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QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:20 PM) Most exciting professional athlete of 2015 Tim Anderson better start getting ready to play RF... Or Courtney Hawkins.

QUOTE (beautox @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) batting .154 with RISP isn't going to get it done. Pen performed really well. We had our chances and didn't capitalize. Go get them tomorrow, a 4-3 homestand would be great, and 5-2 homestand would be better. Someone jinxed Sale from the beginning of the game by guaranteeing a victory. You never do that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:17 PM) The Sox have completely turned into the Royals b**** 15 losses in our last 18 games against KC head-to-head. We didn't even manage to accomplish that against the Twins, or A's/Angels/Mariners a decade and a half ago.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:35 PM) It's not a negative and should not be interpreted as such that Gordon is doing well It's fine...but we could have used the money elsewhere and just put Saladino or Leury in that role again...last player on the team.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:34 PM) Alexei's trying to go yard. That's perfectly logical when all he needs is a single for runners on 1st and 3rd. Maybe he doesn't trust anyone besides Abreu to come through.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 09:32 PM) He's actually done a great job at what he was signed for Making Bonifacio a complete and total waste of $4 million (DeAza/Viciedo money) unless Eaton gets injured.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 08:51 PM) Yeah, Smardzija (sp) is getting a vacation. Is that a new country in Eastern Europe?

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 08:49 PM) Great AP photo from Royals/White Sox brawl. http://t.co/RUXL443dGB (via @KCTV5) https://twitter.com/bigleaguestew/status/591432334081064960 That's Samardzija, right?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) Leave Robertson in for 2 please You can't do that with so few offdays and 3 more games against the Royals this weekend (especially Danks/Noesi/Quintana starts)... That said, we'll see how desperate Ventura is to get this win and set the tone with a sense of immediacy.

Well, the predicted rally from the bottom of the line-up hasn't exactly materialized.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 08:41 PM) Neither is Royals -worthy Well, hopefully Gordon will replace Gillaspie, win the MVP and John Danks the Cy Young. Wanna bet? Ventura Manager of the Year? Trifecta...

It's textbook. 95% of managers now go to their best pitcher in a tie game AT HOME, top of the 9th. No second-guessing here....even if the White Sox don't score in the bottom and a secondary reliever blows it. The right move.

That's two key at-bats of failure from Avisail. Not ready for prime time. Gillaspie's not going to be getting playing time on a playoff-contender unless he hits out of his a-- for 4 months like he did last season...repeatable? Probably not.

That was predictable. Youth and hubris...Cain playing way too far in for Abreu. Only 94 MPH on that fb.

Need a big two out hit here, but have the right guy up at the plate. Yordano's ego won't allow him to back off and walk him...and LaRoche might be even more dangerous to Ventura.

Good to see Ynoa back. Let's see if he can stay healthy and on the mound for 2-3 consecutive months.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 07:34 PM) I understand the warning here, given the team in the visiting dugout. Given the fact that the Royals are leading MLB in HBP, too.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 07:35 PM) If anyone other than Kansas City was playing in this there'd be 0 warnings Apparently you don't follow the Dodgers/Giants rivalry.

Abreu, btw, really needs to wear that Bonds protective device on his elbox/triceps...he's too valuable to risk injury with how often he gets hit.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 07:32 PM) Vince Coleman must have worked with the Royala. Is that like Payola? American Royal?

Looks like it was a change-up that caught Moustakas. No benches clearing until the next batter gets hit. Now let's hope Sale doesn't accidentally clip another batter or he will be off to the showers. You'd have a lot more reaction from the Royals if he had a broken jaw or was pulled out of the game (like Lawrie taking out Escobar).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 07:25 PM) Most of KS line up didn't even play rookie ball with them.and most of the guys who did like Gordon and Moose are hardly ball in play guys. Escobar, Dyson, Orlando, Cain, Perez, Infante (although he came from another organization)...they all have been taught by one organization or another to just put the ball in play. Rios, Morales, Moustakas, Hosmer and Gordon....different situations, although Gordon when he was shifted off 3B to LF and went back down to Omaha started to change his offensive approach completely and become more a doubles/gap hitter.

"I’d like us to play better than we did the last time against them," manager Robin Ventura wryly said. "Statement series, that’s probably a bit much, but you want to play good baseball -- that’s the statement you want to make. I think guys are swinging it a little better and pitchers are doing well and that’s the stuff you really look for. I’d rather us play better baseball than make a statement to them. I’d rather make a statement for ourselves." Center fielder Adam Eaton said the idea of statements or getting fired up for series like this is overblown -- "It doesn’t matter who’s out there, it could be a high school team, we want to take three out of four," he said -- even if the 11-4 Royals have come firing out of the gate.

Well, a slight moral victory not to get completely shut out offensively there.

Ramirez has taken Konerko's place as the best fastball hitter on the team.