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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2012 -> 06:38 AM) Plus they still owe $189 million to Mauer and Morneau (counting this year). To put that in perspective the Sox owe $91.5 million to Peavy, Rios, and Dunn. Don't forget Danks now!!

You've got the Rangers' staff, all the AL staffs now are good (especially TB), Baltimore is rapidly improving there, Toronto, then the Mariners and A's don't have great staffs 1-5 but hitting homers in either of those stadiums is quite diferent than the ball flying out in St. Louis from May-September. The AL Central after the Tigers and White Sox is probably the weakest because of MINN and KC. Rehab stint likely for White Sox' Crain By Daryl Van Schouwen on May 3, 2012 7:32 PM | Jesse Crain is eligible to come off the disabled list Sunday but the right-handed reliever won't be back any time soon. Manager Robin Ventura said one or two minor-league rehab outings are likely once Crain's left oblique heals completely. Crain had hoped to throw off a mound Thursday but was limited to about 20 throws on flat ground. "I don't do anything half [way], so I got to be ready to go, I got to get through it without it bothering me and affecting the way I pitch,'' Crain said. Crain, who was shelved with a mild right oblique strain is frustrated with this one, which is probably more delicate for a right-hander. He tried to stay positive. "The other day when I was done throwing, it felt very tight and sensitive,'' he said. "Today, it doesn't feel quite like that. So I think it's a step forward." http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/

Pedro Hernandez with another very good start in AA. Mitchell 0/4 with 2 K's.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2012 -> 07:20 PM) The Change-Up was way better than I thought it would be...and I'm not talking about Danks. Probably one of those movies that you appreciate more when you have kids. It's definitely better than a somewhat similar movie, HALL PASS. Ryan Reynolds and Owen Wilson both have that likeable quality that you can at least sit through pretty horrible movies when they're in them...like The Green Lantern.

Farmer still provides more insight/analysis than DJ ever does...when he's not incessantly name-dropping, mentioning Notre Dame or doing a shout out for kidney transplants.

mcgrad derisive post-game comments arriving in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2012 -> 06:32 PM) tal·ent/ˈtalənt/ Noun: 1.Natural aptitude or skill. 2.A person or people possessing such aptitude or skill: A player possessing aptitude or skill according to M-34's discerning eye, which perhaps surpasses both Grady Fuson and Paul DePodesta in both astuteness and critical analysis.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2012 -> 06:29 PM) I knew you would appreciate it. Got to get rid of anyone with talent. The only problem with getting rid of players with talent, if you get players with equal talent, you'll have to move them along too. Trading guys at their "peak value" means you are never really playing to win. Its a great philosophy. Sounds like Billy Beane playing out the string and biding time waiting for that new stadium. That's why the Cespedes move was such an anomaly. Big risk, big upside, but limited by the fact they can only control him for 4 years and then he's on the FA market again. Also, in the last 2 years of his contracts, the salary numbers get a lot bigger. But this year, he's definitely been a bargain, at least so far.

And the brief whisper of hope is extinguished as quickly as it flickered to life.

K's in consecutive days against RHP for AJ...super rare.

Guess I have to take the comment back about 3 runs = L I guess this more than anything points the finger at Danks' poor start and his new contract. Dunn now only 4 off last year's HR pace. It would be ironic if he had a season reminiscent of Albert Belle in 1997 or 98 or whatever year when what we really needed was his production LAST YEAR. PS: Now we can look back at Escobar and Beckham last inning and be even more aggravated. But at least happy for Dunn.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) I just don't understand why we suck. We got a good leadoff hitter, good starting pitching except for Danks, good defense, adequate bullpen and yet we suck. Greg, I HOPE you're a better baseball fan than to ask a question like that. Once again, we're going to lose a game in which we scored 3 runs or less. We haven't won one all season. So inconsistent or below-average offense, 2-3 guys who have been among the 10-20 worst OPS guys in the entire major leagues, 2 Santiago blown saves, Danks pitching like crap, it's not that difficult to understand...along with the lack of consistent clutch hitting with RISP, and too many K's by our hitters. Our pitching should be fine, but the bullpen's currently VERY limited without Jesse Crain and with Santiago struggling.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) Who would have thought Chris "Grinder" Getz would be a better ballplayer than Beckham? Amazing. Being a grinder isn't all bad. Beckham should grind more and not let his mind wander. Greg, you were always the one saying how much the Royals' fans disliked Getz. Now he's a hero because he won the game yesterday and is hitting over .300 and stealing a few bags? Chris Getz is not a starter on a playoff-contending MLB team.

He's already got, what, 4 doubles in less than a week? There was another play in the 1st inning where he just had a swinging bunt and he was running/busting his butt down to 1B so much in this series that opposing pitcher threw it away. (Later, they ruled he had missed the bag running down the line, but replays showed he clipped the RH side of the bag just barely with his foot, Guccione had bad positioning to make the proper call).

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) If Axelrod is going to start vs Cleveland next week, it's pretty dumb to let them see him tonight. Probably Stults, with the LHP versus LH dominant line-up. That works in theory, but not so much for Danks tonight.

Escobar=Wilson Betemit Great spring training results fooled the Sox twice into thinking they were going to be productive contributors once the season started.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 3, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) Ugh. Sox getting boatraced at home again. Lift and pull time. Hit some home runs soon. Great insights.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 3, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) Danks contract could very well cost Williams his job. Yeah, we get it. Or Beckham, or Molina, or Morel, or Viciedo, etc. Or he should have been fired for Teahen, Swisher trades, Hudson/Holmberg for Jackson and destroying Jake Peavy's career. Maybe we should give the position to Joe Cowley, wouldn't that be a great idea? I'm sure he has the capability of handling the job quite easily. Personally, I would love to see Cowley as GM and Don Cooper as manager, lol. It would be more fun than Harrelson/LaRussa and KW/Guillen.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ May 3, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) Jesus. The United States didn't get screwed as much with Solyndra as we did with Danks. What were we thinking?? Two years of a mediocre record and ERA and then a crap year with an ERA in the mid fours, and we give him $12 million?!?! When he was "good", he was middle of the rotation quality at best and last year he was lower part of the rotation. I can't believe we paid so much Jon Garland, Part Deuce. Must everything be about politics? By mentioning something like that in a game thread, what is the goal or objective?

5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Coming soon, a new PHT thread "Danks' contract the worst for a White Sox pitcher since Jake Peavy or Jaime Navarro, KW must go!"

LOL. Looking back, maybe it would have been the better move to have Santiago in the starting rotation as the 5th starter and replacement for Danks. I haven't checked fangraphs since a couple of starts ago, but his velocity was off by at least 2 MPH from 2011. 89.6 to 91.6

Farmer's not bad...he's not the worst either. He's not in the same category as Jon Miller with the Giants or Vin Scully or Rooney. I even enjoy listening to Dave Wills doing the Rays' broadcasts. The most annoying ones are the Yankees broadcasters, but what do you expect? Guess most people around baseball have the same feeling about Harrelson. As an aside, my college RA (Brett Dolan) has been doing the Astros' games with Milo Hamilton for going on 6 or 7 years now. He started his career with the Beloit Snappers and kept moving up the ladder through various minor league stops. Of course, working for the Astros during that time period (the year after the World Series through now) hasn't been the most plum assignment, but any time you get paid to do something you love, how can you argue with that?

It's not like we're facing Johan Santana or CC Sabathia or Liriano when he was dominant. Masterson's not that good. Just stating the fact that he was very very good against us in 2011. And the fact that Rios, AJ and Konerko have all cooled off in the last 3-5 games, at least compared to where they were a week ago. So I'll just say this, score 4 runs, we win (hopefully). The problem is you can't really feel confident that Danks will give us a quality start, EXCEPT for the fact there are so many LH hitters on that roster.

Speaking of NOT trading someone when they had immense value, meet Carlos Marmol. The articles in the papers have been suggesting they want to keep LaHair in the OF somewhere (part of the Byrd trade) and use Rizzo at 1B. That would give them an outfield of Soriano/Jackson/LaHair. Well...we'll see if he's more Chris Shelton/Kevin Maas/Shane Spencer/Garrett Jones or a real long-term solution at 1B (LaHair).

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3433&p=.htm For those of you looking forward to all the summer movies, this is a pretty comprehensive ranking of how they're currently predicted to do. #1 Batman at $500 million domestically, #2 Avengers at $420 million and #3 The Spiderman reboot with Garfield/Stone. The Avengers originally profiled closer to the two Iron Man movies but has now bounced up by at least $100 million in most predictions, I've seen estimates of around $160-190 million for this weekend. BTW, starting to look forward to the Bourne movie more because Renner's done a good job in MI and Avengers convincing us that he can pull it off. I would actually argue that changing Tobey Maguire out will end up hurting that movie more than losing Damon, but we'll see. IMO, Mark Ruffalo, though, had the most standout performance of all in Avengers.