knightni

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 10, 2012 -> 10:10 AM) If no one picks the actual winner such as De Aza on Monday the winner is picked from the guy people picked ? Is that why Viciedo won ? No. Viciedo won because he had the most points including the least amount of LOB, E, CS, Ks etc. De Aza had 11 points for his positives but he had -6 for negatives (LOB) = 5 points.

Rios

Winner: Dayan Viciedo (6 points) - ChiSox_Sonix, IowanSoxFan.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...rtnerId=rss_cws White Sox (2-2) vs Indians (1-3) Tuesday 4/10, 7:05 PM ET at Progressive Field Radio: CWS: WSCR 670, 97.5 ESPN Deportes CLE: WTAM 1100 TV: CWS: WCIU CLE: STO Gomez, Humber on tap for Indians, White Sox No. 5 starters enter season coming off solid springs By Zack Meisel / MLB.com | 4/10/2012 12:37 AM ET The Indians had a crop of candidates competing for the No. 5 spot in their rotation during Spring Training. Each candidate had at least one strike against his case for winning the job -- except Jeanmar Gomez. Roberto Hernandez, once known as Fausto Carmona, couldn't get approved for re-entry into the U.S. in time, and continues to pitch in the Dominican Republic. Kevin Slowey, acquired from the Rockies over the winter, went 0-8 with a 6.67 ERA with Minnesota last season. He posted similar numbers in Spring Training: 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in four starts. David Huff carried a 5.79 ERA through six appearances before landing on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Zach McAllister only pitched with the big league club three times in Spring Training, and posted a 4.50 ERA in six innings. Then there is Gomez. He earned inclusion into the open competition after going 5-3 with a 4.47 ERA in 11 appearances last season. He was arguably the club's best pitcher in Spring Training, with a 1-1 record and 1.37 ERA in 19 2/3 innings of work. His performance earned him the vacant rotation spot. "I feel good, but that's just one step," Gomez said. "We need to continue to work hard every day. My slider was much better this year compared to two years ago. That helped me a lot with the hitters." Gomez will make his season debut Tuesday against the White Sox, a club he has faced twice. In those starts, he is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA. His opponent, Philip Humber, hasn't fared as well against the Indians. In four appearances (three starts) against Cleveland in 2011, Humber went 0-1 with a 7.43 ERA in 13 1/3 innings. Humber pitched well in Spring Training, going 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in four starts. He pitched five innings and allowed three runs in his final spring outing last Wednesday. "I finished on a positive note," Humber said. "It was good to have a few runners on base and work on being quick to the plate. All systems go." White Sox: Bullpen off to fast start Chicago's bullpen has blanked its competition so far this season. Through 9 2/3 innings, the White Sox 'pen has surrendered just one run, on a ninth-inning homer in Monday's 4-2 win against Cleveland. "It definitely is a very positive group we have out there," lefty Matt Thornton said. "We are willing to do anything it takes to win games." What makes the group's success even more impressive is its youth. Rookies Nate Jones and Addison Reed have held their own, as has first-year closer Hector Santiago. Santiago, a 24-year-old rookie, came out of nowhere to win the closer's job. The left-hander yielded just one run in 11 spring innings. "Hector went from probably the long guy coming into Spring Training to the closer," Thornton said. "That's how good of a spring he had. ... His stuff is pretty awesome. He's a unique pitcher who is fun to watch." Indians: Acta unveils new lineup against lefties Cleveland's batting order got a makeover for Monday's contest against the White Sox. Manager Manny Acta wanted to give some starters a rest after his club played 37 innings in three days against the Blue Jays. His normal lineup, however, is left-handed heavy. Chicago started southpaw Chris Sale on Monday, so Acta employed some right-handed help off his bench. Jason Donald, Jose Lopez, Aaron Cunningham and Lou Marson all made their first starts of the season. "It's the beginning of the season," Acta said. "And, it's also a combination of facing a guy who can be very tough on some of our left-handers. It's too bad you don't have a bigger roster like in Spring Training." Donald went 0-for-4 on Monday. Marson went hitless in three at-bats. Cunningham notched a single and Lopez hit a solo home run. Acta said Hernandez has worked his way up to a pitch count of 85 while working at the Indians' baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. Hernandez is waiting for a new visa from the U.S. so he can rejoin the Indians at some point this season. "He's getting a little antsy back home and he wants to get over here," Acta said. "But it's totally out of his or our hands." Worth noting • The White Sox won 11 of their 18 meetings with the Tribe last season. • Ubaldo Jimenez, serving a five-game suspension, is expected to start Saturday at Kansas City.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 03:35 PM) Free Fukudome! WoKfIrE /I respect Japanese ethnicity and culture. It's just a joke.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/mlb/gameda...ew&c_id=cws White Sox (1-2) vs Indians (1-2) Monday 4/9, 7:05 PM ET at Progressive Field Radio: CWS: WSCR 670, 97.5 ESPN Deportes CLE: WTAM 1100 TV: CWS: CSN CLE: STO White Sox, Indians to renew AL Central rivalry By Paul Casella / MLB.com | 4/8/2012 11:52 PM ET One year ago, the White Sox pummeled the Indians in an Opening Day clash at a time when Chicago was expected to contend in the American League Central and nobody was quite sure what was in store for Cleveland. As it turned out, the White Sox would never match the 15-run total they put up at Progressive Field that day, nor would they match any preseason expectations, including their own. As for the Tribe, it quickly became one of the early surprises, storming to the top of the division before sputtering out and finishing in a distant second place, 15 games behind the Tigers. Now, as the teams prepare to open their divisional slates against each other Monday, both clubs have their sights set on an improved 2012 campaign. "You realize that you have to make hay when you are playing against your own division," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "But that's always been the recipe, you have to play well in your division if you are going to have a shot. You realize that, but you can't rest everything on it." For the White Sox, Monday's contest will also mark the first career start for 23-year-old southpaw Chris Sale, who spent the past two seasons in the bullpen. With staff ace Mark Buehrle departing for Miami this offseason, it opened up a spot in the rotation for the club to make its anticipated conversion with Sale. "As a reliever, you sometimes are coming into situations and it's right there, right now," Sale, who has a 2.58 ERA in 79 career relief appearances, said earlier this spring. "As a starter, it's more length and more focus. You have 100-plus pitches as a starter and you have to stay focused on each pitch. You can throw 50 great ones, but on that 51st first, if you take off, that could be the one that kills you." Opposing Sale will be Josh Tomlin, the Tribe's starter who perhaps best symbolizes the Indians' up-and-down 2011 campaign. Tomlin improved to 6-1 with a 2.41 ERA following a May 21 victory last year that also extended Cleveland's division lead to a season-best seven games. From that point on, however, Tomlin went 6-6 the rest of the way and the Indians' lead slowly dwindled until they were overtaken by the eventual champion Tigers. With his fellow starters recording three straight quality starts to begin the 2012 campaign, Tomlin will look to feed off his teammates as he puts last season behind him. Through three games, Cleveland's starters have allowed just three earned runs off eight hits in 22 innings. "They've all pitched well enough to keep us in the game every single time and that's our job, to go out there, pitch deep in games and give us a chance to win," Tomlin said. "If we can keep this up all year long, that'd be something we can kind of hang our hats on. "I'm definitely going to try to go out there and mimic kind of what they're doing. That's all you can do, give it your best and shoot for what they've done." White Sox: Rios, Dunn deliver big with the bats Each coming off of dismal seasons, outfielder Alex Rios and designated hitter Adam Dunn both delivered clutch hits in the White Sox opening series against the Rangers. Though the White Sox bats were shut out Sunday night in Texas, Dunn, who hit .159 last season, crushed an Opening Day homer and Rios (.227 in 2011) followed with a go-ahead ninth-inning homer Saturday in a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. The big early season hits are certainly a welcomed treat. "It has been a while since I've hit a ball that good," said Rios, who hit just 13 long balls in 2011. "It felt good." Indians: Early hitting woes aren't a concern Hitting coach Bruce Fields wasn't too concerned that the Indians had managed just 12 hits over 28 innings of play in their first two games this season. And while the club upped its average to just .153 (18-for-118) with Sunday's six hits against the Blue Jays, Fields stressed patience as the Tribe settled into the new season. "Overall, I've told the guys, I like our at-bats. I like our approaches," Fields said. "They're not chasing a lot out of the strike zone. We're not striking out a lot and that's a great sign. To me, that's a great indicator that we are heading in the right direction. It's just a matter of settling in and settling down, having a little bit more controlled swings." The Indians' five home runs have accounted for nine of their 12 runs so far this season. Worth noting • Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is 0-for-6 with five strikeouts in his career against Sale. • The White Sox started 7-1 against the Indians last season before dropping six of the final 10 meetings to finish 11-7 overall. • Tomlin served up 1.31 homers per nine innings in 2011, marking the fourth-highest total in the American League among qualified pitchers. • The Indians haven't beaten the White Sox in a season series since going 11-7 against the South Siders in 2007.

Dunn

Winner: Gordon Beckham (4 points) - SAVVY18, Baron.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 07:58 PM) Why wouldn't you think to think to clean it out every once and while? There's no real way to thoroughly clean all of the germs, bacteria, and filth out of plastic bottle water dispensers. Stuff just hides out in the cracks and crevices or seeps into the plastic and rubber itself.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 12:25 PM) Yeah, I liked it...Starz doesn't mess around with the nudity and sex scenes...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) You don't want to put a puppy on an all-you-can-eat diet. Not any dog for that matter, but especially not a puppy. That too. I was mostly speaking about the water bottle dispenser.

Those kind of feeders can be disease carriers after awhile. It's like drinking out of the same water bottle for 6 months.

Ramirez

Winner: Paul Konerko (6 points) - elrockinMT, knightni, BigEdWalsh, buhbuhburrrrlz, CaliSoxFanViaSWside.

Just watched the first episode of Magic City. Not bad.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 10:36 PM) When you least expect it, EXPECT IT!! That's a way better slogan than "Appreciate the Game."

94 pitches through six and he can't get the ball down. I think he's done.

These innings are too quick.

DAMN YOU RIOS!!!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 09:42 PM) That ball was tattoed more than the arms of D-Back Ryan Reynolds or NBAer Chris Andersen. Or Ryan Roberts.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) And Peavy has a 1-2-3 He's having a Tebow night. No matter how much he's lacking, he's somehow succeeding.