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Dan Hirsch ‏@DanHirsch 5m5 minutes ago #White Sox have also made 14 outs on the bases (2nd most in MLB). @fangraphs has them at -4.1 runs via Ultimate Base Running

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 5, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) How do they not call up Sanchez. The offense is under performing so badly, and they have a guy at AAA who is leading the League. You have to bring him up. It sends all the wrong messages, if they don't. It tells your Minor Leaguers that they aren't getting called up, no matter how well they perform. It tells your Big League Roster that they will have job, no matter how badly they play and it tells the fans that the management either doesn't care, or doesn't know what it's doing, or both. I'm not saying that Sanchez is going to be their savior, but that he has earned a chance to be the starter at second base. Micah has done little to demonstrate that he is ready, and Carlos has been on fire since Spring Training. Moreover, his defense could go a long way toward making this team look more like a Major League team. I still think Sanchez should be in the #2 hole, and move Melky down in the order, where he can drive in some runs. Because Micah Johnson isn't your problem. The problem is the guys you are paying the majority of the payroll too. So unless your plan is to bench Alexei, there isn't much point here.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ May 5, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=95205 Dammit Well played. Well played.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 5, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) F@#! Detroit!

The Bulls under Thibs are 3-0 in Game 1 of series against a LeBron James led team in the playoffs. They are 0-8 after game 1's.

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 2h2 hours ago What's wrong w/White Sox? Among many issues, they've gone 8 games w/o a HR for first time since 2010; haven't had longer streak since '89. The last White Sox HR was hit on April 22 by Jose Abreu; Astros have hit 22 since then, including 5 by Evan Gattis. Jose Abreu hit 5 HRs in his first 52 ABs, the last one off Corey Kluber. He is homeless in last 32 ABs entering tonight's game vs. Tigers. Melky Cabrera (0-87), Alexei Ramirez (0-78), Conor Gillaspie (0-56), Avisail Garcia (1-79) and Tyler Flowers (1-46) -- 2 homers, 346 ABs.

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 1h1 hour ago White Sox and Cubs are preparing for a busy summer of international signings. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/122308730/jh...-prospects-list …

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 51m51 minutes ago The #Rays increasingly have cause for concern with the health of starter Alex Cobb, per @TBTimes_Rays. Read: http://bit.ly/1EOaFlx

Luke Stuckmeyer @LukeStuckmeyer Power outage last night at Excel Energy Center.Yeo said ice should be good by tonight. #HawksTalk #Blackhawks

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MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 7m7 minutes ago #Marlins announce release of Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 4, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) I was watching the game when it was scoreless early on thinking the Hawks were skating and moving the puck well. I became very hopeful when they scored the shortie . The Hawks were always among the leagues leaders in SH goals when they were winning Cups. They were doing it against a really good team as well. That's what makes it all of the more impressive.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 4, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) Always go with BPA, especially in MLB. This year the "best" players all have had major surgery and are even biggest questions marks.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ May 4, 2015 -> 07:45 PM) BPA for the Sox will be determined by which players are picked by the seven teams ahead of the Sox in the draft. It is a silly thing to say most years. This year, even more so. The biggest reason is how do you determine "best". Is it the guy with a major injury and a much higher ceiling, or the safer bet, but a lower ceiling?

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) I may have worded it poorly, but that's what I was trying to get across. It looks like all these players want to do is to show up, play poorly, and then collect their check. I would think a manager should get his team to want to win, and not just focus on themselves and individuality. Watching these games I think the opposite. Thinking of a few plays off of the top of my head... Eaton's last game where he took a throw and airmailed everyone throwing the ball from CF all of the way to the screen past home plate. If he wasn't worried about the runner, he would have lollipoped one into the cut off man. He wouldn't have pressed and tried to get the guy at home. Danks two errors yesterday were both trying to make a big play. The DP he threw away would have been an easy toss for the out at first. Instead he was trying to end the big inning by turning a DP. Micah Johnson trying to turn a DP yesterday. If he didn't care, he would have made the easy play at 1B. The game in Baltimore, Abreu threw a ball away trying to turn a grounder to first into a 3-6-3 double play. The lazy play was at 1B. Think of all the extra bases this team has been thrown out trying to take this year. I team that didn't care just stays put, and doesn't try to stretch. Again, I see no crimes of not caring. I see crimes of trying too hard.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 4, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) You have no disagreement with me on your last point. These players are a lot more talented than they have shown so far, but Robin has been a subpar manager in his entire tenure with the Sox. Something needs to change. Whether it's Gardenhire, Ozzie again, whatever, they need a fresh face in the clubhouse. Robin is so laid back that he never gives incentive to the players to get any better. The problem isn't this team is too laid back. It is that they are wound too tight. And seriously, the idea that a manager would have to give "incentive" to a team to get better is just silly. This is the major leagues. If you can find incentive in things like "winning" and huge f***ing contracts, you aren't cut out for baseball.

The biggest firing the Sox have will likely be Jeff Samardjiza, Chris Sale, and Quintana firing the idiots who have been posing as them on the mound. Add to that April Alexei being fired, April LaRoche being fired (April is historically he worst month by a large margin), etc. Once this team finally takes a deep breath and relaxes a bit, it will be OK.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 4, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) The question is: Do the Sox believe? The Sox know they can, but they are trying too hard.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 4, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) Jerry signs off on all decisions what are you even talking about? Just like he does with his other team.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 4, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) What are you digging at? What do you want me to admit? That I speculated about KW's influence? Again, I continue to be suprised that you are a mod here. I have been nothing but cordial to you for weeks and you insulted me for no reason after 8 pages of good discussion and then when I answer you you continue to dig at....what exactly? I have no f***ing idea who runs this club at the end of the day. Neither does anyone here unless they are JR or his family. Given that, we can only surmise and use induction. I have surmised that Micah over Sanchez was KW. Why? Because KW has drafted a million Micah's and not a single one has ever panned out. The move reeks of his scouting stereotype hard on -- a track star on the baseball field. How is asking for more proof any indication of how someone is as a moderator? You've been throwing around all kinds of one liners for a while now, and when someone asks for some substance, you turn it into a personal thing instead of actually stepping to the plate. On Soxtalk if you throw out accusations, people will ask you to back them up. This isn't a facebook page where people running around just saying whatever they want without any accountability. Soxtalk is deeper than that.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 4, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) There is a difference IF Tibs gets fired a Ex Bulls player will not get the job by default, Sox fire Ventura like you said yourself someone in Sox org now will get the job. JR with the Sox is way too loyal in keeping guys around to collect checks for a lifetime. So the problem isn't with Jerry at all then.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 4, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) That is also why the Sox are in shape they are in. JR is becoming a detriment to the teams overall health every year that goes by. Yet Jerry owns even more of the Bulls, and they continue to fly high. How does that work, exactly? Getting old only hurts in baseball, but helps in basketball?

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 4, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) I know I said this once before already (and ss2k5 is saying it, too), but I think it needs to be reiterated: This team's abject failure (so far) is NOT due to poor roster construction/spending on the bullpen/Melky Cabrera, it's due to ALL the players playing poorly. The issue isn't whether or not we could handle carrying Micah Johnson and Connor Gillaspie, it's that we could NOT handle disappointing/mediocre/bad versions of Abreu, Sale, Samardzija, Quintana, Eaton, etc. The whole thing was only ever going to work out if we assumed those guys' star performances were in the bank. I don't blame Rick Hahn for those guys being bad. And since those guys HAVE been bad, I can't form an intelligent opinion on whether or not carrying Tyler Flowers was a significant transgression in the end. Yeah, until our star play like stars, and our good players like good players, it doesn't matter what our bad players do.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 4, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) That's a good way of putting it. A lot of guys on here are coming out of the woodwork, making assumptions and losing their cool just looking for scapegoats to protect their golden boy. The blame should go where it belongs. The top of our rotation has gotten off to an awful start. Quintana, Sale, and Samardjiza have a combined ERA of over 15.00. The entire starting line up except one guy is underperforming last year. The bullpen has been the one area of the team that hasn't be horrible, and that was where a lot of the biggest changes happened. The players have been awful this year.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 4, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) This start just really magnifies how awful the ORG's talent base was when Hahn took over. Nobody ready in the upper minors, no young promising position players and for the most part not many "surplus value" contracts. Now, the Sox have some great pieces but they still have huge holes obviously. Personally I'd put my faith in Hahn over anyone else in the ORG at this point. I don't think you can emphasize enough how awful the roster was he inherited from KW. KW is a cancer IMO. The Micah over Sanchez decision has KW written all the f*** over it. Of all of the things to point a finger at in 2015, Johnson is so far down the list it isn't even funny. How about we start with the guys making actual money on this team? How about those two top three pitchers in the rotation? how about the fact that every single hitter in the line up has an OPS that is lower than last years, except for one (Avi). Personally I think if anyone gets fired soon, it will be Todd Steverson, and not Ventura.