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QUOTE (greg775 @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:41 PM) The human factor ended in that Tiger no hitter. Armando Galarraga

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:33 PM) Have they said how many at the cell tonight? 15,025 Tazawa had nine scoreless outings before tonight. Nice to return the favor to other teams after Albers lost his streak thanks to some shaky play behind him.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:32 PM) Q should be done now. I'm a big believer in keeping guys in for 1-0 and 2-1 games unless the pitch count is way up there. Agreed. Now of course you create that uneasy situation where the closer has a 3-4 run lead and then pitches his way into trouble invariably. (Or maybe it's completely blown wide open the way this is developing.) The challenge is finding the right reliever (one would think Putnam or perhaps giving Petricka another shot) to finish the game if it's not 4-1. Albers has been used quite a bit. Of course, the other options would be Duke or Jennings. Or maybe Ventura wants to give Jones more experience in the 9th inning. Lots of choices, but not easy to decide on one.

Who's starting for the White Sox tmrw? The rotation now is Quintana, Rodon and Johnson? Sale or Latos going Friday, or will they give Latos an extra day of rest? Sale, for his part, had a "workmanlike" effort Sunday, very early elevated pitch count...a bit lower velocity, they might be better off starting him Saturday, but just IMHO.

Just doesn't make sense to take on a pitcher with that amount of wear and tear with 3 more years remaining on that contract. If they had it do all over again, Maeda or perhaps Iwakuma would have been the moves. We need all the marketing help we can get, so adding a Japanese pitcher would have added another revenue stream. Granted, the track record with those guys hasn't been so great, going back to Irabu, Dice K and Igawa, to name a few. Darvish settled in as perhaps the best of the bench and then he got injured. Roll of the dice. Seems the next "niche" market will be Korea with the success of a group of hitters now over the last season plus.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:21 AM) How many teams lost their 19th-23rd games of the season and still made the playoffs? I think that is as legit of a stat as one where the team lost it's first 4. Statistically, getting crushed early in April has had much more predictive validity, I'll let the statisticians or Hawk Harrelson explain with "you can't win a pennant in April but you can certainly lose one." Since you want to belabour this point, KC is probably out of the AL Central Division race already because you said so, despite their 8-2 start. For that matter, cross the Indians off too, because they've had a similarly bad stretch of one run losses and are sinking under .500. Nice to know we only have to worry about the Tigers now.

Someone please pretty please close/lock/disappear this "obnoxious" thread. We wouldn't want to offend Dick Allen's sensitive nature.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:04 AM) Says the guy who calls it a season after 4 games. And the same guy who told us time and time again how important it was for the White Sox to get off to a fast start, probably because you thought there was no chance they would. Your Royals lost 5 in a row. How many teams lost their 19th-23rd games of the season and still made the playoffs? They might be done. Back up the truck. And that statistic, as statistics often are, did turn out to have predictive validity, because the White Sox didn't come close to making the playoffs last season, as almost no teams that started 0-4, 1-4 or 8-14 have accomplished. As far as what happens with the Royals this season, I'm not going to bother with that favored bait. I'll allow Greg to make any comments he'd like in my stead, by proxy. As far as ZIPS goes, as of this past weekend, according to ESPN's Symborzski, the Cubs and White Sox are going to meet in the World Series and the Cubs will win. Not sure if you want to go out and bet now or not.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2016 -> 07:55 AM) What are the Cubs prices? And for a guy who gets all his info on the internet, you could do a little research to show how you could actually park for free. The $.50 extra you have to pay for a hot dog compared to what it may cost in KC is a killer, I'll grant you that. Although you could go to Portillo's before the game. But try to divert the attention off the White Sox results. It isn't going to work. Everyone knows your deal now. The team is 18-8 best record in the AL, and you bring up moving to SA in 2029? You need to go lay on a couch. If you remember, the White Sox were ONLY 4-2 at that time and tied for first when the post was made. But thanks for giving me credit because somehow "my attendance deal" caused the team to go on a 14-6 run and sell an additional 100,000 tickets, so I'll gladly take it.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 2, 2016 -> 10:33 PM) Twins crush Keuchel, who isn't getting the borderline calls he was getting last year, so he's walking everybody this year. Astros are screwed. It's all about "pitch framing" repercussions...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2016 -> 07:39 AM) Exactly how many pro sporting events have you been to where the concessions weren't "pricey"? Moving to San Antonio? As predicted, a good Sox run and you are melting like the Wicked Witch of the West. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! You cursed brat! Look what you've done!! I'm melting, melting..." You nailed it. His Watch is over. https://www.teammarketing.com/public/upload...014+mlb+fci.pdf Parking is still 33% above the major league average. Beer, hot dog and a soda are about .50 cents higher in aggregate.

Go ahead. Delete this thread or block it or whatever. We should have only happy thoughts while the White Sox and Cubs are in first place as the calendar turns to May. It has only happened one other time in the history of the city, dating back to 2008.

Ummm....openly wondering? I was just responding to what Tex wrote. Obviously it wouldn't happen until 2029 or whatever....unless the Reinsdorfs were to sell the team, and then getting out of the lease alone would be onerous. That said, I've also posited the idea of the White Sox playing a limited number of games in Havana as well. And I never said "cheap Mexican food" together as one idea. You can re-read what I wrote 1000 times. That's borderline a discriminatory statement, btw. The fact of the matter is that concessions prices are quite expensive in Chicago. We could look at 10-12 different markets, and outside, of Las Vegas or Vancouver or maybe Montreal, the projected food prices at the ballpark would be 10-30% cheaper. If the ballpark was somehow located near the RiverWalk, then I could see it being more upscale, but I have no idea about available land tracts in S.A. for a public baseball stadium plus requisite parking. In the end, AS I NOTED, it wouldn't affect the fans who live far away from Chicago or in other countries as much as the local White Sox fans. As I ALSO NOTED, the only way I would even consider it would be if the White Sox could increase their spending/payroll from $25-50 million per season as a result of the move. (And obviously, there's no GUARANTEE of that...) And we have the BEST RECORD in the AL. Best team? After just 26 games? I think we might just want to dial it back down a notch...

One thing for sure, the prices would be a lot more affordable in southern Texas in terms of the average ticket package, parking, concession items...and the BBQ and Mexican options would be great. That said, as a native Midwesterner, it would still suck, but as long as they kept the Sox name/logo and were able to increase their spending by 25-50% over what they're managing in Chicago now, it wouldn't be a deal-breaker as a fan. They would have the advantage of a bigger fanbase, as well as drawing interest from a marketing standpoint in many areas of northern Mexico even the Caribbean. That said, for most Chicagoans...at least 50% would probably disagree if they could no longer conveniently attend games. And tickets aren't nearly as expensive as they used to be from 2006-2012, they've come down significantly, except for parking/concessions/souvenirs, which are still pretty pricey.

Last year, increase of 1,051 per game from 2014 (21,947 per game, compared with 20,896 in 2014). This year, according to that updated information from Kaplan, they've guaranteed an additional attendance of 1,400 per game for the rest of the season. Currently averaging only 19,000 through 9 games, but a more than reasonable average of 24,625 of the remainder of the season would get them to 1,944,000 in attendance, nearly 2,000,000. 24,691 (let's say 24,700 to round it up) would get them to exactly 2 million, which they haven't done since 2011 and 2010. That would be a pretty big rebound over a two year time span, although they still in all likelihood would be "only" 23rd or perhaps 22nd in the majors overall.

Anachronistic: Millennials basically calling anyone over 40 or 50 dinosaurs who should be put out to pasture. C'mon Lip, make baseball fun again, wear your cap backwards or the to the side, etc.

The one thing I was impressed with from that interview was the idea of spending 750 minutes or 12 1/2 hours per team learning all the players before a series. Doubt Hawk has done any homework like that in years, other than his usual bantering around the BP with the players and coaches. That's quite valuable, but it's not enough in 2016 to incorporate all the more modern aspects of sports broadcasting into a 3+ hour window 81 times per year.

"Oh, my goodness" vs. "HELL YES!" Seems that Hawk wins with the young generation there for 1) being cool enough at his age to quasi-curse on tv, and 2) despite being older, not seeming like he's coming from a 1950's episode of Leave It To Beaver, "well, gosh Wally..."

Yeah, it's seemingly implausible the Yankees will still be playing THIS terribly when we get them. Same with the MN/Houston dilemma. They get to play each other this week, so presumably one of them will emerge with more confidence (Twins are winning the opener 5-1)...it's so hard to tell this season. On paper, Wright/Buchholz/Owens should mean 2/3 for the Sox. But it's probably preferable psychologically to follow the Jim Margalus trick over at SSS of simply predicting 1/3 and being pleasantly surprised each time. One thing's for sure, we have to be ready for AL Central Division opponents this year. It has seemingly been ages since we dominated within our own division.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 2, 2016 -> 08:01 PM) Rohnny What about Jhonny Nunez? Any relation?

The irony is that ESPN must have picked that Wednesday game to show on primetime for the potential offensive fireworks with both Danks and Buchholz going. Probably a lot more compelling tv than watching teams struggle against a knuckleballer (although that can be fascinating for kids and baseball purists, I suppose). Logically, Erik Johnson probably deserves 2-3 starts just to see what happens. They know what they're going to get out of Gonzalez. Turner has to pass through waivers, although he could be the choice if he continues to improve from his first couple of starts. The weird thing about Johnson is his inconsistency with not only control but "stuff" as well, which has led many to speculate it's more mental/psychological than physical. On an encouraging note, Adams, Fulmer and Danish have been doing pretty good recently, but the latter two would be in that "if our RH relievers like Petricka or Putnam fall apart" bullpen replacements more than as starters in all likelihood.

Where is the Detroit free-falling idea coming from? They were, until the last five games...of course, facing Minnesota can help you get healthy in a hurry, but the Tigers still might end up being the 2nd best team in the division, if for no other reason than the additions of Zimmerman and Saltalamacchia to that core. Granted, the odds of Salty continuing to hit at the pace he's on, well, we said that about JD Martinez, too, but his career resurgence would be even more shocking if it went on for a full season. At any rate, as the Astros and even the Twins showed last season, one hot stretch of baseball can carry a team for most of the year...even if you're naturally an 84-85 win team (probably the real Sox talent level barring any additional moves), that hot start has allowed them to be in the conversation at 88-90 wins, and it's also helpful that nobody in the AL is running away and dominating. As of right now, the AL West is the toughest division, but a week ago, it was the Central. Don't think many were picking the Mariners over the Astros.

Did we get three homers out of 2B all last season? Between Micah, Sanchez and Beckham (mostly at 3B), it must have been pretty close. Looks like Carlos had five, not sure if they were all from that position...and, of course, his OPS was only 595 total.

How many "hell yeses!" has Harrelson had this year? Noticed it on the Frazier go-ahead HR yesterday in the highlights.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 08:33 PM) Just started watching. Why did the poster go off on Sanchez when he got a double? Did he have a bad error? Well...just because. It's possible drinking was involved, although God Loves the Infantry would have to confirm. He seems a bit ornery tonight.