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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) If Avi Garcia would have had a hit in either of the two plate appearances before his last AB when he did single, the Sox would have won the game, and your perception on how Robin handled last night most likely would have been different. We played this game of what ifs for a decade with the Twins. We lost. Thats the only relevant point...should have wons go right up there with the Cubs Attendance Trophies.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:10 PM) Is the obvious really worth noting? When we're 5.5 games back just three weeks into April (two teams), notoriously slow starters....and have lost 15 of 18 to one of our main divisional opponents and counting, yeah. That's also assuming CLE is dead...and that pitching staff will keep them in it all year if their offense and bullpen turn around.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:04 PM) I just wonder what happened where Sale thought it warranted going to the KC clubhouse. It appears Ventura has an interpreter for his interviews, so I would guess his english is limited. Makes me even wonder if whenEaton was chirping at him, he even knew what he was saying. He obviously knows a few choice words, but it would take more than a few f-bombs to get you so incensed you needed to go over there. I wonder if he tried something in the scrum. Jeremy Guthrie usually is his post-game interpreter.

http://thebiglead.com/2015/04/24/chris-sal...after-ejection/ Sale is managing to look worse than Samardzija by the minute...just wow about that last part. Cant have that from your ace...at all. Even Harrelson with all his us vs. the world bluster will recognize that...one can only hope. http://twitter.com/MimonFishbaum/status/59...1635328/photo/1

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/after-...D1Yq?srcref=rss Time for Ventura and Royals to lose their attitude.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) Levine is on WSCR now saying that Sale went to the Royals clubhouse/locker room after the incident to look for Ventura. Sale gets into a fight and suffers a labrum/shoulder injury...you might as well stick a fork in Hahn's entire rebuilding plan. This also MUST be addressed by Ventura. The whole "loose cannons are fun until they go off" vibe going on with both Shark and Sale. If Buehrle (or Konerko) were still around he would be sitting Sale down now for a lecture about professionalism and representing the Chicago White Sox and Jerry Reinsdorf. Chris and Jose are the franchise right now. An injury that's not even baseball-related would be crippling.

Love the passion there Lil Bulldog. Its like Russell Crowe calling out commodus/Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator at the end...put up or shut up time. Talk is cheap. Lets see some results on the field, thats all that really matters. It took seven years, from 2001-2008....to finally knock off the Twins (thanks to a coin flip). Lets just hope its not 2011-2018 before we finally beat the Royals again head-to-head.

The point is that its better to isolate it in one thread. Agree with that....and it could go for me talking smack about Ventura, Danks or Beckham as well. Thats why I am deliberately staying out of game threads this weekend...because no matter what happens, Greg and I are both too close to the Royals. My admiration is more along the variety of exactly what Adam Eaton said about them. And the same exact things many of us said about the Twins in the past. It cant always be luck when another team beats you 15 out of 18 games. Now back to Schwarber is the next Babe Ruth/Joey Gallo talk.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:17 PM) I hate him as a person but I like him on our team. If he misses two start Rodon will take them. Hes been that same exact character ever since he played for Notre Dame...so pretty much hated by half of America before he ever stepped onto a professional baseball diamond. And some traditionalists just dont like professional athletes with outlandish hair, either. Dayton Moore addresses all the issues popping up this season... The Royals have been hit with 17 pitches, a number which is tied with Texas for the most in bas eball. They also play with a brashness and exuberance that could be construed as off-putting by opponents. “They love to play,” Moore said. “They play with passion. But there’s a right way and a wrong way to do things as a professional. Our guys realize that. Now you have to go out and do it.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19380393.html Very competent Royals' columnist taking Ventura to task...saying that enough is enough, and, with Shields and Ibanez gone, some of the other veterans and/or Yost are going to have to get him under control (besides Bonifacio in one of his bigger contributions this year).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Maybe the pitch to Cain "slipped" like the 100 mph fastball Herrera threw behind Lawrie's head. The question wasn't about Herrera. It was what Samardzija did earlier in the season...before last night.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19382550.html This is some pretty hilarious stuff on Lawrie...Pujols, also, isn't backing him up. I will say this: The Star adheres to a strict policy on sourcing, and discourages reporters from utilizing anonymous voices to criticize people. So I am unable to relay the general assessment of Lawrie as a player I heard from various scouts and executives over the past few days. But, man, some of these opinions were hilarious. Scouts know how to talk. Lawrie is 25. He has never played more than 125 games in a big-league season. He has never played in the postseason. He has been traded twice already in his career. So, from the Kansas City perspective, his critiques of their leadership void may ring hollow. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:26 AM) As they should. I don't recall Samardzija yelling at other teams or throwing at their heads. What else has he done this year that you consider 2? Hitting Cain intentionally the first series of the seaon. This all goes back to last year and him getting after Cain and Ventura when he played for the A's. There's clearly more than meets the eye going on in terms of the backstory with those three...and the Samardzija also getting after Christian Colon from the dugout last night

At least Hosmer called Sale one of the "faces of baseball" and said nobody wanted to see get injured...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/b.../OPS/order/true Royals second in OPS for all 30 teams, hardest to strike out. K/bb ratio about three times better than the White Sox.

http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/co...-iowa/26242503/ University of Iowa junior. Looks to go 30th-60th....rocketing up draft boards. Was a catcher until 2012..... Idolized AJ and Yadi Molina.

I bet that was an interesting phone call between Mike and Justin Jirschele (Sox minor leaguer) last night around midnight... Especially after watching his dad get face-palmed when Samardzija missed on Cain.

http://www.southsidesox.com/2015/4/24/8488...-of-words-after Samardzija looking like the one who will miss the most games....8-10 is Passan's guess, five each for Ventura and Volquez. Goes back to Jeff's actions (accused of chirping at Colon and Ventura) in the dugout during the game and even last year with Cain and Ventura when he was playing for Oakland. Hosmer with a long set of pretty accountable/self-reflective quotes...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 06:04 AM) You can also "consider" this is the third incident that Ventura has been involved already this year. Yep, two for Samardzija as well. Obviously MLB is going to make an example out of Ventura this time around...no way around that. "This game is emotional, and it seems to follow them around," Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "It has happened often enough. Everybody gets emotional." www.chicagotribune.com

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...t-hell-out-team Eaton takes the high road clearly. http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/lorenz...-im-not-big-fan Lorenzo Cain not so much...and Yost addressing Ventura's behavior and better controlling his emotions in the future.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...le19361736.html 68% of Royals fans are blaming Samardzija... 23% Ventura...everyone else under 5% If You're Going to Play Rough... http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19340676.html One other thing to consider is Alex Rios is also going to miss 4-8 weeks with a broken finger as a result of a HBP. Pujols denies saying anything negative about KC/team/fans to Lawrie.....calls Yost. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19338300.html

Well, whoever threw that punch at Samardzija as he was going to the ground (and he was wearing a jacket so maybe not n the game or just cold) deserves a 5 game suspension as well.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:23 AM) Last night was the first time he played CF as a professional. I could only imagine if Kris Bryant was a White Sox and they had him play CF. I guess Joe Maddon must be a big dope. Because he played it at UC-San Diego and feels much more comfortable with the angles playing straight away, rather than a corner...hooks and slices apparently drive him crazy. He's the one who approached Maddon about it, not the other way around.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:24 PM) Biggest issue with Sox lineup right now is that there is no power at all outside of Abreu/LaRoche. Hard to score a lot of runs when you have minimal power and a team that doesn't walk much. 3rd base is a position that looks to need a serious upgrade. With Johnson/Eaton on this roster likely to be starting for the next few seasons, you can't have gaping power issues in RF and 3B as well. Not to mention the gaping chasm that's catcher. And eventually replacing Alexei, although he might turn out to be ageless. Thompson, Hawkins and Anderson can be thrown at the RF issue...catcher, there's simply no internal replacement. MAYBE Nieto...but I wouldn't bet my house on it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:15 PM) can't believe LaRoche has turned into Dunn. It's early, but Morales looks to have been a much better possible fit. And it was a perfect time for the Royals to pick him up salary-wise, coming off the disastrous "sitting out" experiment of 2014 and then going through an in-season spring training malaise with Minny and then SEA. He's definitely going to put up better numbers than Butler this season, IMO. And he's a better fit leadership/chemistry-wise with their younger Hispanic players. Just like missing out on Victor Martinez...Miguel Cabrera, we're usually a day late and 50 cents short.