shysocks

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 02:23 PM) No chance. But KW is now a shoe in for White Sox employee of the month and of the year. His decision resulting in $13 million in savings will endear him forever. I don't have a problem with the KW using this policy as long as it is for the right reasons. The question I have is why wasn't this policy put in place before now? There could be logical explanations, but it is cold to all of a sudden institute this policy when you know how much it means to the father and son. Maybe they saw first hand that the kid was a distraction. I'm gonna start bringing my unemployed college roommate to work with me because I like having him around and then call my company evil when they tell me to stop. #FriendshipFirst

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 02:10 PM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 22s22 seconds ago Boyer added: “I honestly think this is between good and evil. I know which side Adam lives on. I’m thankful to see the way he’s acting… LOL Why does his kid deserve special treatment? This is the stupidest thing imaginable.

JFC. How anybody will blame the Sox for this, I don't know, but they will.

LOL this sure stinks on the Sox' end!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 01:02 PM) That's a low class move to put that out there and not say anymore. I have no respect for writers who do that. I agree. "All I'm sayin'." Then say nothing, jackass.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 03:27 PM) raBBit also pointed out Daniel Vogelbach, Jonathan Singleton, Oswaldo Arcia, and Jesus Montero as potential fits. something something ice cream sandwich joke something something

I mean, if you're talking about another starting pitcher... *points to signature* But I'll argue it makes little sense to prioritize a pitcher over a hitter. The team needed the latter more before this news. There are five guys penciled with thick strokes into the rotation whether you like it or not, and two realistic options for backups. It's also possible nothing will happen, as it's just too late. Was only the DH spot, after all.

QUOTE (bjm676 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 01:56 PM) Good luck to LaRoche. Hopefully, it's nothing too serious. I could see a rotating DH spot for now. The rotating DH is something I wanted the Sox to try before they got LaRoche, but now that we're in win mode, I'm not sure we have the players to make it work. Think we have to make a move (which wouldn't necessarily preclude the rotating DH, anyway).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 01:51 PM) With the savings we should be getting, I'd rather give up nothing to get him and just pay the contract. Idea came up somewhere on twitter to keep the money for flexibility at the trade deadline, but I hold the same belief that I did about the roster before the Austin Jackson signing. I'd rather try to make the team better now and get the extra win or two in the first half.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) I know some people wouldn't like that, but I would like that for the right price. I'd be fine with it, he's more or less a younger version of LaRoche. The price may have just gone up, given our sudden need for a player. I'll bang the Ethier drum again too, assuming the Dodgers are at all interested in it.

All systems go for Jay Bruce now. LaRoche had a rough year but this does leave a hole.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Wow. First reaction is I hope he and his family are OK. Second reaction is we have $13M to spend. Ditto. Also, inb4 "Wish he had done this while we were trying to sign high-end outfielders." Sounds like it's a sudden issue though. Wish him the best.

Wow, this is stunning.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:07 AM) That is my point. If someone can figure out how the stuff between the ear works, they can make up more ground than any statistical study can. That'd be great but it just seems impossible.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) Chemistry absolutely affects performance. All you have to do is work in a place that has horrible management to realize that. Working in a place where everyone hates each other also will drag down performance. I don't deny that, but two responses. 1. Performance affects chemistry much more than the reverse. 2. You can't predict chemistry. There's no grading scale. Nobody has any idea what each acquisition is going to do to the formula. Bringing in an obvious a-hole like AJ Pierzynski has wreaked wildly different consequences for different teams. This is why I ultimately don't think twice when I see how happy the Sox are this March. It's better than the alternative, like the Mets telling Yoenis Cespedes to stop riding horses to work, but in the end I think the team is gonna play how it's gonna play.

I mean can you imagine if instead of adorable Joe Maddon, Robin Ventura had hired a clown - an actual f***ing clown - to show up to Spring Training?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:48 AM) The difference? The local media selling the story. The Boston media is brutal and cut throat, they will literally do anything for a story. The Chicago media protects the sources it has with the team so that it keeps a good relationship with manage. Right, but my point, which I didn't express very well, is that both winning and losing teams have players who drink beer during games, and that the team's ultimate performance is what affects how we look back on its chemistry.

A fun example I thought of: Mark Buehrle drank beer during Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. John Lackey, Josh Beckett, and Jon Lester drank beer and ate fried chicken during Red Sox games in September 2011. What is the difference between these two incidents and how they were covered? Besides the literal presence of fried chicken, it's the team's performance at the time. Transplant those Red Sox pitchers to the 2005 White Sox, and it's evidence of how much pressure Ozzie took off the players or something.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:09 AM) I swear if there is an underutilized area in baseball right now, it is what goes on between the ears. What is going on there has so much of an influence on everything else. Sure, fine, but you can't control it. Todd Frazier is a feisty, fun leader until he doesn't play well. Then he just annoys everyone. This stuff is always, always cast in a different light depending on whether the team wins or loses.

Can it be the regular season now?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 08:35 AM) 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..................... It all just seems like revisionist history to me. They lost because they lost. Who cares if they were sad. "Just win baby" is right. If the team is good, everything else will take care of itself.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) Scott Kazmir looked awful in a B game this morning vs the White Sox but this Chris Sale kid might have a future. https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/709445828910256128 Everyone looks awful against this offense.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 11:46 AM) or maybe he's waiting for a good job opportunity instead of taking a position like the Nets or Kings that everyone knows has no chance to succeed. Yes. On the spectrum of Couldn't Get A Job

Bumping this because I've always found it interesting. One question arises from the articles. 3rd: The #3 hitter comes up to the plate with fewer runners on base on average than the #4 and #5 hitters. So why do managers put the run producers in the 3 hole when teams can benefit having them in the #4 and #5 hitters. The third spot isn’t really that important. 5th: The book says the number five hitter gets more plate appearances with men on, and can provide more value with extra base hits. After the #1, #2, and #4 slots are written in, the manager should put the next best hitter in the five-hole, not the three-hole. Wouldn't it be true that the 5 hitter comes up with men on base more often because of the tradition of putting the a "role" hitter at 2 and your best hitter at 3? If the manager adhered to the newer recommendations, increasing the importance of the 2-spot, then putting the next best hitter at 5, then 3, then doesn't that decrease the importance of the 5-spot and and increase the importance of the 3-spot by design?

QUOTE (juddling @ Mar 10, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) LOL let's see what Goose Gossage thinks http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14943065...uining-baseball If you don't wanna read it, he said "get off my lawn."