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QUOTE (Brian @ May 3, 2013 -> 10:02 AM) Nothing in my eyes. They're lame but nothing to be fired over. I'm sure she had them on her resume. Shame in CSN for not seeing them before this if its that big of a deal to them. The old videos actually got her the gigs on Showtime and NFL Network. Supposedly, this is all the Blackhawks doing. They were also supposedly responsible for the Josh Mora canning several years ago when he broke the story of Tallon being "reassigned." To me, she seemed at best unpolished, and probably deserved to go for performance. But if the old videos or her slip up the other night had anything to do with it, which seems more than likely, that's pretty lame.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 3, 2013 -> 08:24 AM) Thanks for proving my point? Dominant, not at 100 pitches, and can't finish the inning. Didn't prove your point. If he's not giving up any hits and still averages almost 20 pitches an inning, , he's not going to go very deep into games. I think when he came in the other night and was hit around, it was 86 pitches in less than 4 innings. Also I've seen in a lot of places Santiago wasn't warmed up when he came in for Floyd the other night. This isn't directed at you, because I haven't even seen you mention it, but if he wasn't loose, that isn't on an umpire, it isn't on Ventura, it isn't on Cooper. It is on Santiago. He had as much time as he wanted.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 3, 2013 -> 07:28 AM) He's never been stretched out thanks to the Sox mis handling him BS. He threw 92 pitches in 5.1 while allowing almost nothing. He has to lower his pitch count to go deeper in games. It's not like he's running out of gas at the 50 pitch mark.

One example of this board not being fair to AJ was when those PED rumors popped up last year. Many here wanted them to be true. Said they had to be true. These same people wanted AJ replaced by Flowers, a guy who actually was suspended for PEDs.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:32 PM) They rushed Floyd back from his elbow injury big time last year. IIRC, they didn't even give him a rehab start prior to rushing him back to face the Tigers in a big game. If they weren't in contention, they probably would have shut him down for the year. If that's true, do you really think the final decision on that was Ventura's? Face it, this team thought his current injury was fairly minor 2 days agao.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) Funny thing is that I wasn't even referring to Peavy's injury when I made the comment about guys being pushed so hard last season and the resulting impact you sometimes see the following year. But who has an injury you can even remotely pin on playing too much last year? Floyd actually pitched fewer innings than any year he was in the White Sox rotation. Beckham broke a bone. Viciedo pulled an oblique. Sanchez and Keppinger weren't even White Sox. Danks injury certainly wasn't a result of Robin running him into the ground. Septimo hardly pitched for the White Sox.

For some reason, a back spasm popping up in May seems unlikely to be caused by pitching too many innings during a season that ended 7 months prior.

I don't see how any of these injuries can be pinned on Ventura. Keppinger wasn't even a White Sox last year. Is his back problem Joe Maddon's fault?

Peavy was scratched tonight. Santiago getting the nod.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:07 PM) Here's a version from 2006, here's a done-slightly-different version for 2012. (And of course, Gavin is pitching in a park with some heavy ballpark effects as well). His ERA is actually lower during his career at home vs. on the road. Looking at the figures in 2012 Dylan Axelrod qualified as an average fifth starter.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:38 PM) My problem is it looks like the ball is barely moving, you can clearly see the stitches on the ball. If she is taking a selfie and a homerun is hit over the green monster next to her head, you would think the ball would look like a blur There was footage a few years ago when someone on the Cubs hit a walkoff homer. It hit a guy in the Wrigley bleachers right on top of the head. He was too busy talking to his friend to have any clue what was going on in the game.

QUOTE (Cali @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:57 PM) I'm glad we'll see of Hector can hack it in the rotation going forward. The pitches really start piling up when he's on the mound. That's one thing he will have to straighten out in his new role or he'll be back in the bullpen in short order.

We will miss Floyd in June and July. The other months......not so much April ERA 5.28 May ERA 5.42 June ERA 3.58 July ERA 3.38 August ERA 4.79 Sept. ERA 4.23

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2013 -> 10:49 AM) I was always under the impression that insurance only kicked in if the player missed the whole season. However, over the last year or so, it seems like that isn't accurate. I still think insurance is the secret reason DRose isn't playing.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 2, 2013 -> 09:06 AM) Yes I know this. I was working in the league when AJ was around and still have friends who work in baseball. I've never seen quotes from any player that were much better than neutral. It's usually like Reed said "i get along with him fine or I enjoyed throwing to him." I've never seen any say "what a great guy I really enjoy spending time with him." Jon Garland was quoted during the 2005 season as saying "he's a jerk but he's our jerk" paraphrasing of course. Wasn't he voted as the most disliked player in baseball in some poll recently? Yes, but then there are quotes about guys who were concerned about playing with him saying he wasn't was his reputation made him out to be. I also read where he really mellowed when he became a father. Everything I read is that he eventually will get under your skin because he's pretty much non stop talking, trying to poke the lion. AJ loves pro wrestling, and has taken his role as the MLB villian and ran with it.

The Rangers broadcast apparently was laughing about AJ sticking his elbow out to get hit. Then the drama, which we all know AJ seeks and works off of, began. Drilling AJ to show him how much he was disliked is a great story, but it's really about as real as reality TV.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2013 -> 08:21 AM) And it just happened to be AJ, a day later, in the ninth inning of a game he wasn't even supposed to be playing in? lol. OK. Yes. 2 outs in the 9th inning with a 3 run lead. If AJ was the hated bad teammate people WANT him to be, the White Sox wouldn't have kept him around for 8 years, and signed him to 2 or 3 or 4 contracts. And again, AJ went out of his way to get hit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2013 -> 08:15 AM) Listen to what people are saying. His buddy Hawk couldn't even defend it. That right there is enough for me. Though I am sure he will go on the air tonight and have his speech prepared. Hawk said AJ was drilled because Dunn was drilled yesterday. Did you not see AJ stick his elbow out to get hit? He could have easily avoided it, but the Rangers needed baserunners and it adds to the drama surrounding AJ. I really don't think White Sox players hate AJ as much as some think. I'm sure some do, but not nearly the entire team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2013 -> 06:41 AM) You have zero idea here. This is something you have to be in the clubhouse to be qualified to comment on. Yet you are commenting that he was definitely hit on purpose and said he wasn't re-signed because everyone hates him. How many times did he re-sign with the White Sox? I don't know if he was trying to hit him on purpose or not. I do know AJ stuck his pad right into the pitch. Everybody wins. This notion that no one can stand AJ is legendary. However, you would think a beat writer or someone, considering EVERYONE HATES AJ would come up with a laundry list of the hatred.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 2, 2013 -> 03:55 AM) Reed didn't throw at AJ. It was up and in a tad but AJ stuck his elbow pad out and took it to get on base. Moving on. Yes. AJ definitely stuck his elbow out and then played it like the WWE star he would love to be.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 1, 2013 -> 09:25 AM) @PWSullivan Ricketts first threat: Will consider moving out of Wrigley if he doesn't get his signage Did they laugh at him after he said it? I do believe he should be able to do what he wants re the video board, advertising signs etc. , however, I would love for them to call his bluff.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 1, 2013 -> 07:27 AM) How did he look in his one AB Tues nite? Like one of the guys. He struck out.

Dunn has more homers this April than last.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) OMG he said a swear word. Big f***ing deal. He did not call him anything. Price was the aggressor, showing him up, then yelling at him as he walked off. Umpires are allowed to respond back, and it doesn't have to be something rated PG. Players have sworn, managers have sworn, umpires have sworn. We've all watched enough baseball to see that. MLB is investigating. The fact that they are investigating tells anyone paying attention, if what Price said is true, Hallion crossed a line.

The one big problem with Casper is the Sox need him to do something pretty quickly and he's been collecting dust during his various DFA's the past month. He's got to be a little rusty.