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101 Pitches for MB through 7 innings. MARK I LOVE YOU! We've outscored Cleveland 15-3 in this series. God wouldn't you hate to be those guys? Supposedly having a solid offense, being outscored 15-3, and then going into the 4th game of a series and having to face an All Star sitting on 13 wins?

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 12:23 PM) The longest for the white sox in that time span... probally not the entire mlb. I bet you it was the whole MLB...Schilling had the longest in the last 5 years at like 41 or 42.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) No triples Have we even hit any triples this year? I mean, our ballpark isn't exactly conducive to them....no wierd angles or gaps in the corners. Rain's here...at least MB got through his 6+ innings already.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 12:18 PM) 47 in a row counting today. I'm pretty sure Black Jack had the longest streak in the last 15 years or so, and I'm pretty sure it was 48. He keeps this up this streak alone might win him the Cy.

There, that's our 4th double today...Are y'all happy now?

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 12:10 PM) That streak is honestly amazing, very underlooked. Actually I don't think it's underlooked...they keep mentionning it/showing it on ESPN, Gammons actually said that streak was the reason Buehrle should have started the AS game before Halladay. What is his streak up to now?

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 12:01 PM) Getting into the indians pen is not exactly a good thing. It worked yesterday.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 11:18 AM) We need to rest AJP in this 2nd half more than we did in the first half. I don't know if he's been tired, but his bat speed is really dragging right now. I could have swore AJ has had a ton of rest, with how well Widger has been playing. He's averaged like 135 games a year over the last 3 years and that's basically exactly the pace he's on this year.

I think the fans in Cleveland there were clapping just because Crisp acutally put the bat on the ball there, even though it was an out.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) I think everyone here has AJ on their minds (both Burnett and Pier .) He has K'ed a lot more than usual and his avg is way below his career avg. I swear AJ has had the worst luck at the plate of anyone on this team this year. He's hit more hard line drives right at people or shots that have barely been caught than anyone. Someone actually had a stat that I actually think showed that.

"Almost sounded like the umpire said take a hike" - Farmio

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 11:12 AM) "everything so far this year has gone great for the white sox." that quote scares me to death. Something terrible is bound to happen A lot of that has been us making our own luck. People don't get hurt much...why? Because Ozzie sits people with any minor injury and makes sure people get healthy. We score runs that we shouldn't why? Because we've been moving people over with guys like Tad or stolen bases. We've overcome 1 injury in our starting pitching, 1 in our bullpen, and another struggling starter for a month. We've overcome shifting closers because one was falling apart. Everythign hasn't gone great...we've worked around/through our problems and worked hard to prevent others. The one thing I will still grant you is amazingly lucky is that the foot of the guy on the mound is healthy after spring training.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 11:10 AM) They mentioned that we are last in the league in doubles. They are catching onto us. 3 already this game...We're working on it!

You know what else is amazing? Paulie just got a hit with 2 outs and RISP. Hey, this one is my 2000th post. Woo-Hoo!

PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! PAULIE! He's hitting again, so I think we're ok to chant that again.

CARL! CARL! CARL! I BELIEVE IN YOU!

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 10:58 AM) f*** I didn't know we had an early start! How did we score??? Buehrle beaned Hafner in the mouth in the first inning and knocked him out of the game. With 2 outs in the bottom half of the inning, Westbrook belted dye in the Knee on purpose, Dye stole second with no one covering, Crede doubled him in.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 10:54 AM) It's shocking that the Indians weren't expecting Dye to be running. Usually, when you hit a player, especially intentionally, the player is going to try and steal. They don't have Martinez in there...they have Bard playing catcher today. In other words, if Podsednik gets to 1b, he may end up stealing 3 bases that inning.

LOL...Westbrook does the extremely expected 2 out nobody on HBP, and it turns into a run. Wonderful job executing there Cleveland. When you bean someone intentionally, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THE INNING ENDS!!! Dumbasses.

QUOTE(Brian @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) So who gets beaned for us? Whoever is the first up with 2 outs and either first base open or no one on base.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 16, 2005 -> 09:45 AM) Iguchi really struggled yesterday, but he's on record as saying he doesn't like to sit out, because he feels like he loses his rhythm at the plate. Which is exactly why Ross Gload should be getting Harris's roster spot...that way, Ozzie feels less of a need to rest Iguchi when he doesn't want to.

GO GET EM MARK!!! I WANT THIS GAME OVER IN 1:45!

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jul 15, 2005 -> 09:01 PM) Zito took a no hitter against Texas into the 8th. I doubt he is even on the block. SB Given the fact that Oakland's on fire right now, and the fact that Beane has Zito under contract for another year, if he's traded it won't be until the offseason.

Zito threw 7.1 no hit innings tonight also. Either the Rangers suddenly have forgotten how to hit, or Oakland's throwing some amazing junk up there.

Damn Bud Selig for making it impossible for me to trust people like Palmeiro. If they'd been testing in 93-94, when his power surge started, we'd at least have reason to believe it's all real. Now, it's Raffy's word against Canseco's. Damn you Bud Selig for turning your back.