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Either that, or he got sentimental for Chad Bradford. Interestingly, all the Moneyball reporting never added the fact that Olivo (the other side of the Bradford deal) became the key player in the trade to acquire Freddy Garcia, which got the White Sox the World Series title (along with Contreras for Loaiza) the A's never came close to...but who's to let a good story stand in the way of reality? The year the White Sox won it all, Bradford was already on his way to the Red Sox.

Trying to get Rondon acclimated, used him for the 9th instead. With the concerns about Verlander and Scherzer not throwing as hard, the extended post-season, Leyland's not going to chance it.

The funny thing is that Luhnow's the one that drafted Greene in the first round with STL, had him with the Astros, and gave up on him. I guess their philosophy is that any player 30 or over isn't going to be part of their rebuilding effort.

Gillaspie atoning for his earlier misdeeds tonight with RISP. Alexei will go deep next? Guess not.

Peavy showing off the fastball that tails back over the plate...really reminiscent of Bartolo Colon in his heydey.

Rodriguez and Zobrist the reason Keppinger wasn't going to be overpaid by the Jays as a FA.

Say what you will about the Keppinger deal, but Greene/Gimenez/Gillaspie have given them a more solid bench than last year. Now, if we can only figure out how not to have 3 LH hitting OFers with similar skill sets, lol.

Jeff Keppinger=Wally Pipp 5/11 on the season so far on the season for Greene.

Do we have more dingers than AJ from the catcher's (cumulative) position, lol? Can't believe Danks couldn't beat that one out. Had the looks of a perfect unintentional bunt.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:35 PM) Can this impotent offense come up with some runs? Can't wait for "Sacks Packed for Semien" line from Harrelson...

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) I thought I heard he was a good defensive player when he was drafted but maybe I'm mistaken. Having said that, he's a leg up on the rest of position players at Kannapolis other than Coats. Any middle infielder who brings a "plus" tool would have to have the leg up, with how DiMichele and Sanchez have gotten out of the gate. Sox desperate for any credible 3B/SS/2B who looks like he could be a regular. Semien's about the only one to distinguish himself so far this season in the early going. Hawkins with a SF and 14 RBI's.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:28 PM) Can we please put a limit on the TWTW jokes? We need to get more than 1 this inning. Hey, Sox marketing department exposed themselves to that one...way too quickly. At least it gives people something to debate, I guess.

We need more "bench jockeys" to fully demonstrate the "Will To Win." (Another irony, this was probably Ozzie Guillen's greatest strength as a player and in the early years as a coach before he became a parody of himself.)

Dunn now up to a practically sizzling .132 now.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:19 PM) He did watch it. Probably just to see Royce Clayton trying to impersonate Miguel Tejada.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) This defense is shockingly bad The irony is that Gimenez was always hyped as a great defensive catcher with limited offensive potential earlier in his career. Sort of another version of Corky Miller. If Dunn put up a 900 OPS for the rest of the season, would he be able to get his overall average OPS back to 800 by the end of the year? It would be pretty close. Maybe 800 to 825...

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:14 PM) The whole 5 members reading the game thread? What else is there going on tonight? Harrelson's Moneyball comments evoked more of a reaction from the fanbase than this game, surely. White Sox don't have the Will to Throw Out opposing baserunners this season, either. Preparation and mental readiness...not our strengths in the early going.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:11 PM) Peavy in love with the soft stuff tonight, and it's getting hit hard. This was a game the Sox needed to win. But we're only 2 1/2 games behind the Tigers. "It's still early." Trademark. This is the perfect game to pull Peavy early, save his arm and let Santiago pitch 3-4-5 innings and try to hold the Sox in the game while the offense attempts to put something...anything...together.

Where's our WILL TO WIN? That lasted about 24 hours, lol. The crowd, the team...just feels dead or flat. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the series. 50% discount now available in the Sox souvenir shop on all "Will To Win" shirts.

Lack of range at 1B hurting us now. Just can't react fast enough down there anymore. "It's always darkest before the dawn."

Typical USCF homer... Sigh. Didn't look like Longoria got it but it just kept carrying over Rios' head.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 06:59 PM) Taking strikes and swinging at balls so far tonight. Awful by Gimenez there. You expected differently? Would Flowers be able to do any better? It's just ugly with almost any line-up we're putting out there these days across multiple positions. LOL at Harrelson rooting too hard for Danks, haha.

It's crazy Gimenez is just 9 AB's has one more RBI than Gillaspie, who would have tied Hector had he come through with an RBI last inning. Ozzie's retort to Harrelson would have to be... "The Talent to Win"

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 06:49 PM) Hard to tell just based on stats, but looks like his defense isn't very good (8 errors already) Usually, because the Low A stadiums aren't as well manicured/maintained, teams don't pay much attention to error totals until AA ball. I remember Jeter making 50+ errors for Greensboro in 1993, for example.

Well, that's what ALWAYS seems to happen in the next half inning when we blow a golden scoring opportunity. We need to wake up, because we're staring Moore and Price and if we can't score against Hernandez, it's not going to get any easier.