Jake

Still sticking with my "should have left Hector in" theory

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:28 PM) The formula to win this division is to beat your division, beat the poor teams, and then to play 500 against the better teams, we have done fine against the better teams, however have dropped a ridiculous amount of games to the NL, the Royals, and the Tigers. We play 500 against just that group and this race is over. I've actually liked the way we've played most of our potential playoff opponents minus the Tigers. We can run with the Yanks and Rangers head-to-head, it seems

Catch the ball AJ

Should have just left Hector in.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:25 PM) Since when did Omogrosso become a reliever the Sox rely on? I'm not a big fan of trying to play matchups with Cabrera. He will hit all of your pitchers.

Give me Veal/Septimo

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:22 PM) Well luckily we play quite a bit of games against each other to see who is better.....ooppsss It's worth asking whether head-to-head is a valid way to measure it. A team may not be good in general, but the individual matchup of two teams allows the generally worse team to be better head-to-head. Is it more important that you can beat a wide variety of teams or that you beat a particular, good one?

I say just leave Santiago in there until the score changes.

Hudson what a play!!

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:13 PM) Amazing how this offense is unable to generate a single run We have one run!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:15 PM) Injuries have decimated the White Sox. Besides the obvious ones like Danks and Dunn, you have guys like Konerko who's been mediocre since June and even De Aza seems to have hit the wall now. Just think about this...Wise is batting 3rd for the White Sox while Miguel Cabrera bats 3rd for the Tigers. Youk is also not healthy by most accounts. Gordon Beckham also has mental health concerns (green?) Also, if AJ had caught that offspeed on 1-2 he'd have been rung up

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) So that's why there was only ever one of him playing at a time. LOL As far as the breakdown, I'd have to think that every team's season can basically be broken down like this. Maybe not.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:10 PM) Exactly NOT the inning we wanted, so far. Scherzer will be able to go 7 now, in all likelihood. How many pitches will old man Leyland let him throw?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 09:07 PM) Except she has idea what she's doing. DO NOT DISRESPECT THE KUSTOK

I miss the part of the year when PK came through with the asininely soft clutch single at basically every opportunity

Brunette Kustok doppleganger

If Hector can ever win the battle with the base on balls, he'll be elite. He's still someone that I like more as a starter than reliever. He's clearly a guy that needs a nice, long warmup and needs to find a rhythm to start hitting the zone consistently. We don't want that one "mulligan" batter for him to walk out of the pen, but over the course of a start we can deal with him putting his own men on to recalibrate now and then.

Completely fooled his ass and he still got the RBI

Luckily, Santiago has owned Cabrera in high leverage situations in the past

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) So great, does this mean Liriano starts this weekend? On 2 days rest, this seems absolutely ridiculous to use Santiago. Looks like we're going at this with a playoff mindset -- win these games and worry about the rest later.

Santiago rules! He should be our closer

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 08:35 PM) You're making no sense tonight I'm in a trollish mood, don't mind me

Austin Jackson terrifies me. Also, this is an absurdly quick hook for Gavin. I don't like this.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 08:33 PM) Tigers show how easy it is to manufacture a run. Youk's defense cost us a run there. But Morel and stuff

I'm okay with that strategy this early in the game.