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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Stupid Ventura. Mark Simon ‏@msimonespn 23m White Sox shifted D 80 times this season. Did so 73 times in 2013. In related story, White Sox lead MLB in out of zone plays made (81) Not surprising with Rick Hahn as GM. I would imagine we will be towards the bottom in sac bunting as well. Good stuff.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Stupid Ventura. Mark Simon ‏@msimonespn 23m White Sox shifted D 80 times this season. Did so 73 times in 2013. In related story, White Sox lead MLB in out of zone plays made (81) Not surprising with Rick Hahn as GM. I would imagine we will be towards the bottom in sac bunting as well. Good stuff.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 09:06 AM) I read where Turner may be the only SS drafted in the top 250. If you get a good SS, you better keep him. Not a chance. Nick Gordon, the son of Tom Gordon, will be the first SS off the board in the 8-15 range.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:32 AM) I don't want to go down this road, but we're not going to win without supplementing the young core. Away from our three long term guys (Sale, Quintana and Abreu) and a few select other players, we have the potential to have a clean slate for our payroll. We would have to spend considerably to just stay even with our current payroll in a time where payrolls are growing across the board. I have a hard time believing that the Sox will pay for a free agent next season that costs a 1st or 2nd round draft pick though. Not really in position to do that.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 04:58 PM) Not a huge fan of Nix at #14, but I do like him overall. Hopefully this dream was the Bears trading down to take him. Because I can't rationalize using the 14th pick on Nix. If Donald isn't on the board, I hope they wait until R2 or R3 to take a DT. Maybe even hope one of the top DTs falls out of the 1st round, and then possibly trade up a few spots to snag them (a la, Alshon Jeffery). Also, I hate that all the draftniks are now hoping on the Dominique Easley bandwagon. Even after the 2nd ACL tear, I continued to be a big proponent of taking him in the 2nd or 3rd round, and saw it as a major steal. Seems that he's working his way back up now. Easley has been a favorite of many of the draft guys on twitter all season. He's a top 10 talent. Just major injury concerns. If you are a big fan of the draft, I'd follow the thoughts of many of the lesser name guys putting a ton of time in instead of Kiper,McShay, or Mayock.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 05:08 PM) Key thing I mean to stress there: the entire bonus pool for the top 10 picks of the team picking 4th is $8,352,200. If he's insisting on $8 million, it literally becomes impossible to draft him anywhere but the top. If he doesn't go #1/2 and he insists on $8 million, he cannot be drafted this year. Sox actually have a little over $9 million to spend on the draft. I still agree with your point but it's more than $8,352,200.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) What GM would risk that with his fanbase? One year 2 million is about right if his career must go on. Shutting up the haters? You don't think Adam Dunn has done enough bad things in the batters box for Sox fans to "hate" him forever? Hating him forever? Why do people "hate" him at all? So ridiculous. Plenty of other people in the world to hate other than a baseball player that has given his all and been a good teammate. Greg you bend over backwards to defend PK who hasn't even had as good of a career as Dunn has. Stop posting for awhile champ, you are embarrassing yourself.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 10:14 PM) A week ago no one wanted Hoffman and he was a fringe top-10 guy. Now everyone is cool with taking him #3. lol. I'm kind of excited not only for the draft, but just to get these yes-no-yes-maybe-yes-meh-no-yes conversations over with. I have wanted Hoffman the entire time.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 12:16 PM) http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/6483-...ing-wgn-tv-more This article notes he's doing his Sirius show from Chicago... not any details on what happened in Atl though. There is a lot of info on the message boards at chicagosportsfan.com. Sounds like something where Goff put a guy from a takeout restaurant on the air that wasn't a station sponsor and they used that to fire him for poor ratings. It was the 3rd sports station in a bad sports town to begin with though.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) Kill or move this negative thread if you wish, but last night after watching the game on MLB.com for a few hours, I found myself FURIOUS that Robin gave away a baseball game. Normally you can blame the manager, but you can't, if you know what I mean. Their decisions affect the outcomes of every game, but last night ... running out of pitchers in a tie game?? Robin Venture single-handedly gave Boston the game by having to pitch L. Garcia in a tie game. It was one game on the schedule gift wrapped and deposited in the Sox L column of the ledger. All because of the manager. My question is: Are you as mad as me?? And my question for Mr. Ventura is ... in your long baseball career, did your manager on any level ever run out of pitchers in a tie game where you had to gift wrap the game for the opposing team by pitching a fricking infielder??? Perhaps he was upset at all the walks, but you don't throw an infielder in a tie game. How bout asking for a volunteer from the starting staff to pitch? I am disgusted by last night. Throwing a damn infielder in the 14th inning? My god. I didn't see the Red Sox running out of pitchers. I hate the way Robin uses the bullpen. I hate that Conor Gillaspie is the #3 hitter. Some of his decisions don't make any sense. I can't hang 15 walks on the manager though.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 07:05 AM) I'll be there I'll be there as well

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/white-so...reu-adam-eaton/ This is good stuff.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 07:04 AM) So that could not have worked out more perfectly for the Bulls If the Bulls would have won last night, Thibodeau would be getting torched today.

Here's a decent read about the top pitchers in the draft http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=9746

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2014 -> 11:12 AM) Hawkins 2 for 2 with a double, run scored....no K's. .364 Goldberg getting beaten up. Sounds like he has the ceiling of a ML bench player

Anyone watch Fargo last night? I have it on the dvr

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 16, 2014 -> 10:09 AM) well, guess he isnt coming back to the Score, apparently Doesn't sound like it. Goff will be doing his NBA Show on Sirius from 12-3 from Chicago and exploring other radio opportunities it seems. Should be some major shakeups in Chicago sports radio coming soon. Mac's contract expires in June and he has already mentioned that he isn't doing radio this summer. My guess is that WGN will line up an AM station and then they will hire McNeil to take on B&B in the afternoon.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2014 -> 01:22 AM) I agree with you, but we are in the vast minority who think prices of tickets and food at the park and parking has turned a lot of people off. I know cheap seats are available. I want box seats and good ones. The problem is that many of the same people that want the White Sox to shell out money in free agency also want tickets for really cheap. It just doesn't work that way. It's supply and demand. Cars cost more than they used to as well. So does everything. The argument is tiresome because nobody is forcing you to go to games. It's actually very cheap to go to a White Sox game in retrospect. Do you pay $10-$14 to see a new movie in the theater? It's the same thing. I am 28 years old and I remember seeing movies as a young teenager for $6.00. Stuff is just more expensive. And it isn't going to get any cheaper.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 11:42 PM) The Sox averaged under 22,000 per game last year and that's just about what the United Center holds. The Sox also sell $5 or $10 tickets to many games, while it costs you $60-$70 to stand at a Hawks game. I do realize that money affects decisions for fans, but to act like that's the #1 thing keeping Sox fans from attending is ridiculous. It's an extremely front running fanbase that isn't that big. Now with a really bad baseball team and the sport itself becoming insignifcant to the casual fan in the city of Chicago, no one is attending Sox games right now. Spare the price and economy talk, there are some very cheap tickets available to nearly every game. This is absolutely true. Sox fans are fickle and make excuses. It's not about money.

I am really going to enjoy this season if he's awesome. Dunn has always been one of my favorite players. I don't think that he'd stay here anyways. Hasn't been a successful signing and the majority of fans hate him. I'd leave.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) 1 scenario - James injury. Yeah I should have said under any necessary in which Lebron is able to play

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 08:47 AM) But the Bulls won't be favorites against the Nets and then they won't be favorites again against the Pacers, so that scenario is very unlikely. At least with the 3 seed they get a relatively easy first round and it's always fun to play the Heat, even if the result is inevitable. What does this even mean? I don't care who the favorite is. I am telling you that I think the Bulls can beat Brooklyn and Indy and go to the ECF. I do not however think they can beat Miami under any scenario. So it's either: Get the 4th seed and have a shot at the Conference Finals or 3rd Seed and lose in round 2.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 10:00 AM) Sox fans are bandwagon fans is what it all boils down to. They won't come out if the team isn't very good. They came out in April of 06, despite all of the same factors still existing. Win, and the fans come back. Wasting hours of radio on such a stupid topic is exactly why listening to talk sports is as productive as smashing your face into a wall. I am a teacher and I had it on at the gym this morning. Then I had an early morning plan period and they were still talking about it.

Peavy made some comments yesterday about how it was unfortunate that the fans didn't come out in 2012. Now The Mully and Hanley Show and Mac and Spiegs have been talking about it all day. Some of these f***ing idiots that call and text in make it embarrassing to be a White Sox fan. Just a bunch of f***ing excuse makers. It's too expensive. It's not fun. The team is bad. It's cold. The neighborhood is bad. It's hard to get to. All of which are bulls***. White Sox fans suck sometimes. It's not too expensive. Numerous people have mentioned how there is nowhere to go after the game. There are tons of places near the ballpark but why is it necessary to go out after? If everything is so expensive, then eat and drink in the parking lot which they allow you to do. It being cold is a valid excuse in April but I wish these callers and texters today would just drive off the road.

Chris Johnson is visiting the Jets today.