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QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:59 PM) Why is it that the OF always seems way out of position? There was no prayer to get to that triple by Boesch. None.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:59 PM) It's amazing how terrible the Sox have played on this road trip. Doing everything you're not supposed to, it seems. The starting pitching has gone to crap, and the hitting struggles are well documented. It would be 8 losses in the last 9 games on the road.

And of course Cabrera will stick the dagger in. Let's hope that 4th inning and predictable Thornton implosion in the 7th doesn't end up defining the season as the key turning point.

Liriano has a 6+ ERA career-wise in Comerica. 4 walks now. Stupid thread jinx. Like my decision to try MLB.TV again, every time the White Sox start playing like crap!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 06:50 PM) Did any pitchers actually get called up? Danks' season is trending like Flowers last year. Started hot, then fading. Have no belief whatsover that Jordan Danks would light up Max Scherzer. None.

Peralta is horrible at SS. Youk just didn't have a chance because he missed the bag there and couldn't get back.

White Sox have the easiest schedule remaining statistically in the entire AL. That's a change from previous seasons down the stretch.

Scherzer and Verlander 1st and 2nd in the majors in K's. At one point, Liriano was tops in K's per 9 IP.

19 balls out of first 46 pitches. Is going to have to pitch MUCH more efficiently to get through 6. But at least it's still 0-0.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:40 PM) We really need Liriano to keep his pitch count down, because I have little confidence in our offense tonight, so more than 2-3 innings could be very dangerous. Or in the bullpen...

Great first MLB at-bat for a 21 year old.

AH-VEE-SAIL Mini-Cabrera.

Aced Peralta with 3 sliders there. Viciedo really has to learn how to dial down his swing with 2 strikes and just make contact.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:30 PM) Rios? The ball that Cabrera hit oppo in the first inning off Liriano.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) I missed the AJ at bat. How far away was he from a homer? Not close. Rios had it measured all the way. Front of the warning track.

Where did all the Sox fans go? Saturday night? You would think it was late 2007 or September 2011.

Whoever started the 6 walks thread should be drawn and quartered.

Boesch 5/11 against Liriano. Don't walk to put anyone on base in front of Cabrera. Obviously.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:14 PM) Well, Youk-Paulie looked like s***. That's the second ball AJ has hit that would have been a HR at the Cell but wasn't in Detroit Viciedo did it last night as well...would have put us ahead 5-4 at the time.

If this is the Scherzer we're going to see all night long, Liriano can't give up any more than a run or two. Because the last 2-3 months, he's just been getting stronger and stronger as each outing goes deeper.

At least we don't have to worry about Youkilis bunting into a DP here, lol.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 05:45 PM) I'd rather have a left side of the IF of unnamed at short and Youkillis at third than Ramirez at short and Morel at third next year. You're still adding quite a bit to the payroll for 2013 with that plan in mind. Problem number 2 is that Morel is still our back-up 3B and he's just not ready to play full-time again if Youk is hurt or hurting for a longer stretch of time. It wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that Sanchez or Saladino could end up playing 3B.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 04:12 PM) Dan motherf***ing Johnson. He is now going to be the Geoff Blum of the Sox for the rest of the season...hopefully including the playoffs. BTW, Angels are quickly getting back in WC race. Already back to 9 games over .500 and climbing again. Guess we can thank the Yankees for beating the O's. Strange to be cheering for them against the Orioles, of all teams.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 04:39 PM) Because he's in decline and they have to pay him 3 more years. Then come up with a trade that will net an upgrade over your oft-mentioned "declining asset" who is not named Beckham, Saladino or Sanchez... Beckham would be, at best, an average MLB SS. Sanchez is at least 4-5 months of seasoning away, and hasn't even played SS on an everyday basis. Many prognosticators would rather have him play 2B, then 3B, then SS, in that order. Saladino, some of the same concerns as Sanchez. He's just not ready to play major league SS, offensively or defensively.

The "Twins' factor" against the Tigers is clearly ONE thing that should actually give us some confidence, because the traditional White Sox ways of beating the Tigers the last 2-3 seasons simply haven't worked. We've lost 5 in a row this season and 16 out of our last 19 in DET. The curse has simply shifted east. Gavin Floyd and Contreras were our pitchers who typically did the best against the Tigers, and Gavin hasn't exactly inspired much confidence this year. I'd love to see the AL standings in 2 out runs surrendered by the Sox in the 2nd half. That would be pretty indicative of our lack of "clutch" pitching since the All-Star Break, as well as a lot more breakdowns from our defense than the first 85+ games of the year.