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I wish the sox would have some balls and sell a shirt with Hector on it that says "Screw You" Or make it like a college "Screw U"

QUOTE (balfanman @ Apr 10, 2012 -> 05:49 AM) So Paulie has a shot to catch him with 2 -3 decent seasons then. That's assuming he's in a White Sox uniform in 3 years

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 07:41 PM) looks all mental to me. Half this team is seemingly headcases...

Great pitching so far this season, but man the offense is just ABYSMAL... Beckham still looking completely lost, Morel taking a huge dump after a strong September and pretty strong spring. Gotta wonder if he's still having back issues...

Alright 2012 is a series loss to start the year. Let's see where they wind up...

Just gonna be that kind of season gentlemen...

Another mediocre start for Gavin. What new? I hope his option doesn't get picked up. AJ Gavin and Gordon could all be gone by next year. Hopefully sooner if KW gets trigger happy

Beckham's swing makes me want to vomit.

Gavin needs to man up and pitch his ass off tomorrow.

So what team will he be traded to for prospects in a year or so? I hope not the Yankees/Red Sox/Cubs....

2 games into the season, the theme seems like it's gonna be good starting, great bullpen, great defense (sans Morel yesterday), struggling to score runs at times/possibly all the time haha

Let the great Santiago experiment begin!!

Beckham, what the f***, man? This should be his final season on the south side. Gotta sell low Kenny, he's just a headcase who needs a new team to maybe change him. It aint gonna happen on the south side.

Just looked up and wanted to see what the Sox results were in the opening series for the last 12 seasons and how that correlated to the season finish and found some interesting things: Since 2000 the Sox have won exactly two opening series'. Last year (horrible season) and in 2005 (that was fun wasn't it?). They've lost every other opening day series (sans 2004 which had a weird 2 game series against KC which they split) including a sweep at the hands of those same Royals in 2003. What's funny is that in the two other seasons they've made the playoffs -- 2000 and 2008 -- they lost the first two games of the series and won the final game. I've always had the theory that winning the last game in a series is always a plus even if it's a series loss. Pretty interesting stuff. I totally didn't think those early results would show anything, but there is a bit of a pattern. Take out last season and it's really revealing...

18 K'S in 42 Outs this season... Almost half of the outs...

Seems like Oakland fans have taken to calling Cespedes "The Cuban Missile".... How do we all feel about that?

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 05:59 PM) Beckham looks weak and in-between constantly. His machete swing is just awful. He'll be lucky to break .230 this season. C'mon Soxtalk... Where's the photoshop of Beckham in the Machete movie poster??

Cespedes just hit an absolute BOMB off the second deck in center field of the Oakland Coliseum

Gonna be going out of town for work in New Orleans. Anyone good/worth watching on the Zephyrs? Never been to a minor league game before, figure this would be a good time...

If Beckham struggles the rest of the season, I'm blaming this man: https://twitter.com/#!/gordonbeckham/st...401164688162816

Wow. When was the last time Mo blew his first save of the season? I can't remember it happening too frequently

Joe McEwing looks like a crazy person when he's telling people to come home. He was Frantically spazzing out when sending Rios. He's gonna pop out a shoulder haha

Yeah Santiago as closer is a bad idea. If Robin knows what we all know, that's it's gonna be a development year, why not put Reed in there if you're gonna go with a rookie to close? Reed is the closer of the future and I think has better stuff and a better mindset to be a closer than Santiago. I dig Santiago, but I could see him more as a set up guy or really even a 5th starter candidate going forward.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) hahahahaha responsibility to swing at a bad pitch? thanks but no. I'll take the loss as long as our players continue to lay off those pitches all year. gimme a break. If they're already gonna blame the ump in GAME ONE, it's gonna be a long season. They left runners in scoring position more than a few times. And Kinsler owned Danks all day. That's why they lost the game. Bullpen looks good though

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) you need to stop. you realize that the UMPIRE called him out right? Players need to take f***ing responsibility.