Antonio Osuna
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Rally socks or towels are a good bet.
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Ahem. You're assuming I didn't fly to Cali and back in a private jet?
I'll fight you, b****.
Anyway, yeah, I didn't fly on a private jet. I flew Southwest. But still, a Yankee/Anaheim team having to fly to and from Game 5 is likely in worse shape than a Yankee/Anaheim team with with an off day. Even if its just marginally so.
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As somebody who flew to California and back this weekend, this news brings me great joy, because I know what they're getting.
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We play like we did against Boston we'll beat either team, if we play like s*** we'll get beat by either team, that simple. Don't go telling people what "good white sox fans" should be doing as you're the one who predicted 75 wins this season and you're the one who said the red sox were going to kick our collective asses.
Yeah, I was totally proven wrong on the preseason prediction. But I think its a lot easier to judge teams once you've seen them play for a whole season and an ALDS to boot.
Anaheim is a better team than either NYY or BOS. Much better. Everything we can do they can do better -- they got a better leadoff guy than Pods, they have a much better cleanup hitter (Konerko is unfit to even carry Vlad's jockstrap) etc. And they have Cy Fatso, K-Rod, and a bunch of no-names in the bullpen who throw heat and strikes. Do not be mislead by the record; its not their fault they caught the A's during their supernatural run.
Moreover, don't put too much stock in the Boston series. We lucked out a ton. Clement gave us Game 1 (though anyone who watched the 2003 NL Playoffs probably could have predicted it), and Graffanino gave us both Game 2 and Game 3 (he swung at TWO ball fours from el duque). Clearly, much of what we did came from our own merit, but we played good enough for maybe a 5 game win. We swept because Boston blew it.
BTW, the things that let us win the ALDS (overrated old pitchers, bad opposing defense) are found in abundance in the Bronx. Not so in LA of Anaheim.
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Mariotti says that Selig won't delay the ALCS.
So, Game 1 on Wednesday. Book it.
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Hell no. The Angels are by far the better team, and match up much better against our pitchers, especially Contreras.
All good White Sox fans right now should be chanting LET'S GO YANKEES.
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I'll be on a plane to California when the game starts; I won't know anything until I land.
Yeah, it will be the most stressful plane flight of my life.
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I jumped up and down like I had won the the lottery screaming TADAHITO!! then I picked up my wife and gave her a big hug. I high fived my buddy and his wife. Then I high fived a bunch of Sox fans I didn't know in section 152. Then I proceeded to scream my head off until I had a throbbing headache and got nauseated. I broke out and in a sweat and thought I was gonna pass out. I banged my thunder sticks together until it passed. Iguchi = Clutch
We were both in Section 152 that night, though I wasn't there for the homer.
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I always try to get seats in 159 during the regular season. I specifically ask for it when buying tickets at the gate.
Of course, with online tickets, I couldn't get 159 for the playoffs. But one day I will have season tickets in that section. I like to think of us 159'ers as a special breed, a superior race of men, women, and children.
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After Buehrle gave up run #4, I started pacing the concourse neurotically. There were so many people standing that you couldn't see what was going on on the field. I "watched" through the scoreboard and through crowd reactions.
I was still pacing the concourse during that 5th inning. It went like this. First, I heard Iguchi's bat hit the ball, then, I heard a growing roar from the crowd. Then, in-between some fans, I saw that the scoreboard had lit up. I then knew exactly what had happened.
I ran through the Concourse with my arms in the air, and ran into an outfield section where a friend of mine was sitting. The plan was to come out of nowhere and high-five him (he thought I was still in my seat on the other side of the park), but this was foiled because he was in the middle of the row.
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After a long struggle, I scored Section 535, Row 13 for Game 1. Proxy errors foiled my plan to buy 2 tickets for Game 2.
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The Kids Can Play.
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I can tell you how the process works: slowly.
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The Red Sox will certainly score early off Freddy; he seems to like giving it up in the first.
But they also scored early off Buerhle today, so it isn't always fatal. Don't imagine the crowd will be out of it, though. Also, Wakefield has given us tons of trouble historically. We don't hit knucklers well unless they are named Steve W. Sparks.
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No, its definately a highly edited version of the Bon Jovi song.
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One night in 2003, a friend and I saw Graffy warming up in the bullpen. I swear it is true. Was anyone else there that night too? I'm fairly certain it was a joke, as it was a 2-run game.
I also remember the game where Graffy was a triple shy of the cycle. He hit a ball that I think we all thought would do it, but it went over the fence at the last minute.
He'd be a good backup IF and/or replacement for Crede.
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The Angels will run like crazy on us. I'll take my chances with the Bronx Bombers. At least Contreras or Garcia give up a single to a Yankee, its just a single. With Figgins or some of the other Angels, its essentially a triple because 2nd and 3rd get stolen.
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Hrm, where have I heard this before...
"Even if they get to Prior, they will not beat Wood in Game 7, and that's why the Cubbies are headed to the World Series"
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When Frank came out to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, Gene Honda was literally drowned out by the cheering. I did not hear a single word he said. This is the first time I have heard such a thing happen.
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Buerhle isn't streaky, though. He has bad outings and good outings at random, it seems, and they don't necessarily follow a pattern.
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Contreras is not a good example of our pitching staff over the past half season. He has been the outlier; his statistics and consistency are far, far, far above that of the other staffers.
Which Buehrle shows up? The former Cy Young candidate, or the soft thrower that gets hammered for six runs? Which Garcia? The dominant big-game pitcher, or the one who gives up the game-winning runs in the first inning and tosses wild pitches with men on third? Which Garland? The first-half aberration or the 2000-2004 kid who'll strike out 8 but give up the same number of runs?
We honestly don't know until we see them pitch. So I would -not- be confident in our pitching staff at this point.
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When I got my ticket in Section 108, it said "limited view". I assumed that this was because of the foul pole. Turns out it was in reference to the two obese Boston fans who sat in front of me.
Oh well. They were strangely quiet during the game.
The Sox need to keep them quiet, and it starts with Buehrle not choking tomorrow.
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He got that strange type of asthma where you keep giving up longballs and hitting guys.
Freddy Garcia gets it a lot too.
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Speaking of the Venezuelan President, who'd like to see Ozzie in that role after he finally leaves baseball?
"I appoint the ****ing Supreme Court".
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There must be a reason why Jenks doesn't throw his knuckler in game situations.