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Carlos Quentin owns your soul. Probably Paul Byrd's too, though I can't be sure about it without asking him. (I quietly hope that this is the game where Thome absolutely explodes)

The Astros lineup is so messed up...Bourn should be hitting 8th at this point in time and why in blue f*** was Hunter Pence hitting behind Geoff Blum?

In every quality start Sabathia has made, he's had a K/9 of 9 or better. In only one of his other starts has he had that (opening day against the Sox). I'd say be very, very aggressive at the plate and swing early in the counts. Sabathia is very beatable, but the key is most definitely keeping wood on the ball the entire game.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ May 20, 2008 -> 12:33 PM) Josh Hamilton for MVP! It's too bad the Rangers suck...and I honestly mean that too.

Sabathia's fat

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 20, 2008 -> 12:00 AM) We've got something brewing... (Quentin n00ds )

70.1 IP 1.41 ERA 1.05 WHIP 10.6 K/9 3.7 BB/9 0.5 HR/9 Those were the numbers of Jeff Bajenaru, who actually was 27 when he put those numbers up in AAA while only being apart of the White Sox organization. But his fastball was 89-92, his slider was mediocre, and his location was only so-so. Thus, he was hit around in his time in the majors. To me, Childers looks like he would get dominated in the majors. I'd say he's not worth a shot in the majors, not when there are livelier choices.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 18, 2008 -> 05:55 AM) Congratulations! First off, seriously, congrats on having someone that would have sex with you. kids are cool. Don't forget to get your wife a nice gift. Jewelery is always nice. congrats dude

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) So the scouting report I heard on Eldred yesterday was that when he faced a crappy pitcher who was throwing 82 mph, he hit a mammoth homer. When he faced the hard throwing Balfour, he was K'd easily. Good...the Sox generally struggle against guys who don't throw 92 or better. If Eldred is a guy who can hit offspeed pitches consistently, he'd be a great September call up or injury replacement.

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ May 19, 2008 -> 10:02 AM) Last week at this time, a lot of people were praising the Twins. Since the, they were swept by Toronto at home, and lost 2 of 3 in Colorado. Thier defense has been terrible at best and the relief pitching has been terrible. Yesterday, the Twins had 6 hits, all of them extra bases. 2 lead off doubles and a lead off triple, and they managed only 2 runs. Terrible. The White Sox were also one of the worst teams in the league. Now look. I have a feeling the Central is going to do that all season until someone makes a move/gets hot enough to start running away with the division. For the Indians to do that, the bullpen has to improve and offense has to step it up; for the Twins, the pen needs to get healthy and that lineup needs to start hitting for power (Delmon Young, where art thou?), and the Sox back end of the rotation has to remain solid and the lineup has to remain consistent. Whether Detroit will rebound or not, I'm not sure, but they look sad as hell right now, and I don't think KC has near the talent they need in their lineup to make any noise at all.

no game thread today

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 19, 2008 -> 01:55 AM) anybody know why we don't play boston more than twice a year? and it isn't just this year, this is like every year, the last time we played them more than two series (home once/away once) was in 2000, and 2003 probably not a particular reason for it, just found it curious because they are in the AL East

QUOTE (knightni @ May 18, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) The Sox offense made Zito look good last night. Twelve hits & 6 walks by SF pitching and the Sox only get 3 runs out of it. (!) That's 14 left on base, at least 4 or 5 LOB in scoring position. Inexcusable. Bad luck can only happen so often. Today proves exactly that. Some say this offense can't get it together, I say it's just coming together. I'm still more concerned about the pitching staff than I am the offense.

LF - Carlos Quentin nothing else matters

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 18, 2008 -> 11:26 PM) Here is my guess. The Reds will be out of it come July, because Volquez and Cueto will start to wear down, however they will continue to hit. Instead of just trading Griff, they will trade BOTH Griffey and Dunn. Dusty seems to have no respect for Dunn(SHOCKER) and it doesn't seem like there has been much progress in talks. I'm going to predict that Dusty is gone after this season. I don't know what the hell Krivsky was thinking, but Jocketty actually has a brain in his head.

QUOTE (G&T @ May 18, 2008 -> 08:01 PM) How is it that I did not realize that CQ's middle name is, in fact, Jose? There has to be a relation to Jose Valentin. I mean, the only difference between their last names is two less than common prefixes in Val and Qu, they are both amazing at life, and the only difference between their facial expressions is a mustache. As a matter of fact... brothers, or father and son, or something

someone mentioned MacDougal to the Cards in a different thread...that wouldn't be that surprising of a move

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 17, 2008 -> 12:04 AM) Halladay having much better stuff could be one difference I really don't think, when at their best, their stuff is that different. Doc's stuff is much better on a consistent basis, but Gavin's curve can snap just as hard, the two-seamer and sinker works in similar ways, and Floyd's got a damn good change when he can throw it too. I'm hoping with more experience under his belt, the stuff will become more consistent and he'll get a feel for that breaking ball he had against Minnesota. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that Gavin could become a similar pitcher to Halladay. I also think Halladay can be a bit overrated...he's as good as he is because of his durability, but I wouldn't say he's among the top 5 pitchers in the league. Basically, RHINAA

I have nothing to add but DAD GUMMIT

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2008 -> 06:01 PM) Rich Aurilia....any chance he wasn't on steroids during his peak years? yeah...all kinds of players had big years when thy had Bonds protecting them. Benito Santiago, JT Snow, Jeff Kent, and Aurilia...I'm sure I'm missing a player or two too, but those are off the top of my head. Now, if you ask if it was influenced by steroids, then that's a completely different topic all together.

how SWEEP it is...let's go get some SWEEP candy cuz I have a SWEEP tooth...los Gigantos chile con carne SWEEP I dunno, I mean, Quentin's a monster

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 18, 2008 -> 02:11 AM) 05/22/2007, 42 games into the season CHW 23-19, 4 games over .500 (WPCT: .548) 3.5 out of 1st Place (3rd in Div) 6-4 in last 10 games Home: 11-9 Away: 12-10 RS:178 RA:186 05/18/2008, 42 games into the season CHW 22-20, 2 games over .500 (WPCT: .524) 1st Place 7-3 in last 10 games Home: 9-7 Road: 13-13 RS:187 RA:162 overall, in the grand scheme of things we aren't really better than we were last year and in terms of record, we managed to be playing better in terms of wins/losses in 2007 after 42 games, and we were still only in 3rd place comparing last year to this year, though, we gave up 24 more runs last year after 42 games, and scored 9 fewer runs than this year. so we're scoring more (slightly...) and allowing much fewer runs, but we have a worse record to show for it this offense is hard to watch a really good team absolutely destroys the giants yesterday against Zito but, what can you do.. 2007 did not feature Carlos Quentin. You lose already cuz Super Quentin said so.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ May 18, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) Late inning runs, no Thome...coincidence?? yeah Thome didn't win a game for the Sox the other day

QUOTE (G&T @ May 18, 2008 -> 05:10 PM) I heard that hamburgers eat YOU. no that's Soviet Russia

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 18, 2008 -> 01:55 PM) I wonder if beer comes out of a keg backwards in Australia? You puke out your ass and s*** out your mouth too