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How does Swanson compare with Nick Gordon, Correa and Trea Turner? Seems to be a 15-18ish homer guy at the next level. How good is his D at ss? And what about Happ?

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 08:35 AM) How in the world do you put Fox and Aparicio over Collins and Appling? Both of those guys are on the shortlists for their positions ALL TIME. You know it's going to wind up Thomas/Konerko/Buehrle/Baines or something like that. EDIT: it's also infuriating that all they're providing on the page is BA, HR, RBI Simply because they're not as iconic in terms of representing the heart of what it means to be a fan of this franchise. Crede, Rowand and Ordonez....even Ventura and McDowell will get more votes as well. Bill Melton...Dick Allen.

Frank Thomas, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Nellie Fox, Aparicio. Billy Pierce and Minnie Minoso might be the best ambassadors the club has ever had, and nicest guys, but can't be the Top 4 IMO. I wouldn't put Harold Baines there over any of the Top 4, either. Ed Walsh, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ted Lyons, Red Faber, Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins and Luke Appling have arguments as well. Carlton Fisk...but didn't play quite enough to be considered more White Sox than Boston.

If they take Cameron because of his White Sox roots, I'm going to.... Happ would be fine, same with Fulmer. Matuella, Kirby and Cameron are way down, and nobody knows yet with Aiken's uncertain medicals...anywhere from 7-10, to the 20's to the 40's in the early second round (and a lot less money, unfortunately, for him and his family). Chris Betts, Tyler Stephenson and Taylor Ward are the 3 top catchers on the board at the moment. Lucas Herbert in the 3rd-5th round.

Moustakas and Hosmer might be punks sometimes, but Lawrie trumps them both. And at least Erik was one of the main guys to pay for a huge open bar tab for KC fans at the Power and Light District after a huge playoff win last year...

http://www.southsidesox.com/2015/4/18/8448...after-challenge SSS's Jim Margalus takes Ventura to task on this one...impossible to argue with his take, I guess with one notable exception. Even CHRIS FREAKING RONGEY blamed O'Nora, Ramirez, RV and the video replay guys as all being part of the chain of unfortunate events. Pointed out that Ventura has ONLY had open disagreements with Alex Rios and Chris Sale (3 times) in the media.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 06:03 AM) Yeah, I am pretty sure a real manager has this team 9-0. While many say not challenging yesterday despite what the video guys tell you cost the Sox the game, the 1 run on 4 hits seems to have been ignored. I am sure that is his fault too. Not the point/deflecting.

In reality, Ventura was "safe" because he insulated management from criticism and bought them some time. It actually worked for 4 1/2 or 5 months in 2012, but I'm convinced (like Balta is about Brian Anderson vs. Mackowiak in 2006) that Dick Allen, the former player, or the poster, could have essentially accomplished the same thing by virtue of not being Ozzie and giving the franchise a reboot and a breath of fresh air. The problem is that he's simply not a good enough manager when the White Sox face superior or equal talent that he can close the gap enough...it seems the opposite has become true, he's one of the main (perceived) reasons that a seemingly talented team has been lacking direction/fire/motivation for going on 3 seasons now if you include the crash of 2012 and the beginning of 2015/last two weeks of spring training malaise.

4 out of 5 career hits for Paulo Orlando are triples...pretty amazing. They're calling it the Royals' Track Team/4 X 100 meter relay (Dyson/Orlando/Gore (when he's up on the roster) Cain/Rios/A.Escobar) can run with the best. KC already has 9 stolen bases in 10 games. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...&mode=video More evidence why B.Lawrie is a d--k and you don't want him on your team, really.

Yep, and the umpires still reserve the right to review a play in extra innings even if a team has used their challenge already.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 07:15 PM) He did make the f***ing tag. By "Make the f***ing tag" you seemingly refer to "touching the person approaching the base with the ball". Alexei Ramirez did that. The important point of course is that Robin Ventura's mistakes are everyone's fault except Robin Ventura's™. Because the third inning is exactly the same $&@?ing inning in DAs book of baseball axioms...that the results of an unsuccessful challenge in the third would have the same impact on an eventual win or loss outcome. If he held his hand too long with the tag, got spiked and was out for 4-6 weeks like Rios, they would say Alexei made a dumb play and blame him for the Carlos Sanchez/Micah Johnson/Gordon Beckham show during that time. And if we are going to applaud Garcia for not diving, we should applaud Alexei for being one of the most durable shortstops in the game for avoiding unnecessary extended contact there. And 98% of the time mlb umpires will automatically call the runner out there when the throw clearly beats him...like the phantom tag of second by middle infielders on double play balls.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) No team plays back with the winning run on third and less than 2 out. You're telling me with 1st and 3rd or bases loaded (two consecutive intentional walks) and you're playing for a DP they're not going to be 2-3 steps further back at least? Why? You don't absolutely have to cut down the winning run at home plate...why do 90-95% of managers put those runners on as well (unless his pitcher is having control issues)?

Why did Ventura not know you couldnt ask for a review after the pr was inserted? Ausmus>>>Ventura

No hitter for Kluber through five. Jinxes dont exist for non-Sox, lol.

Lets blame Balta instead...thats just as logical as blaming the video guys or all those Sox hitters who have never ever in a million years been able to execute sac bunts and correspondingly never learned (especially) if they were products of our minor league "system" for developing hitters.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 05:44 PM) Trayce Thompson homer. Helluva start to the season. But can he manage? Maybe we need a change from KW's Raiders/"Chicago Tough" mentality to basketball instead, lol.

Ventura is actually aware of the fact Jose Iglesias is 3rd in hitting and 9th in ops for all of MLB, right? At least now he might be...hopefully.

QUOTE (DashFan @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 05:14 PM) I don't like Robin's excuse that the rest of the staff and guys upstairs didn't think he made the tag. Who exactly does the buck stop with? Who is managing this team? Most importantly, why is he asking?? He has nothing to lose. Use your damn challenge! I think we have lost at least two games now because of mismanagement. You make these mistakes in your first year, not your third. I hope they don't waste this season waiting for Robin to figure things out.

KW said Robin Ventura had the IQ and EQ qualities of a general/military leader (upon his hiring). Leaders lead, and trust their own judgment...after all, he's the one with the loss on his record, not the Sox video review coordinator. So do what KW claims you were born to do.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) Eh Iglesias got his hit because the infield was drawn in. That's a routine groundout otherwise. Yes, if he had walked Iglesias to put the infield back at double play depth. Iglesias is the quintessential contact guy with little pop like Carlos Sanchez.

I'm just an IB econ teacher and everyone can say my idea/s are crazy, haha...but there is a huge trend towards cooperation between US and Chinese film companies. If nothing else, I received a positive response from Levy Tran's agent, the memorable Asian girl with tattoos who is the starter for Lettie's race in the new Furious 7 movie. And, yes, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and CEO David Yates would have to be on board.

DOLPHIN TALE 3 Contact scriptwriters (Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi) Director Charles Martin Smith Chinese co-writer (Chi Li) very important to have Chinese perspective/collaboration Actresses: Xu Qing (Huayi Brothers) Li Xiaoran Xu Fan/Feng Xiaogang Liu Yifei Tian Yuan (songs as well for soundtrack) Other possibilities/performers/famous local celebrities: Fu Mingxia (something to do with swimming/diving with dolphins), Wu Yi, Li Na, Zhou Mi (Super Junior M), Xiao Bowei (computer game about dolphins/sea mammals) MUSIC/Soundtrack: Faye Wong, Mike Nakashima, Namie Amuro, Yu Boya, Peng Xiuwen, Super Junior M Sponsors: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD), MEIGA Construction Company/High School, Swarovski, HSBC, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology (ihb.ac.cn) and Dolphinarium, Clearwater Marine Aquarium or CMA (Clearwater, FL/USA), Wanda Movie Theme Park/Han Show, Wuhan Ocean Park, World Wildlife Fund (China-Wuhan), CERN/Museum of Aquatic Organisms SYNOPSIS: MULAN and RIO 1/2 MEETS DOLPHIN TALE “Yangtze Dolphins are the Pandas of the water” Liu Yifei (must grow to be a very strong/independent/intelligent character…not so passive or at the mercy of male characters around her) is orphaned because she was born a girl (humble roots/origins), she ends up adopted by a rural/countryside family who lives on the banks of the Yangtze River, befriends some of the dolphins living in the river….eventually she and her family are relocated by the Yangtze 3 Gorges Dam project and must move to Chongqing, quickly growing into the largest city in the world at over 29 million people At one point, she returns to see the site of her home where she used to live and her ancestors’ tombs buried under water from dam reservoir In the meantime, Liu’s character experiences the last of the Yangtze Dolpins (QiQi) dying on July 14th, 2002 and she’s inspired, so she decides to dedicate herself to a career in marine biology, studying for MS/PhD and eventually being assigned to the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology/Chinese Academy of Sciences (CERN…where the Baiji Dolphinarium is located next to Donghu Lake---East Lake) Story is about the extinction of the dolphins (Declared in 2006/2007), the search or possibility some dolphins are still surviving or remaing (2007 and 2010 sightings)… Liu Yifei’s efforts to save the Yangtze finless porpoise and detective story about disappearance of Yangtze Dolphin Sawyer must come to China/Yangtze to get involved in the story somehow….and/or Liu Yifei must travel to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida to learn from the experts there and bring back knowledge gained to China….Harry Connick and Ashley Judd travel together to China (romantic cruise through the 3 Gorges Dam from Chongqing to Wuhan) Bring Dolphins/Finless porpoises to Wuhan (dolphinarium/Ocean Park…downtown aquarium/attraction when they build the huge ferris wheel/singapore flyer across the Changjiang or Yangtze River)…send some to the U.S.( to be adopted by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium) and live next to WINTER and HOPE BACKGROUND: Chongqing (west of the 3 Gorges Dam, largest hydroelectric dam project in the world) has grown to become the largest city in the world…collision between “western” and eastern Chinese culture, great migration from West to East (Wuhan-Hangzhou-Shanghai) 3 Gorges Dam/also very beautiful and scenic “must see” trip for all visitors to China, picturesque scenery Baiji/Yangtze Dolphin disappears in 2006 Now Famous Chai Jing documentary about pollution/Beijing/blames environmental problems and government for her baby’s tumor…quit CCTV Environmental isssues surrounding the Yangtze River Baiji/Yangtze Dolphin is the first sea/aquatic mammal to die out/go extinct in the world since the Japanese Sea Lion and the Caribbean Monk Seal since the 1950’s Also, first recorded example of cetacean species to die out in the world due to human influence 12-13% of the world’s population currently lives in the Yangtze catchment area REASONS for BAIJI to die out… 1/2 die due to entanglement in fishing nets Illegal electric fishing (highly illegal) Collisions with boats/ships/barges…too much river traffic, tourist boats as well Pollution Environmental effects (such as algae overpopulation) resulting from 3 Gorges Dam project In 1997, a dead baiji (dolphin) was found with 103 open wounds from all of the above-mentioned reasons Follow the story of QiQi, born on January 12, 1980 and died on July 14th, 2002 (Marley & Me type tearjerker scene in Dolphinarium…death of the species/last of its kind in the world) ALSO: WHO HAS THE MOVIE RIGHTS to “The Elephant Whisperer” and “Babylon’s Ark”??? Sir Lawrence Anthony (South African adventurer/outdoorsman) died a year or two ago Was going to be filmed by the director of Searching for Sugar Man but he committed suicided in 2014 after winning Academy Award/Oscar for Best Documentary Liu Yifei travels to Iraq and works with local Iraqi doctors and American/UK special forces in the wake of the 2nd Gulf War/Invasion of Baghdad

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:36 PM) Bring your binoculars. Or your own internal replay system.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:20 PM) If he challenged and lost, then the Sox lost on another bad call they couldn't challenge, if it came out the replay guys told him the tag was clearly missed, Robin would get blasted. Ventura bunted on the road earlier in the week on the road to ATTEMPT to tie. Now on the road hes playing for the potential 14th or 15th instead of trying to preserve a tie with his closer not out there in the 9th? And seriously, I bet he didnt take Iglesias as a credible offensivee threat because he was pretty terrible last year...so why not at least take his results for a nine game stretch this year into account....when youre hitting over .400 something has to be going right and its not just complete luck or an anomaly.

"Erik Johnsonitis" has struck again. Lets just hope its "dead arm" out of spring and not a more serious physical problem.