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Runner on 2nd, 2 outs, last chance for the Rangers (Gentry) to tie it.

3-0 slider against Viciedo?? That's unusual. Here's the danger, that Dayan's going to get too aggressive and not accept walks with Keppinger behind him.

Since when is Dunn nicknamed "Big Country"? And Billy Butler "Big Country Breakfast"? Where do they come up with these things?

Rios the only offense. Cabrera K's (finally) in Texas as the game goes to the bottom of the 9th. Knee issues with Konerko? Didn't someone say he was also suffering from back problems? How many times has someone said "Paul Konerko's a professional hitter." LoL. Oh, if only he can return to that form one final time.

DeAza is taking the "bonehead" plays title away from Ramirez. Well, at least DeAza made a decent defensive play there in CF. Nice catch on the liner. Angels' announcers were convinced after the first inning that Sale was vulnerable compared to Sunday night. Haha.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 17, 2013 -> 08:57 PM) DeAza with another base running blunder. Gone on first movement. How many mistakes has he made this year? Must be 25-30 that you could go through on a game by game basis and pick them out offensively/defensively/base-running.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 17, 2013 -> 08:54 PM) Tigers walking the tight rope in Texas. Got Cruz to hit a DP to end the inning with a man on 3rd in a 2-1 game. Better get a run in the top of the 9th. Wouldnt trust Valverde tonight in a one run game. Porcello pitched better than he had been to start the year... Left Martin at 3rd with one out and there was another situation with 1st/2nd no outs and got Nelson Cruz to hit into a DP. Moreland, Soto and Sox Killer Baker. Soto has his only two homers of the season 2 consecutive nights. Rangers have played 26 road games, only 16 home games. 12-4 at home, 2 of those losses to the mighty White Sox.

DeAza walked? What's going on these days? First Viciedo becomes a walk machine, Dunn wakes up finally, Keppinger gets the game-winner...must be something in the air.

Well, Gillaspie hit that one right on the button at Rios. He was slipping down nearly to the .260's but has rallied recently as the whole team has played a bit better the last few games. Oh, Tyler. Leave it to Flowers to pick up the first K. Hitting exactly on the Mendoza Line.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 17, 2013 -> 08:45 PM) Kipnis just hit a walk off 3 run homer Would be nice to have had him or Granderson on the Sox as the "local kids made good."

What did Keppinger do? Looking in the box score, there's only an error on Flowers. Did the defense bail him out? This is reminiscent of last year. Cleveland and DET battling for first in the early going. White Sox positioning themselves to go on a late May run to get back into it. (Except CLE had all those amazing home comeback/bottom of the 9th victories...seemingly every game).

Great change-up by Sale there to get Callaspo to roll over on the double play ball. Good idea for keeping that pitch count down.

Well, before that at-bat, Viciedo was 15 for his last 35. Got him wrong footed on that curveball....couldn't stay back.

The race for most errors continues.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20130517 Thompson's batting average is creeping up. Arroyo continuing to pitch well.

Cabrera 7 for 7 in "hard hit balls" so far against the Rangers. 3/3 tonight. 2/2 with RISP. Well over .500 avg now with RISP.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 17, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) Why single them out in particular when there are a plethora of more respected reviewers? They're sort of the People Magazine of entertainment news. *shrugs* I don't know, I think in some ways, they're the perfect reflection of mainstream or popular culture. You're right, when you look at "critical" reviews, you should start with Variety, LA Times, NY Times, etc. Plus, 90% of the time I tend to agree with their two main reviewers, Owen Glieberman and Lisa. Can't remember her last name off the top of my head. And usually I sample the top critics at rottentomatoes.com when I'm not sure about a movie. But I can't think of very many movies I've simply refused to see sheerly based on critical reaction.

Verlander matched a career high with eight earned runs allowed. In his previous 240 starts, he had never had such a short outing in which he allowed so many runs. Verlander acknowledged that his slightly lower velocity in recent starts told him something was off. He got that fixed Thursday night: He was getting his fastball up to his vintage 97, 98 and 99 m.p.h. in the seven-run third. “I guess too much tinkering,” he said. “Back to the basics. I have to take away positives from tonight. It (the velocity) is there. Find consistency.” Verlander is 4-4 with a 3.17 ERA. His next start is due Wednesday in Cleveland. Monday’s open date will give him an extra day of rest, and he said he likely will throw two bullpen sessions between starts instead of the usual one. www.freep.com/sports Good god, Cabrera (.370) was hitting .490 with RISP coming into that last AB and got ANOTHER hit. Leonys Martin threw out the runner at home to preserve the 0-0 tie.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 17, 2013 -> 05:53 PM) For Johnson, I like young Chone Figgins. An able defender that could play 2B or 3B but won't do either spectacularly well. High average, but more strikeouts than you'd expect from a leadoff type hitter. A little pop, but not much. Fast. Decent, not great, ability take walks. Switch hitters. I'm not coming up with a great comparison for Semien. He has commonalities with Jeter, but without such a high ceiling. Good batting average, a little power (maybe a 20 HR ceiling), takes walks well. Not super fast, won't steal a lot of bases. Can handle SS it seems but some scouts think his range could make him 2B. Strikes out a tick more than Jeter, but I like them both as 2 hitters. Does he have the type of frame and bat speed to project putting up those type of numbers? Because just looking at him from afar, he seems more like one of those 8-10-12 HR guys that doesn't do any one thing especially great...but, overall, he's a positive contributor to a team. Maybe a starter on a bottom 5-10 team, utility/fringe player on a playoff team. Maybe in the Keppinger/Sean Rodriguez/Eliott Johnson utility role rather than a full time starter. For example, up until last season, Saladino was a very trendy "sleeper" pick. Which one would you think at this point ends up having more of an impact at the MLB level?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2013 -> 01:31 PM) This is Nolan Ryan's son espnmlb ‏@espnmlb 45m Reid Ryan takes over as president of Astros: Reid Ryan has been introduced as the new president of the Houston... http://es.pn/16rt2yj http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/pro...asp?P=Reid-Ryan Saw him pitch in 1995 in the Sally League. He didn't last very long.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) Reading this paragraph, and then the ones that follow, I believe he is referring to the price to trade for Peavy, ie; the players that would go the Sox in this scenario, and NOT Peavy's contract. If that's the case, it's not very clear. I was expecting to see some names mentioned, as he mentions nearly the entire Dodgers' minor league pitching corps. A little weird in this day and age he didn't go ahead and propose some hypothetical trades just to add some more speculative "ooomph."

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2013 -> 12:44 PM) 3 of the first 4 Cubs hitters have hits off of Matt Harvey, ouch How much confidence do you have in Edwin Jackson holding that lead? Actually...can't believe it, but Edwin Jackson's still "only" 29. It seems like he has been around forever...well...because he has.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 17, 2013 -> 12:41 PM) Honestly, I'd bet the Dodgers ownership group is about damn tired of bringing in expensive players and getting a s***ty return...I'm not expecting them to take on a whole lot more salary unless they really make a big move in the standings soon... It's an interesting question. When do they start becoming "risk-averse" financially? With so many new season ticket packages sold, they risk losing 25% of their "new" season ticket base if the team finishes with 70-75 wins. They do have a slew of young pitching prospects, but how patient can they (and their fans) be waiting for them to develop and become consistent winners at the big league level? As the writer pointed out, Capuano is just short-term. And they're really going to have to watch Ryu's weight at his age...but he's been pretty effective so far.

So probably not Puig, unless the Dodgers get really desperate, but Pederson would be a good possibility. 3. Corey Seager, ss http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...&pid=608369 4. Joc Pederson, of http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...&pid=592626 Those are the only logical players the Sox would target, if they're to trade Peavy EVENTUALLY. Fathom has mentioned in the minor league reports about Pederson before. With Seager just having a decent but not dominant season in the Midwest League, it would be a tough call, but going with Pederson (who's much closer to the big leagues) would make a lot more sense, from the point of view of eventually having to replace Rios and the possibility of Viciedo moving to 1B/DH. Not sure about his fielding...if he could play CF, he would 5X more valuable to the Sox. Hopefully Trayce Thompson keeps maturing to the point where he becomes a legitimate option for that position and the White Sox have some leverage of their own to use against opposing teams looking to deal us an outfielder.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-d...-135400381.html It's interesting they say that Peavy is too expensive, and that gives the Dodgers some sort of leverage... At one point this week, it looked like we were going to be 7 GB. Now it's only 4. The article has moved into the pointless category for the moment. However, one would imagine if the AL Central leader (probably DET) pushed the Sox to 8-9-10 games behind first place, the rumors would really start to fly then. For now, that's going to be the magical barometer. 8 games would be iffy. 9 would be the tipping point, especially if there are still three other teams between 1st place and the position of the Sox.