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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 11:35 AM) Why would the Rangers want to give up a top prospect, plus an additional prospect, for a good reliever and an expensive veteran who would reduce the OPS they're getting from 1b by 200 points or DH by 100 points? I don't think I'd pay that much for a downgrade. Why would the White Sox try to compete, then, if the numbers that Dunn and Konerko have so far are posted in permanent ink?

http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/06/01/s...icult-decision/ http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/31/3425...-jurickson.html Talks about how the Chris Davis/Hunter trade for Koji Uehara backfired but was done with the right intentions Peavy, Konerko + Crain for Jurickson Profar + another prospect from the Rangers Trade to be made ONLY if the White Sox are 8-9-10 games out in July.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 09:31 AM) Viciedo doesn't hit well enough to play 1B/DH. Where were you with that opinion a week ago?

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9330692/...bj-upton-minors

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/What-is...trasburg-053113 Now they're saying a strained right oblique.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 08:26 AM) Also no one has responded re: my awesome Arrieta deal. We need him IMO, or someone like him, as a RHSP Coop project. BattleAxe has been great, but in a 3 lefty rotation you need 2 really good righties, 1 of whom needs to be a #4, and I want my second righty to have a ceiling higher than a #5. So no hard feelings, but now is the time to audition someone with a big arm who can be had for little. Coop is a genius & a miracle worker for talented players in need of a change in scenery. And who else would be out there in a similar mold? http://baltimoresportsreport.com/whats-the...jake-28101.html There's no reason you need to do the Arrieta trade right now... It's still going to be there a month from now. Of course, the counter-argument is that Axelrod will never have higher value...that's he due for a regression. We're STILL only 4 behind the Indians and 4 1/2 behind the Tigers. As long as the the margin is less than 8-9-10 games, you're not going to see any "building for the future" moves yet out of the front office. At the end of June, things will be a lot clearer.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013...farm-subsidies/

Friday Update #3: Revised numbers are helping out After Earth and Now You See Me. AE is now looking at $21 million-$22 million, while Now You See Me could hit $24 million. Friday Update #2: Sources tell BoxOffice that early numbers are not promising for After Earth. The sci-fi flick could end up with around $7 million on Friday, which means it might struggle to hit even $20 million during its debut frame. AE will need to do well with families on Saturday if it wants to post a stronger opening weekend. These are VERY early numbers, so a surge is still a real possibility. Now You See Me should hit $7 million on Friday, and it's looking at a $20 million start. That would be a solid result for the magic-themed flick considering that the market is full of spectacle films right now. Fast & Furious 6 will have no problem repeating as the #1 film this weekend. The same sources tell us that it is "way out in front." No numbers are available yet. boxoffice.com Saturday Update #2: Sony's After Earth grossed $9.8 million on opening day. The film is on pace for a disappointing $27.3 million debut weekend. AE really needs to step it up overseas now in order to make up for this lackluster debut. It's important to remember that while star Will Smith's drawing power might be waning in North America, he remains one of the most trusted stars globally. Case in point: Men In Black 3 made $446 million overseas vs. $179 million in North America. While Smith should be able to bounce back, it will be difficult for director M. Night Shyamalan to shake off this failure. Shyamalan's reputation has been in steady decline ever since The Village was hit with a wave of audience scorn back in 2004. Shyamalan has been talking about sequels to Unbreakable and The Last Airbender in interviews while promoting After Earth, but it might be an uphill battle for him to get anything made at a major studio now. AE will also hurt the budding career of Jaden Smith. Even a tweet from Jaden's pal Justin Bieber couldn't help After Earth: The young actor better hope that The Karate Kid II happens soon. 2010's Karate Kid reboot--which featured J. Smith opposite Jackie Chan--earned a healthy $359 million globally.

freep.com/sports Theories on extra hitting/BP/drills/cage work...from Jim Leyland BALTIMORE — The Tigers elected not to take on-field batting practice before Friday’s game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The players hit in the batting cage instead. The team got in at 2 a.m., a little later than usual after a 1-0 11-inning loss at Pittsburgh. “You use a little common sense as a manager,” Jim Leyland said. “I don’t discourage it or encourage it because I have my own beliefs,” he said of batting practice. “My beliefs don’t coincide with a lot of people’s beliefs, to be honest with you.” Leyland said he thinks everyday players “hit way too much” before games. “I think they take too much batting practice, too much soft toss, too much cage, too much live BP,” Leyland said. “But that’s just my opinion. I’m not saying I’m right.” Leyland said it has become more of a habit for players. Leyland said a struggling player might put in more time in batting practice because he doesn’t want anyone to think he’s not working hard. “Everyone thinks it’s the cure-all to hit extra every time you don’t hit,” Leyland said. “I don’t buy that.” Hitting coach Lloyd McClendon said it comes down to personal preference. “I know with Torii Hunter, there are times when he may take 40 swings and other times he might take six or seven,” McClendon said. McClendon said there are times when he has kicked guys out of the cage and other times when he went to get others to hit more. McClendon said players have more resources in general, including video and facilities. “Obviously when I played, we did not utilize the cage as much as players today,” McClendon said. “On the other hand, we did not have facilities that the players today have.” McClendon played eight seasons (1987-94) with the Reds, Cubs and Pirates. “My days when I played for the Cubs, my two years there I don’t think I was in the cage twice,” McClendon said. “In Pittsburgh, we had to go past he weight room and underneath a little tunnel to get to a place where we hit. Then they put a cage in there for us. Certainly not the facilities the guys have now.”

Looks like back problems, rather than shoulder/arm/elbow.

He is going to be 28 at the end of this season....for those complaining about Flowers, Phegley and Gillaspie being "too old." Tyler Colvin B/T:L/L Ht: 6'3 Wt: 190lbs Birthdate: 9/5/1985 Hometown: North Augusta, South Carolina "His game is really as a slash hitter and hitting the ball into the gaps, along with running aggressively on the bases. He's an excellent defensive player, and he has a good feel for the bunt game. He has the total package." -- Clemson head coach Jack Leggett When the Cubs selected Tyler Colvin with the 13th overall selection in the 2006 draft it caused alot of heads to turn and scoff. As most scouts and ranking parties had Colvin as a 3rd rounder, Baseball America ranked him as the 170th best prospect available in the draft. Still the Cubs' new Scouting Director, Tim Wilken, stood firm with his selection of the three year college junior from Clemson. And many people ended up eating their words as Colvin put up a good year for the Short Season A Boise Hawks. Wilken inherited a system from John Stockstill, who took a higher position under his brother in the Baltimore organization. Stockstill and his scouts had first started watching Colvin during his junior year and Wilken reassumed the watch and fell in love with his athletic ability and approach at the plate. The first reaction by many was why? Why take a player of Colvin's standard when there was plenty of higher ceiling prospects available. But what many don't take into consideration is that Colvin was a late climber in the draft due to his high preformance in the NCAA tourney, there was even some thought that the White Sox would take him late in the first round if he was still available. Another aspect, that escaped many is that Tim Wilken has a great history of drafting players that are "underappreciated" in terms of mainstream scouting, especially in the first round. It didn't take much to convince Colvin to sign for lower than slot money at 1.475 million, as he was looking at a third of the salary bonus. By signing early, he nearly put in a complete season for the Boise Hawks.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 31, 2013 -> 11:01 PM) This is why columnists LIKE Mariotti were a good thing. Not saying him, by all accounts he's a jerk, but somebody incredibly critical. Might fire up the Sox or their fanbase. Sox are suddenly 4 under .500 again. They should be a game out or tied, but nooo, had to lose 3 to the Cubs and can't beat Colon. I mean there's no controversy ever, cause we have fair media members that work for the papers and on the radio/TV. Sox should be ripped to shreds by at least one local columnist. By now, Mariotti would be tearing into Manto, if not Robin; and burying guys like Dunn, Flowers, maybe even Paulie. The controversy might wake up this lifeless team. Remember how mad Reinsdorf and Hawk would get at Mariotti? They stir things up. But we got nobody now to do Mariotti's job. You're forgetting Joe Cowley. Thank god we have Chris Rongey, Brooks Boyer and Hawk Harrelson to boost our spirits. http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery...fense-It-stinks Post-game comments from Ventura, "We just have to be better offensively, right now, we stink."

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 31, 2013 -> 09:31 PM) I kinda agree with you here dude. If we lose the majority of games in June and we are out of it I think everybody would support some degree of tinkering. This should be the rock bottom. We have way too many good pieces to do a rebuild. I think we need two good impact bats. If trading Peavy gets you one and some Aball pitchers I'm probably in, but Rios is exactly what we need more of so I don't really advocate that move. He's right in his prime, no? But yea, I can totally see this being the bottom and we are still pretty good. Having to trot Dunn out there next year would probably extend the bottom though. How do we get around that one? Marty wants to trade Ramirez, Peavy, Crain, Thornton, Lindstrom, Rios, (Danks if he could)...that's not not tinkering. Maybe even Addison Reed, going by the theory that bad or mediocre teams don't need great closers or to sink a lot of money into a veteran there. By the time Reed was able to pitch in truly significantly games, he would be getting expensive, too. It's pushing us back until 2015 (more likely 2016) before we could even hope to contend again.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) Oakland has averaged barely 20k over the whole season, including Opening Day and games vs. San Francisco, but today's number was the White Sox fault. Of course. When a team has just won 11 out of 13 and finally come home, you really don't expect 20,000+ on a Friday night? That's crazy. We're 28th in visiting attendance.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:18 PM) Did you really ever think they were going to win tonight? Awful awful team. They got by with good starting pitching and a closer that doesn't blow when they do have a chance to win. This team is going to lose 85-90 games for sure. Well, as bad as they are, they're playing a lot of even worse teams the rest of the month, besides Oakland (the only .500 or above team on the schedule for weeks)... Which will mean they'll muddle into July with the front office spinning that they're still in contention. 16,416. Not even visiting fans want to see the White Sox, considering how hot the A's have been the last two weeks.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:17 PM) I think Robin may be more stubborn than Ozzie. It's like he keeps expecting the team from the first 4 1/2 months last year to just magically appear out of thin air if he's just patient enough.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:16 PM) I bet the lineup is the exact same tomorrow Would anyone even have the energy left to boo Dunn or even Flowers if we were playing at home?

DeAza ALMOST misplayed that one....got a really bad read/jump off contact, thinking any ball to the OF off Cespedes' bat is a homer or double.

Game, set and match. Back to the tough times in Oakland. We're not at the low point of 6 games under, but it feels like a low point. HORRIBLE throw by DeAza. We just can't have either DeAza or Viciedo in the outfield, lol. And they were all so good last year until DeAza started having problems in CF in the 2nd half last year.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) I'vs got to be honest, I don't like bringing in relievers with a runner in scoring position and no outs, so I was fine with the decision. Also, Matt Thornton is just a total coward and should not be used in high leverage situations if possible. I'm not going to use the word coward, but ever since 2009, I've worried about Thornton in these situations. It will be nice to have a fresh start and maybe someone to have more confidence in for 2014. That will be a 12-2 streak for the A's if they win tonight. Bad timing, playing the Cubs off the Sunday comeback against Cincy...and now the A's. Then again, we at least swept the Marlins and had SOME momentum finally getting back to .500 for the first time in weeks.

At least the Tigers are making it easier for us to PRETEND we're still in the race... And those pesky Astros are beating the Angels in SoCal again. Royals back to reality after comeback win over the Cardinals.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 31, 2013 -> 10:04 PM) If Thornton came in to start this inning and they scored, Ventura would have been roasted. And we would just say it doesn't/didn't matter because you can't win if you don't score, lol.

Too bad that double would have been for us if we made the correct Sergio Santos trade...lol.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) Jaso taking on the role of Suzuki Or Pennington.

Lead-off double. Of course. Whoever called the 1-0 loss was probably right.