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QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 12:50 PM) Hot take: Bruce Rondon ate one of them. That might be the best hot take.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 12:46 PM) Juan Infante? or Gregory Minaya? They are the same pitcher. It's just some guy with 2 uniforms.

Hot take: No one has seen Juan Minaya and Gregory Infante in the same place at the same time.

Forbes valuations came out today. Yankees $4 billion. Sox $1.5 billion. Not bad.

Hot take, when Yolmer and Leury are batting 5th and 6th in a major league game, a lot of runs scored should not be expected.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 12:24 AM) That's the smart play, heading right to the bar or stadium club inside so that you don't have to sit outside and freeze. I did that over the weekend while attending, lasted outside no more than a half hour before the lady wanted to leave bc it was too cold. If you're going and able to get in one of those areas why wouldn't you (considering the elements)? Revolution Brewing room down the LF line isn't a bad hang out either although if you aren't there early, the line to get in goes down the stairs. Waiting in line while at a game sort of defeats the purpose of going to the game.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 08:49 AM) Thinking in retrospect, we could well be the Chicago Expos. I would guess that or the A's.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 08:19 AM) Trump says missiles ‘will be coming’ to Syria, taunts Russia for vowing to block them Someone should tell him about Saudi Arabia and all the arms we sold them. The foreign policy of this country always has and always will be a complete fraud. And a couple of hours after he sends out that tweet, he sends this one. Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama. Mueller is most conflicted of all (except Rosenstein who signed FISA & Comey letter). No Collusion, so they go crazy! 8:00 AM - Apr 11, 2018 The walls are closing in. If he wasn't such a pompous lying prick, this would be hard to watch.

So Trump tells Russia in a tweet to get ready for some missiles. There/s a Trump tweet for everything: Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump Why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack Syria. Why can't we just be quiet and, if we attack at all, catch them by surprise? 11:45 PM - Aug 28, 2013 1,135 2,434 people are talking about this

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 07:39 AM) The Sox would be in Tampa right now if we said no. Yes, and probably some other team would have taken their place because even with their red headed stepchild status in Chicago, the White Sox have a far superior situation than a lot of franchises.

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 08:33 PM) If 1984 single-handedly turned the Cubs into darlings, why didn't 1983 do the same for the Sox? The Sox routinely outdrew the Cubs throughout the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. Will Perdue was in the booth with Benetti and Stone today, and he said that when he was growing up in Florida, his two favorite teams were the Braves (WTBS) and the Cubs (WGN) because those were the only two teams he could watch on a regular basis. WGN CLEARLY explains the Cubs' national appeal. Why is Chicago a Cubs Town, and what will change that? I have no answer to either of those questions. Then how come the Braves aren’t like the Cubs? They are more like the Sox really. Maybe worse. When they made they playoffs something like 15 years in a row, you could buy tickets at the box office for their playoff games. If the White Sox made the playoffs that often, no way could you do that. For some reason 1984 turned things around for the Cubs. Wrigley Field became a shrine. I truly think if they were 75-87 that year, and did what they did the rest of the time, they would not be nearly as popular as they are nationally or locally.

A disaster of a home stand vs a couple of horrible teams. Ricky’s boys need a couple of wins. 10 walks for Sox pitching. It’s crazy how many runners they have allowed recently without having to get a hit.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 03:04 PM) Why does it seem like last year was easier to stomach in the moment than this one? At least, that's what it feels like to me. I think the first couple games made many of us forget they are still in the middle of a rebuild, and there still is a lot of work to be done.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 02:58 PM) Looking at it on paper, a home stand against a bad Detroit team, and an even worse Tampa Bay team, looked like a way to build on the 3-2 road trip start. Shows what I know, I guess. They played a bad KC team, and lost 2 out of 3 to a decent Toronto team. I do think this is how this will probably go for a while. I also wouldn't be surprised if they play some good teams really tough. I am expecting a rollercoaster ride for at least most of this season.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 02:55 PM) Too many walks, way too few strikeouts from the starters. Oh well, at least Kopech/Cease/Dunning have looked good and Lopez looks great Yes, but even Lopez was walking too many guys. I think they will improve. There is nothing worse than watching a walk a thon.

It's going to be nice when Sox pitchers start throwing strikes again.

The amount of times White Sox pitching and defense have let guys get on base without a hit or what should be a hit is a huge problem this homestand.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 12:56 PM) I don't think it was premeditated on her end. Sure she signed off on in. Money Talks. Its still demeaning to women. Does paying her off make it ok? Demeaning like grabbing them by the p****? What did Hannity say about that one? Oh yeah, just locker room talk.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 01:07 PM) that's a great read. Really would have been fascinating to see how that would have developed. Have to say...the new ballpark renovations are nice...but the initial design REALLY missed the mark IMO. Especially not having home plate face downtown. LOVED those hand drawings... I get the whole skyline thing, but unless you were in the upper deck, and we know how White Sox fans feel about the upper deck, you don't see much if any of the skyline no matter which way the park faced. And the problem with a north or north east facing field is it does keep it colder during those April games and those May night games. If you go to a game now and sit downstairs, it's much colder when you walk out of the park than it was at your seat. The structure blocks the winds from the north a bit.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 12:56 PM) This is exactly it. And we have elite arms in the system right now, more than anyone else in all of baseball. There are also still only 5 starters in a major league rotation. Exactly. Chances are a couple of these guys will probably be relievers. A guy like Lopez, to me, obviously, see what he is as a starter, but if he can't harness his control well enough, at the very least, if he stays healthy, he looks like he would be a stud in the bullpen. Hansen may be the same way. Fulmer. That's 3 right there. Kind of old school, failed starters become relievers. Burdi is also there. So, tons of options, and they seem to be pretty good at choosing them cheaply off the dumpster.

QUOTE (SoxFan2003 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 12:54 PM) Left field and right field look like they might be 200 feet down the lines. I doubt MLB would allow a ballpark to have the old Polo Grounds dimensions anymore. Other than that, I agree with your post. Yeah and it looks about 5000 feet out to CF. They would have added another fence like they did in Detroit. The other thing is, it was facing due north, with nothing to even partially slow a north wind. It would have been so cold there in April and May.

I don't know if it's his back or he just started to suck, but it's really too bad Saladino didn't develop as hoped. He's one of the few White Sox farmhands who came up and seemed baseball smart.

Joe McConnell was a true pro. RIP. But on to Harry. Can someone explain to me if Sportsvision was the Sox death knell and WGN and Harry were the Cubs pot of gold, how come in 1982 the Sox outdrew the Cubs by over 300k. In 1983 the Sox outdrew the Cubs by 650k, and in 1984 the Sox, despite the Cubs making the playoffs, outdrew the Cubs by 25k? Sportschannel was over by then. This was before big money in TV. Bill Veeck's last season as an owner, the Sox were getting $3k a game for TV. 1984 happened. That's what turned the Cubs into the darlings they have remained. It wasn't Harry. This stuff does happen. The Bulls couldn't draw flies until Michael Jordan. Now they lead the league in attendance when they try to lose. The Hawks probably will have that. The Bears have no problem filling Soldier Field. Maybe someday it will happen for the Sox, but something really unique is going to have to happen. They will probably have to have an incredible run. It can't be ownership, because if it's anti Reinsdorf, why doesn't it carry over to the Bulls, where so many tried to blame him for the break up of their dynasty which resulted in, at least at the time, the worst 3 or 4 year stretch of any team in NBA history.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 11:16 AM) Also Trump isn’t a fan of traveling out of the country, and I doubt he feels welcome in South America It might be a good place for him to flee.

QUOTE (Whitesoxin2019 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 08:41 AM) Tagged as mansplainer You can’t defend this https://i.redd.it/mwt19dw2uwq01.gif I don’t care if it’s old. Harvey Weinstein sr was a known pedo as well, for many years, but it didnt surface until now. So who cares if “America conscience” Jimmy kimmels stunts are from the past. He should apologize at the very least. But his minion fans don’t see the double standard. People are dumb. It's a freaking skit. But I am glad it's over. Now Melania can get back to working on cyber bullying.