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QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2013 -> 08:10 PM) Attendance topped 30k for maybe the last time this season Unless they play meaningful games against the Tigers in the 2nd half of the season, you're probably correct.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 27, 2013 -> 08:14 PM) I was at the worst game in Sox history. Vs the Twins. 20 to 1. I remember Betemit making about ten errors. Didn't Colon or Garcia start that one? It was fairly early in the season, April or May?

We could be Royals' fans....4-17 stretch now, 21-27 after starting out 17-10. 9 consecutive home losses. St. Louis has the majors’ best record at 33-17. The western portion of the I-70 Series concludes Tuesday night before the teams shift to Busch Stadium for games Wednesday and Thursday. From there, the Royals head to Texas, which has the American League’s best record, for three weekend games. Yeah. This was just the start to a tough week. “We’re fine,” third baseman Miguel Tejada declared. “Everybody can see that when we take the field every day, we’re playing hard and everybody knows we’re going to win the game. “What can we do right now? Just play hard and try to make something happen. One day, it’s going to go our way, and we’re going to start to roll.” It wasn’t Monday. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/27/42593...l#storylink=cpy

Right around the 80 pitch mark. So much for the idea of getting to the Cubs' bullpen.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 27, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) I can't believe they got 30,000 people to pay good money to watch this crap. I was paging up and thinking this post was from Greg775...

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 27, 2013 -> 07:00 PM) Maybe now some people will realize just how important AJ was to this team. Still don't think we should have overpaid him, but, with how the offense has struggled this season, anything resembling AJ's bat from 2012 would have been a huge help. The odds of a repeat were pretty low...and then you were going to be putting off determining the future at that position by yet another season. Of course, AJ's been injured as well.

QUOTE (DukeofChicagoA1 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:59 PM) This team isn't winning a World Series. Of course, you would have said the same thing about the White Sox on September 15th, 2005. Or numerous times about the Cardinals in 2006 or 2011.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:58 PM) looks like cooper ripped flowers on that trip. Maybe Flowers and Jones will both be in AAA in another week.... Of course, it's not like we have a plethora of bullpen options down in Charlotte at the moment. About the only good things about this game are watching Gillaspie hit, Viciedo's throw and the God Bless America performance by a member of the Sox staff.

Well, thankfully it only counts as one loss.... All-around, White Sox look inferior in every category. Cooper laying into Jones and Flowers. Not happy. Well...we're maximizing our RS/RA Pythagorean....we're going to be around -20 but only 1 game under .500. There's that. And, by the way, hate it when Phil Rogers uses that simplistic stat for saying Ventura's doing a good job with this team, vs. Sveum with the Cubs.

Nathan Jones is another couple of outings from AAA. Jeez, the reaction from the Cubs' fans, never heard it that loud for a home game. Another ball that SHOULD have been caught by DeAza in CF. DeAza was there and mistimed his jump. The ball sliced away from him and he played it off to the side...didn't go over his head.

How can that be an error on Flowers when the slider hit the dirt before the glove? Throwing error? That was a pretty unusual play...to expect Flowers to make it. Viciedo has gunned down runners in 2 consecutive games now at the plate.

That last pitch was at 97 MPH. Five K's, retired the last five in a row. Cruise control. Bullpen isn't likely to factor into this one.

30,631 on a holiday. Wow...can't believe it almost ended up under 30K, and a good 10,000 of them are cheering for the Cubs.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:29 PM) lol at the people that think we dont care right now. Samardzija is on today if you didnt notice. The guy is good. They're just not playing crisply, they should have a bit more bounce in their step coming off a 9-3 run...spotting them a run in the 1st didn't help matters. "The Cubs' fans have taken over this ballpark." Farmer FWIW, the Cubs are one game over .500 in in something like the last 5 years at USCF. We actually have played a lot better at Wrigley.

Tip your cap night, seemingly. Soriano with a decent defensive play there in LF. At least Gillaspie came to play tonight. Someone showed up.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:26 PM) Why? Well, ask any of our minor league experts what would happen if those guys were given 500-600 at-bats at the major league level in 2014...

Shades of AJ Pierzynski/Josh Paul....

QUOTE (JoshPR @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:23 PM) Is Dan black and Andy Wilkins ready yet? That's the 105-110 loss team plan...

QUOTE (hawksfan61 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:12 PM) So we need to trade Peavy because he MAY wear down later in the season? His replacements will be guys who are coming off of major shoulder surgery or young guys who have never pitched 180-200 innings (Axelrod/Santiago). What point are you trying to make here? How does trading him make the problem any better? BTW, the big game argument is stupid. With Peavy we have a better chance of playing "big games" whether they be against the Tigers in September or against the Rangers/Tigers/Yankees etc. in October. I will take my chances playing big games and hope the horses that got me there perform. Nope. Only saying why he might have more value now or in the next two months than in the off-season (when he would only have 1 year left on his deal). Peavy should be traded ONLY if we could get a PREMIUM return, AND if we were clearly out of it....meaning 8-10 games back at XYZ point in July, when such decisions have to be made. Most don't trust the White Sox to execute this kind of trade correctly in the first place. But it wouldn't be an easy move to make, because we're two bats away from being a really good team if we could clean up our defensive miscues.

Well, spoke too soon. Both walks have turned into runs. Sigh. Just not our night, seemingly. Even the Cubs' fans are more into this game...I think they feel more excitement trying to knock us out of the playoff race than their own team's ability to compete in the NL Central this season. Blackhawks just scored.

QUOTE (DukeofChicagoA1 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:14 PM) Another walk. So tired of that. Well, there's no reason Quintana shouldn't be throwing a shutout at this point in the game...after two misplays in the first inning (the ball that landed in the first row that Kepp/Konerko didn't get to is arguable).

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 27, 2013 -> 05:33 PM) Bassit got slaughtered today. 5 IP, 4 H, 7 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 2 HR Ravelo has gotten a basehit in all 10 of his games since his promotion to W-S. No power, but is hitting over .550. Until Ravelo hits 8-10 homers in a minor league season, he can't really be considered a prospect at 1B/DH. He'll be in that intriguing "Jon Gilmore" category...worth watching for awhile, but nothing to get too excited about, either.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 27, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) Yeah, he has a sparkling 2-6 record for this horrific Cub team. And Danny Wright/James Baldwin had double digit plus victory totals a decade ago....

You never like to hear "XYZ pitcher has faced the minimum..."

Ed Farmer really hates the Red Wings. Thanks, Ed.