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http://www.chicagonow.com/soxnet/2015/08/b...history-part-3/ In the latest What If? installment, Mark looks at how the Sox were incredibly close to having Fernandomania on the South Side.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 07:40 AM) If Abreu gets plunked, there will be benched clearing brawls. I feel like Abreu would be terrifying to fight.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 06:49 AM) What a terrible suggestion I'd love to see Abreu get plunked. Who wouldn't?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 09:53 PM) Great to see, so happy we didn't trade him for a rental bat (he would have been the most likely to go) The org LOVES Adams.

Great stuff as usual from Brian.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 10:27 AM) The starting pitching - shark, sale and Quintana- has been good most of the season until the last 2 times through. Meanwhile Rodon still lacks command, control and a third pitch, while using a year of service time. EJ may be ready to join in, but that's TBD. Sox need an athletic outfielder. That doesn't mean get rid of AVi. nothing wrong with some quality depth for a change. And of course a 3b and c. It won't happen in one offseason. The amusing thing is the White Sox current backup OF is probably one of the most athletic in the game. Thompson's family genes are pretty nuts.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) Brilliant, Adam LaRoche has an ops not even close to Semien, but we wouldn't be better off with a 23 year old at DH making close to the league minimum. You probably thought Royce Clayton was a much better defender than Valentin because Jose had a lot more errors. Why do we have advanced metrics if it's 2015 and we're still going by error totals? I guess some on this board know more about baseball than Billy Beane. Because by advanced metrics, Marcus is still pretty bad at defense at short.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) what happened. Gameday froze Eaton on third. One out. Abreu and Melky both intentionally walked to get to Avi. Avi gets a not intentional walk.

Avi has two walk off walks this year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 04:26 PM) The double intentional walk. They really want an Avi double play ball.

Why is Avi hitting.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) I agree, but the odds of both making their ceilings are much more favorable for Fulmer versus Anderson. Which is why I voted Fulmer, personally.

If both Anderson and Fulmer reach their ceilings, Anderson will be better. It will be a minuscule difference and the White Sox will be very happy.

Wait. Why is Rodon being lifted after 75 pitches and two walks?

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 01:03 PM) really..... sox came close but never had the ummmm to put it all together. ...2005?

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 01:01 PM) Cubs and Astros haven't done anything yet except have an alright half-season. Twins haven't done anything at all unless you're talking about something that happened a long time ago. Royals missed the playoffs for a quarter century. Do you want that? I can have all of that?

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 09:24 AM) Love that three of the five are comparatively small market teams (I understand Houston is a big town, but not like you think). The White Sox need to be this, but they can only accomplish that by 1) Not going for it every year and 2) drafting better. Houston is the fourth largest city in the US...and the tenth largest media market.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 11:33 PM) Baseball is the worst. At least football they can cut a guy immediately if he starts to suck and not pay him. The bonus money is what matters there. Eh, you sign a contract, you honor a contract. That's how it should be. For both parties.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) What about a platoon?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 10:56 AM) This pick better make the All-Star team. The last guys we had in that category were names like Lumsden, Whisler, Liotta, Lucy, Danny Wright, etc. As for now, I'm not buying we will get the equivalent of Lamb or Reed, let alone Finnegan. Or Caulfield favorite, Keon Barnum. Or Trayce Thompson. Or Josh Phegley. Or Gio Gonzalez. I disagree that comp pick = the deal for Cueto. The Reds clearly got more than what a comp pick would be worth. But is this really just cherry picking past White Sox draft picks in the comp rounds?

Two game threads cause of the state of disarray.

Baseball gods are mad at the team for making no trade deadline deals. Carlos Rodon vs. Erasmo Ramirez Go team yay

Seriously, not making a trade pissed off the baseball gods.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 06:34 PM) How must win is this game on a scale 1 to 10? Spinal Tap.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 06:13 PM) Did Hawk fire DD? Man, Hawk was a bad GM.