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QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) I like how Pierre is distracting the pitcher, he is really doing a great job only if he can get on the damn base on regular basis. See Pods, first half of 2005. Minus the fact that Pods actually got on base quite consistently...especially early in those games, and Iguchi was the perfect #2. We might have to bring him back if Beckham struggles for another month. Just kidding.

Jones boosting his stratospheric OPS. Why can't Pierre run against a big guy with no stuff?

Beckham blown away by three straight 88-89 MPH fastballs. What the heck is going on with his swing?

This might be one of the few games this season Freddy has better overall stuff than his mound opponent. Oh My Lady Gaga...Pierre got on? 7/9 so far on the season. Let's get runners on 1st and 3rd please.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) 1-0 Mariners, Guttierez HR. At least this time we gave up a homer to their best hitter. SHAPIRO=FAIL Except for Chin Shoo Choo, that was the best pick-up the Indians made the last 5 years.

You can cancel the post-game show. Let's hope it's not a 1-0 loss. Well, at least it will be a fast game and less suffering than 20-0 or like that Twins game early last season at home against COLON.

Figgins 2/24 lifetime against THE ROCK/SCORPION KING. Freddy has been at his customary 88-90 MPH. Has he got one or two at 91? NOTE TO KW: The only worse move than acquiring Juan Pierre was giving that money and 4 years to Chone Figgins in his 30's. STUPID. PS: Bring up Daniel Hudson!

Well, band aids seem like a better collective "team building" activity than blow-up dolls. Question: Won't wearing a band-aid have the reverse psychological affect and make Jones hit more like Pierre and AJ?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) What the heck? Half the White Sox wearing the Andruw band aid LOL. It's not a special commemorative promotion for Mother's Day? Breast Cancer Awareness? Thought it was pink band aids, haha. I can't believe we don't have Eric Byrnes and Aaron Miles on our roster....they're both very very grinder-ish.

I think the White Sox should activate Scott Elarton or Eric Hillman to counter Price Pfister Faucet guy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) I wonder if we'll get more than one hit against Fister this game? I can't believe AJP is still batting 5th in this lineup. FIRE AJ. Bring up Flowers!!! It's pretty much like we didn't even bat in the bottom of the first. We might as well not have, just let them stay in the dugout for six outs in a row.

Oh my Lady Gaga. We're facing an "unknown" tall pitcher who barely can break glass. That means an automatic loss normally. Unless the Freddy Garcia Facing Former Team motivational factor kicks in and he pitches he he did exactly two weeks ago against the Twins (minus the walk to Thome and bomb to Kubel, and 2-1 deficit when leaving the game).

"As a black man playing this game, I just don't feel like ... you know, the majority of the media is middle-aged white guys, so I don't think you can accurately construe what I have to say, or portray me as who I am, because you don't know," Bradley said. "You don't know where I come from, nobody has ever asked those questions. They just see what they see. I never carried a gun, I never hurt anybody, but I am made out to be something I'm not. "I'm a nerd. I graduated with a 3.7 (grade point average) from high school. I got 1,120 on my SAT. I play Scrabble on my phone with (Seattle pitcher) Shawn Kelly in the bullpen. This is stuff people don't know. I'm as non-violent, non-threatening as they come." scott gregor/dailyherald.com

If you want to talk about pitchers who were on bad or mediocre teams, you'd have to include the likes of Blyleven, Nolan Ryan, Kaat, etc. The White Sox since 1990 have the 4th highest overall winning percentage in baseball behind the Yankees/Braves/Red Sox...something like that. But when they look at Mark's career, nobody is going to say he had really bad luck to pitch with some bad White Sox teams. The only teams we had that were "bad" were 2001 (and we ended up the season very well after being 15 games under .500) and 2007. Plus, they'll remember the World Series heroics and the fact that he has played on 2 other playoff teams.

Maybe. If you love minor league baseball, then it's a great value. If you want to watch specifically the Sox minor league teams, then you don't have much control of it...it's like MLB Extra Innings package, but that usually contained 4-5 White Sox games per week, most of the ones that weren't on WGN, except for the WCIU games. I always found it a lot more informative to just log in for free and listen to the team's radio broadcasts, but that's also because the connection speed where I've lived is to slow to risk trying an online TV product.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 11:36 PM) Are these supposed to be batting averages? And what does 345 for Thompson imply? JUST BA I should have put a decimal in front, just lazy today... not trying to calculate Thompson's BB/K percentage or anything so esoteric

Summary: Danks (302), Flowers (310) and Gilmore (375) continue to rock. Shelby's (305) looking a lot better so far this season, too. Salvador Sanchez is the only other bright spot among the hitters. Crossed fingers on Escobar's bat...Silverio seems to be a lost cause, although he did homer, but he's hitting only .167. Gregory Infante was rocked, Kyle Bellamy sharp. Thompson at 345 (K/BB) so far on the young season

By the way, The 2005 and 2008 bullpens, overall...were still better than this White Sox pen. Thornton is the most dominant set-up guy we've ever had in a White Sox uniform...but the 7th and 8th innings were automatic in those years (when Linebrink was healthy...the version with Dotel in the 8th, not so good). Santos is the big wild card. If he can emerge like Jenks in 2005, that changes the whole composition of the pen. Pena's getting better and better, there's renewed hope for Liney...but you have to be concerned about the lack of life on Putz's stuff. It might be a case of needing a full year to be 100% healthy. Still, for what we're paying him, it's not a bad deal at all IMO. And he becomes a valuable trade chip if we can't catch the Twins, along with Andruw Jones.

Way to have a birthday party, Mr. Andruw Jones. Let's hope he's really back for the sake of our offense. Everything's clicking now, got the hanging slider up in his eyes after battling his behind off. The Mariners' announcers (who are obviously familiar with Matt) were just GUSHING about his performance. Said that was by far the best they've ever seen him pitch. I don't think ANYONE can complain about his performance versus Thome. It's the plethora of at-bats going to Kotsay and Vizquel that are the real issue. Gavin pitched pretty well after the first inning or so, had a nice string of 9+ batters retired and his overall game line sucks because of Putz. We now have to seriously look at promoting Santos over Putz...although Ozzie might give him another couple of chances, or put Pena in front of Santos, too. It's coming, just like when Jenks showed up in 2005 out of nowhere. Fear the Sergio.

Why are they going with Jenks over Santos? I hate Jenks in tie games....100% hate it. White Sox still can't seem to buy a big game-changing hit with RISP....although Rios has come through quite a bit early this year. But his DP ball also really hurt us, too. Well, he's one of the few guys swinging the bat well. Hard to get too upset w/ Andruw Jones hitting into a DP when he has 5 homers in such a limited number of AB's.

Well, one thing's for sure. Ozzie is going to have to think LONG and HARD next time about not using Santos when Putz is only at 92-93 MPH with no life/movement.

Alexei with another brain cramp...well, I'll just pretend he was trying to insure that Quentin scored. Donny Lucy with first career steal. 3 SB's for the Go-Go Sox tonight, none by Pierre.

The Braves are rumored to be one of the teams following Konerko closely. They're very unsure how the health of Troy Glaus will hold up.

Dadgummit, we need for Alexei to get on a tear. THIS TEAM ISN'T DEAD?

The more things change, the more they stay the same. 3 solo homers...White Sox baseball, you gotta love it. Sets up an interesting decision with Konerko if the Twins continue to lead us by 6-8 games and Paulie keeps looking "hitterish." White Sox outhomering M's 22-6 on the season. Yet the team records don't reflect it exactly.