southsider2k5 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Winning is fun. There's no reason to not be at the park when he pitches. He's so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Gotta love it when Chris Sale basically wins games by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Chris Sale is 9-0 in 9 starts with a 1.58 ERA... ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Can't tell you how nervewrecking it was looking at gameday when it said that last batter had strike 3 but then didn't say the game ended for 5 more minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Line Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Phew. Ok. Deep breath. We are still the FIRST PLACE Chicago White Sox and we have the best pitcher in baseball. Lets win 2/3 against the f****** Royals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Thank god for Sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ May 19, 2016 -> 09:23 PM) Can't tell you how nervewrecking it was looking at gameday when it said that last batter had strike 3 but then didn't say the game ended for 5 more minutes. I've had Gameday tell me In Play (outs) when it was actually In Play (no outs). I was heavily disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Unstoppable! Chris Sale becomes 1st pitcher since 2008, and 4th since 1950, to win his 1st 9 starts of the season. pic.twitter.com/oMeKlXU6Rg 15h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Shoutout to Sands for the solid game today, 3 pretty good ABs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 He's had better stuff before but his command was perfect tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (fathom @ May 19, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) He's had better stuff before but his command was perfect tonight For real. He mixed in his changeup really effectively today, which is something I didn't see as much so far this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I don't think he made a single mistake pitch all night. Every hit surrendered was on a pretty good pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Chris Sale is not a bad pitcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 White Sox record with Sale/Quintana/Latos/Gonzalez starting: 23-5 Record with Danks/Johnson/Rodon starting: 2-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The best part about Chris this year is that when he pitches, you feel like he's in total control of the game. Like he's just pulling strings in the background to make things happen. In the past, he was more "dominant" per say since he struck more hitters out, but he also had a tendency to get a little erratic at times. That really hasn't happened that much this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Thank goodness for Chris Sale. 9-0 are you bleeping me?? He did what Verlander's (in his prime) do. Put an end to slumps. Hopefully Sox can ride the Sale train into the Royals series. Not much offense tonight. Thanks, Mr. Sands. Was everybody freaking in the game thread for Robin to panic and get somebody up when Sale gave up the homer in the 8th? Edited May 20, 2016 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harkness99 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) great win... but this team has got to play better. That was just such a struggle... Abreau's at bat with the runner on 3rd was unbelievable in its futility. Edited May 20, 2016 by harkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I made a very large bet on this game. I don't make very large bets often. Thank you, Chris Sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The good news: A. They won B. Sale is incredible The bad news: A. Offense almost shut down by a pitcher with an ERA of about five and a half. B. Had scoring chances (man on third - no out and get...nothing!) and wasted every one of them. Still it's a win for a change. Now let's see if someone OTHER than Sale can win a baseball game this weekend. Q needs to pitch well and getting him some offense would be nice...(especially since Gonzales goes Saturday, that could get ugly..) Q by the way is 1-6 against Kansas City in his career. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:31 PM) The good news: A. They won B. Sale is incredible The bad news: A. Offense almost shut down by a pitcher with an ERA of about five and a half. B. Had scoring chances (man on third - no out and get...nothing!) and wasted every one of them. Still it's a win for a change. Now let's see if someone OTHER than Sale can win a baseball game this weekend. Q needs to pitch well and getting him some offense would be nice...(especially since Gonzales goes Saturday, that could get ugly..) Q by the way is 1-6 against Kansas City in his career. Mark To be fair, Quintana has been the victim of some of the lousiest support in history. And he's improved still this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 19, 2016 -> 09:31 PM) The good news: A. They won B. Sale is incredible The bad news: A. Offense almost shut down by a pitcher with an ERA of about five and a half. B. Had scoring chances (man on third - no out and get...nothing!) and wasted every one of them. Still it's a win for a change. Now let's see if someone OTHER than Sale can win a baseball game this weekend. Q needs to pitch well and getting him some offense would be nice...(especially since Gonzales goes Saturday, that could get ugly..) Q by the way is 1-6 against Kansas City in his career. Mark You're thinking of the Trib Cubs' beat writer. Gonzalez with a Z. Well, at least Abreu had a couple of decent at-bats (robbed homer and another liner to RF)...but, yeah, he's got to be the 900 OPS version and not the mid 700's guy for the White Sox to really be a force. Keep waiting on the MUCH warmer weather for that hitting instinct to kick back in and for him to go on a tear where he carries the team on his back for 2-3 weeks. Carlos Sanchez shouldn't even be on the team...needs to be playing everyday in Charlotte or used as trade bait. As far as Quintana going against KC, you ONLY have to worry about Cain and Salvador Perez. Moustakas won't be in the line-up until Saturday, so that leaves Hosmer who has been hot but is a lefty, Alex Gordon (terrible so far, tons of K's) and Kendrys Morales (abysmal) that can hurt you. And you want to keep Dyson off the basepaths, especially late in games. Edited May 20, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2016 -> 04:23 AM) You're thinking of the Trib Cubs' beat writer. Gonzalez with a Z. Well, at least Abreu had a couple of decent at-bats (robbed homer and another liner to RF)...but, yeah, he's got to be the 900 OPS version and not the mid 700's guy for the White Sox to really be a force. Keep waiting on the MUCH warmer weather for that hitting instinct to kick back in and for him to go on a tear where he carries the team on his back for 2-3 weeks. Carlos Sanchez shouldn't even be on the team...needs to be playing everyday in Charlotte or used as trade bait. As far as Quintana going against KC, you ONLY have to worry about Cain and Salvador Perez. Moustakas won't be in the line-up until Saturday, so that leaves Hosmer who has been hot but is a lefty, Alex Gordon (terrible so far, tons of K's) and Kendrys Morales (abysmal) that can hurt you. And you want to keep Dyson off the basepaths, especially late in games. The Royals' name players are capable of leading a sweep, since Sale is unavailable. I will throw up if Paulo Orlando beats us in any of the 3 games. I will be bummed if the Royals name players - Perez, Cain, Hosmer, Moustakas, Gordon kick our ass. KC wins minimum of two games. I will be severely pissed if Sox don't win 2 despite that prediction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 On paper, the White Sox should win 2 games and the Indians should lose two, although, in terms of CLE @ BOS, Joe Kelly's been garbage and Porcello/Salazar isn't favorable and Kluber in name seems better than Buchholz, but you should never bet on anyone taking 2/3 in Boston with the way that offense has been firing on all cylinders. Quintana's having the best season of his career, and Rodon's done better recently. Moustakas won't even face Q. Gee and Duffy aren't stretched out and neither of those two should go more than 4-5 innings, tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 #WeAreGood #SaleIsReallyFkinGood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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