcasts in general. That very directly means that the nine figure annual prices for baseball broadcasting rights could well be a thing of the past by, and by the time the Sox have a new agreement in 2019 we won't see nearly the financial benefit from them as we would have in say 2010.

Great AB by Avila to see a ton of pitches and knock in the the two out runs.

Adams is one of the guys we are all excited about watching this year. I can't wait to hear updates. Thanks!

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 26m26 minutes ago Robin Ventura said informing Carlos Sanchez he's headed to Triple-A Charlotte was very tough. But he's 23 and needs to play.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:05 PM) The Yankees do not have carriage problems. YES not only has long term deals signed, but fox sports owns the channel now. Yes they do. Comcast dropped YES in November. There are about a million households who can't get it now. http://www.wsj.com/articles/cost-of-sports...ight-1459102726

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 17s18 seconds ago Ventura said today's starting lineup probably it for Opening Day, although batting order could change somewhat.

Connor McKnight ‏@C1McKnight 22s23 seconds ago Robin says 12 pitchers. Latos and Danks in rotation. Shuck is on the team. @whitesox

FutureSox.com ‏@FutureSox 28m28 minutes ago RHP Kameron Loe, who Sox signed to MiLB deal on March 4, suspended 80 games for PED. His explanation & apology are on his Twitter feed.

FutureSox.com ‏@FutureSox 10m10 minutes ago Two names still in camp that are just as interesting as who was cut: Jacob May and Phillippe Aumont.

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 3m3 minutes ago Robin Ventura on Matt Davidson: "He's so much better than he was before." #WhiteSox

QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 01:33 PM) I wonder if there is any chance they keep both Saladino and Sanchez, and let Rollins go. No.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 12:51 PM) Oh and if you were going to bench Noah, it should have been for Taj. When Hoiberg made the Gar move and screwed them both over for Niko who had proven nothing, it set a serious message in the lockeroom, imo and it had very negative implications. Taj learned a lot from Noah over the years. You can see it in the way he plays.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 12:50 PM) I don't get the fascination with Rollins. I mean, he deserves to make the team, but I still think Saladino is the better player. That aside, it looks as though Rollins will be our #2 hitter? I'd much rather have Melky or even Austin Jackson there than a guy who hit worse than Saladino and Flowers last year. Both Rollins and Saladino hit awful last year, and have hit great this spring. I do think that the TEAM is better with Saladino able to fill in all over the infield versus Rollins doing the same. I also think that this team lacking a true #2 hitter, probably see Rollins as the closest thing to it on this roster. Ideally Rollins would hit 9th, but because they don't really have a guy for the 2 hole, Rollins gets it by default. Melky was pretty bad in the 2 slot last year, and I think they want him hitting down the line up a bit. Jackson also screams out to me as a 6 or 7 hole type of hitter.