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Chris De Luca ‏@ChrisDeLuca 1m #Cubs and #WhiteSox stat: Paul Konerko has played in 71 of the 94 Crosstown Classic games.

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Chris De Luca ‏@ChrisDeLuca 3m Since interleague began in 1997, #WhiteSox lead all-time series 49-45 and outscored #Cubs 435-428, but Sox are 23-24 at Wrigley Field.

Danny Ecker ‏@DannyEcker The @cubs and @whitesox are still looking for a sponsor for the Crosstown Cup. But it's a tough sell: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/201...-series-sponsor …

May I present to you, the team most likely to overpay for Alexei Ramirez http://sports.yahoo.com/news/10-degrees--d...-162557652.html

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 5, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) The parody in the league is better then ever, with one potential exception, that team out East will cruise to their 4th consecutive NBA finals appearance. However, parody doesn't necessarily mean the quality of the game is what it once was. However, all that said, the past couple playoff runs (post strike) have been very very entertaining and I've been loving basketball a lot more the past couple years then during the 2000's when the NBA was in hell trying to find new faces, etc. I agree the league is a parody today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) Yeah I bet. I can't relate to how terrible a human being you have to be to try and start a fight at a game over some macho team pride BS. It was pretty disgusting honestly. For the price it cost to go to the game, it wasn't worth it. The minority of fans who were dedicated to being stupid made it unbearable to everyone else.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 4, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) And when LeBron gives it up in those situations, he gets killed for not taking the last shot. It's good to be the King.

QUOTE (lord chas @ May 4, 2014 -> 08:13 PM) I expect that some sort of pitch clock will be put in soon. Games just drag too long Expand the strike zone a bit. Start calling the high strike again.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ May 4, 2014 -> 07:52 PM) If I was Rick Hahn and I was making a move on a starting pitcher... I'd be looking west towards San Diego. The Padres have a guy in their system that is gonna be lights out. His name is Heywood Jablome. Padres match up well with the Sox as trade partners too. What is his WHIP?

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ May 4, 2014 -> 07:48 PM) AND all of their "bad" prospects are better than the Sox "good prospects. gotta tip your cap to em. Maybe in three or four years they will have a .500 team again.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 4, 2014 -> 07:48 PM) Yea yea yea I already was corrected MLB The Show is only for PS.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 4, 2014 -> 05:29 PM) He was picked 25. And missing the forest for the trees, I take it that means you have given up on this one.

The White Sox need to talk to the Hawks about the ninth inning, because they know closing.

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ May 4, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) If he's a butcher, who is our late inning defensive replacement for Tank? We don't have one because the one we have is now starting.

SoxNet.net ‏@SoxNet 3s The Sox have seen their starting 2B, 3B, RF, CF, #1, #2, and #4 starters, plus their top set up man already spend time on the DL this year.

I love the change in approach by about half of the Sox line up towards that pitch on the outer half this year. Last year, Dayan either swings and misses, or hooks it on the ground to SS for a game ending DP.

WHITE SOX MAKE THREE ROSTER MOVES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, May 4, 2014 CLEVELAND – Prior to today’s game at Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox added outfielder Moises Sierra to the active roster and sent third baseman Conor Gillaspie to Class AAA Charlotte on an injury rehabilitation assignment. Sierra, 25, was claimed off waivers from Toronto on Saturday and takes the roster spot of left-handed pitcher Frank De Los Santos, who was optioned to Charlotte following last night’s game against the Indians. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Sierra was designated for assignment on May 1 after going 2-34 (.059) in 34 games with the Blue Jays this season. He batted .290 (31-107) with 13 RBI and 11 runs scored in 35 games with Toronto in 2013, including a .317 (26-82) average with 12 doubles and 11 RBI in September. Sierra ranked among the AL September leaders in doubles (3rd), extra-base hits (T4th, 14), slugging percentage (8th, .524) and on-base percentage (9th, .385). Sierra is a career .229 hitter (66-288) with seven home runs and 30 RBI in 97 games over three seasons with Toronto (2012-14). He will wear uniform No. 25. Gillaspie, 26, has been on the 15-day disabled list since April 26 (retro to April 22) with a left hand contusion. He is batting .302 (19-63) with 12 RBI and eight runs scored in 16 games with the White Sox this season.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 4, 2014 -> 09:58 AM) Yes, I believe you know the story better than Ken Rosenthal. So the idea is that the Angels would have been willing to sacrifice their entire draft for Mike Trout, and I am supposed to believe that because an article states that they believed all along that he was the NUMBER 2 player on their draft board? Despite nothing else actually giving evidence to that claim? Not his draft position, not his signing bonus, the fact they drafted someone else ahead of him and waited a couple of years down the road to actually public say oh yeah, we would have drafted Trout, not #1, but #2. That means they would have been willing to give up all of their subsequent draft picks down the road for Mike Trout, despite articles saying how excited they were to get the guys after him as well. Explain to me how that logic makes any sense.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 4, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) Because they didn't have to pay him more than slot? They Angels had him rated No. 2 in the Draft. If his agent wasn't asking for the moon, why would the Angels just give it to him? Clearly, the Angels thought he was worthy of a huge bonus (being No. 2 on their board and in high school), but if the agent was not asking for that bonus, why would the Angels offer it? Again you are saying an opinion and speculation is wrong. Remind me again how you acquired the title of world's smartest person? There is zero evidence to support anything being said here.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 4, 2014 -> 09:48 AM) http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/how-los...lb-draft-051212 Yankees and Angels rated Trout as the No. 2 player in the Draft, FWIW. That article is full of s***. The Angels picked Randal Grichuk before they picked Mike Trout.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 4, 2014 -> 09:49 AM) How do we know that? That is just speculation from you. There were no bonus caps. If there were, maybe teams would. You are speculating that no organization would just as much as we are speculating than an organization might have. Because he was picked #29, and given a slot level bonus. If an organization was willing to bet their entire draft on him, shouldn't they have probably oh, I don't know, actually drafted the guy? Serious that it makes zero sense to speculate that an organization would be willing to bet a ridiculous amount on the guy when pretty much all of baseball actually passed once on the guy. That is just dumb because the actual reality doesn't support that at all.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) The Angels didn't do anything like you are talking about. At this point you are just making stuff up. And just for reference's sake, Trout was the 29th pick, and he got the 32nd biggest bonus that year. The Angels didn't take him and bet a ton of bonus money on him. They drafted him and paid what his slot dictated. There was no stretch to draft him. There was no tons of extra cash to convince him. There was no sacrifice of other signings. http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/view.aspx?article=2087

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2014 -> 08:33 PM) Just to say again...when Mike Trout was drafted by the Angels...the only post on this page was, and I quote "Boy, the Angels sure do like their outfielders don't they?" No one here showed any outrage whatsoever. And not a single organization would have been willing to bet their entire draft on Mike Trout on draft day in 2009.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2014 -> 08:24 PM) The Angels did. The Mariners picking 2nd were torn, and they were wrong.the Yankees thought he was the best player in the draft. The Angels didn't do anything like you are talking about. At this point you are just making stuff up.