caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) and Colon for the 4th/5th starter's spot. Strange to be facing Garland...Thome uncharacteristically swung at a 3-0 pitch and grounded out weakly to 2B. Obviously, everyone just wants to get back to Chicago and get settled in...this game will be over in 2 hours. KW will be getting interviewed on the Diamondbacks' radio broadcast, I'll try to report anything noteworthy. Contreras with 2 quick outs....91-93 with the FB so far. Gave up a hit to Drew on a FB but got Conor Jackson for the K (Jackson the 10th toughest in th NL to strike out last season, so that's encouraging.) Wise with an 854 OPS for the spring and BA at 798. Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I didn't see the game last night, but Cowley said it was fun to actually watch a real baseball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 man i am so ready for beisbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Dweezy strikes out with bases loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxMatt Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Game is on FSN AZ CH 686 for DirecTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) "I don't know who's crazier, me, or you for hiring me?" Ozzie to KW. KW tried to give Garland (rent free) his Paradise Valley house but Garland refused to take it for this season...haha. Ah, to be a suffering multi-millionaire who didn't get $10-12 million but had to settle for poverty. Didn't know Josh Fields was also battling hip problems last year....as well as the knee. Mentioned that he was concerned (DUH!) about the leadoff position but satisfied with 2-9. Played up that the White Sox were being picked by some for 5th place. I don't think most predictions have them last...maybe 2nd-4th. Attributed this to the losses of Crede and Cabrera. Had a lot of praise for Garland. Also lots of praise for Cooper. From listening to KW, Contreras will start on the 10th and Colon on the 11th against the Twins, with Buehrle starting the Sunday game against Liriano. Kenny Williams, Jr., will be starting the season at Kannapolis. Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) man i am so ready for beisbol Are you Cubano or Sammy Sosa in disguise? Contreras through 2 innings, seems to be pitching much better this time out...30 pitches through 2. KW expects Colon to pitch at 90-94 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxmanager Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 man mark grace sucks as an announcer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxMatt Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) Are you Cubano or Sammy Sosa in disguise? Contreras through 2 innings, seems to be pitching much better this time out...30 pitches through 2. KW expects Colon to pitch at 90-94 today. Contreras has alot of movement on his pitches so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSoxMatt Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 nice RBI knock for Alexei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 LOL. They said Ramirez was going to be a "force" by the end of this season. I think they're a little late on that observation... White Sox leaving quite a few runners out there, but it doesn't really matter as much as the weather next week. I guess delaying the first starts for Contreras/Colon and having them pitch in better conditions might not be the worst thing is the world if they lose a couple of games the first week due to weather cancellations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannerfan Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Why did Konerko leave the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) http://www.wgntv.com/weather Right now, if they don't up playing Monday...Tuesday through Sunday looks fine for the time being. Monday looks 50/50 at best...unless they moved the game back to 6 or 7 pm, but then it would be brutally cold. Nothing wrong with Konerko. Salvador Sanchez is already in the game in LF for Quentin, whoever Sanchez is. Contreras through 3 scoreless innings, averaging 91.3 MPH fastball, highest was 93. ONLY 41 pitches through 3, that's good news. Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannerfan Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 04:04 PM) http://www.wgntv.com/weather Right now, if they don't up playing Monday...Tuesday through Sunday looks fine for the time being. Nothing wrong with Konerko. Salvador Sanchez is already in the game in LF for Quentin, whoever Sanchez is. Yea I see. I got nervous for a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) I would be excited to see Betemit (against only RHP), Viciedo or Allen get some playing time at 1B, but I wouldn't want to see Konerko out for more than 2 weeks. Walk for BA...that's good news. He's going to have to take more pitches, but he's a lot like Wise and Ramirez up there usually swinging early in the count or getting down 0-1/0-2 and getting punched out with offspeed stuff off the plate. Anderson gunned down by Montero stealing 2nd, then Wise makes the 3rd out after he flew out deep into the RF corner and almost hit it out. 1-0 White Sox going into the bottom of the 4th. Big inning for Jose, Young/Drew/Jackson coming up. Highly touted defender Eduardo Escobar in at SS for his second game of the spring with the big league team. Chris Young strikes out, DBacks 1/11 against Jose so far in this game. That's a nice (Paciorek)! Got one pitch up to 94 now, but his average FB is 90-91 now. Lillibridge with a nice play up the middle....now the problem is that Jose has only 50 pitches and they need to elevate his pitch count and give Colon at least innings out there too. So I guess Colon will come in for the bottom of the 6th. Another 1-2-3 inning for Jose. Awesome El Gran Titan De Bronze! Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 03:39 PM) Game is on FSN AZ CH 686 for DirecTV Of course it is, and I'm at work. F*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Christian Marrero PHing for Thome gets a SAC fly after Lillibridge got a hustle double. I think that was his first PA. 2-0 White Sox now going into bottom of 5th. Escobar with a solid single for his first hit of the spring. I guess he'll be playing in Winston-Salem behind Beckham in the pecking order. Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 4 innings, 1 hit, 3 k's, 0 bb, 57 pitches for Jose Contreras. Colon in. K's Tracy, the first batter against him, looking. Colon K's the side in the 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxpranos Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Colons 2 seamer looks nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisox2334 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 colon lookin nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Interesting that we are facing two ex-Sox hurlers, Contrears and Colon seem to be looking at top form. Colon with a strike out the side innings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Go, go, go Escobar. We have too many middle infielders now. I remember when Andy Gonzalez was the best of our MI prospects. Now we have Ramirez, Getz (10-15 games), Lillibridge. Beckham, Betemit, and Escobar...Silverio and Wilder can go to hell. Another walk by BA. That would probably total Wise, AJ and Ramirez for one month. Lillibridge with a .562 OPS. That's almost Corky Miller-esque. The funny thing is he's hitting .260. Well, that doesn't include his double today...hopefully he'll walk more when the lights come on, as indicated by his minor league lines. Wise and Funny Ears have both left the bases loaded now. Edited April 4, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 WISE WALKS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Both Brian and Wise walked, loaded for Lillibridge with 2 out. Edited April 4, 2009 by tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 QUOTE (tommy @ Apr 4, 2009 -> 02:44 PM) Both Brian and Wise walked, loaded for Lillibridge with 2 out. Actually they're loaded for Lilli, who grounded to short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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