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They went through this with Frank Thomas. The belief that a player in the prime of his career is more engaged if he's out on the field and involved in the entire game...plus, there's the theory that Abreu can become average or above-average as he gets more big league instruction/coaching. We wouldn't want to have LaRoche play 1B for two seasons (primarily), then turn around and stick Abreu out there again two years from now. As long as he's not as bad as in the first month or so last season, it won't kill the Sox.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 07:12 PM) How could incompetence like this be allowed to exist in the crown jewel event of an incredibly powerful and wealthy organization like the NCAA? Incredible. Wisconsin fans are going to have a difficult time living with the referees' decisions (and non-action, in this case) for a long time. Especially with tv cameras clearly showing Winslow's foot on the line and the ball going off his fingertips. Those are not debatable. Then there were the three charges/blocks that all went Duke's way. Pretty much five significant/game-altering events going against you...Wisconsin could have won if it was only 2-3, but couldn't withstand all 5. That's not even mentioning time Wisky was called for a foul while their defender was getting smacked with an elbow while the Duke player jumped into him, initiating contact.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 06:52 PM) Does this rainout mean Chris Bryant only misses 8 games now instead of 9...Does anybody know?Is it a certain date or a set amount of games when he can be called up? KRIS

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 04:45 PM) You make great points there. One question, and on a tangent, if you had an employee whose tweets were costing you money, would you say fire the employee or lose business from customers that don't have the same enlightened attitude you have? On this case, if you were on a jury and learned that the officer that arrested someone had just sent a message that showed hatred for that race, would it affect your opinion of the officer's testimony? If an hour earlier he sent a message about idiot white guys who think they own the world, then arrested a rich white guy, would you have an issue? I think I would. See Mark Fuhrman, OJ Simpson case

http://news.yahoo.com/white-south-carolina...-220837042.html Ryan Sweeney released by the Cubbies, eat $2 million

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball...-top-25-and-one Parrish's version Higher on Michigan, MSU and Wisconsin...as well as Indiana (where things are never as simple as they should be) Is Darien Williams ISU bound or not?

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/116840276/ti...emains-in-doubt verlander doubtful for sunday's game....will likely miss at least one start

"Yogi" Farrell's going to be in AA, one would assume?

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology 2016 NCAA tourney projected by Lunardi 1) MD 2 6) Iowa 8 8) Michigan 11 3) MSU 3 7) Illinois 10 5) Purdue 4 4) Wisconsin 4 2) Indiana 2 9) Ohio State LAST 8 OUT (Ohio State and UNI) On outside looking in: Minnesota, Nebraska, NW, PSU, OSU, Rutgers Iowa State 2 seed http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball...sketball-season Iowa State at #4...can they live up to those expectations? They'll now be the favorites over KU and OU with Oubre and C.Alexander leaving for the NBA.

Cody Ross is available. Tries to scrub away memories of 2012, mid-summer...and Hawk Harrelson implosions. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/04/05...mc=rss&_r=0 And looks like that Y.Tomas signing isn't going according to form. Maybe the Cuban whose value got over-inflated the most by Abreu's 2014 season.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 03:26 PM) We're pushing out season previews for the four full-season affiliates. First up is the Charlotte Knights. Here is our preview. Meanwhile, pass the time of a White Sox off day reading about players just a step away from the majors. try "plagued by in/consistency" with Cleto Drabeck will be here, sooner rather than later...if he passes successfully through waivers, right? and we're probably well past the point of calling it "make or break" for Jared Mitchell, based on the fact Hawkins got 80-90% of his playing time, along with Engel Beltre

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la...umn.html#page=1 Many reasons to detest Angels/Arte Moreno.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 07:58 AM) Illinois fans out in full force with the officiating complaints! Nice to see. The most egregious to me was the out of bounds call. The video clearly confirmed the ball was out on Duke, but they decided there was indisputable evidence? That's when I think the replay system should be handled by some group sitting behind a bunch of monitors outside of the stadium. The refs are under a lot of pressure to get that call right and they make mistakes. Get someone else to make that call, someone that can spend 45 seconds looking at monitors. I don't see why that can't happen at some stage of the tournament. Maybe starting with weekend #2. Wisconsin got screwed, but it didn't help that they also choked the last few minutes. That's what really did them in. Next year should be interesting in the Big Ten. I think Maryland is easily the team to beat. If everyone for Indiana comes back they might be 2. OSU should be up there if the recruits gel. Wisconsin and MSU will hang around. Purdue, Illinois and Iowa are your bubble teams....again. The early preseason poll from Eamonn Brennan had it MD, Indiana....the MSU and Wisky at 24/25.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 08:20 AM) When KC took the field the next half inning, the camera was on him yukking it up with someone during warm-ups, presumably Sox Third Base Coach. Wonder what the dialog was. Well Jirschele's (Royals' 3b coach) son plays for White Sox minor leagues...something interesting, surely.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-co...-041320936.html Bo Ryan's anti-officiating rants...especially on the charges/blocking, not to mention the two huge calls with Winslow (foot on the line, ball out of bounds, ruled off Koenig instead)

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 11:28 PM) Players change, Managers and GM"s change, but same old s***, bunch of slow, station-to-station, flat footed right handed semi-power hitters, no one who can either run the bases or steal one, or hit with two-out, hit in the clutch or play under the slightest pressure. Same old s***. Starlin Castro falling asleep out at shortstop, as always, can't say that you came blame him, the games are so long and boring and he is such a brainless twit! Things should change with Bryant and Russell injecting some excitement into that line-up, to go along with Soler and Rizzo. Depending on whether Castro's head is in the game or not, that's a very solid core of five youngish players, not counting the likes of Alcantara, Baez, Schwarber, Almora, McKinney, etc.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 10:22 PM) Yeah that stunk. Hopefully he got that out of the way in his first game and that's it. How is the 1st base coach not just yelling at him "you're not stealing, we're down by 4. Do anything other than get picked off"? Isn't Vince Coleman the 1B coach this year? Or still D-Boston?

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/on-deck-for-...5415755696.html As American/Cuban relations "normalize," Cuban to set up a similar "posting" system as they have with the Japanese and Korean professional leagues? Also, top star Gourriel says he will go (favorite team is the Yankees) to the US if he gets permission from his Cuban government.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 10:46 PM) Josh Vitter, Felix Pie, Jake Fox, etc. are among my favorite examples. Every Cubs prospect is supposed to be the savior and it...doesn't work. Bobby Hill Brant Brown Kevin Orie Angel Guzman Corey Patterson Dwight Smith Jerome Walton Gary Scott Brooks Kieschnick Shawon Dunston (never realized potential of #1 overall pick, decent career)

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 09:28 PM) The reality is Wisconsin may never have that good of a chance again. They werent a fluke, they could be the best team in basketball on any night. Unfortunately tonight they had to play good, they played okay. That just wasnt enough. They played very well (other than Dekker/Gasser shooting from outside) until they let Allen loose and couldn't find a single player to stop his drives to the basket.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) Loys of people overreacting, what a delightful surprise. I think it's a function of the end of spring training malaise, this loss...the seeming pattern of defensive miscues not having been addressed other than Viciedo off the roster, the continued existence of Tyler Flowers...the uncertainty about the bullpen (and that includes Zach Duke as well) and just the general "been here, done that" April feeling. They have to be at .500 or above coming out of this month or fans are going to start becoming skeptical again. OTOH, the Royals were treading water for MOST of 2014 until they caught fire the final two months or so. The same thing could happen if we switch out Rodon for Danks/Noesi, and have a good chance at putting together some extended winning streaks. And, that said, it's putting a LOT of pressure on a rookie to come in as a savior archetype. Seems he welcomes, even craves, the challenge and spotlight though.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Wisconsin could have played better, they didnt. Tough game to lose but they didnt play that well on offense. Dekker and Gasser didn't do anything from outside. Both were battling some physical problems as well, but great teams get it done. You sure thought WI had a good chance at that game up 9. Not sure how long before they'll have enough talent to get to the championship game again, Kaminsky and likely Dekker will both be gone, along with Gasser, Jackson and Dukan. Coach K now 5-6 in championship games. Would have liked to see the outcome if they called Winslow out of bounds and also the ball NOT off Koenig there at the end. Two simply huge calls. Again, though, Grayson Allen and Tyus Jones carried Duke and couldn't be denied....especially Allen scoring those 8 points in a row when the lead had stretched out to 9.

1) Winslow should have been called for a charge, initiating contact 2) Winslow was out of bounds before he threw it into Okafor for 3 point play in paint 3) Ball off Duke player's fingertips (Jefferson or Winslow) Allen and Jones clearly won this game for Duke. Wisky panicked down the stretch.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/lorenz...&ocid=yahoo

On the plus side, we can back off the Samardzija for $105-120 million extension talk for at least a week.