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steve rosenbloom ‏@steverosenbloom 38m38 minutes ago #Blackhawks Corey Crawford said he lost 'fire and intensity' before the Nashville series? Seriously? The RosenBlog: http://trib.in/1G9p51G

jon greenberg ‏@jon_greenberg 9m9 minutes ago No one deserves the NBA's Citizenship Award more than Joakim Noah. As Rose's security guy told me, "He goes to places I won't go to."

QUOTE (shysocks @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) Sure, it's obvious they pulled him to be careful. But a guy with 113 pitches and a perfect game going into the 9th would never be pulled and I'm surprised this wasn't treated the same way. 20 K's is rarer than a perfecto, after all. As bad as the Indians and Kluber have been this year, I don't blame them for not chancing the health of their ace right now. Their only chance to get back into things is if he is healthy.

Mr Burns got fired. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015...pringfield.html

QUOTE (shysocks @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:51 AM) Cleveland pulled Kluber after 8 innings, 113 (?) pitches, and 18 K's. He had a shot at the record and they pulled him!!! To set the record, you are probably looking at 125-130 pitches. Klubers high pitch count this year was 107 pitches, and he has averaged 100.4 so far this year. 125-130 is really pushing it for a guy who hasn't even gotten to 110 this year.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:20 AM) Those are Pacific times; the image was from the Ducks Twitter feed. Got it. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) It's also interesting that Bob Uecker and the Brewers' radio people had ZERO idea what Harold Baines did for the White Sox now. They had to look it up. Assistant hitting coach. They said, "boy, was he a great hitter, near HofF caliber except for the injuries and time spent as a DH" but had zero clue that he was even a coach still or what it was he was supposedly doing for the organization. I find that a bit telling. Uke never struck me as a guy who does a lot of research, if you know what I mean.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) Melky Cabrera has a lower SLG than OBP. Ooops. Along with Melky, we've got Flowers, Ramirez, Micah, Alexei (moving up) and Eaton all in the bottom quartile of everyday hitters OPS-wise. Gillaspie (despite the horrid defense) looks practically good compared to the rest of the bottom-dwellers statistically. Then you've got Avi's BABIP thing and LaRoche's can't hit lefties thing and Jose's impossible bar or standard to live up to (he needs to be a Top 10 hitter in MLB for the White Sox to compete, not 40-50ish). I can live with Melky's lack of power as long as he is getting hits in front of the middle of the order. The power will come back.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 14, 2015 -> 02:26 AM) What mistake is he admitting? This was the plan all along... Forget it, he's rolling.

What time are those games in? That is really early if it is Central time.

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:00 AM) WMVP's signal was awful. I'm from Oswego and it was a nightmare. Live in rural Kane County now and it's a little better but not much. Must be pointed the other way then, because I got games almost all of the way to Cleveland in the past.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2015 -> 05:05 PM) That's not what does it. Abreu goes up $3 million next year. Robertson goes up $1 mil. Melky goes up $1 mil. Sale goes up $3 mil. Quintana goes up $2 mil. Eaton goes up $2 mil. Duke goes up $500k. Bonifacio either goes up $1 mil or has a $1 mil buyout. Then throw in a good number of arbitration guys like Jennings, Garcia, etc. Add all those together and "Just to stay right where we are with no Samardzija" the payroll goes up substantially from the $117 million starting point this year. The White Sox break-even point right now is probably around $120 million. That's consistent with what they've spent this year and its consistent with the Forbes numbers. They're on the book for more than that next year if Alexei is still around. Hence, revenue MUST grow to keep pace with what we've already committed to spend, and that's assuming Samardzija walks. They have already committed to spend a number substantially greater than $115M. Does that account for the draft and international money they aren't spending this year?

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ May 13, 2015 -> 03:30 PM) Did they score on the next possession since they got the ball again? 10:25 Taj Gibson flagrant foul type 2 (Matthew Dellavedova draws the foul) 73-83 10:25 Taj Gibson ejected 73-83 10:25 73-84 Matthew Dellavedova makes free throw 1 of 1 10:25 73-85 Matthew Dellavedova makes free throw 2 of 2 10:25 Joakim Noah enters the game for Taj Gibson 73-85 10:11 73-87 Kyrie Irving makes driving layup (Matthew Dellavedova assists)

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ May 13, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) LOL - "guilty conscious". What kind of crazy talk is that. But to your point about about public posts drawing responses, sure, that's obvious. But also keep in mind that public posts that ridiculously and erroneously condemn a fan base for not blindly supporting a continuously mediocre-to-subpar sports product will also draw responses. I mean, talk about not looking at the whole picture. This is what happens when even the examples given as to how the White Sox should be run, such as the Tigers, fall apart under closer examination.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 2m2 minutes ago A lineup of Beckham (3B) and LaRoche (1B) -- and even Bonifacio over Johnson at 2B -- sure does sound like a nod to much-needed defense. Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 2m2 minutes ago CWS 5/13: Eaton 8, Bonfacio 4, Cabrera 7, Garcia 9, LaRoche 3, Ramirez 6, Beckham 5, Flowers 2, Quintana LHP.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 13, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) He won't get suspended period. He's had one flagrant 1 and one flagrant 2. That's 3 points. If you exceed 3 points, it's a suspension. Unless the NBA thinks what he did really warranted a suspension, he's not getting suspended. And considering they now T'd the other guy, that takes the pressure off of the NBA to do something additional to Taj.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 13, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Something about Blatt's deserved technical. Something about LeBron traveling. Something about goaltends. Something about everything this series. Seriously. It amazes me that even with reviews, so much of this series has been just a officiating disaster. This is a million times worse then the inevitable BUT JORDAN DID IT comparisons that will happen, because they didn't have replay 15-20 years ago to make sure this stuff was right. Even with replay, the NBA still has managed to screw this up.

Hey thanks NBA for that ! Vincent Goodwill ‏@vgoodwill 2m2 minutes ago RT @NBAPR: CLE's Dellavedova has been assessed a technical foul for his involvement in altercation with CHI's Gibson at 10:25 of 4Q

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 19m19 minutes ago Gasol did everything at practice today. Game time decision. Doing better.

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 49s49 seconds ago Tom Thibodeau said Derrick Rose feels a lot better today.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ May 13, 2015 -> 02:01 PM) So it's ok for you to complain incessantly about the fans, yet I have to endure your sarcasm about expressing my dissatisfaction with the futile track record of this ownership group. Got it. It's very clear now. It is OK for me to answer the incessant complaints of people who don't want to look at the whole picture of a situation. Apparently you have a guilty conscious about it. Welcome to being on a message board. Public posts can, and sometimes will, draw responses.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) I think the solution is obviously to continue winning 45% of our games and complain louder about having a disloyal fanbase. This is obviously ignoring that this was the case even before the last five years. Fans were leaving even when the White Sox weren't bad.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) So you both now agree that a major part of the problem is with white sox management? ok. The White Sox couldn't afford Willis, which is why he went to Detroit with Miguel. Again, fans allowing the Tigers resources that the White Sox don't have.

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 50m50 minutes ago Pau Gasol 'hopeful' for recovery, calls himself 40 percent: http://bit.ly/1Hhl3Gf (@vgoodwill) #Bulls #BullsTalk

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) Um, the Tigers were also able to swing a deal for Miguel Cabrera because they had done a better job of stockpiling highly-regarded talent through going over slot in the draft and through being really bad several years in a row. Resources that this franchise doesn't have.