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How about if KW makes Drake the White Sox batboy. Then Adam can retire, the White Sox get an extra $13 Mil., Drake continues to get the education his parents want and Chris Sale gets to keep his BFF.

Next we will find out that the Drake was tipping pitches in the dugout.

Seems to me this story has some non- baseball angles as well. When you attend a baseball game, your ticket warns you that you are there at your own risk any injury you sustain is not the fault of the team. Drake has his own uniform and dad had some verbal agreement. What would have happened if Drake had sustained a serious injury? The White Sox Insurance Company may want to discuss future visitors in the clubhouse. How about Drake's school. How can a child be allowed to take more than a month off. Is this a form of home schooling?? I am surprised that some school official has not come out questioning the validity of this kid not being in a normal school environment.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 17, 2016 -> 09:01 PM) Yes. Adam can't bring his daughter either. On the other hand there probably isn't a father in the world who would have any desire to bring his girl around a Major League Baseball team. Who says??? You just found a father who pulled his kid out of school ( and actually normal life) for over a month so he can follow him around. There is probably another one who wants his daughter to do the same.

I wonder if a player wants to bring his 14 year old daughter into the clubhouse , would that be okay as well.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 04:39 PM) Am I the only one that thinks it was probably pretty f***ing creepy to have a 14 year old kid hanging around every day. I cannot see any player really accepting that. All of a sudden the locker room is something out of Romper Room. Not sure about creepy but it is strange. I saw where the son "brought schoolwork w him since he is missing days". Many school systems restrict time off during non-vacation periods. What kind of school lets a kid take off for a month+. This kid is 14 years old and is spending all his time w adults and not attending school. That cannot be the healthiest of situations. I think KW is in the right. I also think if Adam was having a goos spring he may have understood. Didn't we just read a fluff story about the great clubhouse atmosphere.........................

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 07:27 PM) 22 AB's .455 Avg. , 1.523 OPS, 4 HR's only 2 K's . Trade Frazier for a SP.......................

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:00 AM) That's pretty scary to me. What's to stop him from folding at the first sign of adversity again? Worse. He didn't say he folded, he said "we" folded. Of course, that doesn't explain the July surge. They folded , then unfolded, then folded again. Must have been another series w KC.....................

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) Yep, sounds like he was just as much a disappointment in the clubhouse as he was on the field. HUH???? http://m.mlb.com/news/article/158894110/je...ect-fit-in-2016 Samardzija's competitiveness will play well at AT&T Park. Had he continued his football career, he would have been a perfect fit for the old Raiders, as he wears his emotions on his sleeve and plays off the crowd. Samardzija fought with Lorenzo Cain and the Royals last April, showing teammates he had their backs in an incident sparked by Yordano Ventura.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 13, 2016 -> 08:04 PM) Yes he did, it's between Latos, Turner and EJ Sounds like you agree. Hahn assumed all along that Danks is the 4th starter. He brought in insurance for EJ not Danks Hahn said the Sox plan to go with Erik Johnson, along with their four returning left-handed starters. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...125-column.html

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 13, 2016 -> 07:59 PM) Yes you can. Let's not pretend like we haven't seen this from Danks since his shoulder was operated on. At this point we are all praying that somehow he magically finds "it" and is good again. The likelihood of that is not good Somebody should have told Hahn that since he didn't bring in his replacement.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Mar 12, 2016 -> 07:40 PM) Was very impressed with bennetti He looked better than Johnson but I think he still ends up in AAA......................

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Mar 12, 2016 -> 04:21 PM) I know it's only ST, but Johnson looks more and more like a AAAA pitcher. Coop will fix him...............

Living in Florida, I have the chance to see different spring training teams. One important thing to note is that the veteran players are pampered so their stats can be mis-leading. Often the veteran players play a lot more home games than road games. The reason is that a spring training road game can be a 2-2.5 hour bus trip each way. You often see the veterans skip the road games with longer bus reides and work out at their home park instead. So when spring training is over, a veteran player may have 65-75% of his abs. in one park. If it is a hitters park they may be inflated or the opposite if it a pitcher's park.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) I know it means nothing but I think it means something to have success in spring....if that makes any sense. Very few teams can flip the switch so to speak. Oakland had the best record in ST last year and the worst record in regular season. Having said that, I do think it is important for WS to have a good spring since the team has a bunch of new players and are working on developing new chemisty

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 10, 2016 -> 10:02 PM) There's room for Sale and Rodon to improve from last year, especially Rodon. Danks might regress a bit, but we've long come to expect little out of him. So then you're essentially comparing Latos/Erik Johnson with Shark's 2015. All things considered, they should be a notch or two better, especially if we get our expected improved defensive play in the outfield. Last year our starters were pretty healthy other than Sale stumbling out of the block early. Jones was the key injury so the pen was affected. My gut is we have an injury to a starter at some point and our lack of depth at that position would get really exposed.

I think 82-83. Offense will be better. Not sure what to think of defense. Starting pitching will be worse and bullpen better.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2016 -> 08:10 AM) Well, most of the article is indeed about minor leaguers. Did you mean a minor leaguer actually writing about it? You have to remember that results in the beginning of spring training are skewed especially for hitters because the pitchers are often ML guys working on something or AA/AAA bound players getting a taste of the bigs. It is encouraging though to see a bunch of guys putting up good offensive numbers since the Sox need help on that side. Writer says he does not count out Davidson yet but the Frazier trade probably does. Curious if there seems to be any improvement/emphasis on the defensive side.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 03:38 PM) Danks with 2 scoreless innings! Who is this guy?! Sign him through 2020.......................

John Danks signs a contract extension w the Sox.

DeAza

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 11:29 PM) http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/white-s...rs-tie-indians/ Ventura says Laroche's bat has more life this spring Why did Robin say that. Watch the umps now check to see if he corked his bat....................................

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Mar 4, 2016 -> 04:58 PM) Nice one LaRoche . I think he has a bounce back this year. He just did. Now back to ordinary.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 06:12 PM) Yeah, losing Almonte hurts...and Rajai Davis will be merely adequate. They have two huge holes just like the White Sox have, except in the outfield and 3b. But having Lindor, Kipnis and Gomes up the middle...arguably the three best at those positions in the Central unless you want to argue Sal Perez...certainly helps. They also picked up Napoli and Uribe. But they both are 50 years old

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Mar 3, 2016 -> 04:38 AM) Nope. Both will be on the team. Both will play plenty during the season. Whoever plays better will play more. Bizarre fixation, not just in this specific case, but in general with "who's gonna win the job?" and "who's gonna be named the starter?" Whoever plays the best will get the playing time during the season. Opening day is irrelevant. Micah Johnson was the opening day 2nd baseman. He lasted a month. We're talking about a $2 million 37 year old and a guy playing for the league minimum. There's no incentive to play anyone other than whoever is playing best. Rollns should have the job on opening day assuming he shows he isn't cooked. He's done it for a ton of years. He hits left handed. He'll benefit from time off with Saladino playing particularly against lefties. If and when Saladino proves he's the bigger asset on the field on a daily basis, he'll play more. You missed the bigger questions. Was Rollins brought in to be the starter? If so, what happens if Sanchez and Saladino have better springs than Rollins?? If Sanchez cannot play SS, who is the backup to Saladino if Rollins has nothing left??