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http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12508142...ing-think-again

http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/113...s-of-2014-draft

Another Bryant homer in a "b" game.

http://news.yahoo.com/virginia-gov-calls-i...-205040028.html

You can bet coming off this spring and knowing their tendency to be aggressive with promotions that Hawkins will begin the season in BIRM.

Josie and the Pusscats...to the rescue. Hawk crushes one to CF. (10 for 25 now) Dick Allen goes back to his "big board" to formulate more pro-Beckhamian rationales, freshly incorporating today's statisical anomaly.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball...asketball-title Damn you Pres.Obama for jinxing Iowa and UnI. If he had another Jan caucus to win, hed probably not have picked 2/3 Iowa programs to go down.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 01:06 PM) That song is the best thing about his signing and makes me reconsider my opinion on it. It's a classic. Your what hurts?

If I disliked Beckham before (this was mainly because he went off on how inconvenienced he was by Pres.Obama and the Secret Service rerouting traffic for their motorcade when he was trying to get to the stadium), then this thread will push the rest of us over the edge of the abyss. That and his idiotic walk-up music.

Unless they miss the playoffs by just 1-2 games...

Albers really needs to get into better shape.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/9850/ Great counter response by Badler... http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2...boras/24922785/ Long article by Nightengale.

http://feeds.boston.com/c/35022/f/646890/s...tml/story01.htm Yoan Moncada...hopes to be in the big leagues one year from now. D Backs already considering giving up on Tomas as a 3b. Parallels with Viciedo? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/9850/

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 07:01 PM) I wouldn't have picked Verlander due to the overuse concerns. However, I still pick the pitcher who can have much more of an effect on a game in the playoffs than a guy who if he is really good is only good about 35% of the time. I know it's a different opinion and there really isn't a right answer but you can win the World Series with a mediocre offense. You rarely win with mediocre pitching. You can take a player who builds stats facing below average pitching over a 160 games. But they will not perform as well against the superior pitching in the playoffs. Do you want to look good in the regular season playing the averages (ala Beane) or win in the playoffs. See Giants in 2010/12/14, and the Royals (with the even more extreme of having very solid starting pitching, but a supremely dominant bullpen and defense that covered up for some of the average at best starting pitching, guys like Vargas, Guthrie and Shields for much of the season. They didn't have a true ace, as Shields is declining and Ventura isn't there yet but might be some day if he can develop secondary pitches to keep hitters off his fastball.)

This just in...Hampton not any danger to ISU, even if they go on to win and get back to .500.

Surprised Moncada and Puig weren't on the list... Or maybe I missed them at the bottom with just a vote or two.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) More annoyed that Bumgarner is on there. People need to slow down on him a little, including the silly NL manager quoted in the article that he'd take Bumgarner over Kershaw. He's a poor man's Sale. Maybe not a poor man. He's a middle-class man's Sale. Let's just split the diff and go with upper middle class, ha.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/113014540/ly...coveted-players

When's the last time you guys can remember when the Sox seemingly went so far out of there way to promote one young player for a starting position in the face of other candidates? Struggling to find a similar example.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) He's really not. With Gillaspie and Johnson, there is going to be a need for late inning defensive replacements, and offensive replacements vs. LHP. Leury can play the defense, but offensively needs some time in the minors. That is pretty apparent. I thought I defended Viciedo pretty much in the face of opposition (along with a few others), but this is becoming Don Quixote territory. You sure there's not some personal reason why you've decided to make him your own pro bono defense attorney case?

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 10:58 AM) There's others here with you, Lillian. LaRoche may be one of those lefty sluggers that gets increasingly platooney with age - his recent trend would indicate this. I have little doubt that he will rake against RHP in our park, and the fact that most closers and late inning relievers are Righties means that Adam should find his way into most late inning/close game situations, regardless. But having him on the bench as a PH, on days where he doesn't start against a lefty, gives Robin a late inning weapon, and allows him to give three AB's earlier in the game to someone more likely to do damage vs. LHP. If RV allows the opposing manager to work the key late inning AB toward ALaR hitting vs. a LHRP after a Jose pitch-around, it will cost us games. Yes, I know you don't pay a guy $25M over two years to be a (majority) platoon player (not really all that much, just sounds like it ). Yes, I believe ALaR expects to be in there for the most part, regardless of handedness. And, yes, I believe that the season will start with this as the general plan. However, I believe that it may become very obvious, very quickly, that Adam just isn't good enough anymore vs. lefties, and Rick will be setting about looking for a remedy, by midseason or sooner. Maybe from within, who knows? ALAR? It sounds like a biology or chem experiment gone horribly wrong....we can do better!!!

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 08:11 AM) Really could use a right handed outfield bat to spell Laroche at DH vs LHP. Adam would still be very valuable in a pinch hit role where you can force an opposing manager to burn two relievers, or let Laroche hit in a plus matchup vs a righty out of the pen. What would be really hilarious would be Dayan coming back for that role and Gordon getting released.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 06:37 AM) He managed the 2.1 fWAR, but that is pretty much an outlier. I hope he does it again, but chances are it will be less than 1.0. Let's hope so, we shouldn't be giving him 325-375 AB's to get to that number or we're in trouble. Still not exactly clear at this point what's being argued.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 12:29 AM) I think you've created a new phenomenon. Meme? Can we get a Deadspin article?

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/micah-...second-base-job While the scout still isn’t sold on Johnson’s bat despite an early .455 batting average, the speed plays in his eyes. “I’m not a big believer in the bat playing as an everyday guy,” he said. “But I do love the aggressiveness and speed component of his game. If he plays a good second base and uses his speed offensively, they can put up with the light bat." Said another AL scout: "Looks like a dude on a mission in camp right now. Playing well and been causing a ruckus all over with his speed. "Not sure I've seen his jersey clean past the third inning yet this spring."