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Late in spring training, Coop was asked on a scale of 1-10, where is the staff? He said, "6 and climbing", which probably meant "4 and I'm worried".

...and the season is over. /familyguy

Yuck

3 runs isn't enough today. Or any day.

Downs scares me.

Cleto may be a huge find. Huge for sure.

If Paulino can get through the 5th, that's a pretty decent first start for a 5th starter that just happens to be pitching the second game.

Hard to believe Flowers is one of 30 starting catchers in baseball.

So I see Scherzer was pretty confident turning down that extension.

Hit parade

This Twins team could lose 100 games, and I hope the Sox are a big part of that.

A scoreless first inning for Paulino would be nice.

17 no decisions for Q last year...AL record. Blyleven had 20 in 1979.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 10:03 AM) He's ill. Ok, I was going to say. That would have been pretty cold.

https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/4513...8330240/photo/1 Abreu at 3-hole. L Garica at 2B. Semien at 3b. Opening day 3-hole hitter on the bench.

...or Dexter becoming a logger.

Charlotte roster http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2...94&sid=t494

Some pictures of the Charlotte park. Wonder if a facility like that could be converted into a major league stadium. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/gallery/16801

If Buehrle is on, I'll watch. For guys like Rios and Peavy and Quentin, I immediately forgot they were here as soon as they were gone. Really, Buehrle is the only former Sox that I care to watch and root for future success. As far as trades, as long as the players coming back to the Sox do well, I don't care about the ones traded that do well. It's good for the Sox if both sides get value.

No day games on the second day of the season. I'm going to guess that's a first.

Here's that story on Abreu that Fox did...pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7sJ_vjAV8...m:FoxSportsLive

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) Did they do it last year out of desire or necessity? Frankly, you have to figure you are going to get 60% per game compared to the usual game. If you draw a full capacity crowd? Sure it's OK. How many people actually buy tickets to go to a double header and want to stay at (or near) the park for 10 hours? I think I'd put that number at 10-15K at the very most, and I think that's stretching it. If you draw 20K, you lose. If you're at 30K, you are starting to push it. You really need to draw 35-40K to make running a scheduled double header worth it. I think it was Friday, June 28 last year. I don't think there was something going on that they had to start at 4pm instead of two separate gates that start at noon or 1. I think the D-backs did a 2 for 1 last year. Also, the players prefer a straight DH over a split, for obvious reasons. Anyway, just a thought. Bottom line, they'd make more money in August and September if they played day/night or a straight DH over what they're going to get the next two days.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 09:31 AM) 2 for 1s are bad for business. Depends on the team. It would be dumb for team that draws 3 mil to do it. For a team like the White Sox, it could be a good marketing move with 5 months of notice. And again, they did it last year, so there is a precedent.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 08:57 AM) I think they would rather play them now. Doubleheaders tax your pitching staff. That's why they added the extra player for doubleheaders. Plus in September, the rosters are expanded--which I don't like, but that's another topic. You're right though, in a perfect world they don't want them, but with this weather coming, just call it off...especially since the Twins are coming back twice.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) Of course, there's also a downside risk that both teams could fall 20 games back and the game would never be made up. Well yeah, if they got rained out in September. Probably would be a risk worth taking. Remember last year, they made one of their doubleheaders a 2 for 1. They could do that for September 12, and they probably would get some good advanced sales.