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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:19 PM) He did watch it. Probably just to see Royce Clayton trying to impersonate Miguel Tejada.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) This defense is shockingly bad The irony is that Gimenez was always hyped as a great defensive catcher with limited offensive potential earlier in his career. Sort of another version of Corky Miller. If Dunn put up a 900 OPS for the rest of the season, would he be able to get his overall average OPS back to 800 by the end of the year? It would be pretty close. Maybe 800 to 825...

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:14 PM) The whole 5 members reading the game thread? What else is there going on tonight? Harrelson's Moneyball comments evoked more of a reaction from the fanbase than this game, surely. White Sox don't have the Will to Throw Out opposing baserunners this season, either. Preparation and mental readiness...not our strengths in the early going.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 07:11 PM) Peavy in love with the soft stuff tonight, and it's getting hit hard. This was a game the Sox needed to win. But we're only 2 1/2 games behind the Tigers. "It's still early." Trademark. This is the perfect game to pull Peavy early, save his arm and let Santiago pitch 3-4-5 innings and try to hold the Sox in the game while the offense attempts to put something...anything...together.

Where's our WILL TO WIN? That lasted about 24 hours, lol. The crowd, the team...just feels dead or flat. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the series. 50% discount now available in the Sox souvenir shop on all "Will To Win" shirts.

Lack of range at 1B hurting us now. Just can't react fast enough down there anymore. "It's always darkest before the dawn."

Typical USCF homer... Sigh. Didn't look like Longoria got it but it just kept carrying over Rios' head.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 06:59 PM) Taking strikes and swinging at balls so far tonight. Awful by Gimenez there. You expected differently? Would Flowers be able to do any better? It's just ugly with almost any line-up we're putting out there these days across multiple positions. LOL at Harrelson rooting too hard for Danks, haha.

It's crazy Gimenez is just 9 AB's has one more RBI than Gillaspie, who would have tied Hector had he come through with an RBI last inning. Ozzie's retort to Harrelson would have to be... "The Talent to Win"

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 06:49 PM) Hard to tell just based on stats, but looks like his defense isn't very good (8 errors already) Usually, because the Low A stadiums aren't as well manicured/maintained, teams don't pay much attention to error totals until AA ball. I remember Jeter making 50+ errors for Greensboro in 1993, for example.

Well, that's what ALWAYS seems to happen in the next half inning when we blow a golden scoring opportunity. We need to wake up, because we're staring Moore and Price and if we can't score against Hernandez, it's not going to get any easier.

Well, running out a spring training line-up out there and expecting to win more than half our games....just not realistic. No matter how good our starting pitching is.

This sucks. C'mon Ramirez. Not helping our BA with RISP there. Ugly.

Squared up that fastball right over the plate. Dunn looking better, at least fouling off pitches now. Missed a hanger but got another pitch to hit. Tigers dismantling the Braves. Why's Heyward out?

I doubt that Rios could have come close to catching that ball even if he read it correctly right off the bat. It was just a bullet. Doesn't matter....now. Peavy getting a little extra pop on his fastball, was at 93-94 there near the end of the inning.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) Anibal Sanchez with great stuff tonight. He had a string of 7 K's in 8 outs going there. Martinez's bat has come alive, at least tonight. Sanchez and Fister don't get all the pub, but they're the two key starters who seem to consistently pitch well. Scherzer's actually had a bit of a rough start. Last year in the 2nd half, he was probably a Top 5 starter in the AL, maybe second to only Verlander.

Well, that was uneventful. Going to the 2nd, no offense yet for either team. That ball was killt. Narrowly missing a homer on a center-cut FB....Loney showing some pop.

Good first inning. Hung a couple of sliders and got away with it, but started to get the feel for the better downward plane breaking slider.

DeAza, Konerko and Dunn with the best numbers against Fausto/Roberto career-wise. Not losing anything with Greene defensively....let's see if he can keep up the hot hitting. Pretty hilarious that Ventura doesn't see any better options for the 2 spot, but guess we'll just have to roll with that line-up.

That's two singles for Hawkins in the last 2 games. A bit encouraging...almost would prefer to see singles/doubles/triples for a week or two, get that batting average back up to .200. 1/2 so far, 1 K, 40th strikeout of the season. .180 average.

Yet Harrelson will defend Dunn to the end and argue his "Will To Win" is higher than almost everyone on the team but Konerko, lol. Never mind that Adam's teams don't have a great history of being playoff bound.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 09:52 AM) Apparently Loria is now setting the Marlins rotation. \ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--marl...-150755500.html The funny thing here is the starting temperature for the game that Fernandez actually pitched was colder. You would think he would have done a little research on the weather, instead of just assuming the day game would be appreciably better for Fernandez to pitch in. Way to alienate your entire team and make no manager ever want to work there again.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20130426 Andre Rienzo's given up 3 runs already in the first inning, ERA near 9.

Interesting series with the Braves and Tigers matching up. Austin Jackson has cooled off, thank god, but Hunter/Cabrera/Fielder still raking. BJ Upton still at .150. Victor Martinez seems to be a bit rusty, too. At .189, knew it would take a couple of months or even half a season to turn things around and get his timing back after the long layoff. (Check that, listening to the game and the Tigers' radio guys are claiming that Victor is really starting to come around recently.)

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) They need to make TWTW the team slogan for next year. Brooks Boyer would be stupid not to use it. Unless there's more "rebuilding/restructuring." Then it's going to lead to more embarrassment for the organization. They win the division and somehow beat the Tigers, or the Tigers partially beat themselves....it's a great slogan for next year.