Dick Allen

Is Noesi the White Sox 9th different starter this year? Sale, Paulino, Quintana, Johnson, Danks, Leesman, Rienzo, Carroll, and Noesi. That's a lot for April.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 02:12 PM) Det 4-0 ...............had guy dead to rights at 2nd Abreu does not cover 2nd base in rundown as the trailer. When I was at the game Sunday, they showed some sort of clip between innings of guys in spring training lifting, hitting, doing drills. They even showed them practicing rundowns.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 02:08 PM) Yep, that's what made it such a brutal loss. Good effort by Noesi, but time to get him out now as they are crushing him the second time through the order. At least he made it to the 4th for the second time through the order. Occassionally, it's the first inning that he's pitched.

Get the bullpen ready.

Now, according to Hawk's theory, challenging any call made by the umpire who blew that one, will not be won.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 01:54 PM) That is the first challenge Robin has won. Lovie is jealous.

Hahn needs to buy out Noesi's arb years between innings.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 01:39 PM) At this rate? Whenever his contract is up. I believe he'll pick it up at some point though. I really think if he would back off the plate 6 inches, he would be on fire.

Noesi working on his Cy Young award.

Donald Sterling's wife isn't exactly his opposite. She's actually getting the same pass Donald has received for years. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baske...0,4805353.story I also wonder who these people are who call Sterling and comment about his girlfriend taking photos with black people.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 12:26 PM) Not the best of plans for winning a ballgame. Any other option was just as bad if not worse.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) So we want 2 or 3 innings from our starter? They really don't have many other options. They could call up Axe or Hanson for a start, but then they would have to mess with the 40 man.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 11:00 AM) That's a very curious plan. Off day tomorrow, they can give the bullpen a workout.

Besides, if Flowers "knew what was coming" to a rate where 60% of the balls he hits fair are hits, why is his k-rate so high?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 07:06 AM) There is more to the game of baseball than statistics. If you watched the games at all, you would know exactly what is going on with Tyler Flowers. It isn't luck, it is adjustment and game planning. It won't be bad luck when the pitchers adjust to his adjustments. I think in this case people are misusing the numbers when the answer is right in front of them. To say jam shots into RF or little loopers off the end of the bat just over the SS's head for a single or swinging bunts isn't luck is crazy. Of course it's luck. It will be offset by line outs right at somebody or flyballs caught at the base of the CF fence against 30 MPH winds. Whatever the cutoff is for BABIP for considering one lucky, hopefully Flowers stays above it. I do know one thing, if we all knew Flowers would have 3 extra base hits, 1 homer, 5 walks and his current K-rate one month into the season, and nothing else, we would think he was having an even worse season than imagined. I do agree with the premise his new approach probably enhances his chances at being "lucky", but IMO unless you are hanging ropes all over the place, even then it's debatable, and Tyler is not, a .600 BABIP is incredible luck.

Neither bunt was a suicide.

I don't think major league hitters could maintain a .600 babip in batting practice with a defense in place. Flowers has been lucky as can be. Who cares? Maybe he has a .310 babip the rest of the year. He still comes out ahead.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/108...donald-sterling

I was googling JR and Sterling to see if JR had commented and came across an article written by the one and only Jay Marriotti who now has his own site. He mentioned that Sterling and JR once socialized at a Super Bowl. So I looked at his site even further, reading his welcome letter. He has not let anything go. He's a total victim who know supposedly is living large in LA. Wronged by so many, but time has shown him to be visionary. It actually was comical.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 01:29 PM) Forgive me for paraphrasing, i didnt catch the quote word for word: 'If a Clipper is under contract and doesnt feel comfortable playing for the team, we will work with' Screw Melo, GarPax needs Blake.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 01:20 PM) And now, the legal fun begins According to Lester Munson, Sterling doesn't have a leg to stand on. If he wants to take the NBA to court, it's almost guaranteed his suit would be immediately dismissed.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) I understand that, but I mean, he never made these comments publicly. The guy could be the biggest asshole ever, and appears to be up there, but I just have a hard time accepting the validity of this sort of punishment for something that was said in the privacy of his own home with only him and his significant other in the room. He should absolutely be strong armed out of the league, there is no question about that, but it's quite unfair to have private words used against you because someone secretly recorded and then released the conversation He's not going to jail or anything like that. And if they make him sell the team, he still gets $1 billion or so.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 01:08 PM) Yea, the guy is a real POS but the legality in all this is very hazy. IMO, he was totally set up, but he's been like this all along and has gotten away with it. Now the bill comes due, as it always does. He's not in a court of law.

QUOTE (johndyce @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 10:35 AM) Tool? That guy was living as large as living large can get! Big hawks jersey, wife next to him (and not pissed about the yelling), slamming beers, sitting front row behind home plate. We could only hope to live that large some day. Yes. And from now on, I am calling Flowers, Tumbleweeds.

Another flare would work here.