whitesoxbrian Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Can't win them all. Let's get back on track tomorrow with that bum Blanton goin' for Oakland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) We hit the crap out of the ball in the 4th inning, only to come up empty handed. Luck wasn't on our side today. A good thing that came out of this game: Javier Vazquez. He made one bad pitch to Cust. The pitch Murphy hit out was almost head high, it wasn't that bad. He also saved the bullpen, which is a good thing. Let's hope Mark gives us a good start tomorrow. Maybe there's a good reason why Joe Blanton is 4-11... Edited July 4, 2008 by chw42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Sucks to see crappy situational hitting rear its ugly head again. That said, it was really nice to see Javy bounce back with an excellent outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Alexei Ramirez tried a novel idea in the 9th inning. He moved towards the plate. Crede and the rest were sitting in their usual almost out of the box so they can extend their arms stance. You cant reach that low and away crap from there. I know they may miss that inner half pitch that they want to extend on, but with Street sitting on the 1st base side of the pitching rubber its never every coming. Javy pitched well tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 09:32 PM) We hit the crap out of the ball in the 4th inning, only to come up empty handed. Luck wasn't on our side today. A good thing that came out of this game: Javier Vazquez. He made one bad pitch to Cust. The pitch Murphy hit out was almost head high, it wasn't that bad. He also saved the bullpen, which is a good thing. Let's hope Mark gives us a good start tomorrow. Maybe there's a good reason why Joe Blanton is 4-11... The pitch to Murphy was terrible. Javy missed his spot by several feet, and we got burned because of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) Alexei Ramirez tried a novel idea in the 9th inning. He moved towards the plate. Crede and the rest were sitting in their usual almost out of the box so they can extend their arms stance. You cant reach that low and away crap from there. I know they may miss that inner half pitch that they want to extend on, but with Street sitting on the 1st base side of the pitching rubber its never every coming. Yet Crede got the hit and Alexei struck out. Go figure. Edited July 4, 2008 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I really hope the fanfare doesn't get into Alexei's head. Great start by Javy, that's very encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 It's been an awfully long time since we lost. Let's get in the win column again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 10:48 PM) It's been an awfully long time since we lost. Let's get in the win column again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hard loss to swallow because it was due largely to bad luck. We hit the ball hard twice in that 4th with 1st and 2nd and 1st and 3rd, but all it leads to is a warning track flyout and double play, whereas their guy hits a fastball eye high over the wall. Just hate to lose a game due so much to bad luck, but even if we split this series we end up with an 8-2 homestand and that'd be fine. We just need to make sure we bounce back tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Hurts to lose on a four-hitter by Javy. Oh well. Hope he keeps his head up and realizes it's one of those things. Can't win 'em all. Gotta come back and beat that hack they are pitching tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) The one thing that bothers me is I can think of at least 4 games in which our starter threw a complete game, and we still lost. In the big picture, that's a both baffling and depressing stat to think about with as few complete games as you see in this era of baseball. Edited July 4, 2008 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Good point whitesoxfan. As good as our record is, our losses seem so disheartening at times this year. Crazy season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 We got beat at our own game Thursday night. Friday-Sat and Sun hopefully will be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) It's been an awfully long time since we lost. Let's get in the win column again tomorrow. And the ninth was still full of drama, and we still had many chances to pull it out. I was convinced we were going to do it again. This team is starting to look pretty special. Even when they lose, lately it's not been without a ton of fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Javy was absolutely tremendous. About the only bad pitch he made was the one Cust hit out. The pitch hit out by Murphy was not a bad pitch. Elevated fastball and Murphy just swung real hard and hammered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I cant remember the last time I went through a game thread and didnt see "OMG, WE NEED TO BENCH ________ AND _______ NEEDS TO BE DFAed, AND THE SEASON IS OVER" its nice to see "Tough one to lose, nice effort by the pitching." Duchserereereerer was as good as advertised. he moved in and out, changed speeds on all of his pitches, and got out of trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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