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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 02:16 PM) +Philly. Good call.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) You have no idea what they've said on the ice and they've shown over the course of basically your entire lifetime that they are a classless organization. One hit doesnt change any of that. The Hawks are a team who have won cups with skill over bulls*** hockey teams like that twice now, and there is no reason to forget that. With the downfall of the Canucks, the Blues might be the dirtiest team in the NHL right now.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 02:12 PM) No, it means WAR ultimately may not be predictive. Defensive metrics in low samples are accurate, but they aren't predictive. I think this is the biggest mistake/misrepresentation of stats. I don't think any are predictive in nature. I think they are all reactionary based on history. They are only predictive to the extent that history repeats itself in the same form that it has already happened.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 01:14 PM) Lol if this is true then Detroit truly needs Robocop on the streets Duh.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 12:29 PM) Oh come on now. It's April, and an April that has been part of the coldest spring I can remember. You can't really think that continues all year. I think attendance will be WAY down this year. Something in the 20-25% range. I also think it is really obvious that advertising is way down right now as well. A lot of names have disappeared from the park.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:46 AM) It's crazy to think the 49ers aren't going to pick up Alden Smiths option. Considering the fact he could be in jail when that season starts...

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:32 AM) I don't want to go down this road, but we're not going to win without supplementing the young core. Away from our three long term guys (Sale, Quintana and Abreu) and a few select other players, we have the potential to have a clean slate for our payroll. We would have to spend considerably to just stay even with our current payroll in a time where payrolls are growing across the board. And they aren't going to have any money to spend with only 10k a night showing up.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:17 AM) Dunn, De Aza, Beckham, Konerko and Lindstrom moving on would shed roughly 35 million dollars from our ~90 million payroll. Speaking conservatively, after Sale's year-to-year jump and arbitration raises that should add say, 10 million (Sale's 2.5mil + all other players raises, again very conservative estimate). If we are sitting at ~75 million with Danks, Ramirez, Keppinger still on the books you really don't think were going to spend? If the team went as far trading Danks and Ramirez that would put us in the bottom three teams or so in payroll. Considering everything Rock has said and the team's willingness to offer a 9 digit contract to Tanaka, there is money to spend despite the unending attendance argument. I am anticipating the uptick in draft and international spending argument... While that is surely a component, it's not going to permit us from adding payroll as whole. Now contrast that with the fact that the team lost money last year, and is even further down the in both attendance and advertising this year. Unless someone too good to pass on comes along, which I don't see who and how, I'm not sure we spend a whole lot of money this off season. There would have to be either a big rebound in play on the field, people hitting the turnstyles, or both.

Pinned, with the old thread deleted. and yes, still, f*** Detroit.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 4h White Sox closer Matt Lindstrom hasn't felt 100 percent physically all spring until last Wednesday. He's been much sharper since.

MLB Stat of the Day ‏@MLBStatoftheDay 1h The @whitesox have scored 106 runs - the most in the AL and tied with the @Rockies for the most in @MLB.

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 1h Timberwolves coaching job is officially now open. Two names that will be in the mix, per sources, are Tom Izzo and Fred Hoiberg.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:16 AM) @AdamSchefter: And the Knicks fired Mike Woodson. ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 18m Who wants to coach the Knicks? Knicks have no 1st-rd pick and will owe Anthony, Stoudemire and Bargnani $58.2 million if they don't opt out

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 10:03 AM) I wonder what the relationship between Beck is and the rotation for next year. I am sure there is a contingency plan in place but these results have been dastardly to this point. It's strange to see a guy throw as hard as Beck does and strikeout next to no one. Hahn likes the guy a lot as he always makes an effort to throw him in the talks when asked about the system or the future of the rotation just as he had with Johnson. He does fit the White Sox mold to a tee with the workhorse frame and sinker ball. Everything indicates we will be spending money next season, I think not only is bringing a starting pitcher aboard a distinct possibility, it's more likely than not. Sale-Quintana-Johnson are obviously the locks with Danks, Beck (at least before this rough string of stats), #3 (not necessarily for '15) being the wildcards. I just wonder if were going for a front end guy (Shields, Masterson, etc.) or a middle of the road guy. As a White Sox fan in an aborted season, there is nothing more attractive to me than thinking about the potential for the rotation. Sale-Shields/Masterson-Quintana-Johnson-Hoffman/Rodon. Two cheap front-end, controlled LH, Erik Johnson, the #3 pick and money to blow. The future has potential without a doubt. Unless attendance and advertising picks up, I am not sure this is a safe assumption.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 10:11 AM) Sounds like it's for some award. Bingo Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 2m There we go. Jo (DPOY) or Taj (6MOY), clearly. RT @KCJHoop: Bulls and NBA will announce a postseason award winner at 4 PM.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 10:09 AM) ROSE IS COMING BACK Sorry.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) @swirsk054: Bulls have called a major press conference for 4 PM this afternoon. Weird timing. I wonder what it could be?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:57 AM) Defensively this team is lazy IMO and Seabs being gone after having a very strong season isnt going to help anything. My personal feeling is that the team is either a step slow this year, or a bit fat and happy after last years cup. I have nothing really to base it on other than watching games this year, but IT just doesn't seem to be there this year. There isn't that little extra they have had in the past years, IMO.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) For some reason, I remember more of his flares/dunks/dinks/gorks into RF that would fall in front of RFers playing him deep. A lot like Joe Crede. Except Crede's would end up as outs or foul outs. Maybe the 1990-1998 version of Thomas, I didn't see much of him on t.v./video from 1992 onwards, when he was really in his prime. He did hit the flares when he was fooled. If that was the case, his big ass would move towards the 3rd base dugout, while he threw his arms and hands towards the 1st base dugout and he would flip the ball either just over the 1B or just foul in the same area. But back in his prime, when he recognized the pitch, he would take the pitch out the outer half and just crush it to RCF.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:04 AM) THE WALRUS MEN HAVE ARRIVED! RUN!!!! Coo-Coo- Cachoo.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:37 AM) Thomas could hit those low line drives out and an assortment of balls that didn't clear the fence by so much....more like long pop outs that he muscled out...but I don't remember Thomas ever squaring up a high and outside fastball and hitting it on a line 425 feet to RCF. His early days he had as much power the opposite way as anyone I have ever seen. He didn't get pull happy until later in his career.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) They had a deep run (lost in WCF) in 09 and won the Cup in 2010 with the Olympics. All the good teams had multiple players in the Olympics. I don't believe any of that. Down 3-1 to the Wings last year, they came back. That said, this is a vastly inferior team from last year. That said, one win and it's (obviously) 2-1 and the series is well within reach. They have to defend home ice, then we can start to talk about a come back. They absolutely can't lose a game at the UC though. It is already going to be tough enough to beat STL at least 4 out of 5 games to win the series.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:48 AM) His control has been encouraging and his homers are in line with his career totals (which are good), but he is flatout going to have to start striking guys out to be anything more than a poor man's version of Carlos Silva or Jon Garland. If Beck turns out to be Jon Garland, I will be thrilled.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 10:30 PM) Next in Line Tommy Hanson, the former Braves and Angels pitcher starting pitcher, made his Charlotte debut. After 3 solid innings (3IP, 0R, 2BB, K) a rough fourth inning made for a less than encouraging start (4IP, 4ER, 4H, 3BB, K, HR). Hanson's progress will continue to be noted as he figures to be one of the next starters in line if an extra arm were to be needed for Chicago. Guess the main thing is see how Hanson progresses start to start. If you take from a source, you really have to put a link to the source you borrowed from.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:03 AM) I don't think it's that bizarre at all. That's pretty much what you'd expect if a guy has never been coached about the right way to do things. That's exactly what I saw. The fact that he has already made very noticeable improvements tells me that, along with how much he has seemingly improved in literally a couple of months in a major league camp.