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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:41 PM) No offense to Hudson, who won us one game, but he's another KW fail. I mean he's not getting it done. Bad acquisition. How many bad decisions does KW make compared to his good ones???? Greg, there was no other choice at the time, other than playing Dan Johnson or McPherson there... Johnson hasn't hit well in the big leagues for a half decade. We didn't give up any talent, the Padres are paying all but the minimum salary. Otherwise, we'd have Escobar or Lillibridge playing there and things might even be worse than they already are...he did inject a little life into the line-up with his energy and had some pretty clutch hits, it hasn't been a complete disaster but it's like putting your finger in the dike trying to keep the flood waters back while waiting for reinforcements.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:39 PM) If you trade for a starting pitcher because you've given up on Floyd and Humber, then you better make sure that player has at least another year left on their deal. If not, you're looking at Sale, Danks, Quintana and nothing in the rotation next year. Cue Marty34 joining the thread and asking why Nestor Molina isn't yet ready to contribute in August/September.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) I disagree with the take on the play at 3B. I don't think that's a play anybody squares up, it makes the throw impossible unless you can throw flat footed like Juan Uribe. He just needs to be able to make the backhand play -- he didn't read the ball well for whatever reason, possibly incompetence. Not the type of play 2B's make because they get to square it up and have a short throw to make with flat feet His reactions just are just a split second too slow. Consistently. Part of it's age, part of it's lack of repetition and game speed action at the position. Two years ago with the Twins, he wasn't much of an offensive player.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:32 PM) Mitchell, Danks, Petricka, Castro and Molina all gotta have some kind of value I'd imagine. All of them together wouldn't get you Greinke. Not that it would be smart to go for broke anyway, because we wouldn't end up resigning Greinke anyway against an open market. Petricka's injured, and mentioning Danks or Lillibridge right now would get KW laughed at. 100 MPH fastball by Nathan Jones there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:30 PM) And the question is, who on the Sox (of their prospects) even has trade value? Sox best bet to get a big time player via trade is if they pick up the remaining salary. Nobody. Mitchell's been slumping recently, he's one more bad game away from the .260's. Everyone's going to target Viciedo, Reed and Nathan Jones.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:29 PM) Has the NL passed the AL as the better league? Sox having troubles with everybody not named the Cubs. No, no and no. The White Sox have the second best record in MLB in interleague play behind the Yankees 159-115. If we had a real 3B, we wouldn't even be having this conversation because the 6th inning would have been over with us still holding the lead.

Now Konerko not being able to score from 1st on Rios' double and DeAza leaving the runner at 3B with one out....some more big plays in this game. Sale's walking Hairston 3 times, Hudson's inability to react quickly enough at 3B. Flaws all over the field for this team.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:23 PM) I must catch him on his bad nights. Seriously, when I watch him pitch he sucks big time. He earns a fat paycheck, too, doesn't he? He's very well paid for a set-up guy, but he's pitched better than Linebrink and Dotel did with similar salaries.

Just missed it. Harrelson must not be very happy about right now. Elbert in to face Dunn. Chris Sale's ERA up to 2.46.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:18 PM) This is like the old days when we stunk. Ugh, frustration. We're not a first place team unless we get good pitching. All of the AL Central teams are fatally flawed. It will be like this for the rest of the season unless the White Sox fix 3B and their starting pitching. Let's face it, Orlando Hudson isn't an everyday player in the majors anymore, and certainly not at 3B.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:17 PM) I'm not a big Jesse Crain fan. Is there any reason I should be? Fail tonight. Because he's consistently been a 2-3 ERA reliever with the White Sox for 1 1/2 seasons. Last time I checked, there's no such thing as a perfect reliever. But yeah, this really hurts. We badly needed this win tonight to stop the bleeding, and we knocked out Kershaw, had the best pitcher in the AL on the mound with a 5-1 lead and couldn't hold it.

Implosion by Crain.

Well, that sucks.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 12:11 PM) Is anybody a little worried for Humber's start tomorrow? Ummm...let's just get this one first. Have given up expecting anything resembling a quality start from Humber in this stretch.

How did Beckham make that play? Two amazing plays from him tonight so far.

Should Hudson have stopped that ball? DeJesus Jr. to pinch hit next.

Uh-oh, game back on.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 11:34 AM) Why can't we do this to Westbrook? Same reason we always seem to do better against pitchers like Felix Hernandez. Maybe it's because we concentrate or focus more against really good opposing pitchers...other than Sabathia and Johan Santana, there haven't been too many elite starting pitchers who have consistently owned us. Verlander's been better the last 2-3 seasons, but we've done about as well against him as any team has in the AL.

Rios quietly earning his money this year. The best thing you can say about him is that his name's rarely come up in any negative conversations at all...maybe that he's been TOO emotional, haha. Kershaw is suffering from plantar fasciitis in his left (push-off) foot. Has really struggled in his last 4-5 starts, at least compared to his standard established in 2011. Claims it's not bothering him, but the results on the field would suggest otherwise.

If Marin can keep up those K numbers, he might get to Birmingham this year. That said, his H/9 and BAA is way up compared to the Sally League.

80 k's for Sale on the season already in 78.6. Still averaging more than 1 K per inning pitched. Trivia question: Dodgers' all-time leader in homers?, the name won't come to mind right away.

8/13 now for Dunn against Kershaw career-wise. Why, did Dunn misplay a ball in that inning they scored the run? The Elian double? Always makes me think of that famous Florida case with Cuban kid...what was his name, Gonzalez or Rodriguez? 43 of Sale's 76 K's coming into tonight are on the slider. Continues to have the lowest ERA and BAA.

Interesting factoids. Chris Sale 7-0 when the White Sox score 3 or more runs for him. If he wins tonight, it would be 7 of 9 victories following a White Sox loss, and therefore stopping a (loss or) losing streak. Chris Sale had the highest K/9 ratio of any lefthander in baseball last year, Kershaw was 2nd. White Sox 24-9 on the road in interleague play since 2009.

Back to back homers, 12-4 Rockies. Cuddyer goes yard. Rockies still hitting, lol.

11-4 Rockies. CarGo, J4L's boy goes yard. .382 at Coors, in the .240's at home. I think that's 12 Coors Field homers and 5 away now.