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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 01:27 PM) He was something like 1/18 before that at-bat. Fundamentals. Execution. Can the White Sox up their game offensively? He's been serving those outside pitches to right all series. Yet we continue to throw those to him.

Ned Yost bunting in the first inning...classic.

My goodness, how do we let Escobar just destroy us like this?

Danks touching 90. That's encouraging.

This is a huge mess...

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) On paper, he's one of the most glaringly obvious negative regression candidates in all of baseball. I'm going to be very disappointed in the gods of baseball if he has a good year. Ground ball pitcher + move to bigger park + good IF defense = low BABIP = another fluke year.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 06:36 AM) This game is an automatic win. Volquez is a real b**** and we roughed him up back in his major league debut in 2005. I say we repeat history and we score 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Danks has NEVER lost to the Royals in career, going 7-0 with a 2.43 ERA. Not sure the reason (probably some pre-game Jack Stack's), but he's better when pitching at Kauffman stadium. I'll say he goes 6 strong innings giving just one run. Offensively, Abreu hits another bomb, Alexei gets his first two hits, and Micah Johnson steals a couple of bases. Volquez is a much different pitcher now than he was back then. He's a sinker-baller ground ball pitcher now. He pitches to contact instead of trying to miss bats like before. With how good the Royals infield defense is, I'm expecting him to have a nice year.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 12:19 AM) Wouldn't surprise me if Danks out pitches Shark and Q. That's baseball. To be fair, it wouldn't be that hard to out-pitch our starters the past 2 games.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:34 PM) We just need to pound Volquez tomorrow. Because the Royals are going to jump on Danks.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:26 PM) key word: "close" and yea, that pitching tho. To a Royals lineup that is OK but certainly not close to the league's toughest. As long as we keep letting Escobar get on 75% of the time, KC's offense is going to look awesome.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:20 PM) Literally zero way to know that two games into the season. Zero. Definitely not zero. Robertson's good, but he's equal to Holland or Davis at best.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:18 PM) We've had a bullpen that throws nothing but heat. That's not what makes them so effective. The are arguably the best pen in baseball because they are accurate and have nasty stuff breaking and straight. It's not like we are facing nobodies here I'm just saying that even though we spent $65 million this off-season on bullpen arms, we're still far behind KC.

The Royals bullpen has guys throwing 100. We have guys barely reaching 90. And that's not an exaggeration either. Putnam and Duke top out around the low 90s. Robertson, Petricka, and Guerra sit around the mid 90s. We really don't have guys who throw really hard in the bullpen.

I just wasted 3 hours of my life...

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:07 PM) Rain coming soon? Please rain tomorrow, please rain tomorrow. I don't want Danks starting, especially not against the Royals.

Come one guys, Escobar's not this good.

If Moustakas ever hits consistently...he's gonna be an MVP caliber player. And I hate him because of that.

That could have been a bomb had Avi elevated it.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 10:00 PM) This is a death march to 0-2 Scoring off of Herrera-Davis-Holland seems almost impossible. All these guys are 2.5-3 WAR relievers. It's crazy how good they are.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 09:56 PM) Please score now. We better hope Wade Davis returns to his Tampa Bay form then.

Duke against Perez is a recipe for disaster.

Now I remember why baseball's such a drag to watch. It's almost 10 and we're not even in the 8th inning yet.

Wow that was actually a strike and he didn't call it. He's been calling balls strikes to lefties all game.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Apr 8, 2015 -> 09:50 PM) That's probably the hardest thing to get in MLB. Russell Martin's a real catcher. He only costed Toronto $16 million a year.

Hey guys...don't run on Perez. It's dumb.