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From 0-2 to full count, to a leadoff walk. Attack the zone.

Lawrie is officially baptized himself as a sox player there. He gets picked off, beats the throw and forgets to get the bag.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:40 PM) Bullpen did not reek last year, it was serviceable. Dont let facts get in the way of a made up narrative.

That was a difficult play by Abreu. Nice job.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 11:00 PM) Still working out some kinks. One thing is for sure though, it's really nice to watch a real defensive CFer Its great watching him in CF.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 10:58 PM) Apparently Brett Lawrie can't hear and thinks he is super man out there. Outfielders have priority on that play since the dawn of baseball.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 10:17 PM) Why throw it that high? He was trying to throw it through the wall behind the fans behind the catcher.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 09:58 PM) 2 errors helped RR This is what happens when you hit the ball instead of striking out. See Royals, Kansas City.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 09:53 PM) just an awful play by marcus. He fielded the ball nicely. He just didnt finish the throw and the ball sailed on him. That should of been an easy play as his momentum was moving towards the bag.

You know you are playing in Oakland when the fans sound like they are watching the mens luge or a soccer game.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Apr 3, 2016 -> 08:13 PM) Good to see the Royals luck starting so early into the season Cespedes Swarbered the ball in left extending the inning for the first run. Thats not luck. Thats everything everyone knew about Cespedes being summed up in the first play he was involved in.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) Most sports programs should be moving towards it. Many high schools around here are removing the passive stretching from the practice routine. We don't do normal stretching for my sons travel team. Its dynamic warmups and jaeger bands.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 10, 2016 -> 07:30 PM) This dude is a nut job. Math is bad. Bunting is great. Throwing at peoples heads is fine. Managers need to kick dirt at home plate. Computers bad. You cant run over people anymore. Pitch counts are evil.

Defense is something that this organization needs to do a better job with overall. Defense is something that requires lots and lots of reps, proper evaluation at the minor league level and a work ethic by the individual. You don't have every amazing play, just make the plays you should. Our infield defense can be good. It really requires lots of work and buy in by the individuals. Right now Tim Anderson should be getting as many ground balls hit at him as there are hours in the day. He is athletic enough to be good fielder.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 02:16 PM) Don't know if this has been mentioned, but I'd trade Keon Barnum or Josh Phegley for Fowler. Our comp picks have always been terrible, and Adams was a 2nd rounder that fell in our lap. Maybe we should forfeit our 1st rounder because of the Gordon Beckham pick. We have problems with our 1st round pick success so lets start with the 2nd round. I never understand the logic of selecting further back because of stupidity in the past. Lets go further back because of stupid decisions in the past. I am sure other teams would value having 3 picks in the top 50.

Fowler is not worth what becomes a late first round draft pick. If we sign him and lose the pic then keeping the Shark and offering him arbitration was just a waste of time. We should of just traded him at the deadline and picked up prospects. Its one thing to lose this pic for an Upton or Gordon. Its another thing to lose it for 2nd and 3rd tier guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 02:24 PM) So is the belief that this would only be a 1-year deal? I'd much rather see it be a 2-3 year deal. A 30 year old guy from the NL who just had his numbers plummet. What could go wrong with that investment.

QUOTE (SoxSteve @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 01:42 PM) Good points but disagree with a few things. First of all the players we gave up for Shark didn't fit the Sox good at all. Semien is a nice player but his defense will NEVER be good enough for short IMO. The problem with the Sox is we have very good pitching with very bad defense. If your going to be a good pitching team and that seems the direction we are going in with a Sale, Q, Rodon, Fullmer Johnson rotation i think it defeats the purpose to have a Semien at short. I would rather sacrifice hitting for fielding at certain positions when your pitching is good. That's why a Anderson -Lawrie combo doesn't excite me. I'd much rather have a great hitting outfield with a great DH hitting and sacrifice some of that with defense on your infield. And i don't consider Phegley and Bassitt prime pieces to the White Sox future. Obviously the trade didn't work out with Shark being horsehit but i don't think we mortgaged any of our future with that deal. That being said we have a disjointed team right now with the below average defense in both the outfield and infield with above average pitching. How we solve that is anyone's guess. Well the A's disagree with you. The A's are working with Ron Washington on Semiens D.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) Then it's just backlash speculative bulls*** not based on anything concrete against a guy who many are envious. Yes it's one of many things to be investigated. But when it get's more attention than is warranted and is cited as if its a fact it's irresponsible . There's one main reason that the Sox won't go longer term and it's that unless you are the Yankees Dodgers Red Sox it is fiscally irresponsible to hand out longer term contracts that pay for declining years. That has been apparent for years that those deals invariably becomes albatrosses to teams that don't have deep pockets. Unfortunately those contracts have been standard practice in MLB for years but the Sox still play the game hoping against hope and getting all our hopes up by playing the game and coming up short most of the time. When they do play the game and actually sign a FA they end up losing because the 2nd tier guys are almost always ore risky than the 1st tier guys Less financially volatile but more volatile as far as being productive on the field. In the last 2 years the Sox have given up 2 draft choices for free agents and possible a third if Desmond becomes a reality. Also 4 minor leaguers last year and 5 this year . Add up all that and it's 11 players from the minors and possibly 12 . Everyone says oh they will never be impact players . Yet Semien is already in the top 10 MLB SS according to MLB network analysis . Who knows who else may become valuable . Shark Lawrie and Frazier , that's 5 years total on the MLB field for 9 minor leaguers and 2 draft choices. I thought recently Hahn spoke of sustained success . How are they going to do that if they have to keep restocking the farm and getting outbid for FA difference makers ? Dumpster diving is pure luck. Relying on the few high end minor leaguers is highly speculative that they will make it. The only way to win the minor league game is have a deep system where more players can surprise you with unexpected development to offset those who disappoint you. The system is even less deep than it was now. In 2 years we start all over again because Melky, Lawrie Frazier are gone. Or we don't compete in those 2 years and trade off pieces. Either way it's starting over. Hahn has been a colossal failure . Getting Abreu and signing Sale Eaton Quintana to great deals doesn' t come close to all the failed money poured into unproductive FA's and prospects traded off. Those are a lot of players and years of control . So far it's his legacy that being below .500 or investing enough to be .500 and having no farm system is about what to expect. Great post

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 03:54 PM) Although I like the pick ... Gordon Beckham, Lance Broadway, Brian Anderson, Walker .... I'm too tired to think of the rest .... they all called. The Sox don't have a great past in the draft. Very likely the 28th pick wouldn't turn out to be anything. Just because they drafted dumb in the past doesnt mean the pick doesn't have value. We need to get better with our impact selections and use of the bonus pool.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 12:23 AM) “A lot of people don’t understand that one guy can change the whole culture of the lineup, either positive or negative,” Harrelson said. “On the positive side, one guy can change it and I think that guy is Todd Frazier. The big thing for me is he can catch the ball at third base. And the next thing is, he’s going to protect the best hitter on our club. It’s contagious.” ZIPS projects that Frazier will hit .255/.318/.449 with 25 homers and 80 RBIs for the White Sox this season. Harrelson hopes those numbers are on the low end. But even if they are correct, Abreu and the White Sox offense should see a significant increase. “If he does that, he’s going to make Abreu 10-15 percent better and it’s going to take a lot of heat off (Avisail Garcia),” Harrelson said. “What a great year Abreu had because they had nobody to hit behind him. For him to get 30 and 100 again with no protection, it would be like if they had nobody to protect Miguel Cabrera, he wouldn’t hit anything either because nobody would pitch to him.” http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/hawk-h...&ocid=yahoo Every year at soxfest we see this from Hawk.

QUOTE (Yoenis Cespedes @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) This ain't what we discussed, White Sox. Yo isn't cool with you no more. Outro. This would work better if you took this act to twitter and used google translate to turn it into spanish. Then we could have posters quote it as a source.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) I would much rather sign Austin Jackson than Dexter Fowler. Jackson lets you keep you the comp pick and gives you another good defender. It could move Eaton to an OF corner. It also allows you to sit LaRoche vs LHP if they also keep Avi. Sox have had weirdly constructed teams before. The sox need to maximize any capability it has to stock the farm system with talent. With a comp pick that pretty much is a late first round pick the only reason we should vacate it is if the talent and the impact to the team is worth it. Dexter Fowler will make the team better. He however is not worth a first round pick. Sign Austin Jackson or Cespedes. Draft talent and for god sakes develop it.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 08:33 AM) White Sox to name Jason Benetti as Hawk Harrelson's half-season replacement There is a couple audio clips in this article of Jason calling some home runs. Solid all around. Love the hire.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 11, 2016 -> 08:48 AM) Hated that channel. Any radio station that features Kaplan and Haugh as their superstars is garbage in my book ^^^^^ THIS