Important stuff from a 5-2 loss to the Indians that at least wasn't a shutout

Kudos to you if you walked out of work or school Thursday, let the wind hit your face and thought "It's be a while since John Danks got hammered in dispiriting fashion and took the Sox out of the game from the jump." You live a life chased by the constant shadow of doom, but damn if you're not perceptive. Danks got gobsmacked for back-to-back home runs from the normally tepid pair of Nick Swisher (homerless until tonight) and Mike Aviles, and the Sox were down 4-0 before they took an at-bat, which I suppose provided ample excuse to bypass taking any good ones all night.

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Nick & James' Fantasy Island

In an effort to spread our wings, Nick Schaefer and James Fegan have decided to get together periodically to discuss issues in fantasy baseball. Or more specifically, what issue James is having with fantasy baseball. In today's episode, James interrupted Nick's Saturday afternoon with his girlfriend to scream in panic about him about losing his matchup with Chuck Garfien.

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Good ol' Johnny Danks - Game Preview & Lineups 5/2

With 3 wins against this year, a trip to Cleveland might be just the cure to the White Sox little losing skid. A battle of promise never quite fully fulfilled in John Danks against promise still yet to be fulfilled in Danny Salazar. The two faced off against each other in the last series, and a repeat of that would be just fine by me.

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Life in post-Avisail wasteland begins with fun win over Indians

Baseball's pace and segmentation is good for identifying specific moments of turnaround. And if pressed to pick one, that turnaround would probably be the moment Jose Abreu turned around a hanging slider from Salazer deep into the center field bleachers. Despite 10 strikeouts from Salazar, the Sox put tallies on the board for four--straight innings, and cruised to a 7-3 victory to even their record at 5-5.

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