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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 8, 2012 -> 05:12 AM) 2 of the 3 hits off Thornton were of the very cheap variety. He was way closer to unlucky last night than bad. But that's exactly what you say every time he falls apart in those situations. It's not just bad luck, it's about having a limited arsenal of pitches and not getting behind in counts. Chunk fastball after fastball over the plate against major league hitters, they'll make contact eventually.

Only for Dominique Strauss-Kahn or Sarkozy/

QUOTE (Brian @ May 7, 2012 -> 10:44 PM) Nice work, K23 Isn't that a movie about a dog or a German U-Boat or a Nepalese mountain?

Assuming we can actually find someone credible to replace Dunn. But yeah, you probably find someone willing to bite on his contract and move forward because he'll be getting into his mid 30's before we're competitive again.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:09 PM) Thank you Matt for once again crapping the bed. I cant wait until your off the payroll. The more games he has like this, the harder it gets to 1) get anything of value in return or 2) start preparing for the fact that we'd have to eat a bit of that $12 million still owed (well, after one month, it's closer to $11 million).

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:12 PM) I just don't understand why he can't develop a f***ing changeup Not even a change, he just needs to be able to throw a consistent enough slider that he can keep hitters off his fastball. And have the confidence to occasionally use it when behind in the count. But it's not like in his mid 30's he's going to be able to do that, or Cooper already would have taught him and he'd be one of the best relievers in modern baseball history from the LH side.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:08 PM) Great performance, team! So glad I bought MLB.tv on a month to month basis, so I can cancel when I want to. Same thing, but I did it more because the connection here in China is very spotty unless it's from 2 am - 7 am in the morning...otherwise, it jumps and freezes. MLB GameDay Audio is still the best bargain in the world if you live outside the US. Got an e-mail saying they were "refunding" my purchase price of $24.95 (for "premium") in a future credit card statement.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 7, 2012 -> 10:00 PM) Damn it! I thought he had all of that. Damn this weather. Would have been out in the 1st game. The ball was carrying really well then. Lillibridge hit one that completely fooled Sanders in CF it carried so well and he had to make a circus recovery. 6/31 for Lillibridge. Everything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong at this point. You just had to have a feeling the Sale announcement was going to torch any hope of competing this season and the self-induced prophecy is happening right before our eyes.

Guess they don't even have to worry about using Perez against us...

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:57 PM) Hey, those are fighting words. Sorry the Royals are losing another home game again, lol. They seem to ONLY be able to beat the Yankees.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) There was already a man on first? Still would have been a lot more logical than what they ended up doing. We had better odds to get out of the inning that way than to score a run against Chris Perez. You risk the big blowout inning for the possibility of keeping it tied.

3 and 11. Only 2-8 more in order to reach complete irrelevance for the rest of the season.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:53 PM) What's the alternative? Walk the bases loaded, set up the DP possibility. Hope and pray Thornton doesn't walk in the run. If you didn't know it, you would think the last 2 weeks that Ozzie Guillen was managing our bullpen, except he was intentionally mismanaging so as to lose games and get out of town ASAP.

And Ventura strikes again. Well, really it's our $12 million worth of commitment but can't consistently get out anyone this year "set up" guy in our supposedly lock-down bullpen, lol. So much for turning the game over to the pen.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2012 -> 09:49 PM) I wish Hafner was on the White Sox. Hafner had a terrible stretch there for 2-3 years. Nobody thought he would ever come back to be the player he's been the last couple of seasons. Finally threw 2 sliders that AB to Hafner. Duncan vs. Thornton should be interesting. Would rather see Nathan Jones here, despite the possibility of the walk to load the bases.

We don't even get to see another Chris Perez/Rios confrontation next inning. :-(

Bad things have a way of happening when you throw six consecutive fastballs.

If nothing else, we're cornering the market on lefties. Moneyball II, What will we do with them all? Sale Thornton Santiago Ohman Danks Stults Quintana Pedro Hernandez Septimo

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) Rongey is taking some great calls. Has he lost his cool a little yet? I'm waiting for it over the last 2-3 years, but he's done a pretty good job of not blowing up. Just smothering calls with "always get the last word in" smarmy smirkiness and condescending attitude.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 7, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) What sucks is there was no reason for this game to be a day/night DH. The 2nd game should have started 1/2 hour after the first one ended. The grim hope that they could get some extra revenue for a white-hot first place team saddled with the worst attendance in the major leagues. If not for the Indians' abysmal attendance, the White Sox would be sitting in last.

New favorite minor league name, Rebel Ridling of the Tennessee Smokies.

Since pitching his perfect game on April 21, Humber has allowed 20 runs on 21 hits in 13 1/3 innings. 2011 Start 6-3, lose 19 for 24 to fall to 11-22. 2012 Start 10-6, lose 11 of 14 to fall to 13-17. And no end to the fall in sight, other than Jake Peavy being the stopper, and you wonder how long that can last. Or how long Danks can pitch like Barry Zito, Jr.

Marty, stop being Captain Obvious tonight. Obviously there are serious concerns, to say the least. But he has to get at least one season at AA...and even then, look at Mitchell, a lot of people gave up on him quickly when he struggled all last year until the end and he's back on the prospect radar screens.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,0,642535.story In other news, Quintana, our sole bright spot of the day, sent back down. 5 2/3rd's of scoreless relief the longest for the Sox since Brian Keyser way back when.

Petricka's line so far for BIRM, also taking it on the chin. 4 IP, 3 ER, 6 BB's, 5 K's. Only 3 hits. Over 80 pitches just to get through 4 innings, though. On the plus side, with 9 baserunners in only 4 innings, it could be a LOT worse than just 3 ER's. Love to see KWJR in there 2 games consecutively, lol.