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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) If the Sox make the playoffs this year, it's going to be because of the strong arm of Beckham turning double plays. And nearly unlimited range to his left blah blah blah. I tell ya stone pony if gordon could actually hit his way out of a paper bag he'd be up there with frank white, bill mazeroski, Robby cano, Robbie alomar, and my ol buddy pete with Los Carmines.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) Blasted Kershaw He's surrended only one homer in 4200+ curves thrown... It wasn't the pitch to Matt Adams, though.

How did Ynoa's stuff look? Has Hawkins always had that slight bat wiggle/waggle timing mechanism in his swing?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) Apparently Conor is a storm chaser. Normally the storms chase us ... Hat har har.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 02:11 PM) Close play going into second. If the throw was a bit more accurate, he would have been a dead runner. Fwiw, Steiner blamed Micah for having his back to the runner and being a bit out of position to catch the ball and make the tag...that he kind of caught it and chased rather than setting up properly. Would have to see the replay. Johnson just helped turn a double play.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 01:12 PM) If I were on the committee i'd say no, but I think conventional wisdom is that Purdue needs that win and maybe even one more in the tourney to get in. Illinois needs the game at Purdue and they should be in, but it might require another win in the tourney as well. 10-8 over an 11-7 B10 team doesn't have too many precedents.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Challenge accepted... single up the middle. If he does win the job, how many times will that plate appearance where he stood his ground and doubled down the LF line be cited?

If that's true, there's no possibility Sanchez or Beckham win the 2b job...that they're 100% set on Jennings, about their bench set-up as well as the last two RH relievers. and Fourth outfielder...because of Sweeney, Betemit, Josh Fields, etc., being spring training sensations.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 12:57 PM) "It's what you do with the other 42 games...." 3-39 in 2013!

What the hell Hahn? You don't separate the different outfield positions or starters/relievers, haha...of, four infield, catcher, pitchers. No category for DH only guys? No space for additional columns? Get with the program.

Does Purdue need to beat Illinois to make the tourney? Or would three losses in a row (including tourney) knock them out?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 12:48 PM) If noting that someone had a good/bad game is your idea of evaluating future performances, as if we were extrapolating that data to mean anything, then this thread if going to be just as infuriating for you as yesterday's. I think no game threads until Hawk's mythical 1/3rd Memorial Day assessments.

Gordon Beckham will hit over .265 this year.

http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/111...gy-slow-to-boil Interesting to know Melky was the one who really needed to be convinced to come on board... Surely Left Shark, Robertson and LaRoche had something to do with that. And about the one millionth reference to the mythical Big Board.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) Also on Melton-Vision http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8878818/v4043...ite-sox-webcast Always good for a laugh, even at 4-5 a.m. At least being up at odd hours now during March week nights will seem almost normal (to my wife) with new baby boy on the way home this morning and on a voracious feeding tear.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 11:03 AM) Where is the discussion on yesterdays game with the Dodgers???? Sox talk classics at the bottom of the home page

QUOTE (glangon @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 02:50 AM) Pitching wise, I was impressed with Q and Zach Phillips. Danish struggled with his control but managed to work out of a hole which showed character, Penny left a lot of balls up in the zone and got punished for it, had a much better 2nd inning when Brantly was catching. Surkamp left a few up in the zone as well and Kensing struggled but managed to fight his way out of it. Defensively, we were good with a couple of outstanding plays in the outfield by Shuck and Avi G. I felt that Bona struggled with the hit from Pederson to deep, he struggled to locate it initially and he couldn't make up for it with his speed. The infield all played well with Micah looking better defensively than I thought he would be. We showed some nice offense with Avi G, JA79 and Lexi all getting a couple of hits and Lexi's aggressive running on the basepaths was nice to see as well. On the negative, it was the same old from Beckham at the plate. I really hope that he finds himself and works out how to hit at this level or we could be in for some pain over the next few months. A lot of positives and I'm hoping it carries over to today when we have to face Kershaw. Also Arizona "high sky" and no clouds....typical type of defensive problems result, balls don't act predictably in that air, either.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) After watching this, my response to Caulfields above post is WHO CARES ABOUT THE SPORTS MOVIE GENRE DISNEY IS WRECKING s*** EVERYWHERE ELSE Chinese box office beat U.S. (On a monthly basis) for the first time ever in February. That said, Transformers 4 set the all-time record for China and it would be bloody bad taste on the part of filmgoers here to not make Ultron/Spader the new #1.

How much is Stevens making per season in Boston?

Fwiw, dj was raving about Anderson's play at shortstop in the game yesterday. Nice to see Avisail controlling his dives defensively and running well on the base paths. Same Beckham, that's somehow reassuring, and obvious fears about the 7-8-9 spots in the order if it's Beckham flowers and Sanchez will not be quelled too much. Thankfully Gillaspie should prevent that. Pretty good play by jb shuck in rf...although he started on the wrong route, he got to it. That huge outfield in Arizona (especially the gaps) is the polar opposite of uscf.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 11:21 PM) I am totally fine with chitownsportsfan's argument and the fact that he is bearish (relative to the SoxTalk crowd) on Micah Johnson. Would the same amount of dissenters have came at him if he was bullish to the same extent? If not, then there's probably a little bit of protecting going on there. He's a good poster and whether everyone agrees with his argument he can make a decent one. Micah is the fan and organization favorite. The beat writers have been hyping him for the job since last September. Let's not act like a bunch of people didn't have him as the starting 2B yesterday. Caufield was the only one using ST stats to justify an argument. So you're now forming your big argument around a generalization you made on White Sox fans based off of one thing that caulfield said. This is why I included the caveat of him getting on base at a 33% clip. My worries were the Sox would be too rigid with lineup slots and choose not to feature other options in the 2 hole. I'd set .305 as the over/under but in the case he outperforms, he needs to be at the top of the lineup with Melky bringing more power in the middle of the lineup. I don't know why anyone would be that excited with Garcia-Gilaspie/Beckham-Alexei-Flowers-Sanchez/Micah 5-9. Where is the doubt? I know exactly what Rick Hahn envisioned and what Robin is going to do and that is Melky Cabrera in the #2 hole. My point, based off of the last two years, is that RV would be unwilling or hesitant to move Cabrera down in the lineup if a situation arose where the team would be better served with him at #5. If Avisail Garcia is going .240/.290/.340 in June and we have other options at the #2 spot then Melky should be batting #5. Spring training stats are totally and completely meaningless, unless you're on the wrong side of the statistical ledger as a rookie trying to force your way onto the roster or a comeback candidate like Barry Zito, Beachy, Medlen or Tommie Hanson. And even then it's more about the eye test of stuff, movement and radar gun readings.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) i just bought the full season of MLB radio. I have never done that before. IT BETTER BE WORTH IT For that bargain price, you sound like you're receiving transmission in Lawrence, KS.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 08:10 AM) It looked like they would collapse like last season a couple weeks ago, but Aaron White didn't let that happen. Winning at Psu in overtime when they were down 23-11 or 12 early in the first half was huge. Hoping they can push ahead to 6 seed and very outside chance of a four or five if they could win or reach the conf tourney final. Iowa would have lost that game due to "lack of mental toughness" the last two seasons. White is really asserting himself in his senior stretch drive with Jared and Jok struggling at times for consistency. McCaffreys also getting some key contributions from Olaseni and Oglesby.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 07:56 PM) What has Micah done for you to be a hater? Not stealing 125 bags last season...

If Indiana ends up out of the tourney, how hot will that seat be? Fwiw, first time Iowa is off the bubble since 2006 heading into selection Sunday. Yay! That didn't end so well as the 3 seed against nw state la. Looks like a four way tie at 11-6 for MSU OSU Purdue and Iowa going into the weekend.