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Maybe now some people will realize just how important AJ was to this team.

Probably mad at Flowers' pitch selection.

QUOTE (DukeofChicagoA1 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) I don't know about you guys but i've had it with Alexei's brain farts. Dumbass just gave them a run. And why can't Quintana just pitch with confidence like in his last start? Instead of being afraid and cautious with every pitch to this crumby chubs lineup? WHYYYY Stone says Rizzo will kill fastballs outside. Most of the pitches to him were fastballs outside - fortunately they were balls. Soriano loves low and inside. They pitched him low and inside and he kills it. Who calls these pitches?

QUOTE (DukeofChicagoA1 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:32 PM) Alexei sucks. He's overrated. Anyone disagree? Me.

Who coaches this stupid team?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 27, 2013 -> 01:40 PM) Jesse Crain extended his scoreless outings streak to 20 games. Paul Konerko is hitting .563 (9-for-16) over his four-game hitting streak. Jeff Keppinger had his seven-game hitting streak snapped Sunday. Since returning from the disabled list May 10, Dayan Viciedo is hitting .392 with three doubles, two homers, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored. Flowers will probably be in the lineup today. I would hope they'd start Gimenez again. They've been winning with him starting and he's been playing better than Flowers.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 26, 2013 -> 10:55 AM) Is Robin going with a platoon at catcher now or is Flowers banged up? Three straight starts for Gimenez, all against right-handed starters. QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 26, 2013 -> 11:04 AM) Flowers has been having back spasms. Gimenez is better anyway. I hope Hahn picks up a starting catcher by the deadline if the Sox are still anywhere close. That's the one position that has really hurt the team both offensively and defensively and there appears to be no adequate replacement anywhere in the organization, unless they want to give Phegely a shot but apparently Hahn is concerned about the effect he'd have on the pitching staff and no one knows if he can hit major league pitching. Too bad they didn't sign an experienced catcher who is good at handling pitchers and could provide some offense. A left handed hitter would have been even better.

I wanted him back for the Cubs series. Too bad.

https://twitter.com/DanHayesCSN/status/3380...4425089/photo/1 Gimenez starting. Yay!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 23, 2013 -> 12:06 PM) That's what AJ gave you that I always felt was underappreciated around here. He kept the back up in the dugout. If Flowers is winded right now, that's on him, and it's not because he was a back up. If he wants to use that as an excuse, it's proof he shouldn't be anything more than a back up. You would think if you were going to get your big chance, you would be in the best shape of your life, ready for anything. If he is "winded" now, it is only going to get worse. If that's an excuse, he obviously can't hack it. Thank you. I've been saying that for years. AJ's durability is a big asset and many here did not appreciate that. I predicted Flowers' defense would suffer once he got banged up a little by playing everyday but even I didn't expect it to happen as soon as it did. Flowers' defensive prowess was overrated by many here, possibly because of the point you made about him being Peavy's personal catcher. I always thought AJ's defense was unfairly underrated by some because of the fact that he played banged up day in and day out. At any rate, Flowers has been no defensive upgrade over AJ.

As I remember it, the Sox would have obtained Cabrera if they would've taken Dontrell Willis. Anyway, nice win tonight but the Sox need a catcher. Flowers is terrible defensively and he can't hit.

QUOTE (MAX @ May 18, 2013 -> 10:03 PM) So I listened to the whole thing on the radio. Never heard what happened to dunn. Back spasms.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:47 PM) Gimenez has to go. QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:48 PM) Hard to say that on a day he's 4-5 with a homer QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:50 PM) Inconsistently hits, consistently plays terrible defense. I want to like him but he's not doing his job He actually made several nice stops on bad pitches today. Yeah, he's no star but he's just a backup catcher. The real problem is we don't have a good starting catcher.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:33 PM) Why the hell is Veal still pitching? The same reason Rios is out of the game.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:25 PM) What happened to rios QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) Ventura wanted to make sure all of our awful players get in today. QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 18, 2013 -> 06:28 PM) Maybe Robin was giving up and letting Wells get an at bat? So happy Robin decided to throw in the towel and give up on this game when it was 10-4.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 15, 2013 -> 03:12 PM) With Danks & Beckham on their way back & some hitting HOPEFULLY coming along, things could actually start to get fun for us this season. QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 15, 2013 -> 03:16 PM) I bet 3 weeks from now, the Sox are in 2nd place. QUOTE (flavum @ May 15, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) June 5th...when they get back from Seattle. If they can go 13-7, that'll get them over .500. It's doable. From your keyboards to the baseball gods' monitor.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 15, 2013 -> 03:09 PM) Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 36m Adam Dunn said Sunday he had blown up his hitting mechanics, altered position of his hands. HR Tuesday, another today, among two hits. Credit Manto, I guess.

Flowers blew it.

Tyler Flowers sucks.

Chris Sale was awesome tonight. Glad the Sox scored some runs.

Hawk and Stone tonight said that the White Sox lead the league in passed balls.

Five hits in the inning and they only score two runs. White Sox making an impact LOL.

Whoever decided Youk and AJ could be replaced with Keppinger and Gimenez and still contend has to take part of the blame. But I lay the majority of the blame on JR for not firing Ozzie long before he did and not replacing him with a bona fide major league manager. The damage that was done to this organization in Ozzie's last few years is immeasurable. This organization isn't even likeable anymore from top to bottom including Brooks and his annoying marketing techniques.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 2, 2013 -> 07:49 PM) I'm kinda digging cranky Hawk toward the team. Me too.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 2, 2013 -> 07:40 PM) For some reason I'm watching the game tonight. John Danks, 3 scoreless, 1 hit allowed in Birmingham tonight. How does Danks look? Good stuff?