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If there was EVER going to be a time for a bases-clearing double from Beckham, THIS IS IT.

Cubs proving to be more awful than the White Sox in this game. We'll take it.

Retribution time for DeAza.

Marcus "Clutch Crede" Semien. Now he would have 4 game-winning hits if the bullpen comes through...

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2014 -> 09:32 PM) These teams are freaking awful No way you're going to have this type of low-scoring game when the weather heats up, though.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2014 -> 08:36 PM) Got a hanger, and pounded it into the ground. Can't believe the Cubs left him in for so many pitches. And Rodon has been doing that quite a bit recently. Just can't come up with that big game-changing play/hit. I'm sure the weather isn't helping much, either. Had those two big opportunities early and didn't extend the lead to 2-0 or 3-0.

Gordon Beckham will homer.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 5, 2014 -> 07:34 PM) Wendelken and Rondon all playing well so far in the first month + to go along with Montas' encouraging start. Not sure about the Wendelken part. Charlotte with a huge comeback late after the 7 runs surrendered in the 1st, fueled by Black/Wilkins/Tekotte homers. Great outing by the bullpen. Heath, DLS 2, Guerra and Francisco all pitched well. Frankie with the save. Conor was 0/4, has 8 AB's so far and might be coming back to Chicago for Wednesday's game. Keppinger took an 0 fer but had a couple of walks.

Now both ESPN and MLB.com are having problems. What's going on? SIGH.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 5, 2014 -> 07:20 PM) You can't be serious... Clamoring for Danks the way he's going....we might as well have Mitchell, G.Hernandez, Sierra or Tekotte out there. It wouldn't make much of a difference.

What happened? MLB.com is frozen/stuck/hung up. I'm guessing we found a new and creative way not to score again? Should be 3-0. Baseball God ANGRY! Will bring down wrath/vengeance on White Sox for sloppy play.

Quintana probably had the worst instruction of anyone how to bunt, even the Cubans....growing up in Colombia, and he's our best bunter after Eaton.

Can we please find some starting pitching in the upper levels?

How did Dunn not score there? McEwing held him? Hesitated? Can't believe Flowers is still hitting .337. Guess we've got another week of over .300 hitting out of that position. BTW, Salty has been having a great season so far as well, at least offensively.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ May 5, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) Very good for first start back. https://twitter.com/jnorris427/statuses/463455515226669056 Promote him to the Top 10 prospects!!! If he keeps pitching like this, and sure, tons of concerns about long-term durability/stamina as a starter, but he's going to be ranked #5-9 at the end of the season. Hawkins with a 2 run scoring double, also a BB. At .289. Birmingham pitching bombed out of the stadium as well, to match Axelrod's putrid start.

42 K's in 122 AB's. Not going to be many arguments about Semien hitting everyday at Charlotte...and playing SS. Now Beckham's another story...but we seem to be stuck with him until the trading deadline.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20140505 Hawkins with 2 K's. Montas seems like he's doing pretty well. 5 IP, 3 H, BB, 4 K's Kevan Smith with his first homer. Axelrod bombed, 7 runs surrendered in one inning. Gillaspie and Keppinger both playing.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 5, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) I've never doubted the guy, but merely giving reasons why he's going to be pushed "down" a prospect big board (because it's not as if being a top 5-10 prospect as a 19 year old in Low-A is down). BTW, Uehara did begin his MLB career as a starter, but durability became a major concern. Danish's profile is more that of a reliever and that's not going to end up in the top 5 of many minor league rankings. What was Addison's highest ranking in the Sox system?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) No confirmation if he was thinking of himself and swooned. Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 14s Yasiel Puig experienced lightheadedness after working out on stationary bike, Don Mattingly confirmed. If Eaton made that same exact play (or Rowand) throwing himself into the wall and coming up inches short of a catch, everyone would be saying how tough and gritty he was...the only difference is that Eaton would probably be out for 2-3 months at his size, not just a couple of days. I get it, his numbers are up, so it's a lot harder to criticize him statistically.

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ May 5, 2014 -> 03:23 PM) I'm an real old timer born in 1946 and it's very hard for me to comprehend why there are different prices for different games. I think a lot of fans like me have rebelled at this variable pricing, a MLB game is an MLB game. If a walk up fan heads to the park at the last minute most of the time in this day and age he has no idea how much the game is going to cost him to get in. In the old days you knew a general admission ticket was 1.25 and a box seat was 2.50. I'm know we will never see those prices again but why does one pay 50 bucks for a box seat for one game and the next game that same seat is 20 or 30 bucks. I know the law of supply and demand but it doesn't seem to working with White Sox baseball, this will be 7 years that attendance has declined at USCF. 8

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...ew&c_id=mlb Wonder how many times Edwin Jackson can say "Abreu's a big dude" haha? Some nice quotes from Villanueva as well, it's nice to see a Cubs/Sox series with all the focus on a Sox player. Rizzo's having a very good bounceback season so far and he has almost been forgotten. "He's a big dude," Jackson repeated. Cubs pitcher Carlos Villanueva agrees. Villanueva got to know Abreu this offseason when the two trained together in Coconut Grove, Fla. "The guy was very dedicated, never complained, very nice, came in every morning and said 'Hi' to everybody," Villanueva said of Abreu. "The guy's a beast." Villanueva faced Abreu in Spring Training and got him out. "That doesn't count," Villanueva said, laughing. The Cubs have a big guy of their own in first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who was batting .400 at home, and entered Sunday's night game with six home runs and 16 RBIs. "His approaches in terms of two-strike approaches and his approaches against lefties have been strong," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of Rizzo. "Numbers-wise, he didn't have a bad season last year, but in terms of approaches, I think he continues to improve. I think he's gaining more and more confidence. He's hitting the ball to all fields, and he has the strength that if he gets a pitch to handle, he can drive it out of the ballpark." Both Abreu and Rizzo are the type of hitters that pitchers need to be aware of. Cubs reliever Justin Grimm said Abreu reminds him of Josh Hamilton, who can have a significant impact in a game with one swing. Jackson, who will start Tuesday at Wrigley Field, prefers to concentrate on what he has to do. "You focus on who's coming up at the time," Jackson said. "You focus on what you have to do and not necessarily the other person. It's execution. There's nobody in the game batting 1.000, so it's all about making pitches. You have hitters who are tougher than others and guys who can hurt you, but it's all about executing pitches. If you execute your pitches, you don't have to worry about the consequences. "He's a big dude, nevertheless," he said.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 5, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Yeah, he's young for level. He has a dancing, sinking fastball, but it also isn't one he can throw consistently above upper 80's. His slider flashes loud, but is a WIP. So no, he really doesn't have any one "loud" tool. I hope you're right, I just am not convinced enough yet to make him a top 5 talent in the current system. That could easily change. Isn't a wipeout pitch?

Ravelo probably shouldn't be higher than Danish unless he's a 3B or LHH. And he's got to prove he can stay healthy for much longer than one month or so. (In that sense, he's on the same watch as Adam Eaton health-wise). Sanchez has to hit at better than a 650 OPS clip to be anything more than a utility player. Most of us would have Semien and Micah ahead of Sanchez, for the moment. Would anyone be REALLY upset if Sanchez was traded? I think more would be upset with Danish being dealt, not unlike the initial response here to the inclusion of Holmberg in the Hudson deal. It's not so much velocity, as his unique style being particularly effective (at least for now). And we don't know if they're deliberately telling him to worry less about velocity and more about movement and command.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2014 -> 08:17 AM) I really am not going to worry until it's consistently 80 degrees. Chicago is ready to explode with all things related to summer including baseball games, but everyone is still very cautious when it's low 50s to high 40s and rainy every day. I don't think we'll draw 2 million but if it's July and it's still empty as an expos game then we might have a problem. 2 million is already next to impossible with the eroded season ticket base. In a perfect world, meaning legitimate contention and good weather, 1.75-1.85 million is what we're looking at....being completely optimistic, and 1.45-1.6 million being very very very pessimistic.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 5, 2014 -> 07:56 AM) If you are afraid of a possible injury, that pretty much eliminates every player. Might as well sit out the draft. Which is why we're not the ones making the selection, lol... Just Monday Morning Quarterbacking.