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LOL. Rick Hahn wouldn't have traded Reed for Davidson and pushed Jeff Keppinger out so quickly if they felt at the time that Conor would be the long-term solution at 3B.

If the Indians get swept, yes....I'll bet anyone they don't come back to make the playoffs. No problem. They've got the starting pitching, but are way short in the bullpen. Brantley seems like he's not 100% with the back issues, Kipnis hasn't been good since 2013 and that leaves Carlos Santana as their main offensive threat. With Gomes out, they're just not a scary team offensively....doesn't matter if they get Nick Swisher back or not. And Michael Bourn hasn't been able to translate his style of play to the AL, not unlike Juan Pierre with the Sox. They're paying him $16 million a year to be a non-entity.

We miss Guthrie (only a 20% chance of that happening) and Bruce Chen is gone, so that's worth at least one win right there. KC 3-3 vs. the Twins, 8-1 against the rest of MLB (other loss was to OAK)

Dykstra is getting enough attention to make the "hot sheet" at some non-BA publications. As far as Davidson, sure...if Gillaspie falls short the first 3 months of the season, you're probably going to see a change...if Davidson can demonstrate sustained success, meaning this month isn't just a blip or anomaly or random noise like a Jared Mitchell hot streak.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 06:14 PM) Motherf***er! Have the Yanks always had his number? He's on your fantasy team or you're trying to negotiate his long-term deal in free agency? The Yankees, on paper, could have a really nice offense...but they're going to need full-health seasons from A-Rod, Beltran, Tex, McCann, Ellsbury, Headley, Gardner, etc.

Nobody's going to pay attention to Cooper's surliness because it's his normal modus operandi. You have to drop 77 f-bombs like Price to get any attention these days. And I don't believe Don could survive the media scrutiny that goes with being a big league manager for more than 2-3 weeks (and those would be weeks the White Sox were playing fairly well and he wasn't being second-guessed).

The Indians announcer (radio, Tom Hamilton) was still going on about the "sterile" environment and how it's one of the most boring stadiums built during that time period. Hard to get away from the perception at this point...even with all the improvements, roof, greenery, etc. Even the way he said renovations or improvements, it was kind of tongue in cheek, like he wasn't that impressed. Well, it's hard to argue that Jacobs Field/Progressive isn't a much better stadium, and that's where he watches 81 games per year (with the dismal crowds notwithstanding.) And it's also hard to find a worse stadium from that late 80's to late 90's period of stadium construction. If so, what is it? Coors Field?

Hawkins, fwiw, is out OPSing Anderson by quite a bit...even though it feels like Anderson's been the one playing the best by far of the two up until this point. Early season, one or two good games can change the complexion quite quickly.

I'm sure they'll have a convenient "snow delay" to wipe out his start now... Except it seems like Warren and the Yankees are determined to give all those runs right back. SIGH.

Putnam warming? Kind of like a no confidence vote there from Ventura and Cooper.

Cle and Detroit this weekend is going to be huge for the Indians...possibly an elimination series. Great, whats the one thing u dont do in that situation? Walk someone. Cleto could do that. Beckham and Ramirez brought their gloves today, thats for sure.

Cant wait until we need to get out moustakas, hosmer, morales and gordon....with who tmrw? Sale shouldnt be trying to throw a CG in brutal weather. Micah trying to hit that pitch past Harrelson's long drive record in golf.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/b...15/seasontype/2 Well, on the bright side, seven teams are behind us in runs scored...so theres that. 50 through 14 gp.

Still well over 14,000 today...announced. We can confidently say attendance will be up 15-25% this year unless they are out of the race by the 54 game mark...the key as always, the numbers between Memorial and Labor Day.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 01:29 PM) Ha, that was far too long ago to still have around. My wife wanted me to take a class with her during our senior year, so I took a course that focused on movies highlighting individuals with disabilities. Never play full-on retard...Ben Stiller paraphrase If im 45 and have seen the most movies or taught IB Film, does that mean I should be the final word? Of course not. Art and film are subjective mediums. I love Gladiator and Pacific Rim...and hokey Disney sports films like The Rookie or Glory Days. Does that mean I have to break down Tony Scott's film Unstoppable and support the idea its 100x better than any Bay film...that Deep Impact is still better than Armageddon...or should I instead support the thesis that Scott brothers films will drive one crazy by bouncing you around with that camera like a bad acid trip meeting the worst tendencies of the Jason Bourne films? This is like arguing that DaVincis the greatest artist of all-time because of the Mona Lisa and not his other more aesthetically pleasing work. Generally, when someone tries to prove anyone wrong in these film threads theyre going to go down in flames.

Dont forget Goon, Miracle and Slap Shot.

Check out the first 2-3 weeks of April, 2014. The average for the three worst weekday games was around 11,000. This year, 13,750ish...so they're roughly 20-25% better than their season ticket base last year...just a rough estimate. What's the number today with absolutely abysmal weather? http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance The White Sox should settle in somewhere between 23rd to 26th after this weekend's series against KC...unless the weather is still brutal. No point to look at attendance until the end of May.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) I'm reading the post again and the tone strongly indicates you were not being sarcastic. It's fine if you wanna be a Royals fan, go for it. Just be honest. As I said before, I lived in KC for ten of their worst years and empathized with their fans during a thirty year stretch of oblivion. But I can promise that you will never see me write a single line at a Royals' fan site, either.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) Q was not developed with the Sox. He was brought up else where tossed aside and the Sox picked him up as a side project. So clearly the Yankees developed him so well they were willing to give him up for nothing?

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:51 AM) They were developed in Cuba. 75 % of the others were not fully developed in our oraginzation bc they were traded away. Danks and Floyd are laughable (in my opinion). Rodon and Jones are not developed yet. Q is a huge question mark right now. So now we are ignoring three years of Quintana's history? After less than a month? Obviously you never watched Danks with the Rangers/or 2007 or Floyd with the Phillies. Part of development is assessing talent....the biggest part.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:20 AM) Seriously, what is this "can't wait" crap? Sarcasm.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) BC they coddle pitchers. I am not saying it is, just something to ponder. The Sox have not developed any pitcher or position player worth note other then Sale. Why is that? Jose Quintana. Hector Santiago. Addison Reed. Daniel Hudson. Gio Gonzalez. Nate Jones. Carlos Rodon. Floyd and Danks. Alexei and Abreu. Chris Carter. Ryan Sweeney. Marcus Semien. Paulo Orlando.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 08:45 AM) i went and looked again at the stat for this team thus far. way below avg. Jose A hits 4 hrs already, what would it been if there were men on base at those times. i don't know, someone mention change the line up. Eaton, hitting 170, MJ hitting what 240, well switch them. who else his hitting a little better than the others?? Johnson's not ready for that kind of pressure....Eatons going to have to fight his way out of this on his own.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/han...tric/order/true Markakis, Snider, Aoki, Ike Davis, Adam Lind, Kendrys Morales and Ben Zobrist., Dexter Fowler..those are the only realistic names here. We werent in a position to go after Heyward.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-advantage...ng-left-handed/ The advantages of being a LH hitter in MLB.