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QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 4, 2016 -> 07:17 PM) ESPN is so far up Boston's ass that they have a special Fenway Park graphic for Buchholz They had one for Rodon, too, with the scoreboard pinwheels in it.

A pleasure watching Q excel at his craft yet again this evening.

Late inning runs a plenty in '16!

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 3, 2016 -> 09:20 AM) Thanks. I'm always kind of upset when I see these threads about how bad Hawk is or has become. The lack of sentiment seems hurtful to me. It's hard for me to understand how any Sox fan can dislike Hawk or go from liking him to disliking him. To me it's like disliking your grandmother because now that she has Alzheimers she can't remember who you are. Just because that old dog is now a pain in the ass doesn't mean you stop loving him and forgetting all you've been through together. Bravo, Sir! Wonderfully said.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2016 -> 08:48 PM) If by "working quite well" you mean "turning the game threads into unreadable cesspools of drama and hormones", then yes, I agree. Wish you could just enjoy the long overdue winning our team is experiencing and let go of the misery witch hunt!

Bases loaded once again. Time to break this thing open!

Sale completely aced Davis.

Vintage Hawk, and I'm with him.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 27, 2016 -> 09:15 PM) The White Sox just punched the Blue Jays in the mouth. High scoring offense shut down by superior pitching. Bueno! I would certainly take my chances with this pitching in the postseason. Just get there, Boys. Just get there!

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 09:25 AM) Everyone in Chicago less the Bulls broadcast team is better than Hawk. He took over for Santo. And yeah, Jason Benetti asks Stone a lot of questions. He should, because Stone is the best single asset to the White Sox media program, with Benetti a close second now. Ah, see? This is where your misunderstanding lies. Nobody in Chicago is better than Hawk.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 08:07 PM) Name one worse. King, maybe. That list is too long. No time for that. The shorter list is trying to name one better.

Superb win!

Double digit hits.

Gonzalez making it all the way into the 6th turning out to be a blessing.

What a beautiful inning!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 09:08 AM) Very clearly, Hawk isn't the same guy anymore. I really believe his eyes are failing him, which has led to a shortfall in his ability to see a lot of plays happening. That said, his excitement and love of the game, along with this authentic portrayal of how he is feeling at any given moment are absolute gold to me. He is elated when I am elated. He is sad when I am sad. He is pissed when I am pissed. You just don't get that out of announcers anymore, except for a very few guys. It is one of the reason I absolutely love Pat Foley too. I found myself thinking "this is it?" when Abreu hit the extra inning walkoff the other day. I truly missed Hawk having a coronary on screen for a walkoff. After saying all of that, I know it is time for a change, but that doesn't mean I want to let go of Hawk. The dude is the soundtrack to a good portion of my life. I know we had a thread talking about people overreacting to the death of a celeb or music star, but I will legitimately bawl when Hawk is gone. Right.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 04:52 PM) He continues to be the worst broadcaster in the city. Wrong.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 09:26 PM) Gone are the days of comparing every single player to Ted Williams and Carl Yasztremski because you are too senile to name a player from the current generation. Gone are the days of saying every player is the " best in the American League " because you are too old to think of a different adjective Gone are the days of blaming the umpires every single day just because your bosses didn't put together a good enough team This is uncomfortably harsh on the "old" thing.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 03:11 PM) Awful thread. 100% agree

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 02:55 AM) I said it once, and I'll say it again. To those who find reading a thread entitled "Avi Has To Go," annoying: if you don't want to read anything negative, then don't read threads with titles like this one. The only thing more annoying than a negative thread, while the Sox are in first place, is wasting time and energy, having to refute some absurd argument which actually asserts that we shouldn't criticize anything, because the team is playing .650 ball. Just because some think that the winning results should simply be enjoyed, without critical analysis, does not preclude others from being interested in discussing ways to improve the team. Moreover, such discussions are not negative. A sense of urgency to fix whatever problems the team does have, precisely because it would be a shame not to, given how close this team is to being a real contender, shouldn't be considered negative. I, for one, am very positive about a team that can be in first place, with a couple glaring deficiencies. Just imagine what they could do, without those deficiencies. Replacing Avi with a productive left handed bat, in the middle of this lineup, would not only improve the offense, but it would afford the luxury of improving the critically important defense, as SS. If they had a solid 1 - 6, they could live with Saladino's questionable offense, in order to have a really tight left side of the infield. It is worth noting that, in his very brief career, he is a .247 hitter, when batting in the 2 hole. He can turn around a fast ball and would likely see plenty of them, hitting in front of the middle of the order, especially an improved one. He's also a decent bunter and a smart player. However, with no production out of DH, it's hard to carry a potentially weak bat at SS, which is just one more reason why replacing Avi is worth discussing. Look at this lineup, with a decent, productive bat, instead of Avi: RF Eaton SS Saladino (another option would be to flip Saladino and Jackson, in the order) 1B Abreu DH Solid Bat, preferably LH 3B Frazier LF Melky 2B Lawrie C Avila/Navaro CF Jackson If the productive replacement for Avi could play a solid defense in LF, that would further improve the defense by allowing Melky to DH. Is it any wonder that some of us attach such importance to finding a good replacement for the struggling Garcia? While a productive LH bat might seem ideal as the replacement for Garcia, Lillian, I wouldn't get too caught up on that idea. A RH like, oh, I don't know, someone like Yoenis Cespedes and hIS sparkling .991 OPS would look just fine in the clean-up spot in our lineup. Now where can you find someone just like him!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 09:05 AM) Its sad that people can't handle an opinion other than their own. It is also sad that people can't enjoy good baseball. Nice to see some introspection going on here, because these two sentiments absolutely apply to you.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2016 -> 08:47 AM) Exactly. Misery. You gotta love a board admin who constantly, each and every day, tries to derail and deflect constructive conversations around the ball players and team and turn those discussions into these kind of personal attacks and insults. Every single day this goes on. And the irony is that not one fan, in this case the ones discussing the problem that is Avi Garcia at the moment, not one of those fans comes off even remotely negative or miserable. The only time Misery rears it's ugly head is when SS2K5 and DA chime in and begin with the attacks and insults. It is only at those points in the discussion when the whole thing begins to go negative.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) Exceed? Nah. We just need the guys who are good to actually be good, and the guys who are OK to hit OK. It would be a bonus if the guys who suck could hit a step above sucky. If you get historical norm seasons from Frazier, Abreu, Cabrera, Lawrie, Jackson, the catchers, and Eaton, that alone goes a long way. Add some not awful seasons from Garcia and Rollins, and the improved defense and solid pitching, and there is enough here to compete. What, pray tell, is the "historical norm season" of which you preach "there is enough to compete" of the: - non-PED Cabrera - unproven Lawrie - post-2013 Jackson - post-concussion Avila - 37 year-old Rollins - Avi Garcia EVER

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 10:50 AM) I love how you refer to posters complaining when the Sox are winning as "thoughtful". Just remember, the one exciting season you claim the White Sox have had probably in 100 years, included 15 regular season wins scoring 2 runs or less. This year there has been 1. I just wonder when margin of victory become so important in MLB. LOL - ohhhhhh, Dick Allen. You are something else, you know that? I wasn't referring to posters who complain. If I was, I would be referring to you, because nobody but nobody moans and groans about pretty much everything on this site more than you. It's gotten to the point of just being comical watching you carry on, accusing others of complaining when nobody wears the complaining badge better than you. Meanwhile, the "thoughtful" posters I was referring to are people like Lillian, for example. She is clearly an astute follower of White Sox baseball, always optimistic in her outlook for the team, but not afraid to articulate a legitimate concern about the team. In this thread, that concern is about an offense that is currently last in the league, picking up where it left off from last season. Her critique is fair - she rightfully acknowledges the uptick we can all expect once Abreu and Frazier get their acts together. But outside of those two and Eaton, you look up and down our lineup and, well as Lillian concludes, "we'll see".

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 08:47 AM) The team is 8-4. It isn't 2015. It will be if they lose their next 10 games. Keep that in mind. You must have been very disappointed in the 2005 WS. Blew a lead in game 1. Had to come back in games 2 and 3, and only scored 1 run in game 4. No blowouts. Not acceptable. THE WHITE SOX ARE CURRENTLY IN FIRST PLACE Um, newsflash - nobody is questioning where the team is in the standings today on April 18th. What a few of the more thoughtful posters are simply questioning is whether with this anemic offense if the team will be able to maintain this position going forward. In other words, with the league's worst offense at the moment, will you be able to claim in big, bold words on May 18th that the Sox are in first place? June 18th? September 18th? That's all people are wondering about right now, and it's a legitimate concern. If you'd stop with the constant scolding of others around here you might have time to realize this yourself.