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Wow, terrible pitch selection to Morse

Way too much messing around with match-ups here. Just let Crain start the inning. Thornton's fastball looks dreadful still.

Games against the Mariners are never easy. 4-3 now

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 08:36 PM) That fastball was remarkably slow today. Worrisomely slow. He made a good point, that looked very Freddy Garcia-ish

Nice job by ADA

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 08:33 PM) PH tank, robin Konerko

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) First (and probably last ) IBB of gimenez's career? I predict he'll get another this year due to games vs the NL with the pitcher batting after him

Does Gimenez lead the team in IBB now?

Ackley had no prayer vs Veal

RIOS!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 07:59 PM) Is it just inconsistent or is it consistently different? So far I feel like he's missing on his control compared to last year more than anything. Seems different to me, as his slider seems to have less of a sweeping motion to it as well.

Nice recovery!

So far, Veal doesn't have the same arm slot on his pitches that he did last year.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 06:50 PM) That's a phenomenal play by Ryan He plays the deepest SS in the majors. Pretty routine play for him.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 06:49 PM) Is Ramon Castro still on unemployment? I predict we'll see 3 back-up catchers this year. Hopefully this bench performs better than it looks on paper, as it seems Hahn really neglected this area of the squad.

Has anyone found out why Konerko isn't playing today? It really makes no sense that Keppinger isn't playing 3rd and Gillaspie is playing 1st if Gillaspie is the defensive replacement.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 06:37 PM) Axelrod won't make it past the 4th inning, his junk looks like...junk. No attack whatsoever, just throwing up garbage. I'll never understand why the organization likes him as a starter more than Santiago.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 05:05 AM) The Cubs lineup is just awful As is the Pirates lineup

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 05:02 AM) Yeah he's with the cubs and was starting today. Im sure they would gladly give him to us too. He has been incredibly bad for them so far.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 05:01 AM) No that pitch was like on the black low and away. And Quintana biggest question mark on the roster ? Really ? After how he pitched last year ? 5.01 ERA after the ASB last year with his ERA getting worse every month over the course of the season. He was a great surprise last year, but he's definitely not a sure thing to stick in the majors unlike almost every other player on the Sox in a starting position (outside of Flowers). He did look great the first 4 innings, so hopefully he forgets about the 5th and pitches well next game.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 03:56 AM) He wasn't bad until the 5th, but IDK what the f*** happened that inning. Everything he threw turned into a hit. Mariners realized every pitch was going to be thrown inside to righties, and just started looking for it. Keppinger playing Gutierrez so far off the line was a huge play in the game. Oh well, shock the world Dylan.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 03:56 AM) Can't really blame him . Had to take the 1st pitch with the pitcher wild . 2nd pitch was aced outside corner. 2nd pitch looked like a pretty good pitch to hit. Something interesting with Flowers over the years is that he takes a ton of called 3rd strikes while at the same time swinging at a lot of 3rd strikes way out of the zone. Hopefully with more playing time, he'll show better plate discipline this year.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 03:54 AM) Not the best AB for TFlo to end it. Some positives, some negatives today. Trying not to get too wrapped up in early season stuff. Offense looked good, and lost in the comeback is that Quintana off to a dreadful start this year as he's the biggest question mark by far on the roster, IMO.

Well, that's the Flowers I was worried we'd get this year. Great effort tonight by the team.

Got to swing the bat!