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QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ May 27, 2016 -> 10:55 AM) Well my first ever game thread got taken out by mother nature. Let's do it again. Same facts as yesterday. Let's get a Gritty win today. Side note - who pushes back Sale's start??? Especially during this series. I think Monday is set to be Matt Harvey who is downright brutal this year. I'd rather have Sale on Sunday. But yet again Robin shows us how bad a manager can be. I'm calling an Abreu explosion still. 2 homers. Sox 7, Royals 5 I don't mind getting him the extra day. It's May.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ May 27, 2016 -> 10:55 AM) Well my first ever game thread got taken out by mother nature. Let's do it again. Same facts as yesterday. Let's get a Gritty win today. Side note - who pushes back Sale's start??? Especially during this series. I think Monday is set to be Matt Harvey who is downright brutal this year. I'd rather have Sale on Sunday. But yet again Robin shows us how bad a manager can be. I'm calling an Abreu explosion still. 2 homers. Sox 7, Royals 5 Paul Sullivan posted lineups. White Sox 1. Jackson CF 2. Cabrera LF 3. Frazier 3B 4. Abreu 1B 5. Sands DH 6. Lawrie 2B 7. Rollins SS 8. Garcia RF 9. Navarro C P Gonzalez Royals 1. Escobar SS 2. Merrifield 2B 3. Cain CF 4. Hosmer 1B 5. Perez C 6. Orlando RF 7. Cuthbert 3B 8. Eibner DH 9. Dyson LF p-Duffy

QUOTE (Soxnfins @ May 27, 2016 -> 10:44 AM) Not as much as it is lazy as it is a good comparison mentally for Anderson. Gordon was a SS converted into a 3B that was a mental midget... The game is 90% mental. That's just my opinion. Does Shawon Dunston ring a better tune? Personally, we need Anderson to do what he is best at- utilizing his speed and need him to grow defensively. That's why he needs to stay put where he is. He's an ideal #2 hitter with Eaton being our leadoff, or #9 to start out. Melky should be our #2 at the moment. Rollins at 8 or 9. If Robin wises up and puts him there, there's no real need to bring up Anderson until the end of July. I think Abreu needs to hit 2 personally.

Come on boys this thread is lacking. I love how Bananas and Wes just hang back and let the dumbasses be dumbasses. Dudes will probably be in this thing until the end.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 26, 2016 -> 05:18 PM) I can't take the bait for my sanity and the board's. Check the old threads. I worship Ozzie. Then and now. An adult worshipping another adult is kind of weird.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2016 -> 12:46 PM) Nothing in Anderson's history tells me that he will be better than Rollins if he were called up right now. In fact everything in his history shows the opposite. The theorhetical chance you refer to isn't equal. The chance he will struggle upon call up are MUCH higher than not. I think he;d perform better than .600 OPS. I agree that that doesn't make it the right time though.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2016 -> 12:40 PM) Adams was #44 overall, Walker #47. Right. We are saying the same thing. Your original post said Adams was taken with a lower pick. He was taken with a higher pick technically. I'm just anal and nitpicked your post.

QUOTE (captain54 @ May 25, 2016 -> 09:52 PM) When Reinsdorf did more interviews, like.. right around the 2003 season, he was asked what the chances were of Jerry Manuel being replaced…. I believe it was Mike North on the WSCR… who, more or less, put him on the spot.. His comment was "Every manager we hire is given a roster of 25 players. What he does with those 25 players determines whether or not he is under consideration of being replaced" I'm not quoting verbatim, but you get the general idea.. I find it interesting that the same philosophy has never been applied to Robin… a choke in 2012 and 3 successive losing season, and it's the players who are thrown under the bus, by management... This is the last year though. They choked down the stretch in 2012. 2013 and 2014 can't be held against him. Those were con-compete years. Last year was bad. If this year doesn't end up in a playoff appearance, Robin will be gone.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2016 -> 12:20 PM) Though Walker should have an asterick next to his name. He was taking with the #47 pick. Second round pick Spencer Adams was taken with a lower overall pick than Walker was. A higher pick but yes your point is correct.

This whole thing is a joke. The players don't trust Gar Forman. I have no idea how he can remain employed by the Bulls now that this is out there. K.C. Johnson and some of the other shills for the team are painting a slightly different picture but of course they are. They need to remain on the payroll. This thing is a mess. If the Bulls end up re-signing Joakim Noah, I probably won't watch a Bulls game all season.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 26, 2016 -> 11:35 AM) I don't remember that on Hawkins. Mitchell, yes. Same with Kevan Smith. Anderson had basketball. But I don't recall Hawkins being in the same category with those other three. Hawkins did play football and pitch in HS

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 25, 2016 -> 07:45 PM) Coming into this season, MAYBE. Right now, pretty doubtful. For one of the best young catchers in the game, that could easily shift the balance in any divisional race. Think of this from the perspective of a Brewers' fan. Would you be happy with that deal, when you can see how much Miller, Giles and Kimbrel, for example, were worth (yes, different contract situations)...but he's their most valuable asset and trade chip and they don't have to trade him because they're in good shape financially. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12492794...roy-needs-raise I'm dumping Braun's deal on the first taker (Cubs/Angels) and locking up Lucroy to a long-term deal with those savings...building the core of my team around him going forward. The Brewers don't want to sign Lucroy. They want to trade him. They also aren't lacking funds and could sign him without dumping Braun.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 26, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) I think we are going to see Anderson a lot quicker than some do. I agree. I actually think he may be in the lineup on the next homestand when Washington comes to town.

How about C Jason Castro and OF Colby Rasmus from Houston? Castro is a Hahn guy and Rasmus is a long-time KW guy. I wonder what it'd cost? Both are free agents at year's end.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 25, 2016 -> 09:28 PM) Interesting, because he's now 3-0 through 5 starts with a 3.30 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 3.76 SIERA, 9 K/9, 3.6 BB/9. The Sox didn't want to lose him. They tried to sneak him off the 40 man roster.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:15 AM) Nice article, I have a feeling people will get fixated on the 5th starter comment by KLaw I don't think Hudson is a #5 but there are 10 players in the draft better than him and the White Sox pick 10th.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 26, 2016 -> 02:58 AM) I won't comment on what you said because my opinions are well known on the matter and my love of Ozzie got me suspended before because of my behavior in threads about Ozzie. Let's just say I disagree. LOL there's nothing for you to disagree with here. It's literally what happened.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:10 AM) Next up in our draft profiles: RHP Dakota Hudson The Sox have been tied to him, and he does profile with their traditional take, in addition to being probably the best college arm who'd be available at 10. Probably my worst case scenario.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:36 AM) Regarding a potential trade with the Brewers, this might be of interest: http://brewcrewfever.com/2016/05/24/trade-...s-braun-lucroy/ Both Braun and Lucroy are discussed and the Sox included as a possible trading partner. Therefore, sketchy as the article is, it is relevant. The Brewers want young affordable pitching. They would not likely target Anderson, because their #1 prospect, Orlando Arcia, is also a shortstop. Arcia is ranked 2ND, among all SS prospects, by MLB.com. I'd do Adams and Michalczewski for Lucroy for sure. Brewers probably wouldn't though.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 25, 2016 -> 05:20 PM) This team doesn't care because it takes after the personality of its manager. We need leadership for these 25 players who gives a damn about winning and losing. Every team goes through a few dry spells each season, but ours last longer than most as we don't have a manager who will throw gas on a spark and light a big ass fire. Ozzie is the answer and its time to stop pretending that Robin can get the job done. I loved Robin as a player, but he's truly one of the worst managers to ever wear a uniform. The fact that this team has the record it does shows that we could run away with the division if we had just average leadership. Come on JR, don't you want another world series title on the south side? Than do what is necessary to make it happen. So with a different manager and the same players, would the Sox still have 24 games with 3 runs scored or fewer?

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 25, 2016 -> 05:20 PM) This team doesn't care because it takes after the personality of its manager. We need leadership for these 25 players who gives a damn about winning and losing. Every team goes through a few dry spells each season, but ours last longer than most as we don't have a manager who will throw gas on a spark and light a big ass fire. Ozzie is the answer and its time to stop pretending that Robin can get the job done. I loved Robin as a player, but he's truly one of the worst managers to ever wear a uniform. The fact that this team has the record it does shows that we could run away with the division if we had just average leadership. Come on JR, don't you want another world series title on the south side? Than do what is necessary to make it happen. The team cares

QUOTE (harkness @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:17 PM) An example of one person venting by staring an argument with other people's venting. This team looks the exactly same as the teams the past 4 years... I mean its a striking resemblance. I suppose you remember how those 4 years went. I don't make proclamations about teams until 60 games in. 12 more to go.

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:29 PM) I'm not sure, I say put Saladino out there everyday until Anderson is ready. Release Rollins, why the hell did we sign an over the hill SS to begin with. And while we're at it, it's time to say goodbye to Ventura. Rollins is actually really good vs LHP.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) LOL. For weeks the toast of baseball. A 3-7 homestand follows that pathetic road trip. This team is severely flawed. Fire or demote somebody, please! Oh wait, team is still in first place. No need to panic. Started 23-10. 4-11 since. At least Abreu is back.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) I want some changes.. We can't sit and wait for us to be 5+ games back What change would you like to see?