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QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2013 -> 12:30 AM) Watching on mlb.com replay, could/should Rios have caught Cain's triple? I personally think he dogged it on that triple, or wasn't ready for it, anyhow, giving him the benefit of the doubt.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 5, 2013 -> 12:17 AM) McEwing held him up as well. Yeah. I think that's a good decision. He would have been out by a mile. I was just lamenting that our team is so slow we can't score a guy with two outs on a nice, deep gapper.

How many season tix did the Sox sell? If Sox are 10 or more out when school lets out, will our crowds consist pretty much only of season tix holders? Maybe 1-2 times a summer families will go? Good thing they lowered ticket prices. Too bad we didnt finish off Detroit last year when we had the chances, many chances.

Guthrie with the sad K of Coner who didn't look very comfortable against the inside off speed stuff from the righty. Damn. That was huge K with first base open.

Paulie with the 2B. Serious ? Is Adam Dunn the only guy in baseball (besides Paulie) who couldn't score from first on that Paulie hit?

Sox are still in the game, but I'm thinking Guthrie has this thing in total command.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2013 -> 11:53 PM) Hence, all the rebuilding/reconstructing threads. It's telling when Dunn is still our clean-up hitter and Lorenzo Cain, were he on the White Sox, would be 1st or 2nd in RBI's. And Konerko's clearly unlikely to be the same hitter he was 2-3-4 years ago. That was due to happen...but he kept surprising everyone for so long we never believed he would fade. There was the idea if he was 100% healthy that he could go back to being the same level of hitter, but it's not going to happen with "bad" Dunn hitting in front or in back of him. I'm surprised Paulie appears to have less power. That homer he hit against Texas, he really turned on it and looked like the old Paulie. I'm thinking it was against Texas. It was his fourth homer of the year, whomever he hit that off. It was a Paulie bomb.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2013 -> 11:49 PM) Are you sure you don't actually want the Royals to win, lol? At least the Royals can say they have enough depth they don't even need Chen or Hochevar in their rotation anymore. "Wise can fly." No Physioc, he cannot. Maybe ten years ago. No, it's probably going to seem like I root for the Royals this year, since they IMO will be contenders and Sox are really bad, but I prefer the Sox beat KC every time out. Sox defense sucks this year.

Also helping KC is they get to play the Sox 18 times, although to be fair the Sox lead the season series, 2-1, entering this weekend's set.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 4, 2013 -> 11:33 PM) Considering he's about our seventh starter. True, I'm just very surprised he's starting for a major league team despite all our injuries. You'd think we'd have somebody else who could take the mound.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 5, 2013 -> 12:27 AM) That reason isn't earth-shattering. You mean that Axe throws about as hard as you do?

For some reason, I don't think Axe is gonna be in the rotation the second half of the season. This Royals team, on paper, is so much better than our White Sox team it's ridiculous.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ May 5, 2013 -> 12:21 AM) The first name that popped into my head: Darin Erstad... Not a bad one! I hope he's ultimately better than Erstad. Gawd, he stunk.

Butler doesn't look happy he got plunked by Axe.

I'm getting to the point where I officially don't like Kepp. I don't know who he reminds me of in the past, but he's pretty lousy at the plate. Guthrie is so confident when he faces the Sox. Until we start hitting him, he's gonna be Hall of Fame worthy against the Sox. Serious question: who's the better hitter. Tony Graffanino when he played, or Kepp?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2013 -> 06:19 AM) You're only allowed to call White Sox players by their pet nicknames! I didn't wanna write his full name. Too long.

Why not skip over Axelrod after the rainout? I personally think the Royals' lefties will light him up. And Sal likes slow tossers, too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2013 -> 02:24 AM) From 2008 to 2012 Floyd ranked 8th amongst all AL pitchers with 948 1/3 IP, 7th in Wins with 62, and 9th with 754 strikeouts. He might not have been the flashiest, but he was a damned important anchor in a rotation that was the basis for any Sox success. I think he's Jon Garland revisited. And a ton of other pitchers like him. 4-5 good years. I'd be stunned if Gavin is anything but a body the rest of his career. Not to take away from his good years, however, he had some.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 3, 2013 -> 01:52 AM) and there were those of us who loved that he would step on Aaron Boone rounding third, or would give Joe Borchard $100 for homering off Brett Tomko, or would steal first base in the ALCS or get into a fight with Michael Barrett. At the time, we ALL loved voting for AJP (or should I say punching). I love that s***. That's baseball man. Baseball has always been full of douchebags and bad guys, and those are some of the guys that make the game fun. I don't want a team full of players with the personality of Paul Konerko. That'd be boring as s***. It's nice to see some fire and passion and it's awesome to have a player who unequivocally wants to win at all costs. you don't have to like it, but AJP is a fixture in white sox lore forever, and absolutely belongs in the same paragraph as Fisk, Buehrle and Konerko. Was he as good as all them? maybe not. but he was an integral part of the team that won the world series, and no other player in baseball would have stolen first base. I know I'm belaboring that point, but without him we have a much, MUCH harder time winning that ALCS, and I also give him a lot of credit in the White Sox having the most quality starts in baseball over the years he was with us. Or is that just coincidence? Thank you for that post. AJ forever!

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 3, 2013 -> 05:50 AM) Booyah, I called that! Where's greg? Good call. I'm glad we won. I'm really surprised. I'll say one thing. Reed is special. I hope we can find a way to lead games cause I'd hate to blow the kind of season he's going to have. Also that Flowers homer was a true bomb. It's all we needed to go with the pitching. That thing was a rocket.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 2, 2013 -> 09:03 PM) Forget assuming that they want to win. These guys, these men, who have played this game their entire careers, whose paychecks and happiness are determined by whether or not they win games, who only take 21 days off of going into work over 7-8 month period of time, who have spent their entire lives playing this game to reach the pinnacle. Forget assuming they want to win. WE WANT TO SEE THEM WANT TO WIN. As if you can see that someone wants to win. I saw Paul Konerko want to win in game 2 of the World Series in 2005, I saw Scott Podsednik want to win in game 2 of the World Series, I saw Freddy Garcia want to win in game 4, I saw Juan Uribe want to win in game 4. I saw Jim Thome and John Danks want to win in 2008. I SAW BRIAN f***ING ANDERSON want to win in 2008. No, when these guys lose, it's not because the other guys had more talent, or they were worn down, or plagued by injuries, or mismanaged, IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SHOW THAT THEY WANTED TO WIN. (kinda like when AJ Pierzynski was watching the U of Florida football game after a game at Fenway park in 2009 in which the Sox got destroyed, a streak in which the Sox went like 2-8 and completely ruined their chances at winning a division title) I got no problem with AJ watching that game on TV. s***, he coulda been racing back to the hotel to watch porn or race back to the hotel bar. He was in the clubhouse doing what he wanted to do after a game. I don't care about an incident like that. I just would prefer to have some real baseball players like AJ on my favorite team. Name players who can back it up.

Who would have ever thought Floyd, Danks and Peavy would all be out in the same season? What is happening to baseball pitchers?? Are 10-year careers in the future going to be nonexistent? Are baseball pitchers careers going to be 4-5 year windows of excellence, then surgery, then mop up duty til nobody offers you a contract (unless you are a lefty?)

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 2, 2013 -> 08:50 PM) I have a strong feeling you're wrong Why? I put him in the class of "good pitcher" right now and after sitting out the rest of this season I think there's a very good chance he becomes the Jon Garland of the past many seasons. Just there. Certainly no better than a Guthrie or Chen. One of those types.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 2, 2013 -> 05:45 AM) Without AJ we're down 0-2 to the Angels going back to SoCal in the ALCS. Without AJ our pitchers may not have thrown almost 5 complete games in a row. sit down. Yes sir! Nice reminder! QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 2, 2013 -> 04:33 PM) Wow. So quick to turn on the guy. AJ does what he can to help his team - if he stuck his elbow out to get on base, so be it. No big f***ing deal. The guy rocks. Man, I wish we had more guys like AJ on the Sox team. Now and in past seasons. He's truly the only guy (I can think of) that has done noticeable things (like the dropped third strike against the Angels, running to first exactly when he did; purposely getting hit to get on base) just to help the team win. I'm sure there are others but with AJ, you can just see how much he wants to win. Who gives a f*** if he's an asshole in the clubhouse or in bars? There are plenty of those type guys in baseball. I think the Sox need more of those type guys.

I have a sneaky feeling we've heard the last of an effective Gavin Floyd. Man, how pitchers come and go in modern baseball.