TCS Morning 5: Your favorite lost White Sox seasons
/Proving that trolling can be productive, my completely unhelpful interruption of Nick--who was not talking about the White Sox--got me headed down a path.
Read MoreCarlos Quentin's moment in time
/At some point during trawling through old articles for quotes about Carlos Quentin, it occurred to me that my fascination with just how insane his career was might not be matched by the populace, at least not to the point of justifying an entire post just about him during the height of rumor and offseason planning season.
Read MoreOff-day timewaster: Weighing a Carlos Quentin reunion
/It was bad enough that the Braves just automatically dumped Carlos Quentin like he was empty contract, like he was friggin' Theo Ratliff, but they announced dumping him as the third entry in a roster move tweet that talks about Josh Outman and Brandon Cunniff?! Why don't they just dump his corpse into pauper's grave while they're at it?
Read MoreThe Catbird Speaks 4.6.15 - It's Opening Day
/It's Opening Day. Today is Opening Day. The White Sox will play their Opening Day game today.
In that vein, Matt Adams, Collin Whitchurch and James Fegan got together to exercise their existential dread, cast aspersions on the Royals, discuss the final bits of roster housekeeping, and deride the many mistakes of the Atlanta Braves.
Read MoreBad, old days return, absent offense spoils Danks' gem
/John Danks needs to start telling his offense ahead of time when he's going to catch lightning in a bottle so they can schedule a parade. Instead, the Sox were in an odd position where their embattled and damaged starter was the sharpest guy on the field, as Ian Kennedy and the Padres bullpen overwhelmed the offense, and Adrien Nieto Double-A'd the go-ahead run home in a 4-1 loss made uglier by Javy Guerra.
Read MoreSearching for past greatness - Lineups & Preview 5/30
/This would be quite the pitching matchup in 2011. Ian Kennedy worked over 220 innings at a sub-2.90 ERA (and won 21 games) that year en route to a top-5 finish in the National League Cy Young race. For John Danks, 2011 wasn't his greatest season, but it was his last, full pre-injury season. In 2011, he was still John Danks, and not John Danks, who's still working to regain his form...
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