Colorado Sox Fan

Should he have sent him?

Another nobody turned into Cy Young. :headshake Oh well, it's only one game. Sure wish they could have shut down the Tigers on Maggs' return, though.

They are collectively mourning the loss of Shingo

To me, the most meaningful stat for relievers (except closers) is inherited runners/scored. This tells me whether he came in and shut the door. A reliever's ERA is often greatly affected by who pitches after him. So, a guy can come in with two runners on, give up a couple hits and screw up the previous pitcher's ERA. If he doesn't give up any more runs, his ERA looks great, but he didn't get the job done. Seems like Vizcaino has allowed a significant number of inherited runners to score while improving his ERA, but I don't have the stats to back this up. I wish they would have kept Shingo with the big club and sent down Jenks.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 15, 2005 -> 09:56 AM) Agree with Graff

I will be wearing my '59 cap. Look forward to seeing it on 'GN.

I finally got registered. I'm a 35+ year Sox fan who went to the first two games at Coors and watched game 3 on TV. It was incredible. I couldn't believe how many Sox fans went to the games. Getting out of my car in the parking lot the first night, families on either side of me got out of vans, wearing their Sox jerseys. Inside the park, the people sitting in front of me and next to me were long time Sox fans from Chicago who had moved to Denver. People in Sox gear were all over the park. For the most part, these were no bandwagon-jumpers. I saw a lot of well-worn caps from '83 and old jerseys. I would say that for game 2, it seemed like there were more "brand-new" Sox fans in the crowd. Anyway, by the end of both games, the Sox fans took over and cheered them on. Rockies fans didn't know what was going on. With all the crap written about Sox fans, it's typical that a statement like this from Rowand about the Coors series was essentially ignored, except by the Sox web site: "I like it here," Rowand said of Coors Field. "Obviously, the air doesn't hurt, but the stadium is beautiful and so is the clubhouse. There also were a lot of White Sox fans in the crowd. It's been fun, but a little bit strange."