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Gavin's not going to make it out of the 5th inning. He can't locate his fastball at all.

Holy s***, these are some of the worst at bats by Sox hitters all season. For those not watching, OC literally swung at the same offspeed pitch 3 straight times, and missed each one by the same distance.

Floyd throws a fastball down the plate to a dead fastball hitter, and he hits a bomb. Good thing we got a lucky break on the Byrd play, or it would be 2-0. Please wake up White Sox.

Well, this is awful. PK continues to look like a pitcher at the plate, and the entire offense seems baffled by possibly the worst pitcher in baseball this season.

Mendoza's worse than his numbers show. He has 11 unearned runs allowed this season. When he's been on the mound, he's given up 30 runs in 22 innings.

Cy Mendoza talk starting

Good job by Gavin throwing a good curve when he needed!

Sweet, 2 men on for Hamilton. A big series, and he can have 100 RBI at the ASB. Edit: Gavin's curveball is just brutal so far. He's thrown 8 of them, 7 for balls, and the other was a hit.

I'll never understand why more teams didn't go after Harden.

Looks like our scouting report on Mendoza was top notch. No one is picking up the sinker so far.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) 0-0 in the 8th, but Aramis comes up with 2 guys on and hits one onto Waveland. SOB The best clutch hitter in baseball...doesn't matter though, it's not like Giants were going to score.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:19 AM) Even without Konerko's gaffe, the Sox scored 1 run and KC would have had 1 run at the time. Its not beyond belief the Sox would have lost anyway. 1 run against KC, I'm surprised Greg Walker is getting a pass tonight. Actually, if PK catches that, it's still 1-0, no one on, 2 outs in the 8th.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:22 AM) I love Lewin. Not even his lisp bothers me. He has a Gus Johnson-esque enthusiasm right now for this game. A walkoff, and he's going to go crazy.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 03:17 AM) AJ would have been long gone. Jenks would have been gone the first game in 2006 when his fastball was in the 92 mph range.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 03:14 AM) This game rules. Josh Lewin and Darren Sutton are my two favorite play-by-play guys.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:13 AM) Overreation. When Konerko gets hot, which he will soon, most everyone will change their tune. He needs to go back to the leg kick. He's so much more dangerous, and his bat gets through the zone quicker.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:12 AM) So again, what would they give us? Nothing useful....it would be a salary dump for the Sox. This would never happen though.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:08 AM) no offense taken, im just angry and know our downfall will be his fault. The lineup was just fine. If this team doesn't make the postseason, it will be due to our starting pitching staff hitting the wall.

BTW, the best possibility for a trade, even though it would never happen, is to Arizona. Dbacks would then move CoJack to LF to fill the void created by Byrnes HGH hamstring issues.

QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:06 AM) Johnny and Gavin hold up, we should be good, Sunday on the other hand.. Be ready for some offense tho. Let's win two and hope for rain.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:05 AM) The only problem is- what can we get for him? Nothing at all...he's not going anywhere, so just close this thread (no offense Jimbo)

We face Luis Mendoza tomorrow, who allowed 8 ER in 1.1 innings earlier this week.

QUOTE (quickman @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 04:01 AM) they have hit all year. I am very owrried our pitchers will get the crap kicked out of them. on the same note, our bats will do well against them. Still fathom, I really can't stand watching Konerko bat, its painful. We need to tread water here this last weekend. We need some breaks with Minnit and detriot splitting and us grabbing at least a game from texas. If we get two we will be in nice shape. To be honest, as long as we're in first after this wknd, I won't be too upset.

QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 02:59 AM) Angels 10 runs on 8 hits. Rangers 10 runs on 19 hits. Kinsler, Michael Young, and Hamilton are red hot. Hasn't Michael Young hit in like 29 of 30 games?

Who gives a s***, we lost