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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) Sox have made deadspin. There's something to be said for zero bathroom & concession lines and the leg room you can ask for.

Do that many people actually watch those late night talk shows anymore? Judging from some people's reactions, you would think TV may never survive.

One way to rid yourself of dumb baserunning is to take all four bases at once.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) That is why I love Eaton. No Gene Honda today. I'm sure he's already down in Dallas, he's the PA announcer for the Final Four.

Why are these opening series games always all day games? Are they worried about colder temps at night? Even if the night is chillier, I would imagine you still would get better attendance. Who the hell is gonna skip work for a 38 degree non-Opening Day game?

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 10:31 AM) It won't be cancelled. It may get postponed, but it won't be cancelled. Postponed--game will be made up Cancelled--game will not be made up Rongey makes this mistake, and it drives me nuts. Sorry, I had to vent there. Given these two teams' likely finish in the standings, there is always a small, small chance that it never gets made up.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 08:27 AM) Except that Buehrle isn't getting better and better. He's a dependable arm in the rotation, but he's a #3-4 starter anymore. How dare you badmouth Mark Buehrle with facts and numbers!

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 09:49 AM) I hope this one gets in. Just because I want to see us the twinkies If the game gets cancelled, it's a two-game sweep.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 09:53 PM) At least the Sox aren't the only team trying something different at #3 in the batting order. Altuve batted third for houston. It's not about trying something different, combined they lost 200+ games last season. It's a lack of talent, not something to be too proud of.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 10:36 PM) I was surprised that Ventura didn't pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th when the Twins brought in the LHP. Figured it woulda been a perfect time to get Paulie out there for opening day. That would have forced Dunn or Viciedo to the outfield in the 9th of a two run game. Say what you want about De Aza's defense, but he is way better than the other two.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 08:09 AM) How could a show divert if you already have an ending? I don't get it. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) Like every show ever? I expected a finale in tune with a network comedy and it delivered IMO. It wasnt my favorite and I wasnt completely happy but I didnt expect the writing to all of a sudden get great. Like you said, it's a network comedy, not a detective murder mystery. They had a plan in season 1, but as time progressed they could have altered their thinking as the show developed differently. They didn't need to have the awkward scene with the kids and instead the mother could have lived or something else.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 10:08 AM) The Mother plot was a major part of the show this season though. Some parts of the finale worked for me. The end absolutely did not. Part of that, to me, is because the timeline on the show isn't the timeline that we get while watching the show. They tell us 6 years passed between the Mother dying and the final moments, but we, as viewers, have about 20 seconds to process that fact before Ted is chasing Robin again. Rather than writing three terrible final seasons (Zooey, the Barney-Robin relationship), they could have told the story they told in the finale over the course of the final three seasons. Then it might have worked for me. We could have seen how good the Ted/Mother relationship was. We could have seen the emotional hit of her dying and seen why Ted/Robin made sense again (Robin steps in and is great with the kids, whatever). Instead, the ending felt rushed and felt way too soon. Oh and spending the last two seasons on the terrible Robin/Barney relationship, only to blow that up in the first 10 minutes of the finale was just awful. Well said, that's what I was thinking too. If that final episode had been played out over the entire season 9 and/or 8, it would have gone over much better. Instead, they just fed us all this meaningless rarely funny content, to only blow it all up in one hour.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 07:08 PM) One of those top notch forum posters needs to know that slideshows are absolutely money for generating clicks and their format gets your ads about [insert amount of slides here] more impressions than a straightforward, text-only piece. People want lists and slideshows on the internet and B/R was smart enough to jump on that gravy train before the rest of the sports media jumped on board Thanks for the compliment!

QUOTE (beautox @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 11:35 AM) They did, hand held. They've upped security at the United Center too, with a longer pat down and metal detector swipe, it's slowed the entrance process down there too.

Thought this was a spot on review of the HIMYM finale http://m.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/se...y-conned-us-all

QUOTE (juddling @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 11:22 PM) I thought the ending for HIMYM was ok....not great but nowhere near as bad as some think. My question to the haters here is what could they have done that would have made you say "That was a good ending" cause to be honest there are a few here that I don't think would have been satisfied no matter what the ending. How about not killing off the mother for Robin? The first meeting at the train station was great and they kept showing them so happy together, then BAM, she gone, here's Robin again. That after two seasons of Robin and Barney falling in love, then divorcing 15 minutes after the wedding ended. They had an ending in mind when the show started, and no matter how far the show diverted off course, they refused to budge on the original ending IMO.

f***ing awful way to end HIMYM, as we talked about a month ago. Ted finally meets the women of his dreams and you kill her off because years ago you decided it had to end with him and Robin no matter what?

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 09:25 PM) Don Baylor caught the first pitch from Vlad Guerrero, twisted his knee and had to helped off the field. Go Angels. http://www.mobypicture.com/user/henry_bouldin/view/16728111 Broken femur

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 08:36 PM) "I tell ya Stone Pony, this is the most exciting and athletic young White Sox team since the late 90's...Abreu's going to win multiple MVP's and Eaton will make everyone forget about Scotty Pods."

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 06:06 PM) Only 119 more to go. You really think it will take 120 wins to win the Central?

That's why he's your #3 hitter

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) They better hope the mother is better than Ted, aka the worst character in the history of television. From all indications, she basically seems like the female Ted, so don't get your hopes up.

Home run in his first at-bat

BAM! ADA in the house!

From the Opening Day lineups announced so far, here is a list of #3 hitters across baseball. Carlos Gonzalez Jose Bautista Adam Jones Giancarlo Stanton Joe Mauer Conor Gillaspie Matt Holliday David Ortiz David Wright Freddie Freeman Ryan Braun Prince Fielder Chase Utley Starlin Castro Jayson Werth Andrew McCutchen Ben Zobrist Jose Altuve Chase Headley Joey Votto Eric Hosmer Miguel Cabrera Pablo Sandoval Paul Goldschmidt