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Need to get Beckham, Flowers and Sanchez into the game. They had hot bats last night...................................

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) I have 0 confidence in this game today. A lot of Royal fans are saying the same thing.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 9, 2015 -> 02:43 AM) I want to see the Sox declare war. After watching LaRoche stare down Duffy, then whack a double, I'm convinced he can be our leader. If we get swept by KC, I hope LaRoche freaks out in the clubhouse. So what if it's early. 0-3 will be unacceptable. In this day and age, the clubhouse leader better be bilingual. For several years, Boston had multiple interpretors in the clubhouse because of the diversity of today's players.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 03:13 PM) The difference is that it wasn't a big or important play. It was a home run in the middle of a boring game they were already winning. A game winning hit in the 9th or a big strikeout in a close game is different. Play the game get excited where it's warranted. None of it matters to me as I'm not playing the game. However I can see why it effects the players the way it does. Does it make it right...no, but they're human and people get ticked off. If Royals thought it was on purpose, they will plunk Eaton tomorrow.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 08:49 PM) Id say theyre about even....lose Shields, Butler and Aoki....replace with Volquez, Morales and Rios. The paramount thing is, the confidence of their young core guys like Gordon, Cain, Perez, Moustakas, Escobar and Hosmer is at an all-time high. Same with Ventura. Shields and Butler werent as good as usual last year, either. At the end of the day, there #1 beat our #3. Q will come to the rescue.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 4, 2015 -> 03:53 PM) If the Sox win 2 of 3 against KC, I'll start believing. If the Sox win 1 of 3 against KC, I will try not to get mad. Somebody remind me I said this if we go 1-2. If the Sox get swept, it will be very annoying and the only reason I might not freak out is because the Royals did reach the World Series. Right now would I take 1-2 if it was offered to me as a certainty? Probably not. I'd want to play it out and see if the Sox can scratch out 2 of 3. That said ... will any of you absolutely freak out if Sox go 0-3? If the Sox go 0-3 I think Ventura will be fired. If the Sox go 3-0 his contract will be extended until 2020............................

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 4, 2015 -> 06:50 AM) Samardzija is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA vs. KC. So if that's what you're going by, he might be right. However if you are going by his 15 straight scoreless innings on opening day, he may be wrong. However if you are going by his awful ST performance, he may be right. However if you are going by a coin toss for him over Q, you probably found the answer.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 07:27 PM) Thank god. Don't know why they are starting the season a week later than last year. What's the official word? Trying to avoid snow outs? Seems like first week of April (or March 31st) has been opening day for most of my adult life and now it's the 2nd week of April? Easter

I think 84 or 85 wins which is improvement over last sseason. Starting pitching will be good, bullpen shaky, offense average and defense below average.

QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 01:45 PM) Good question and my answer is yes Boston is supposedly very interested

QUOTE (daggins @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 08:44 AM) Passan bitin' on Jonah Keri with that order. As for the title, I would guess its either the AL Central, AL West, or the NL Central. NL East is probably the worst, even with the improved Mets. I have seen several AL East teams this spring in Florida. That division looks pretty loaded. Boston must have the best lineup in all of baseball. Luckily their pitching has some questions in the 4 and 5 spots.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 29, 2015 -> 08:45 AM) wow, that is close. Sanchez is having a real nice, quiet spring. this is a choice that is hard for a coach to make, and i am glad i am not making it. Johnson turns 25 this year if that affects management thinking.

Let's face it. If you are going to a home game, one consideration is would that be a day Sale is on the mound. How often do White Sox fans actually choose to go to a game based on that??? Well a problem is coming. When Rodon joins the rotation this season, fans are going to be forced to choose on some occasions. Will some fans start picking Rodon games over "Sale days". What a nice dilemna!!!!

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 04:24 PM) It was bound to happen sooner or later, but damn if it ain't a little disappointing. Really enjoyed watching him this spring. Zero is a very low number. If Melky breaks his leg tonight, there is some chance hawkins makes the opening day roster.

I read all these positive offensive things and I figured we won. I see why no one mentioned our pitching or lack ther of today. It seems like we are giving up a lot of homeruns lately.

According to Farmer's Almanac, April 6th game will probably be postponed due to sleet/rain. Count on the 7th as opening day

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 06:22 PM) i just got the chance to read it, a great article. going into spring training, i just naturally assume, that CS will be the 2b. but this spring and how MJ responded, it does not make it a bad choice. more of a pleasant choice to make either CS or MJ.. many thanks STOP THE PRESSES. After Beckham's performance today, he gets 2B and Micah to AAA......................................

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 11:05 AM) When you haven't made the playoffs in 7 years, maybe you need new horses to pull the applecart? Agree. Carl Everett had a history of upsetting the applecart. He also played a key role in 2005.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 13, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) interesting conversation. i missed it. since this is a subjective opinion which in itself may vary from others opinion, in other words, no one is right. why question the whole list?? is there a final ranking that is right, making all others wrong, pretty much like how someone will take a test with a certified answer list. on this forum what makes mine (i am always right ), more correct than any others? I think the confusion comes on how the writer arrives at his rating. I could be wrong, but I think position has an impact. He uses the standard 5 categories: hit, power, run etc and he averages the five scores. But if you notice Adolfo scores slightly higher than Johnson but is rated below him. Hawkins rates slightly higher than Trey but he also ranks slighly lower. I wonder if he ranks outfielders lower than infielders when the numbers are in the same range???

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 11, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Must be having to rest Beckham after his first hit of spring training lol Being traded...................

I have posted several times that I think Johson needs a year in AAA since the White Sox need to improve their defense. But he may prove to be too good offensively to do that. If so, nice problem to have

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) JJ Stankevitz @JJStankevitz · 14m 14 minutes ago Nolan Sanburn -- the pitcher the #WhiteSox got from Oakland for Adam Dunn -- was lit up over 2 IP: 5 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K in the B game. Damn. Should have kept Dunn and see if he could develop another pitch.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) Reflects the quality in the AL central this year. Many projections have the Indians as a top 5 team. I wonder what factor travel has on the toughness of a schedule. Certainly the AL Central has by far the easiest travel compared to the other 2 divisions both within the division and travelling to the other divisions. But western division teams like San Fran and LA have been very successful despite getting the short end of travelling.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 09:14 AM) Yes, but it was March 3. There are a lot of guys who look like stars the first couple of weeks of spring training that wind up being bad, and vice versa. Especially this early, a lot depends on how much you did in the offseason. Others who didn't hit as much or throw as much eventually catch up. I like Micah Johnson and hope he winds up starting at 2B. But whether he went 0-4 with 4 k's or 4-4 with 3 steals on March 3rd, it wouldn't change my opinion. The guys that played some winter ball are probably a little ahead right now. Watching these games now are great for entertainment purposes. It's been a while since we have seen them on the field. But making any evaluation at this point is crazy. I agree on offense but defensively you can get a better reading. If a player goes 3-3 but it is against a Class A pitchers it does not mean much. If he steals 2 bases but it is against the 5th string catcher in camp then again you can't draw much. But if a guy is not covering the ground for his position or is not making good throws or struggles turning the doubleplay, those can be takeaways of what is to come this spring when the roster gets trimmed.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 09:37 PM) It's nice to actually have a few guys that can take an extra base. As I said in another thread, simply removing the slugs (Dayan, Kong, Dunn) is going to lead to more runs. Those three guys are possibly three of the slowest 20 runners in all of MLB. Having them all on the team was a big detriment to any sort of overall baserunning prowess. No errors today. Hopefully we see improved defense this year compared to last.