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I agree with calling trolls out and asking posters who aren't trolls to apologize for premature, un-researched, off-the-cuff. thoughtless, provocative remarks, I'm waiting...

Anyone calling Eloy a bust is trolling but suggesting he be moved to 1B or DH is not. It probably is trolling but if it isn't, it's pretty foolish. Eloy needs to focus on the routine plays and keeping himself in shape physically. Eloy and Robert are going to be an incredible tandem in the White Sox OF for years to come.

Thanks Cali and everyone for your excellent comments and historical perspective. I forgot about or did not know about the other examples and the rules changes.

I think mlb should also address what constitutes unacceptable bat flipping and excessive celebration following a home run. What Tim did against KC and then against Detroit (throwing his bat toward his own dugout) did not seem like it was intended to show up the other team. You have to be able to celebrate a home run within some acceptable boundaries.

The ball was gone when Abreu slightly passed Tim on the bases. Fireworks were going off and the fans were going crazy. This was an enforcement of a technicality as a result of Detroit's appeal,,and one that should no longer be the rule.

You cannot un-ring a bell. After you hit a home run, you should never be called out on the base path. There is no live ball at that point. Baserunners cannot be tagged out. Play is halted. Rounding the bases is strictly ceremonial and celebratory or at least that is the way it should be. MLB changed the rule requiring 4 pitches for a walk. This nonsensical interpretation of the rules should be changed as well. Once that ball sails over the fence it is a home run. Fans don't wait to celebrate and the fireworks aren't held up until the baserunners round the bases and it is determined that the batter did not pass a baserunner, even by a foot. That was an interpretation of a rule that diminished the game on a few levels.

Abreu was given credit for a single and called out when he arguably passed Tim Anderson rounding first base on a home run trot. A rule is a rule unless it makes no sense or defies common sense, in which case you either scrap the rule or ignore it. Once a home run leaves the yard, play is essentially halted for all purposes other than a ceremonial trot around the bases. Heretofore, no one paid much attention to how one did that. Jimmy Piersall ran around the bases facing backwards after hitting a homer. I think Abreu needs to be credited with the home run and the league needs to make sure this rule is not enforced again in those circumstances. Meanwhile, that almost decided the baseball game.

Damon Bradshaw @Damon_Bradshaw Heard a rumor, @whitesox Luis Robert sustained a broken hand, and will require surgery. Will not pick up a bat until late August at the earliest, per source. @MLBCWhiteSox 5:53 PM - Apr 24, 2019 ------------ Devastating and depressing news.

I think talent evaluation is more important to an organization than (position) player development. Another way of saying that is that player development can be overrated. Palka and Emgel are prime examples of guys who will never be full time major league players no matter what they do in terms of preparation. Fulmer might be in the same category - a guy who can throw hard but cannot locate his pitches consistently no matter what adjustments he makes. On the other hand there are players like Luis Robert and Madrigal that don't need to be developed much because they already have it.

It is his left hand again, the hand with the thumb sprain that plagued him last season and earlier in the Spring. I am concerned about this. Is there any more information about this injury ?

Seeing Yoan and TA perform this season makes me glad they were brought up before some said they were ready. Baptism by fire can work for talented players. So Luis Robert isn't ready. Get him up here by June. And let Eloy learn on the job as well. He can't learn how to hit filthy sliders like Greene had today unless he sees them.

Why are they waiting to promote Robert to AA? They are wasting his time and his career by having him down there.

Ejection from the game was sufficient punishment. Suspensions were not warranted.

As a White Sox fan, I no longer trust Joe West to be a fair arbiter of anything on the field that involves our team. If other Sox fans feel the same way, perhaps an on-line petition should be started where Sox fans can request the Commissioner to bar mean Joe West from umpiring any game involving the White Sox in the future. It would be better if this guy retires or leaves under other circumstances, but I for one am sick of that mofo fat cracker.

Like Stone said, stop trying to get Castellanos out on low pitches. Has Fulmer been sent down yet?

Collins ? You gotta be bleepin' me.

Sox need a lot of pitching help plus Luis Robert and Madrigal. But as they sit now, they are better than Detroit and KC.

Carson Fulmer has never demonstrated enough control over his pitches to be a legitimate major league pitcher. Not sure if he can ever change that, but unless and until he does, he is a minor league pitcher. Eventually, the scouting report on his wildness will get out and hitters are going to be waiting him out and wearing more protective gear.

TA did not flip his bat. He threw it in the direction of the Sox dug out and reportedly yelled something like "Let's go!" If you take an emotional reaction like that out of the game, baseball will become even more boring than it is for many viewers. IMO, the line is drawn where a player looks at, shouts at, or directly taunts an opposing player or team. Timmy didn't do any of that. Sending Abreu from first to home was a joke and lost this game. There should be some accountability for that decision.

I doubt Palka sniffs a major league roster again. I feel sorry for him because he gave it all he had but it just wasn't enough. The Sox should have deployed Palka in a more useful manner in Wednesday's loss to KC. Palka was put in the line-up after the kerfuffle. He should have been told that after he made an out in his next AB, to throw his bat in the direction of the KC dugout and to yell, "you wanna piece of me,,,,,who wants a piece of me?" Then he could have earned his pay by busting some Royal arse, and, at the same time, going off the roster with more dignity with a suspension as opposed to a demotion .

Madrigal 4 for 4 Saturday and a Triple on Sunday at Winston Salem. Robert absolutely raking down there. Small sample size but you can just see the potential and of course the need for both of them to get advanced ASAP.

Yolmer has made three game changing errors in the first 13 games. He isn't hitting a lick either. Something isn't right with hm this year. I never thought we would see him suck this badly.

Madrigal only has 25 at bats at Winston Salem and has 5 hits. I don't consider that terrible or a reason for concern.

Just got home. Will this game be replayed on WGN later ?

That sounds arrogant and angry. I was simply asking a question.