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dan durkin ‏@djdurkin 47m #Bears Martellus Bennett: "There's two places where inches matter, one of them is on the football field." #Bears

Tracey Myers ‏@TramyersCSN 36m Marian Hossa was out with a lower-body issue today. Q said it's nothing serious and Hossa should be skating again tomorrow. #Blackhawks

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 3h For those wondering, of Paul Konerko's 2,340 career hits, there were 105 of the infield hit variety

Ryan Buch Yesterday at 12:02pm · Derek jeter is definitely getting what he's earned. But there are 2 irreplaceable captains leaving this game this year. The time I spent with the chicago white sox, I was privileged enough to have been given the honor of watching and learning from this man. I have shared the same field, same locker room and dugout with him. whether it was in spring training, off the field or eating lunch, just being around this guy makes you a better person and player. Although my time was short, I learned a lifetime full of lessons, on truly how to be a total class act on and off the field and in life. Thanks for treating all of us like we weren't any different (which we totally were haha) and enjoy the next part of your life! Cheers Paul Konerko!!

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 2h Classy to the end, Konerko waves farewell to stellar career http://atmlb.com/1vmelqs via @mlb

Chicago Blackhawks ‏@NHLBlackhawks 2h The Blackhawks have assigned 6 to Rockford: Nordstrom, Rasmussen, Ross plus defensemen Clendening and Dahlbeck, and G Scott Darling.

More at link http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/968...pen-next-season

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 01:09 PM) I really do think he broke it but somehow we had no good camera angle to confirm that. There is no doubt the football broke the plane from what you could see of the angle his arm was extended at. It just amazes me that the NFL doesn't have an end zone view camera to keep track of the backline.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 01:03 PM) MLB Network last night was discussing how the Yankees would replace Jeter. I immediately thought of Alexei Ramirez. This has probably been discussed numerous times, but I wondering if they have anything worthwhile to give the Sox. The Sox and Yankees are actually great matches if they wanted to pursue a deal.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 12:08 PM) Morosi and Passan reporting Gardenhire out as manager in Minnesota. As someone who wants the Twins to suck, this makes me happy.

a unique thing about Paul Konerko's career, you have probably never heard. http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/...y-unique-career

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 11:59 AM) You can't look merely at the surface and say "the team was bad so Hahn was bad." That's shallow, naive, and wrong. He didn't bring in any bad long-term contracts. He got a guy who has a bit of talent in Nieto. He brought in enough minor league free agents and other young relievers that we can say "hey, maybe they have the makings of an OK bullpen heading into next year." He brought in a #4/5 starter for the cost of a waiver claim. He got something for Beckham, De Aza, and Dunn. He signed Jose Quintana to one of the best contracts I've ever seen in my life. He drafted a guy represented by Scott Boras and then actually got him signed, and said player is already one of the best prospects in all of minor league baseball. He continued expanding the Sox horizons in Latin America. He didn't trade away any valuable, long-term pieces from the minor league teams. Oh, and he also signed some Jose Abreu guy. Frankly, I'd like to hear your reasoning for why he deserves anything other than an A. [Meanwhile, inside greg's brain] [Does fact add up with rant?] [No] [Fact ignored] [Repeat original rant in slightly different form]

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 11:46 AM) We lost 89 games. Team has pathetic bullpen and defense. It's going to be very hard to fix the defense. It really is. You guys are kind graders IMO. Yes he deserves eternal praise for Abreu and Eaton. How could Hahn get an A? I give you a D for your grading.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 10:17 AM) Im surprise you graded Sanchez higher than Semien. I dont think either particularly separated themselves from the other, but I think Semien had a slightly better season. While Sanchez's defense definitely looked legit, he provided almost no value with his bat. I had much higher expectations for Semien. He had a pretty rough time with the bat, and never really got going on the defensive end. Sanchez provided plus defense to go along with the no bat.

Off of the field: Rick Hahn A Robin Ventura B Don Cooper B Todd Steverson B

My final grades The Retired, has a Statue, and gets an A for his 16 years of service Paul Konerko The A's Chris Sale Jose Quintana Hector Noesi Jose Abreu Zach Putnam The B's Alexei Ramirez Conor Gillaspie Adam Eaton Adrien Nieto Jake Petricka Javy Guerra The C's Tyler Flowers Scott Carroll Dan Webb The D's Gordon Beckham Alejandro De Aza Dayan Viciedo Adam Dunn John Danks The F's Leury Garcia The Incomplete's (with in progress grade in parenthesis) Marcus Semien © Avi Garcia (B) Moises Sierra (B) Jordan Danks © Carlos Sanchez (B) Andy Wilkins (F) Josh Phegley © Michael Taylor © Erik Johnson (F) Felipe Paulino (F) Eric Surkamp (A) Andre Rienzo (D) Matt Lindstrom (F) Maikel Cleto (D) Scott Downs (F) Chris Bassitt (B) Donnie Veal (F) Taylor Thompson (F) Frank Fransisco (F) Charlie Leesman (F) Scott Snodgress (F) Nate Jones (NA)

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 13m The total of 4,186 homers was 475 fewer than last year (over 10%), and the fewest in a season in the 30-team era. Nelson Cruz's 40 homers are the fewest to lead the majors since Jesse Barfield of the Blue Jays had 40 in 1986.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Sep 28, 2014 -> 07:33 PM) Would he be a complement to Flowers? Can he be? Being right handed and an awful defensive catcher, not really.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 1h Rick Hahn, Kenny Williams and Robin Ventura think #WhiteSox can contend in '15. Should be an interesting offseason. http://bit.ly/ZjokkO

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 28, 2014 -> 04:17 PM) You must be deliriously happy . Absolutely. I am not going to try to revise history like some. I was scared of the number of years in that contract when it was signed. Today, I almost wish it was longer.

I do want to say, in the last week, Josh Phegley's swing has gotten really short and quick. If he can keep that going, he can hit at the major league level.

Screw Detroit and the binoculars they rode in on.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102...e=1&theater

For some reason it isn't letting me imbed, instead I am going to link to the picture I took a split second after contact https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102...e=1&theater

Such an amazing night and ceremony.