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Thankfully that went into the crowd. This team just has no energy.

Ugh, more terrible defense by the Sox. Swisher's effort to scoop that was awful though. Another inning where Buehrle gets no defensive support.

Finally saw "Cloverfield". Very disappointed in it, had much higher expectations. I was very surprised by how much I liked "Alvin and the Chipmunks".

Honestly, that was the worst check swing non-call in the history of baseball.

Terrible at bat by Cabrera. He sure pulls off the ball for someone with no power.

Marcum's got a pretty wicked cutter he throws inside on righties. If our guys aren't aggressive with 2 strikes, we'll see a ton of called 3rd strikes.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 2, 2008 -> 07:11 PM) The solution is probably trading Dye, Konerko or Thome for a speedier 2B in the offseason. I'd really rather avoid trading another slugger for a speedy offensive player. Don't forget that there's a huge whole at SS next season also.

Yesterday was a great day for the Cubs....Gallardo tore his ACL.

Tigers look really good. Cabrera is putting up big numbers now, Polanco looks healthier, and they've made a lot of good decision in who to keep and who to get rid of in their bullpen.

Awesome win!

Was Kapler's double close to going out?

I feel bad now for ragging on Chris Lofton as much as I did saying how bad he played last year.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 1, 2008 -> 09:22 PM) Frankly the cubs have a horseshow up their ass offensively so far this season. Len and Bob were going through their OBP, I would expect a nasty drop from everyone in the lineup with the exception of DLEE and FUdome. No way in hell Theriot ends up with a .400 OBP, he may flirt with .330 True, but I don't think people realized just how much they upgraded their RF and C position from last year. Soto very well could end up being the best hitting catcher in baseball in terms of power production. When Soriano heats up, that's a scary lineup.

I hate when the Cubs bring in Marmol. It seems like teams have no prayer against him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2008 -> 08:09 PM) So Gallardo jams Kosuke, and he gets a hit out of it. What happened on that play? Also, did he make a good throw home to get Fielder?

I don't understand how teams like the Sox and Brewers can go into a season with so many righty hitters on their roster.

Cy Zambrano?

He's probably one of those guys who thought the Carlos Lee for Pods trade was good, in terms of straight up talent.

QUOTE (Soxpranos @ May 1, 2008 -> 04:30 AM) We have faced some pretty lousy pitchers as well, but our offense does not capitalize. Give the Cubs credit for what their offense is doing , we need to get it going. Cubs have 4 guys in Theriot, Lee, Derosa, and Fukudome who spray the ball to all fields. If they get this type of production from Soto, they're a top 3 team in the NL. Hopefully Soriano returns and plays as bad as he did prior to the injury.

QUOTE (rangercal @ May 1, 2008 -> 04:30 AM) wow Turnbow just could not get that last out His time with the Brewers will be over soon.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 1, 2008 -> 04:29 AM) Konerko may be hurt more that they are letting on? Who knows? Fields is by far our best hitter at AAA, but I would suspect Owens would be called up first. PK said tonight it's a persistent problem he's having that's not going away.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2008 -> 02:41 AM) Well for that matter, let's compare pitching staffs. Outside of Zambrano, who on their staff is better then Sox pitchers? Hard to argue with Dempster so far. Cardinals have good pitching match-ups this weekend vs Cubs...be nice if they win at least 2 of 3.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 1, 2008 -> 12:59 AM) Who would you call up to replace Lexi for that series in TOR? Sign Greg Norton

Here's a question someone asked me at work today: are the White Sox better at any offensive position compared to who the Cubs have at that position? Swisher in CF is the only position I said for sure, with C and SS pretty close.

Cliff Lee's ERA is now 0.25