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https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/711602130637955072 Probably won't be much of a problem since this was such an outlandish request from a player to begin with--and for the Sox to go along with it was dumb too. Common sense was lost with everybody involved.

It's a wait-and-see how the first couple months go, but it would be silly to think any trades would happen now because of this incident. Things will calm down. And if they don't calm down, they may envision a good future rotation with Rodon, Fulmer, Quintana, Adams, and a guy they draft in June. They aren't there yet.

https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/711576754830200832 https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/711585873108668416 Rollins 6, Cabrera 7, Sands 3, Garcia 9, Davidson 5, Lombardozzi DH, Shuck 8, C. Sanchez 4, H. Sanchez 2 Turner starts, Fulmer relieves. Manaea for the A's. Quintana pitching in B Game.

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 03:54 PM) I'm always impressed with Don Cooper. He has his moments. He did say that Fulmer is ahead Rodon at the same point last year. He may have said it because it makes for a good quote, but that's cool.

I stumbled on this station and started to listen. It's infuriating. FP Santangelo is a knob. You've been warned. http://www1.play.it/audio/grant-and-danny/

Here's the Eaton interview if you want to hear it. The Dirk Hayhurst interview is there too, even though I think he makes stuff up. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/audio/670-the-score-interviews/

What about Danks? https://twitter.com/Bob_from_Niles/status/711244280380133376

Pitching schedule. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/711212914175127552 I wonder if there are other teams just as leery (paranoid) about major league pitchers facing division opponents and teams they face early in the season?

Jersey hanging in the dugout, and Sale and Eaton touch it after every inning.

Sale vs Kershaw. Hopefully 80 pitches? Eaton returns to the field. Eaton, Jackson, Abreu, Frazier, Garcia, Lawrie, Sands, Navarro, Saladino Hernandez SS Kendrick 3B Van Slyke 3B Guerrero DH Ellis C Barnes 2B Thompson CF Herrera LF Noel RF https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/711207555997966336 Go Sox?

QUOTE (Saufley @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) Oh by the way, I'm done with this issue. We seem to be going in circles. On to baseball talk. I hope it's over after this weekend. Sale vs Kershaw today. That's what we should be enjoying with 16 days until Opening Night.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) "We lost a leader in Drake LaRoche " -Adam Eaton on the Score What a joke. I don't even want to root for these guys anymore. Drake is at home with his Dad. Eaton makes it sound like he died from cancer I was thinking about bringing that up. It's super weird. This whole thing...weird. Bizarre.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 09:12 AM) Mark Buehrle likes to kill stuff. So does Jim Thome. So does Bo Jackson.so did Walter Payton. Obviously, I was making a generalization. Just saying, Sale and Eaton have made comments about how everybody loves him, but when you see a pattern of support for LaRoche, it usually is the bible-thumping, s*** kickers.

I'd be lying if I said it hasn't crossed my mind that everyone loves LaRoche - especially if you're white, Christian, and like to kill stuff.

Nightengale is about to be on the Score.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 08:55 AM) I think it will have a positive result on the field because LaRoche won't be playing. They imported a bunch of veteran leadership types for a reason. The team will be fine. I hope so. They definitely have their built-in excuse, which is unfortunate. Doesn't mean it would be a direct cause, but it's locked and loaded if they start 22-33.

Listening to Eaton, it seems like he thinks this will get smoothed over. I think bottom line for them...my sense is they hate Kenny Williams because they have no relationship with him, but they want to play for each other and everyone else around the team. So I don't think this is exactly over, but it may not have much impact on the results on the field. We'll see.

Eaton is supposed to be on the Score in 30 minutes. Let's see if that actually happens.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Mar 18, 2016 -> 10:31 PM) KW asked Adam several times to keep Drake off the field during drills as the org would be liable for any injury that occurred to his boy. Adam flat out refused time and again to a belligerent degree. That is what set off Kenny and he wasn't the only one that was concerned. Ironically Kenny was more concerned about Drake's safety than Mr. #FamilyFirst. That's what some need to know about LaRoche's behavior. What was different from last year to this year, other than player performance? It's convenient to develop some of these anecdotes to paint management in a better light. As much as LaRoche is just a weird guy raising his kid in an unconventional way, that's not really the point. This is about relationships and what was promised when he was signed. If in spring training 2015, they saw things that they didn't like such as Drake being in harms way, then that shouldn't have happened this year. Where are the rules and expectations PRIOR to spring training? It's going to be interesting to see what happens today and over the next 6 months. In my opinion, the only guy that really wants Kenny Williams there is Jerry Reinsdorf.

It does seem like horses*** that Kenny would ask to dial it back and not walk away from LaRoche with an affirmative agreement. If LaRoche had no intention of scaling back, why did it take the 4th consecutive day for Kenny to blow his top? It's a bad organization right now, mostly because Jerry wants Kenny to be there to make bad deciisions.

Haven't listened yet, but oh boy... http://www.mighty1090.com/episode/ken-hawk...kenny-williams/ edit: I thought this would be more negative toward KW, but it's just more typical Hawk stuff.

QUOTE (bjm676 @ Mar 18, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 2h2 hours ago Robin Ventura said 14yo Drake La Roche is "probably more mature than most of the guys in there." Did he say anything that matters?

After a few warnings, I'm sure Kenny said something like, 'If you don't dial it back, he won't be allowed here at all." Then LaRoche takes that, and stretches the truth. I'm so sick of LaRoche. Go away. I don't think Kenny or the management staff come off good here either, but LaRoche is a dips*** that doesn't deserve one word of praise over this issue.

Zach Phillips outrighted, and he elected free agency. 43 in camp.

Could see Kenny saying- First time- Adam, let's dial back how often Drake is here. Nothing changed. Second time- Adam, we've discussed this before, I don't want your focus diverted. Leave him home a few times a week. Nothing changed. Third time- Drake is not welcomed here anymore. Adam quits and becomes a martyr.