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LOL at Balta now. Sure, we could still win this game again, but that's probably the end of Santiago as the closer.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:27 PM) f***! Please pitch around Cespedes. Too late.

Gave up that hit on the screwball to Reddick.

Maybe the key to this game was Ohman coming in and getting Weeks, Sogard and Reddick. At least at this point. The last 2-3 years, our back-end bullpen guys would have blown that game somehow....it was almost an automatic loss.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:22 PM) So, how many people want to go through this thread and find proclamations that this game was clearly over and done with? 9 times out of 10 when you have 1st/2nd and the runner picked off 2nd and then another thrown out at the plate....ON THE ROAD....a major league team is going to lose that game. It's the fact that we might have the best bullpen in the major leagues (except for Stewart) that saved us. And it's STILL not over, YET.

Thank god, bad pitch in this guy's first appearance of the season out of the minor leagues. Don't stop scoring...and let's put Oakland in the rearview mirror and get on that plane back to Chicago for the big Red Sox series.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:15 PM) Really? Those two losses to the A's in April were the reason we sucked last year? You think if Thornton starts out 100% in April saves that the season ends up exactly the same way? No way. Those April blown games set the tone for the entire season and they never recovered.

Scary when we have to bunt a runner into scoring position for Eduardo 666 Minor League OPS Escobar.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 06:10 PM) It's one hard fought extra inning game. GMAB. Yeah, and you would have said that after our first TWO blown games against the A's too last year. Did we ever recover from those two losses last year? Not really? We subsequently went on our 5-19 streak and that was all she wrote for the season. We were never really in it afterwards.

This is reminiscent of that game last year when Lillibridge fielded a single in deep CF and the runner scored all the way from 1st. Ozzie actually benched him for that...although Rios rarely suffered for about 40-50 misplays in the outfield.

First inning and this last inning, something like five hits, multiple doubles in one inning ZERO FREAKING RUNS. I'll have to agree with Greg's disgraceful tag at this point. This game kills us if we lose.

That freaking throw one-hopped Sogard, too. Everything that can go wrong WILL go wrong.

This is one of those games it just hurts to be a White Sox fan.

Jesus Christ, you've got to be kidding me. No freaking way. No way. No, no, no.

God, this game has just been awful whenever we had runners on 2nd or 3rd, something horrific has happened each time. Feels like a combination of 2009 and 20011 all mixed into one game of bad memories.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. That has to be the game, lol.

7 total bases for Konerko today. HR, 2 singles, and an intentional walk.

2nd hit of the season with Dunn against a LHP. Great luck with the ball hitting that base or it would have been an out probably. TBL sighting. Now score this run, dammit. If they can't score here, I'm going to turn this damned game off...well, maybe.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:54 PM) Great pitching. It is disgraceful the Sox can't put this baby away. The Sox on paper have a much better team. Great job, pitching staff. Excellent job today. Greg, stop freaking out, lol. Disgraceful? Three weeks ago, we were expected to finish 72-90. Now having a 4-2 road trip is disgraceful? Try to relax a bit. Or at least wait to flip out until we've actually lost the game!!!

Isn't this Northside's favorite ex-Royal? Let's please give Konerko another shot at this, Nathan. Whatever you want to say about Ventura and Morel, our bullpen's been great today against a mostly AAA/AA line-up with the exception of Cespedes and Suzuki.

Just missed it, lol. What did Harrelson have to say about that at-bat? Two outs. 10 consecutive outs recorded by Sox relievers. 17/18. Cespedes walk the only blip on the radar screen. Last hit was Cespedes RBI single to give them the 2-0 lead.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 25, 2012 -> 05:47 PM) I can tell you that Cardinals announcers don't. They have played a couple of simlilar games to the ones that we are playing against the Cubs, and it's everybody elses fault but the players. Seriously, if your players can't score more than 2 runs against the Cubs you deserve to lose. Rooney's still a much better broadcaster than anyone we have on radio. Or you're referring to Mike Shannon?

If the A's are going to win it today, it's going to be either a homer here or walk to Cespedes.

At least the food and beverage vendors are happy with this game. Not that the A's have much of a crowd.

Looking like Nathan Jones to come in.