Southwest Sider

Keep them at 3 and get back in this thing.

Adam Eaton (6 pts): Melkman Cabrera (3 pts): Jose Abreu Jose Abreu (1 pts): South Sider Adam LaRoche (2 pts): MHizzle85 Avisail Garcia (3 pts): Condor13, CarlosMartinez Alexei Ramirez (4 pts): lord chas, BigHurt3515 Gillespie (4 pts): Soto (3 pts): Micah Johnson (6 pts): Bench (8 pts): Noone (1,000,000 pts): hi8is

Liking what I'm seeing from Jennings so far. Looking like a great acquisition. Obviously, Duke and Robertson as well. As others in this thread have said, if Montas can come up this year and be a force in our bullpen, then we could have one of the best bullpens in the AL. But DR locking down inning number 9 will be key for everything else to fall in place and others to know their roles.

I got The Show 15 for PS3. If anyone wants to game, add me "theswingingman". Been playing online exclusively so far, and it's fun! So far I am 4-2, but I should be 5-1. I was up 3-0 on a guy in the 6th inning and the game froze. I turned off my console and found out I had been given the loss. Oh well. The other game I lost was kind of dumb, too. It's 2-2 in the bottom of the 9th, I'm the away team and there's a man on 1st with two outs. Guy hits a gapper and get to it and get it to the cut off man while he's going for home. He's out by a mile so starts running back to 3rd. I chase a bit with the catcher, and as soon as I throw it to 3rd he turns around going back to home. I discover no one is covering home (lol), the pitcher had gone behind 3rd base instead. So he scores and wins. XD And I like the quick counts, but I kind of wish that you couldn't start an at bat 3-2. I'm cool with any other count, but starting 3-2 kind of waters it down a little bit. But it makes a little more realistic with pitch counts, which I like.

Not like we couldn't guess it would happen, but Patrick Kane has stated that he is playing in game 1. This.Is.Awesome. It's a shame we couldn't get home ice, but the silver lining of the injury allowed us to add to our depth. It's true that neither Vermette or Timonen have looked very good, but you never know if they will take it to the next level in the playoffs. Plus, Desjardins has looked like a solid 4th liner, which we really need. I'm excited about our forward depth, but I really hope we can get Vermette going in a center role and he can win a lot of faceoffs for us. Still a little concerned about the D depth though, and it could burn us.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 13, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) Sure did deadspin.com/jon-doesnt-have-the-yips-lester-airmails-throw-to-fir-1697629188 It looks like he didn't even try to make a good throw. It's hard to imagine a major league pitcher would be that terrible at simply throwing the ball the 1st base. Can he field bunts at all?

Adam Eaton (6 pts): Melky Cabrera (3 pts): Jose Abreu (1 pts): Adam LaRoche (2 pts): Condor13, Aviasil Garcia (3 pts): South Sider Alexei Ramirez (4 pts): Gillespie/ Bacon (4 pts): Flowers/Soto (3 pts): Micah Johnson/Emilio Bonifacio (6 pts): Bench (8 pts): Noone ( 1,000,000 pts ): hi8is

I have tickets to the Sox game and the Hawks game on the 25th... I really hope they schedule the Hawks at night. What an epic day that would be. Otherwise, I have to choose one

It's an extremely small sample size, but Beckham has been awesome thus far. Here's hoping that less pressure on him to be the guy helps him become a solid ballplayer. He's still pretty young.

So glad I didn't get tickets to this game. The only good part about it is the weather.

Another ball hit hard, with nothing to show for it. Gotta love the baseball gods throwing bad luck into the mix too. FFS

For the love of.... this team needs a sense of urgency! They need to play like its the f***ing playoffs! Almost this entire month is against division foes, you can easily dig yourself into an almost insurmountable hole this month, and this is how they come out of the gate? I can almost.... ALMOST understand getting swept by KC. Really, they should have taken 1 game there. Embarrassing yourselves on opening day is just.... lame. No one can magically make the Sox play better, but these games f***ing count and it sure doesn't seem like they are playing like it. (Except game 2 in KC, they fought hard in that game to their credit. No thanks to Putnam for gift wrapping that game for their hottest hitter)

Just need to vent for a second. Between the hawks and this, this is one of the worst weeks for chicago sports that i can remember. What kills me is that almost any ball the sox hit hard, someone makes a play on. Very frustrating week. f***.

Great deal in my opinion... I'm a little extra happy because I bought an Adam Eaton jersey earlier today... Good timing eh?

I'll be at the game today, and even though I'm a Sox fan it's highly disappointing that the Maddon would send the B team. It's gonna be a packed house of Sox and Cubs fans, let all the people see the young studs. Pathetic. Good thing Robin isn't as dumb as Maddon.. at least I get to see the Sox opening day lineup.

Bickell wearing an extra Raanta sweater at practice today. Joel Quenneville urging #Blackhawks to "get pissed off" during practice. Quenneville is fired up for practice today and is letting his players know about it as only Quenneville can. Q trying to light a fire under the #Blackhawks' ***** Q starts a 2-on-2 drill by raising his voice, "Let's get (bleepin' bleeped off) around here!" (He didn't say bleeped tho). #Blackhawks Sounds like a fun practice.

Up to the Hawks to win it tonight. None of this playing down to your competition nonsense. Edmonton is going to bring it tonight and the Hawks need to be on top of their game. Nashvilles dropped 5 in a row and St. Louis lost last night too. If the Hawks can get on a roll here... first in the division may still be possible.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 05:49 AM) Other than the weather, I can't imagine there is much positive about playing for the Coyotes. Major breath of fresh air for him. Ben Smith flew to SJ right after being traded, played last night and scored a goal and an assist, good for him. I love Smith. He became one of my favorites after that 2011 Vancouver series. When he finally made the team for good, I was stoked. I thought for sure he'd be a big presence in our lineup, being able to contribute regularly. For whatever reason, it just didn't work this year... I don't exactly think there was a lack of chemistry on the 4th line... but it is sure strange that when Smith gets a new home, he finally scores, and without him on his line, Kruger finally scores.

Vermette looks thrilled to be on this team, judging by his intermission interview. As a fan, that's really cool to see! I'm happy to have him here And don't look now, but the Predators might finally be coming back to earth.

If the Hawks love Darling as much as it seems, then the ideal scenario is that you still ride Crawford this postseason. I'm pretty sure Crawford will play well, again. He's a good goaltender and can turn it up for the playoffs. Ideally, he does extremely well and the Hawks are able to trade him in the offseason. Then, you have Darling ready to take over, for a much smaller price. You just have to be sure that Darling is going to be able to at least match Crawfords production going forward.

I've had some good sandwiches at Jersey Mikes. Their cold subs are awesome, especially done "Mikes way". I usually just get something from my work, though. Cheap, discounted, varied, and does the job.

Hawks up 3-0 on the Ducks. I guess it's time for the Ducks to activate goon mode because they aren't having their way with the Hawks like they do almost every other team. Anyone catch the water squirt at Kane from the Ducks bench after his goal? And Kesler getting upset that Roszival hit him, while the Ducks have been finishing all their checks all game. It would be nice to meet this team in the playoffs, except for I'd worry that Corey Perry and Whatshisname Maroon would injure half of the team.

This has been my favorite offseason, and by far the most exciting since the 04-05 offseason for me. 05-06 was a lot of fun, too.

This has been an exciting game up to this point. Great matchup, as always.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) Phoenix has awesome awesome food. Are there any places in particular you'd suggest? There are some places that I've found to be good, but I'd always like to try some other stuff too! To anyone going to AZ: If you're willing to make a 45 minute- 1 hour drive up north, and you love "western" style towns, Cave Creek is a fun, touristy kind of place to go. The Buffalo Chip hosts bull riding events, and it's always bustling with people on weekends. The Horny Toad and Cave Creek Smokehouse both have awesome food. It's a fun little town.