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YAY, most boring/uneventful/non-bullpen messed up/decently managed game in MONTHS. Sale had a 6.60 ERA in his last stretch of road starts. And the White Sox had a 1-9 stretch of road pathetic-ness, too, broken. Both Verlander and Sale showed up from the get-go tonight. Verlander hadn't won since right after the ASB on the road. Chris is now tied with Price and Weaver at 17 wins...or did Price get his 18th tonight against the Yankees?

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Matty didnt pitch at all in that Tigers series so he could use some burn Where did that phrase come from, THE BIGGEST LOSER?

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:54 PM) I would have gone maybe Marinez, Omogrosso or Jones here, but whatever. Definitely not Reed. Omogrosso is being saved for Cabrera on Monday. Same with Septimo against Fielder. Shades of Rajai Davis trying to flip the ball to another fielder for a throw from short LF in the Blue Jays series, lol. Going for the highlight reel play.

Only 3 hits for the Twins on the night.

Please, no more bases loaded situations. It's unbearable how bad we are when that happens. Matt Thornton will be 36 tmrw, FWIW. 7 straight years with 60+ appearances, 2006-2012.

Knowing Gardenhire and Ryan, that's probably the last time you'll see Perdomo in a Twins' uniform after that performance. They HATE walks.

I can honestly say PREMIUM RUSH with JGL was 10X more exciting than this game. Fun movie...but any White Sox victory at this point in the season is "fun" by definition. 12-4 is a pretty incredible record against MINN, especially with our past struggles. YOUK currently at 779 OPS, that's about 200 points higher than we would have gotten out of Morel, at least.

Good thing Rodney's not still on the Tigers. He's having an incredible season as a closer this year. The Yankees have been playing uncharacteristically tight since the O's tied them. They made a huge error in the 9th for an insurance run. Pesky Royals giving the Angels fits in KC, 7-5 lead in the 7th there. Was hoping NEVER to see Jose Lopez or Olmedo on the field again this season. Oh well, maybe it will help preserve YOUK's back.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:29 PM) Proud of Ventura for pulling Sale. He would have given him another inning earlier in the year. Farmer's theory is that the colder September weather is bringing him back to life after the heat of July/August.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) Juan Marinez is ready to pitch too JHAN, I think.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) nice having an outfield that can catch balls Dayan has been decent to better than expected. Actually, DeAza's being forced to play a little more shallow in LF because anything hit over his head now would be a homer. BTW, Farmer and DJ said they expected Dunn back in the line-up Sunday, not Saturday. Tomorrow's an early turnaround game, 12 pm.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:24 PM) Its 88 with the Sox in 2010 82, 85 and 79 with Toronto. Pretty consistent, up until the 2009 season, and even then, he had 71. But only 9 with the Sox. 24 career high in homers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) Excellent! Sox were just crushing Waldrop tonight. Konerko was just a little bit defensive with 2 strikes and didn't really get his whole body into that one, but it looked better than most of his recent swings.

Rios very close to his career high in RBI's. I'm pretty sure it's either 86 or 88 with Toronto.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) Can we avoid using Meyers for another day or two? Can we avoid spelling his name incorrectly, lol? Myers. Just joking, Balta. Maybe he would pitch better if we changed his name to Russ Meyers. 5-0. White Sox and Tigers playing similar games behind their aces tonight.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:15 PM) I would rather have Ron LeFlore or LeVar Burton hit 3rd, if it's like the movie.

Top of the order 0/9 with a HBP. Make that 1/10. LOL. Youkilis with the "lag" golf shot into LF, chopping the short axe down on the fastball in. One homer away from 6 guys with 20+ homers.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:12 PM) I've never seen a guy who can change speeds so much like Sale. Tom Glavine. Maddux, too.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 09:10 PM) I can't believe you seriously think Johnson hitting 3rd is a good idea. It's a better idea than Olmedo hitting 3rd. Heck, I'd rather have Conor Jackson hitting in that spot.

Great pitch by Sale there. So far, Chris has done an admirable job with RISP. Morneau has been their hottest hitter the last 2 months...needs to get the lefty out and turn it over to the pen. 99 pitches on the game. Which means Ventura will send him out to start the 7th, because, well, RV just seems to be doing the opposite of what works the last 3 weeks with our bullpen.

DeAza with a REALLY REALLY lackadaisical play there in LF.... Maybe he was worried about not catching the ball, but he just wasn't setting up well at all to make the throw to 2nd. 90 pitches with 1 out in the 6th.

Sox killer Carroll on a 10 game hitting streak. This would seem to be a dangerous inning for Chris.

2 walks from Dayan? Not exactly a tension-filled game yet. Need to wait for the Sox bullpen to add some excitement Tigers already won. TB over NYY 5-4 in Gotham in the bottom of the 8th, Balt and Oak start a huge West Coast series tonight. What is "Bubba Burger"? Anyone tried it? There's a new White Sox advertiser on the radio.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Wow that may be the hardest hit single ever There have been so many absolute rockets hit at Fenway off that wall where the batter ended up stuck at first, especially with Manny and Ortiz. TB winning the battle of aces, Price over Sabathia. CC has battled injuries and diminished stuff all season long, hasn't gotten on a big run of good starts or found a rhythm this season. Price, probably going back into a slight lead for the AL Cy Young. Sale could have jumped to the top had he outdueled Verlander, arguably.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 08:27 PM) After DJ 2/3 day he is not playing. And our bottom 3 hitters can't hit right handed pitchers. Viciedo 2 RBIs were lucky at bats. Lucky is MUCH better than what we've seen from other Sox hitters tonight with RISP.