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Fire Greg Walker!

I'm not a fan of taking a slugger from the NL and converting them to an AL DH. It's too early to tell but they made that mistake before.

QUOTE (DashFan @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) Robin Ventura had two jobs today: 1. Give away a game to a division opponent. 2. Destroy any confidence Carlos Rodon may have came into the majors with. Done & done. Lamont did this to Ruffcorn and Baldwin. He made them face the Indians when 3 of their guys could out hit this whole Sox lineup.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:11 PM) Guess we're just gonna use this game as the Rodon intro to the bigs, and not care about trying to win. Robin's managing for the future...like in Sept. when they will be well out of it again.

The AL Central is a tough division this year. The Sox don't have the talent to compete.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Yea but you must be surprised at how sloppy they area? I mean, it's been a f***ing horror show of mental errors. It's one thing to lose and play a good clean game. It's another to lose and make 2-3 head scratching errors. I think the mental part of the game is not required in this organization.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) This was talked about ad naseum during his rehab process. They were trying to teach him the Maggs slide so he didn't hurt himself. Think of it this way. What hurts more, losing this one game, or losing Avi for 120 games last year? It isn't about being a (and seriously can we get with the 21st century and stopping using female derogatory terms as insults?) "p****", it is about being smart enough to realize that 1 game If he dives and misses, game over.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 12:34 AM) The Sox poor start is what makes me think he may be up here sooner than believed. How many games can they continue to burn with Danks/Noesi out there? If the Sox were 6-2 or 5-3 right now, I could see them saying we have no reason to call him up. But as it stands, our SP minus a start from Sale and a start from Q have been pretty mediocre to bad. Yep. I'm waiting for the former Cub to live up to the hype. He's the one you need to worry about the most.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 01:12 PM) South Side Sox ‏@SouthSideSox 1m1 minute ago White Sox relievers have now struck out the side in 1-2-3 innings twice as many times as they did all of last year. Sometimes I think having a guy like that makes the others better just be presence.

I don't know if I would want to expose the kids to the poor defense and stupid baseball that is going on.

QUOTE (OnlyGillis @ Apr 16, 2015 -> 11:15 PM) The Big Arm? Post of the week. Thanks for the chuckle.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) Too bad he can't be like LaRussa or Maddon who got to .500 after 5 years. Bobby Cox took 11 years. Joe Torre took 16, Well it's good to know the Cito Gaston as Sox manager finally died out. His name was thrown around before Ozzie took over. Interesting he never got a manager job again.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) why limit it? Can we get back to the game? This is what White Sox "baseball" does to people.

Did the Sox ever win more than three in a row last year?

BTW LaRoche is driving in runs.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 13, 2015 -> 06:16 PM) if there is 1 thing, i think it will be zero chance of that happening. he burnt his bridges there. I wouldn't say it's impossible. Hahn likes him. There would have to be a zillion clauses in his contract.

Nice to have a stud closer.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 12, 2015 -> 02:55 PM) This team is not ready for the regular season. The manager forgot to do spring training right and he's making them not know how to play baseball. You would think they would know that before getting a minor league contract.

What's up with using 3 pitchers going into the 7th?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 12, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Looks like this 2015 team is just plain baseball stupid. I call it White Sox baseball.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 11, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) Wouldn't surprise me if this is the everyday lineup in about 3 weeks. Also wouldn't surprise me if Johnson is replaced full time by Sanchez soon. My fear is they are both replaced by Beckham.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 10, 2015 -> 10:10 PM) This is puzzling: Gordon Beckham PA 9. Emilio: 1 The fuq man. Ever get this strange feeling Beckham is going to be a starter again?

QUOTE (spiderman @ Apr 10, 2015 -> 08:49 PM) Does Gardy really have no interest in advanced metrics? If so, I wouldn't want him. You have to use everything in this day and age to give yourself advantages. I'm not blaming Ventura, but do wonder if they wouldn't bring Guillen back if they stumbled and make a change there. Rumor has it Hahn is a fan of Guillen but Ozzie has burned so many bridges. Maybe a decade from now the smoke will go away.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 10, 2015 -> 10:44 PM) Indeed. Boston 20-29 at the end of May last year with a roster many predicted to contend. Blew it all up in July. I really hope the Sox can turn it around but man it's just a s*** start. And let's not kid ourselves this is an awful 0-4 as well. They haven't really been in a single game late and many of the gaffes we've seen are eerily familiar of the last few Sox teams. Just not good fundamental baseball. Forget the fancy stuff just don't get TOOTBLANN'ed every other inning and throw the ball all over the diamond. And try and tag down 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th. I don't think that will ever change until many people in the organization are gone or the team sold and gutted out. They went through phases of drafting athletes instead of baseball players. They try to turn those athletes into 1st basemen or a DH. They never give up on guys who can't catch a baseball and try to make them play in positions where defense is exposed. The philosophy seems to be the same. I'm amazed at organizations like the Cardinals who can let a Puljols go and still win. Some people just get tired of seeing the same movie with different actors. Those are probably your season ticket holders.

I'm not a fan of grabbing a guy from the NL to be a DH. They have the biggest adjustment.