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Anyone want to speculate on the possibility of AJ returning next year? You know nobody's going to give him a 2 year contract, at least it would be pretty shocking. How high do you go? Never thought this conversation would be happening...but it's still a LONG way to go.

Unless KW's got some "hidden money" and is going to add another starting pitcher and not a 3B, then you give Humber maybe 1-2 more starts. It all depends on how Quintana looks, Danks returning successfully to the rotation and/or how much confidence they have in Axelrod/Castro to pitch better than Phil. It's been a downward trend (with a few exceptions) ever since the All-Star break last season. ‘‘But No. 2, it is what it is,’’ he said of the Sox’ financial constraints. ‘‘Times being what they are, I can’t even have a conversation [about possible costly trades]. There’s no crying about it. Some want to posture about it that way, but all I’ve ever done is answer the question. I’ve never wanted to mislead our fans.’’suntimes.com/sports

Start the Great Zach Stewart debate again! Not the best day for a White Sox fan to have forked over hard-earned money to see a first place Sox team at home.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) They arent unbeatable. We dont have a good record against them and are sucking right now. Two guys who are pitching like crap right now are Floyd and Humber. Humber pitched like garbage today. That and you just have no idea what you're going to get out of Quintana. On the plus side, the advantage in those match-ups (at least for the first couple of at-bats) usually goes to the pitcher. If Quintana was pitching against us over the last decade....no-name/minor league call-up, lefty, without great stuff but more of a control guy, we'd be chalking it up as a loss already.

Tiggers trying to mount a comeback, 2nd and 3rd, one out, still down by 3 against our old friend Mr. Perez.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:40 PM) Doesnt he still control over a 5 ERA? 4.96

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) Hey maybe we can call up Nestor Molina. He seems to be lighting it up with the Barons. If lighting it up is a barely sub 5 ERA in a traditional pitcher's league, when you're playing 50% of your home games in a huge ballpark....haha.

Does anyone NOT want the Indians to beat the Tigers? At what point do the Indians start to become our primary competition? After August 1st? Ubaldo Jimenez finally showed up for a "big game" tonight, but still has a Humber-rific 5.31 ERA for the season. What happens when Greg Walker and Scotty Fletcher collide with Ozzie? 11-0 Braves. White Sox and Marlins two of the hottest teams in baseball, both not showing up (yet at least) tonight.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) Same here... MLB.tv is inaccessible via my iPad or appletv Not only that, but MLB.com just decided to stick a stupid McDonald's ad in the middle of the GameDay feed which blocks the pitches and speeds and totally corrupts the screen. Had to go to the old stand-by yahoo sports, because the ESPN GameCast sucks, too.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) Atleast Floyd gets the Astros. Maybe he can actually pitch against that lineup. They're pesky. No-name offense, as opposed to the old "Killer B's" with Baggio, Bagwell, Beltran and Berkman (and Burke).

The task of winning this game just got a LOT tougher, lol.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:27 PM) It's 3-1. Is ok with you if we don't concede this one quite yet? Sure, we can still win this one. Just don't like the "feel" of this game and that's usually the case whenever we play the Blue Jays. Yeah, it's a new manager, but some trends are hard to escape, just like the Sox have the Mariners' number.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:25 PM) There is that 2.25 ERA right there Make that 7.36. And for those who think we should just dump Gavin Floyd, this game might cause them to re-think that notion.

J4L strikes again. This seems like one of those series we just have to be content with one out of 3. Morrow's been pitching pretty darned well this season, and we have no idea how long the "Quintana Magic" continues.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) Hey Humber...you arent good right now But he miraculously has a 2.25 ERA in tonight's game, unless my feed is way behind.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) 4th inning one of the shortest innings of the season Now you just doomed the 5th inning to be 47 minutes!!!! I guess I should already count the Cleveland 4-1 victory going into the 9th. Not even 100% sure who eveyrone wants to win there, I guess the Indians, but it's not cut-and-dried.

Talk about your definition of control guy, that Henderson Alvarez kid going against us Thursday has only 21 K's in 75 IP, and 17 BB's. That makes Buehrle look like Chris Sale in comparison.

They took away Viciedo's double and ruled it an error on Rasmus? Hmmm...

Where's Konerko?

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 04:28 AM) Did I hear right that he was planning on going to college and committed to some school? Doesn't this effectively mean we've lost him after his 4 years are over there? I'm a bit confused on this issue and the changes we would lose him if he chose college instead- not clear on the rules I guess... He has already committed to the University of Texas for baseball but there's almost zero chance he doesn't sign.

There will be an epic meltdown by Greg if Ozzie doesn't win. That was always the "redeeming" quality that our manager had when we weren't winning, he was at least interesting and not plain jane vanilla boring. He got us national press coverage (usually embarassing in nature), but the argument was that he made the White Sox relevant. As someone mentioned, Ozzie's all about himself and his audience. I don't think he would be captivated enough by a single White Sox fan sitting at Applebee's with him to make it a worthwhile experience. Robin just seems a bit more genuine, he has that dry/sarcastic sense of humor...maybe he's just a better human being. Baseball and famel didn't change him negatively like it did Ozzie. He's been the same ever since his rookie year and his 0/41 batting slide after compiling a 58 game hitting streak at OSU.

ESPN's Curt Schilling (who just lost $50 million) and John Kruk discussed the Rangers and Angels on Baseball Tonight on Sunday evening. Here are some highlights: On if the Angels can catch the Rangers: Schilling: “Well, it’s June 3. They’re three games out. Absolutely, they can. They’re three games out with Albert Pujols doing absolutely nothing for the first month of the season. Can they? Yeah. Will they? I don’t think they will. I think the Rangers are so good, so deep. (Yu) Darvish is just getting his feet wet in the big leagues. I think there is room to improve there. One of the X factors for me is Mike Trout. This kid is doing for the Angels a little bit of what Bryce Harper is doing for the Nationals. The energy. He could be a guy that could change some things a little differently going down late in the season.” Kruk: “They have to get Jared Weaver back quickly and healthy and pitching well. If he comes back too early with the back injury, and he doesn’t perform up to par, that’s going to hurt their chances. You look at teams and how teams can take off after an injury, when Vernon Wells got hurt, all of a sudden Mike Trout gets thrust into the lineup. Peter Bourjos stays in centerfield. Trout in left. Torrii Hunter in right field. There are going to be gold gloves all over that outfield. It made their pitching staff a lot better when Vernon Wells went down because of the speed, but the offense that Mike Trout has brought to this team, the excitement, the energy, you see guys like Albert Pujols now, lighting up after he does something special. When veteran players get excited about a young kid like that, you can’t do nothing but help them.” http://www.espn.com/mlb

Since 1995, the White Sox have been in first place 4 times (now 5) and won the division three times. 70% playoff predictability rate for those teams leading at that milepost. 2000 Up 1.5 games 2004 Up 1.5 games 2005 Up 4.0 games 2008 Up 0.5 game 2012 Up 2.5 games 1984 down 5 games 2006 down 1 1/2 games

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/12977968-41...e-sox-well.html

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/12977679-41...has-become.html Powers that be deserve some blame for what Harrelson has become...Morrissey article