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This situation has a K or DP ball all written over it. C'mon, Dayan. We simply cannot afford to leave the bases loaded with no outs. But it's like the end of last year, when you felt they wouldn't score and would blow it somehow every time the situation presented itself. I wonder how many times teams don't score with bases loaded, no outs? 3-5% of the time? Seems we've scored more times by wild pitches in this situation than actual RBI's, lol.

How did Gillaspie miss a 91 MPH 3-1 fastball??

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2013 -> 07:14 PM) Not sure about Johnson, but all the other guys you mentioned were developed by other teams and then Tampa acquired them. One thing Tampa does an amazing job of is utilizing players properly. I should have said "maximize" their potential. With us, we dumped Eduardo Escobar and he was actually a significant contributor to the Twins last season. Then KW got stuck with no other options but Olmedo, which absolutely killed us in 2-3 games.

LOL at the Charlotte Knights' line-up tonight. Just all kinds of bad. Castro with a quality start. Trayce Thompson with a typical line for him when he's going bad, 0/4, 3 K's. Walker back below .200. DeMichele barely over that mark. Bassitt 6 IP, 2 ER (3 R) but 9 hits. Snodgress also pitching decently but not striking anyone out.

How do the Rays always seem to produce so many utility guys like that? Brendan Harris, Elliott Johnson, Keppinger, Sean Rodriguez, Zobrist, etc. It's pretty uncanny. Royals/Yankees in an early offensive battle. Might have to switch to that one, as the Indians/Tigers game is over already.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 10, 2013 -> 06:50 PM) If you look at his career numbers, he was actually pretty decent considering that he was on a s***ty Orioles team in the then-powerhouse AL East. Three seasons of under 4 ERA in that situation is not easy. His brutal stretch in Coors Field kind of ruined his reputation, but he's not as awful as everyone seems to make him out to be. He really bounced around for someone with his stuff and draft position. Never reached his potential with the Indians.

Had a feeling this game was coming after the way the Angels rallied last night (yeah, yeah, there's no momentum in baseball). Long flight to Chicago or the weather not affecting the Halos. DeAza up to his usual tricks defensively, and the Axelrod that's AAAA-ish appearing for only the second time this season. The biggest problem with Axelrod is that he's a great 5th starter on a team with a good offense. But our offense is so terrible, it's almost impossible to win any games where he gives up 4-5-6 runs.

What is one the consistent, overriding goal or system that the White Sox organization wants to impart on all its young pitchers? Which pitching coach or coach/manager has had the biggest impact on making you the prospect you are today? Why do you feel so many of our talented minor league outfielders are struggling so mightily (just joking)? How is your change-up coming along? Who's the best player you've come up against so far in the Southern League? Do you feel the new stadium is hitter or pitcher-friendly? What has been the biggest adjustment going from A ball to AA that you've had to overcome?

Maybe if Floyd was traded, the wouldn't have been able to pass all the MRI's and opposing teams' doctors examinations, anyway? We already have the Sirotka and Santos situations on record, and the pain he experienced last year was in a similar location, it would have looked mightly suspicious had the guy we dumped in the offseason after being healthy pretty much his entire career until 2012 suddenly gone down after less than a month.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 9, 2013 -> 10:39 PM) What use do the Dodgers or Angels have for Konerko? You are talking about Adrian Gonzalez and Albert Pujols/Trumbo in those spots right now. Gonzalez is injured now, but he will be back fairly soon, so, yeah, that wouldn't make much sense...as there's no DH and no other possible position for him. No way they would try to play him at 3B, it would be like Dye at SS.

Angels rallied in the top of the 8th for 3 runs. 6-5 victory. 'Ol Phil Humber came in as a reliever after the damage was already done.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-000710202.html Story on Indians' attendance woes, clever marketing campaign that was started by the players themselves...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=330509118 Astros on the verge of beating the Angels three in a row. Our old friend Lucas Harrell was the starter. Something has to give out in Anaheim, either Dipoto or Scioscia. Last year, they made Scioscia fire Mickey Hatcher as the hitting instructor. Amazingly, the Astros would pull to within 1/2 game behind LA if they sweep. And things are just about as bleak in Dodgerland. Crazy.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_232017...ron-hicks-after Would love to see more "teachable moments" stories like this from Ventura as we transition our starting line-up...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 9, 2013 -> 08:12 PM) None of the Above, Man of Steel That's June 14th.

In a press release, the White Sox announced Danks will receive $8 million in 2012 and $14.25 million in each of the 2013-16 seasons. In addition to the money, Danks will hold a no-trade clause for 2012 - giving him the ability to veto any trade to any team - and a limited no-trade clause from 2013-2016, according to MLB.com's Scott Merkin. So....$57 million, including 2013. Yikes.

For me, it would be a tough call between Star Trek and Fast and the Furious. To be honest, I'd never watched the t.v. show or any of the movies....maybe a few of the Patrick Stewart/Wil Wheaton shows on t.v. if I was incredibly bored. But I really enjoyed the last Star Trek, thought Pine and Quinto were great....everything except for Eric Bana's villain. And Zoe Saldana isn't too tough on the eyes. On the other hand, the last Fast & The Furious was the second best movie in that series. Amazing to think where it came from....straight to DVD "Toyko Drift" with a no-name B movie cast to one of the biggest and most successful franchises on the market today. Haven't been following the cast/crew announcements or much of the pre build-up. But, as with Zoe Saldana, always a sucker for any movie Eva Mendes is in. And, I think this one will have a hard time topping the last movie in the series, Fab Five. Definitely will see Gatsby as 3rd choice, and I'm 50/50 about The Hangover. Will wait on the reviews. The last one was super disappointing, so I guess it's hard to imagine this one being worse.

Found this from last spring at Baseball America.... Indiana junior second baseman Micah Johnson, a third-team preseason All-American, was slated to have elbow surgery today that could sideline him for the remainder of the season, though he hopes to return in May. Johnson returned from the Cape Cod League last summer with soreness in his elbow, and the pain never subsided as the Hoosiers hoped, and he went just 3-for-21 as the team's DH this year. "Realistically, I don't know what that bodes for us in terms of us getting him back this season or not," Indiana coach Tracy Smith told the Indiana Daily Student. "We will see how it goes with his rehab. He is going to go ahead and take care of it now and get himself right because it was a declining performance for him based on how he was feeling." Johnson hit .335/.402/.474 with 19 stolen bases in 22 tries as a sophomore last year, and his quick-twitch athleticism helped him rank No. 92 in BA's preseason College Top 100 Prospects list for the 2012 draft.

QUOTE (qwerty @ May 9, 2013 -> 07:08 PM) Anyone else looking forward to The World's End? The last film of Edgar Wright's trilogy with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. This movie is about a bar crawl. Along with so much more. I have been waiting for this one for a couple years now. Seek it out. Caulfield have you seen Dead Man's Shoes with Paddy Considine? Lesser known to many, but he is a damn fine actor. He collaborates with Shane Meadows often... you may know of This Is England. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419677/reference Will have to check it out, I really enjoyed his work on the "In America" project.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/09/s-h-i-e-l-d-series-order/ It's TV, but it's also movie related and we've been talking Avengers/Iron Man so much recently, so stuck it here. Lots of controvery whether SHIELD will be picked up, at what cost, if there will be an Avenger in it, and whether the Hulk will be a part of the project?

Looks like the Tigers, Royals and Indians (thanks to their "gift" win) will all be within one game of each other at the end of tonight's action. And Minnesota has more than held their own visiting Boston...so 4 teams over .500 in the division.

Sanchez still hasn't broken the 600 OPS mark yet. As much as we rail on and on about Ramirez and Beckham, it's hard to imagine putting up with Morel/2012 numbers from Sanchez and fans having much patience with him. He doesn't have to put up 700+ numbers at the major league level, to contribute, but he's got to at least be a low 600's guy or his defense won't be enough to offset anything he can contribute offensively. With our offense being in the horrible shape it's in (big league club), it would be really hard to add a hitter like Sanchez to our line-up. But he's still quite young, so we can be patient this year and let things play out.

Over a 140 game schedule, he's right around a pace for 130-135 bags now.

QUOTE (VAfan @ May 9, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) There used to be serious dialogue on Sox Talk. Let's just say I'm more disappointed in the response to this post than I am in the performance of the White Sox in 2013. Out of 79 replies, I counted about 5 that had anything substantive to say. It's pretty sad. People all around the world just don't have the attention span they used to. Along with your observation, there's currently a thread (2013 Films) where a number of posters either admit to not reading the classics of literature (using Spark or Cliffs Note) or just downright being bored to death by them. Some people just want to feel better about themselves (how that's possible, I have no idea) by insulting others or initiating confrontations on a message board. I'm sure you put a lot of time and thought into your post/s. There are no easy answers. It has reached the point where a lot of "good" White Sox fans are secretly hoping (maybe not rooting actively against them, though) that the team goes completely in the tank so the rebuilding process and decision to go that route becomes 100% clear. We went through these situations before (2007, keeping Buehrle/Konerko/Dye), then again in 2009 (we actually added Peavy and Rios, to no avail), then 2010....before the team went on that incredible 26-5 run to get back into 1st place, then 2011, with Ozzie's departure and the fight for control with KW the main theme. Well, here we are again. It is frustrating to see guys like Humber, Floyd, Jenks, Crede, Garland, Jackson, Santos (the list goes on and on) all leave the organization and getting nothing back in return. We all know the trades that have drained our talent base, and we all know the story of Wilder/DR and our drafting/development history. I wish I knew the answer. The only thing that makes seasons like this bearable is knowing we have at least the pitching pieces in place to be competitive again fairly quickly if we can just 1) get a better ROI when we make trades or dump salaries, and 2) any contributions from the minors outside of relief pitchers and utility players. But keep posting. There's still that "silent majority" who reads carefully and wants to engage in serious discussion/debate about the direction of this organization.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/pittsburgh-pi...-134700957.html What the Pirates should expect out of Francisco Liriano...