Swingandalongonetoleft Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Sox gain independence from .500. Should be a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrian Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Get 'em, Jake. No more "nice guy attitude" right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEdWalsh Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) Just did some historical checking and found that on July 5th, since I came into this world the Sox are 29-28 on my birthday. I want this win to keep me over .500!!! Note: The 70's (Stone Pony pitched 3 times on my birthday going 1-2) were bad, as were the 2000's. !987 was the best, Sox won 17-0. Edited July 5, 2011 by BigEdWalsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I almost started my first thread cause I'm off work today and nobody had started one Good job starting it. Go SOX! I plan on watching this game on KC-TV, not MLB. I'm in a 'love Jake Peavy' period in the season. I've been in 'hate Jake' mode before. Hope he keeps it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Adam Dunn career line vs. Paulino: 1.000/1.000/2.500 (Sample sized be damned, 3 PAs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) Get 'em, Jake. No more "nice guy attitude" right? exactly, back it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) Only major changes. Lillibridge for Rios in CF (batting 7th) and Alex Gordon back into the Royals' line-up in the 3 hole. SOUND FAMILIAR?? When one looks at the 2011 Detroit Tigers, one sees a team of stark extremes. Detroit possesses four of the top 25 position players in the AL by wins above replacement (WAR) in Jhonny Peralta, Miguel Cabrera, Alex Avila and Brennan Boesch. They also have the third-best pitcher in the league by WAR, Justin Verlander. Yet the Tigers are only a few games above .500 and in second place in a weak AL Central. Looking at Detroit's starting lineup, it's striking to see the gulf between the players that are contributing and the players that aren't. With the players mentioned above and Victor Martinez's bat, the Tigers offense should rank higher than fifth in the AL in runs scored. But that is where it stands, thanks to Magglio Ordonez, Ryan Raburn, Ramon Santiago and Brandon Inge, all of whom have an OPS below .600. Just how impressive is the size of the gulf in the lineup between the performers and the non-performers on a historical level? To examine this, I looked at every team going back to 1901 and took the eight most frequent starters for every team (nine for DH-era American Leaguers). I went with a simple measure of disparity and compared every lineup's top-four and bottom-four hitters to see which lineups in history were the most polarized. To keep things simple, I used OPS. www.espn.com/mlb Edited July 5, 2011 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBrown85 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Doug Padilla's twitter has line up: Pierre7, Morel5, DunnDH, Konerko3, Quentin9, AJ2, Lillibridge 8, Vizquel6, Beckham4. Peavy pitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 CLE down 5-0 after a botched DP would've ended the inning 0-0. Mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 f*** the Cubs Royals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapzk Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Go get em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Nice easy inning for Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapzk Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Peavy with an excellent inning... coming right at the hitters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Yeah, the Yankees had a play on a pop-up by Chisenhall in the 7th yesterday or they would have kept their 2-0. Instead, they went down 4-2. Granderson continuing to kill the ball, another homer. Jeter 4 away from 3000 with 2 hits. Carlos Carrasco had been pitching exceptionally well the last month. Paulino's slider at 89 MPH, 3 miles faster than Francis' FB. 95-99 MPH in that first inning...that gun has to be at least 3 mph fast. Edited July 6, 2011 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Paulino has dynamite stuff, we just can't help him out. Morel swinging at two pitches at his shoulders is not wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) Paulino has dynamite stuff, we just can't help him out. Morel swinging at two pitches at his shoulders is not wise. I'm drawing a total blank. What the hell did the Royals give up to get him? Paulino has always been one of those 'saber' studs who's standard numbers always suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hosmer rocking the modified Amish Douche Beard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hmm, this is odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 yay, those never score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 We just need Jake to be Humberlievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 At least the no hitter is still in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 would love to know the ratio of lead-off walks that score against the sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Really dumb two strike pitch when you need a ground ball or strike out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hosmer seeming to take exception to Peavy's politicking for the 3rd strike with the home plate umpire. Vizquel should have taken the out at 3rd and it would be 2 outs, 1st and 2nd. Oh, well. You need to score at least one run anyway. Doubt it will end up 1-0 with the wind blowing out and 85 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Jake a tad wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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