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My opinion of Hawk is that he's getting older and crankier...and he's also putting on a show for MLB Network. The more he does "The Hawk Show", the more they feature him. Bottom line-- Hawk wants to be in the Hall of Fame. The more he thinks he's making a mark on the game and the longer he stays, the better chance he has to make it in the Hall----at least in his mind.

Accuweather has 61 for opening day. 50's in Denver for week 2. We'll see if it holds.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 04:53 PM) Blake Tekotte just made an INCREDIBLE catch http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/video/v31569081/...140317_20231604

Paulino said he threw a cutter for the first time today...six of them. Coooop

5 shutout innings. Did I really see 37 pitches through 4.2 innings? That can't be right, right?

Didn't Bossard say a week or so ago, he was going to basically tent the field with heaters underneath to thaw it? Whatever. 2 weeks from now, I trust there will be a baseball game going on.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 11:04 AM) You can't bury a back up catcher on the bench if you are only carrying 2. Repeating...starting once a week and coming in during blowouts. If that's not your definition of burying him on the bench, fine. Less than 120 PAs if they can get away with it.

Unless they make a trade, I'm rooting for Nieto to make it. If he's starting once a week and coming in during blowouts, they can kind of bury him on the bench without losing him. He looks like he can hit.

Yeah, I'm going to pass watching this tonight. Good to see Nieto, Danks, and Semien get some hits. Purcey, Putnam, and Rienzo helping the staff make a decision to cut them later on.

So is this guy on Lake Shore Dr ever getting out of his car?

Neato

On the Score, interactive after the 5th. Tape delay on MLBN at 7pm Semien draws walk off Darvish

Cleto looked pretty good last night. I believe he's out of options, so maybe they see what they can get out of him in April and send Webb and Petricka to Charlotte to start things off.

Patrick Corbin has an elbow... https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/445231258302300160

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 09:31 AM) Hawk is Hawk so you either hate him or love and while I agree that Stone is pompous, Stone is till very good at his job, he has a very strong baseball acumen. I have to disagree that "Hawk is Hawk". The thing is, he's worse now than ever before. He talks about his playing career from 45-50 years ago more now than ever, and it just isn't interesting. Everything that comes out of his mouth is "the best" this or "the greatest" that. He's annoying. The catch phrases are fine, but he's bad at calling a game, and he has no chemistry with Stone. Stone would be palatable with a different PBP guy, but with Hawk, all I hear is his whiny voice, which I never liked when he was with the Cubs. And he's not as smart as he thinks he is. I'd rather have a younger PBP voice that didn't play, and a former player doing color that at least played in the last 20-30 years. Really, I just want broadcasters that do a solid job, and stay out of the way of the action on the field. Hawk gets in the way of enjoying the game.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 08:24 AM) I won't mind if the Beckham oblique queers any Cervelli deal. Just seems like a treading-water move and does not excite. I'd like to see Marcus play nothing but 2B at Charlotte for the near term - looks like he could use some refinement there, based on last night's observations. Hahn spoke to the media yesterday, and hinted that if they were going to trade for a catcher, it would have to be a long term solution--meaning probably not Cervelli, who is in his late 20's and not really a starter type. Speaking of Hahn, he'll be on the Score at 11:30.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 11:00 PM) Good god Abreu, he's going to kill someone this year. Even before that comebacker, I've had that same thought this spring training. His bat is so live. I hope we don't see a pitcher carried off on a stretcher this year. --- On Hawk Harrelson...he makes me not want to watch White Sox baseball. And Steve Stone is a pompous ass. It's going to be a better day when the Sox have new TV and Radio broadcasters. When Darrin Jackson is the best of the four by a wide margin, there's something wrong.

https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/4449...1468032/photo/1 I'd rather watch Semien and Davidson anyway.

Beckham has a strained left oblique. No baseball activity for 7 days.

I'm not high on Cervelli for Beckham straight up, but I'd like to see Beckham moved before opening day. Let Semien start, and see how it goes while Sanchez and Johnson are playing in the minors. Hopefully by July, everyone is playing well enough, and they can trade Alexei and move Semien to SS.

If Nestor Molina is Marco Paddy's biggest mistake, I'm ok with that.

Flowers scratched. Phegley again. Flowers catching Sale tomorrow night, and DHing Sunday.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/get-yo...-today-3-pm-csn https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/44449...2575104/photo/1 Opening Day lineup, or just maximizing Beckham's AB's? I'm so ready for Beckham to be gone.

Jose Abreu- 8 Keon Barnum- 0 Rangel Ravelo- 0 Marcus Semien- 3 Micah Johnson-5 Carlos Sanchez-3 Leury Garcia-3 Clelius Rondon- 1 Conor Gillaspie- 3 Matt Davidson- 5 Trey Michalczewski- 3 Avisail Garcia- 7 Dayan Viciedo- 4 Adam Eaton- 6 Jordan Danks - 3 Jared Mitchell- 1 Trayce Thompson- 1 Keenyn Walker- 0 Adam Engel- 4 Jacob May- 5 --- Chris Sale- 9 Jose Quintana -6 Erik Johnson- 5 Chris Beck- 5 Scott Snodgress- 2 Daniel Webb -4 Nate Jones- 5

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 11, 2014 -> 10:09 PM) Olbermann with a scathing attack on Bonds and the Giants right now. Great.