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Wow, the Royals were down 6-1 in the early going and rallied for the comeback in the middle innings. Impressive. Day game today against TB to hold onto the AL Central lead, 1/2 game up on the Tiggers.

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/dash_base...19bb30f31a.html How can the Winston-Salem newspaper have an article about the game and not mention an injury to the most important prospect in the White Sox system? Must not be that serious it didn't even merit a mention in the game story.

Iron Man 3 was very good, not quite great. Saw it 3-D here in China. I would rank the first Iron Man ahead of it, and last year's Avenger's just a small notch above... Kind of like a cross between The Iron Giant and one of the Terminator movies...with Tony Stark's unique and cocky sense of humor as usual thrown into the mix. Ben Kingsley was very good as The Mandarin. Also a fan of Rebecca Hall.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:34 AM) I asked the same question. Being from San Diego and all, why would he be a Sox fan? WGN?

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 1, 2013 -> 11:30 PM) "Hyperbolic"? What is hyperbolic about this team in the last 8 yrs? If anything, a dip in 07 and heading for another this year, but the rest is a straight line, my friend... NO HYPERBOLE. If you prefer looking at the saber metrics, those are pretty much flat too. We hit homeruns (pretty much consistent); we don't get on base, don't walk well, low is XBH... I can't find ANY hyperbole, actually, in anything I said! I appreciate you (sort of) agreeing, but your first sentence was the most important and you completely contradict yourself. *Edit - It occurs to me that you don't know what it means to say someone's statements are "hyperbolic". In fact, I'm 100% sure you have no idea what it means. Words/phrases like "pathetic," "fluke/flake" (for Gillaspie), "we all learned this in Little League," etc. Essentially, your last post is saying they've basically been average for much of the time period since 2005 (minus 2006 and 2008, when they were clearly above average, as well as 2010 and 2012). If a team is usually between 78-84 wins every year, the argument is there's no need to exaggerate or use hyperbole to stress your points...that things are not QUITE so dramatic or as dire as they may seem.

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 1, 2013 -> 11:30 PM) "Hyperbolic"? What is hyperbolic about this team in the last 8 yrs? If anything, a dip in 07 and heading for another this year, but the rest is a straight line, my friend... NO HYPERBOLE. If you prefer looking at the saber metrics, those are pretty much flat too. We hit homeruns (pretty much consistent); we don't get on base, don't walk well, low is XBH... I can't find ANY hyperbole, actually, in anything I said! I appreciate you (sort of) agreeing, but your first sentence was the most important and you completely contradict yourself. *Edit - It occurs to me that you don't know what it means to say someone's statements are "hyperbolic". In fact, I'm 100% sure you have no idea what it means. Words like "pathetic," "fluke/flake" (for Gillaspie), etc. Essentially, your last post is saying they've basically been average for much of the time period since 2005 (minus 2006 and 2008, when they were clearly above average, as well as 2010 and 2012). If a team is usually between 78-84 wins every year, the argument is there's no need to exaggerate or use hyperbole to stress your points...that things are not QUITE so dramatic or as dire as they may seem.

Could the White Sox move to Wrigley Field if they relocate, lol? (Waits for attacks to come from every direction...)

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:37 AM) Beckham sucks. Who cares if he's back? Doesn't help the team at all. Not sure why people even care - he's simply not very good at baseball. Have you watched Greene and especially Keppinger playing 2B every game since he's been gone?

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:37 AM) Beckham sucks. Who cares if he's back? Doesn't help the team at all. Not sure why people even care - he's simply not very good at baseball. Have you watched Greene and especially Keppinger playing 2B every game since he's been gone?

QUOTE (Andrew @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:37 AM) Beckham sucks. Who cares if he's back? Doesn't help the team at all. Not sure why people even care - he's simply not very good at baseball. Have you watched Greene and especially Keppinger playing 2B every game since he's been gone?

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 1, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) White Sox are totally classless. There was no legit reason to throw at AJ there. And the meatheads love it because they never appreciated AJ when he was here. No AJ, no White Sox World Series. AJ is better off with a real contender and the Sox are stuck with Flowers who not only can't hit but doesn't handle the pitching staff as well as AJ did and hasn't been any better throwing runners out. I'd say AJ gets the last laugh and the Sox just showed why they are the pathetic losers they have become. Not pulling any punches tonight...

Maybe that Passan article on diminishing velocity readings got into the heads of some of those pitchers, trying to prove they still have the giddy-up on their pitches...

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2013 -> 09:24 PM) I'm speechless if the devaluation of AJP's career with the Sox has already begun. Wow. Would you call Crede, Rowand and Jenks Sox "legends"? Uribe? Garland? Obviously, Frank Thomas...but Buehrle and Konerko will always be considered the heart of that World Series team.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2013 -> 09:11 PM) Maybe our clubhouse has a bunch of prima donnas if that's the case and they can't handle a prick who likes to win. If that's the case, they would have traded him or at least not kept him around for an additional 7 seasons after the World Series win in 2005. KW always liked his competitive, grindy, hard-nosed players who were as good at the mental side as the physical side. Now if you want to say this style was the opposite of Dunn, Thome, Konerko, Dye, Rios...at least the perception most have of them...then that's probably fair. But surely Konerko would have gone to JR or KW or Ozzie or Ventura at some point if the problem was THAT bad that it was a clubhouse distraction or eroding the team chemistry.

http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Kansa...S+USKS0298:1:US As someone else mentioned, probably a 90% chance of losing Friday's game and 40-50% for Saturday in KC. All hands on deck in the 2nd half of the season at this rate...

Merge into one thread, por favor.

"Sox legend"? AJ was very good with us, he was an integral part of helping us to win the World Series in 2005...but legend is really pushing it. That word is reserved for guys like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Nellie Fox, Aparicio, etc. But wasn't Sean Tracey the one who was ordered to hit someone with the Rangers by Ozzie? Or was that Garland, and he failed to do it...? Can't remember now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2013 -> 07:12 PM) Something I don't get is why in the world is Flowers batting 8th and Wise 9th? If anything, you want to make it harder for opposition to bring in a lefty with it being Wise/Flowers/ADA. Instead, you make it much easier for opposition to play the match-ups. Because all "fast" players hit first or 9th, lol. Ventura doesn't often seem to be thinking very strategically with some of his line-up decisions.

Another classic Dunn ball in play pulled into the shift. Sigh. At least we're getting his pitch count up a LITTLE bit.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2013 -> 07:08 PM) anybody see the highlight of Napoli's homer in Toronto? Third deck CF. Red Sox got a great deal on that "renegotiated" contract. 18-8 and the surprise team of the AL, with the Angels most disappointing.

God, if you blinked or went to the bathroom, you would have missed that half inning. Seems like opponents' "offensive time of possession/Sox pitchers time on the mound" is about 75% and our hitters only 25% this year. Lots of impatient at-bats, and we don't even have Pierre and AJ around anymore.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:57 PM) After watching the replay, it sure seems like Baker knew an offspeed pitch was coming. Or he was just sitting on it, like Wise against Darvish yesterday. Not usually the best approach against a fastball-first pitcher, but guessing can pay off big time occasionally. Keppinger back under .200 and Konerko at .242. Weird.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:39 PM) Hawkins, or Jared Mitchell? Both...although Mitchell's arm is weak. And Thompson can play some D as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:53 PM) Verlander had an ERA over 5 in 2008. I bet the Tigers wish they'd released him then, right? The Sale deal will be fine as long as he stays healthy. Maybe the expectations of him coming out and winning the Cy Young or being better than last year were unrealistic with the increase of innings from 2011. Very worst case scenario, $30 million is no worse than money wasted on Rios in 2009/2011 or Dunn in 2011/2013 (so far)

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:52 PM) 96mph Is it comfortable, or frustrated/annoyed/overthrowing?