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Nice inning for Sale.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:51 AM) I think he's tipping his pitches. After watching the replay, it sure seems like Baker knew an offspeed pitch was coming.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:54 AM) Is it comfortable, or frustrated/annoyed/overthrowing? His fastball looks good tonight. He's not pitching up in the zone effectively.

Nice job minimizing the damage.

96mph

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:51 AM) I think he's tipping his pitches. I don't think our catchers do a good job of adjusting from at bat to at bat. Seems like they get into a pattern and that's a big reason for the struggles later in the game for our starters.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:48 AM) Makes me think trading Peavy at mid-season before he wears down in the 2nd half wouldn't be the worst possible thing in the world, because he gets the Sox the highest amount back in return. Especially a contending NL team, maybe the Rockies or DBacks, that need another veteran pitcher to get them over the hump. Nobody else would get much back. Anyone that wouldn't trade Peavy in a heartbeat at the deadline if this team continues to stink is baseball stupid.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2013 -> 01:43 AM) Have they all been on "slower" fastballs or offspeed stuff? A ton of offspeed pitches it seems.

Sale has a good fastball tonight, he should be able to have solid results.

6 HR in 34 innings for Sale...righties are hitting him very hard this year.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 2, 2013 -> 12:34 AM) I'm SOOO over tyler flowers. Give me Gimenez There's no way our scouts really thought he could be a full-time starter and perform well vs RHP. Everything about him screams platoon catcher.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 1, 2013 -> 07:29 PM) Nobody would get within 60.5 feet of Danks contract. Axelrod has little if any value. Yep, Axelrod has way more value to the Sox as a 5th starter than he would on the trade market.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:26 AM) I love Hawk. He said, "We played terrible and we'll be back." Not many teams have announcers who can get away with saying that their team played "terrible." Well, Sox, your month of April pretty much sucked. Not many highlights. Main story of month: Injuries. Second story: s***ty defense and bad offense aside from good amount of homers. Third story: Great great closer. Rest of the relievers unreliable. Do you all agree with my storylines? 1st story, 2nd story and 3rd story should be: this team can't hit It's amazing how the last month of the season has basically been replayed so far during the first month.

Kenny Williams is so much smarter than we give him credit for.

DJ Peterson has some sensational hitting stats. Judge's stats are far less impressive.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2013 -> 02:43 AM) Dunn solo jack to come at some point You're awesome

QUOTE (Jake @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:37 AM) No. Our bullpen is fine. And so is theirs. You would think their bullpen was Cardinals-esque based on comments on this site.

Wow, just wow.

Is Tigers bullpen better than the White Sox bullpen?

QUOTE (Jake @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:33 AM) Lots of talk yearning for the return of Gordon...but do you really want to see Gillaspie go to the bench? Do we prefer Gordon to Keppinger? I want to see Beckham first just so he can try to play his way into a contract extension. It is funny hearing Hawk say that the Beckham loss is the biggest cause of the bad play. If you're relying on Gordon Beckham to set the tone for your team, then you suck.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:29 AM) 5 back in last place The next 2 weeks is definitely danger time. If the Sox keep playing poorly, they can easily put themselves into a hole that statistically is very difficult to overcome. With that said, a lot of this has to fall on the pitching, as the offense scored a decent amount of runs against 3 of the 4 best pitchers in the AL.

Why do the Sox always pitch Kinsler inside?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:27 AM) That is up to someone to tell him where to throw and Dunn to be there for the cut. That is one thing konerko does really well. With all the injuries, it's been hard to get a lot of continuity in the lineup/on the field.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:25 AM) Terrible route by de Asa gave that up. Since when was Mackowiak playing in LF?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:25 AM) wow, he was out Yep, of course Hawk was pouting too much to even look at the replay like Stone did.