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Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 3m3 minutes ago White Sox wearing the 1983s tonight. Players love them.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) The White Sox should be ashamed of themselves for selling SRO tickets for $75. I'm in a season ticket package so it doesn't affect me. But still to charge that much for SRO tickets is shameful. I think it's another PR mistake for the White Sox. lol. This is the one time this year they will be able to sell SRO. I'd be more pissed if they didn't take advantage of it.

File this one under tweets you wish you could take back... Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 1h1 hour ago Congrats to Marcus Semien. You're gonna love working w/Ron Washington but you better come fully caffeinated because he's relentless.

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 23m23 minutes ago #Bulls: Jimmy Butler named to NBA's All-Defensive 2nd team (@vgoodwill) - http://bit.ly/1FBzG6W

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 4m4 minutes ago Sources say Mike Babcock has been hired by the Maple Leafs. Mammoth 8 yr contract believed to be around $50 million.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 20, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) I would call that an apples to oranges comparison, but it's really more of an apples to hippopotamuses comparison. 53% of NBA teams make the playoffs. Until two years ago, 27% of MLB teams made the playoffs. And for a large chunk of that time it was more like 10-15% of teams making the playoffs in MLB. It would be interesting to see what the Sox success rate would have been with 8 teams in the AL making the playoffs.

SRO only available. parking lots are opening at 11am. Team asking people to be in seats by 2:25 for ceremony.

MLB Daily Dish ‏@mlbdailydish 1h1 hour ago Rays rumors: Decimated by injuries, Rays could deal from strength http://sbnation.com/e/8393240?utm_campaign..._source=twitter …

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 19, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) Yes. I was going to say he'll need to have a career to make enough money to support the family. Must be a hard decision. If he's close to making the bigs, he could make a lot of money in a short period of time. If he's not going to make it, better to get going on a real job. But Party City won't cut it $$ wise. Baseball teams should cut out the "clubhouse fees." Embarrassing a billion dollar industry makes the minor leaguers pay for peanut butter sandwiches. The NBA is quite different, NFL too. No minor league. Just join the big leagues out of "college" and rake in the money. Baseball is no different than any other industry that uses interns as cheap, or no cost labor.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) Are we? In the pen we have Duke and Jennings, and at AAA we have Zach Phillips who to me is a better candidate for lefty relief work than Surkamp. We have a pretty obvious weakness at the back of our rotation, plus a need for some spot starts with the Rodon plan. And an okay 5th starter is so much more valuable than an okay lefty reliever that I think it's worth pursuing. The difference being Surkamp actually put up not horrible numbers out of the pen last year in the major league level, and seemed to get better as his time here moved along. He definitely was used more by the Sox out of the pen. Phillips is a journeyman reliever who hasn't done anything at the major league level. At this stage of the season, Surkamps minor league numbers are pretty much the same as Phillips, or better in many cases. I would imagine unless Phillips gets better and Surkamp gets worse as the season goes on, Surkamp is ahead right now on the depth chart. As to spot starting, the Sox have both Noesi and Carroll on the 25 man roster right now who would probably get first crack at it. After that, guys like Beck, Drabek, and Johnson are guys who I would imagine are ahead of Surkamp, even if he was starting.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) So what's that magic number? 8 games back around July 1st? 5 games out of the fifth wild card spot, and maybe 7-8 teams all ahead of the White Sox? Would it matter if they were 5-6 games back in the WC, but were trailing all four AL Central teams in the standings? This team, for all its flaws, it should play within 5 games of .500 at least for the rest of the season, barring a major injury. That said, there wasn't ever a feeling that last year's team was competitive/in the playoff hunt and they were in the same position for most of the first 3-4 months of 2014...stuck between 2 and 7 or 8 games under. That is up to Rick Hahn and company.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:02 AM) Good, scout him. You never know when the season could turn sour again, may as well start making some connections. I'd like 3B Colin Moran and OF Derek Fisher are two realistic guys I'd love to get back. I see his name listed on the Houston top prospects, but his minor league numbers look like a powerless 3B ala Connor Gillaspie. What is the big attraction to him, as I know nothing about him.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:39 AM) Colin Moran is not any prospect I am going to get excited about. I'd much prefer Derek Fisher. As much as I hate watching the team lose, I hope they are either very much in the picture, or far enough out where the FO can rationalize looking towards next year and making moves. While the run has been nice, I am still tepid about this team overcoming its weaknesses. I am sure the team is operating under a contingency like "If the team is X games out of a playoff spot on July 2X, then we will be sellers." The Samardzija situation is really the only intriguing one to see through. The team has a few options: 1.) Hold Samardzija and try to sign him long term. 2.) Hold Samardzija for the compensation pick. 3.) Trade Samardzija too top bidder. I think it's important to propose that some people are starting to overvalue the the value of the compensation pick. Yes, I understand it's the slot value and the potential for financial flexibility in the draft that is the true value but given the the team's window of contention, I think the team would be better served trying to adding to the young core instead of picking up the 32nd (guessing) pick of the draft. IF it gets to the point where the Sox are out of it, you have to listen to offers on Samardjiza. If the offers are worse than a comp pick, you turn them down. If you get something that is better, you take it. I am sure Rick Hahn has a hit list of prospects he would like from each team, that his scouts are looking at on a daily basis. If the right combination of those guys where to come up, and the Sox were way out of contention, I am sure you would see Jeff moved.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 19, 2015 -> 08:57 PM) I like Surkamp and don't think he's hopeless as a starter, but it makes more sense to give him pen innings if the Sox have no interest in giving him an opportunity in the rotation. Last year he was clearly uncomfortable with the short warmup, etc. so preparing him for his likely use case makes sense The other truth is that the White Sox see a lot of other guys ahead of him on the depth chart, with more guys coming. We are WAY thinner for lefties in the pen, versus SP as an organization. Surkamps best chance at helping this team, and sticking in the majors, is in the bullpen.

Again, always great to wake up to a west coast winner!

Now if I understand the Bulls stuff correctly, this means Avi Garcia hates Quintana, right?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 19, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) Fredbird made fun of me in St. Louis. That damn bird! I had it out with the old opera singing hot dog vendor in Detroit. I still hate that guy.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 19, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) Penny's ERA is over 6, striking out less than 5 per 9. #StartSurkamp I think you got what I call Bajenaru syndrome. Surkamp is a 4A guy as a starter. His only hope of the majors is as a reliever, ala Zach Putnam. If batters saw him three times a game, they would kill him at the major league level.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 19, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) A Giants fan in L.A. and a Yankees fan in Boston or vice versa is in more danger than Sox on Sox chippiness. But yes I have also been harassed although in stadium not to the point of being followed and harassed. It was during a Sox/Dodgers game with my 2 children ,who were visiting from Arizona (their home with their mother) and my father (visiting from Chicago) a very rare occurrence that all 4 of us were in the same place together. So odd that just rooting for your team in a foreign stadium and wearing the colors can provoke people to harass a man with his children and their grandfather. Young men can be so irrational. Nothing major happened thankfully but what should 've been an enjoyable time ended up pissing me off . It is so not worth it. I don't wear Sox gear or raise much of a fuss when I go to other stadiums, just because there are too many idiots out there.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 31m31 minutes ago Avi Garcia says his knee soreness started in Oakland. Says it's just inflammation and he is fine. Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 35m35 minutes ago Garcia knee OK. Ice and meds. "Everything's fine. I'm playing today."

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 19, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) Not what I think of when I say "power righty". I was thinking along the lines of a guy like Herrera. So are 29 other teams, mostly because those guys aren't easy to find.

JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 12m12 minutes ago Robin Ventura says it's "safe" to play Avi Garcia tonight after knee Monday: "It's nothing like he's going to injure it worse." #WhiteSox

JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 12m12 minutes ago Robin Ventura says it's "safe" to play Avi Garcia tonight after knee Monday: "It's nothing like he's going to injure it worse." #WhiteSox

BRUCE CHEN RETIRED!!!

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 24m24 minutes ago #Astros have scouted Jeff Samardzija, who may become available at the deadline: http://sbnation.com/e/8390668?utm_campaign..._source=twitter …