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I haven't see this mentioned, but I wanted to mention the conversation that Hawk and Stone were having last night about pitching injuries included an interested tidbit. They both talked about the fact that working with the legs of the pitcher to get more drive and easy the pressure on the arm, isn't really talked about anymore. They speculated that stronger legs would carry a pitcher further and reduce the need to throw as much with the arm. Thoughts?

I am honestly shocked. The Sox just ate $6/7 million.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:54 AM) I don't think Beckham will get 4M a year. Keppinger had put up far better numbers then Beck when he signed that contract. Their overall evaluation stats are incredibly similar. In fact, because of his defense, and playing every day, Beckham's numbers beat Keppinger's almost every single year. His defensive numbers are so bad, he is a negative WAR almost every year.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 14, 2014 -> 11:03 AM) When is Johnson and Sale coming back? Does that mean Noesi and Carroll are gone? Handicapping as of today, I would say Carroll is out first, and Rienzo second. But I would also say that Johnson isn't going to return unless his velocity comes back.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:50 AM) I didn't want to hop in to the "Robin is an idiot" arguments, but I think I can see his mindset, where he'd rather just plug in some temporary players in leadoff and not mess with the players actually hitting in their lineup spots. I am not sold on it but I can understand it. But with Eaton suddenly the lineup becomes "HELL YES WHITE SOX BASEBALL" Yeah, the big problem is, after Eaton, we have no leadoff hitter. When he isn't playing it is making the best of a bad situation.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:27 AM) If he's good enough to earn his money, he'll be tendered a contract. If he isn't good enough to be tendered, he's realistically look at something between league minimum and maybe $2m on a one year deal. If he does enough to earn more than that and the Sox non-tender him, they've made a mistake. If Jeff Keppinger can get $4 million a year, Gordon Beckham can get $4 million a year.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) We've reached the doldrums. Can't wait to get Eaton back. The line up is soooo different with him out.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) If the Bulls come to the conclusion that Thibodeau will never win a title because he beats his players into the ground or Thibs decides to go somewhere else and they can hire Fred Hoiberg, I'd be ok with it. I love Thibodeau but in the NBA players matter so much more. How many other coaches would have let this bunch to anything but the lottery? Thibs is a top coach in the NBA, no doubt about it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:19 AM) Oh, completely missed that. /Spurs Here it is. http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/22738...Into-Retirement

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) BS. Semien was actually called a "professional hitter" by a Beckham hating mouth breather. People were disregarding he leads the league in striking out, pointing out his taking pitches helps the rest of the offense. Well his 4 strikeouts last night, helped the team pound out 4 hits. His flaws ignored. Just get rid of Beckham. Well, Semien isn't as good as Beckham. Wow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 14, 2014 -> 01:37 AM) How bout that situation at Oregon? Losing 3 scholarship players! Reading the police report on the rape, it was troubling. The 3 guys brought the college woman into a bathroom for sex at a party, then later they took a cab to her apartment and took her to the bedroom. The 3 guys will not be charged but were kicked out of school. Idiots. I feel for the woman. On the court ... do you guys think Cliff Alexander will be an immediate star at Kansas and b.) do you think he's a certain one and done? That is two strange things to have in the same post.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 14, 2014 -> 05:31 AM) I think the Spurs are happy with their coach. I thought the story was that Pop would leave when Duncan retires?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 14, 2014 -> 01:30 AM) When are we gonna call Adam Dunn an elephant in the room. He's good for five home runs and 12 ribbies right now. Oooh. Such power. Such production. NOT. I think some people just had a stroke and died.

They have got to clean it up. That was an EN goal set up by a Hawks turnover. Nice job selling out by Brookbank to stop the shot.

I still hate Oakland.

Crawford has been playing like a $6 million man.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 13, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) Huge start here for Carroll's future this season. The big field should play well to a guy who has a lot of balls put into play.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 13, 2014 -> 05:15 PM) Last year's team was 500 in May also. Look around baseball and you will see every team has injuries. Ther Red Sox won a world Series last year with multiple injuries throughout the season. Unfortunately for the White Sox, the weak minor league system makes it difficult to find suitable replacements when a player goes down. Tell me the team that has had as many as the White Sox.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:32 PM) A lot of managers believe (and, apparently, players too) that guys get out of whack when their batting order position is changed. Given how little the batting order matters to game outcomes, who cares if you put a bad player higher in the order for a few games while you wait for the normal guy to come back? Parent had just said to the media yesterday that ADA felt very uncomfortable hitting leadoff. He also looks pretty uncomfortable in the field and running the bases.

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 5m Illinois has suspended sophomore forward and Western Michigan transfer Darius Paul for the entire season. Averaged 10 and 6 two years ago.

Bears now have 4 picks signed http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,6422506.story

He is now the assistant to the Regional Director.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 13, 2014 -> 03:51 PM) Amen. What a dumb move. L. Garcia is not one of my faves. People that are worried about gas prices driving to a game are not going to games anyway. TOO EXPENSIVE. If I go, what are the odds of me getting punched out if I reveal who I am? If I wore a Guillen jersey would odds be even greater of me getting whacked? That's why we have gatherings. We lure in the people we don't like, and we punch them. If that doesn't work, we whack them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) JR has said it was the biggest mistake he has made, but also said it is a mistake he would make again. So I'm sure he would try to talk Hahn or KW or both out of it if he was against it, but ultimately let them do their jobs. I thought he stopped Kenny from firing both Ozzie and Greg Walker at different points?

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 13, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) Well basing off this, I'll assume it's okay with the moderating team here to at least entertain the idea. I'd be happy to facilitate and coordinate some sort of plan if interest is shown. Ironically, the "WSI vs. Soxtalk Softball Thread" over at WSI was how I learned of this site. Absolutely. You have the blessing. I won't even make you kiss the ring.