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QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) This. Also seems we do zero damage with 2-0 counts. Frustrating. If it weren't for an 0-2 Dunn swing last night, the whole fanbase is jumping off a cliff right now. What has been in his average with an 0-2 count the last 2 seasons? Probably in the low 100's. And it was the first homer Pestano's EVER given up with an 0-2 count in his entire career. Let's just say right now we're pretty fortunate to be tied 1-1 in this series, with a chance to take the rubber game and get some momentum again before facing the buzzsaw which is the Rays' pitching staff these days.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 04:10 PM) "Wasted a huge opportunity" ... Caufield how many times could you have written that the past month? The Sox are only going to make the playoffs if Detroit lets them. That's the only way. This team has proven it is not capable of doing it on its own. It's a flawed, beat-up baseball team. It's a miracle the team is 10 over .500. Robin is manager of the year by far. Royals swept the Tigers at KC, Tigers also lost 2/3 at home to the atrocious Twins when we swept them at home....and these were when they had a huge chance to take a one game lead in the division over the weekend. At the very worst, it's still tied with 8 to go. And if they can't manage to wake up the offense against a strong Rays' pitching staff, they don't deserve the playoffs anyway.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) I really find these comments borderline offensive HUH? They specifically played the game to honor his wishes NOT to be put in a position to decide whether he could play or not after sundown. If you want to take issue, it should be with the very first page of this thread. The Dodgers, back in the day, faced the exact same issue with Sandy Koufax. How else should I put it? They put winning the game during the daytime as a priority over the likelihood of having to play Lopez or Olmedo at night at it had nothing to do with religious observances or Steve Stone broadcasting either? Is that better? Hasn't anyone else seen Chariots of Fire?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:59 PM) The Royals starters are garbage. Guthrie has pitched exceptionally well against the Sox until his last outing....but he had a run going against ALL teams he was facing there for a long stretch, not just the Sox.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 04:01 PM) Chen is disgracefully bad. He has the white Sox number, nobody else's. Probably why he's 1-2 with a 3.93 against DET this season. Greg, sometimes you really are overdoing it with this Royals thing, in the face of any and all evidence to the contrary at times.

It is a BIT strange, in that Viciedo had a very solid game offensively and was PH for...and he pinch hit for Beckham as well yesterday, both times with Johnson, and both times it worked. Oh well, hunch didn't work today, and you can't expect to touch up Pestano two days in a row, especially with the shadows. Nothing out of YOUK on a day designed/planned for him. Wasted a huge opportunity to put the pressure back on the Tiggers and Sanchez, who's been pitching extremely well of late.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:47 PM) As much as I want the Sox to win...I have the exact same amount of confidence that they are actually going to pull it out. Cy Chen really needs to come through for us, but knowing him and the Royals they will totally f*** us over once again this season Like when they swept the Tigers in KC and also put up an 8 spot on Verlander, something we've never managed to come close to pulling off? Detroit's a tough out at home, always. And we're going to run into a buzzsaw of good pitching against the Rays. If our hitting, especially with RISP, doesn't pick it up during this homestand, it will all start to look very similar to the 2008 ALDS.

That was over quick. First pitch hunting. How many times are other teams going to bail the White Sox out of our own self-induced problems? And just like the Royals/Sox game Tuesday, all three runs scoring on homers. We're not unlike the 2000 and 2008 offenses at this point. Homer happy, RISP averse, after being great in that area the first 4 1/2 months of the season.

Beckham with a huge chance to atone for his "error" on Yom Kippur.

I think you mean Jordan Danks, Hawk.

Now what do you do here? PH or let Viciedo hit, after a homer and another hit already today?

What errors were made when they scored 3 in the 4th? According to the box score, none. Who had a play they could/should have made defensively? Two two out runs against Liriano the difference. Seems to be a familiar happening. So I guess it was a DP ball that Beckham and Ramirez didn't turn. Gordon? They're focusing the camera on him right now.

Guess not. Hard to hit with those shadows. Had a chance on that 3rd pitch, fastball, couldn't get it. No chance on the slurve.

Dunn wouldn't do it again, would he?

Harrelson disgusted with DeAza.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:21 PM) Yeah. It's why I like Buehrle and Sale. Usually they are going to give you 7 strong innings. Peavy for the most part is like that, but has been less good the second half. Just wait until 2014 or 2015. Even you'll probably be agreeing those contract dollars for Buehrle for what he's producing at that point just aren't logical.

Seems one of the key plays of this game was Choo making that catch against Rios in the bottom of the 1st. Baseball is always going to be a game of inches.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:14 PM) Is Liriano a free agent? I wonder what team will be dumb enough to sign him. It's one thing to have an inconsistent reliever. It doesn't work when the guy is a starter. What do you think Floyd and Danks have been since 2008? The definition of inconsistency, although their good stretches were probably better than anything Liriano has done for the Sox, he at least pitched pretty well in 5 of his first 6 starts for the Sox. At least there's one cute girl in the stands today. There's that.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:10 PM) With normal defense, we are leading 2-1. Or you can just say the fourth would have ended 1-0 What happened for those who were sleeping at 3:00 am, lol? I know Liriano had 4 walks again from reading the box score. Maybe you don't want to throw Cantzler any more fastballs?

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) We've done well against Cleveland this year. We're just losing this game right now We had a streak of either 5 or 6 in a row coming into this game over the Indians, something like that. I think 6.

That didn't last long.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) Quintana out after 4 pitchers, 2 outs. He should still be good to go on Friday? Yep. Smyly threw 11 pitches in relief on Thursday and started on Sunday night. No problems.

This would be just Kluber's second win of the season in 11 tries. The other win? Against the Tigers, of course. Doesn't seem like it was worth starting this game at 1 to get YOUK's bat in the line-up.

Guess he trusts Quintana over Septimo at this point. Interesting. A little bit like how the Tigers used Smyly in a key relief situation (against OAK), not sure if he was going to be starting or not on the weekend.

Well, just woke up to find out we were losing. At least Viciedo seems to be picking it up a bit here at the end of the season. Not sure if they can afford to start Liriano again over the final 8, but maybe no choice. Wonder if that means Quintana's spot will get skipped, too? Going to have to manage that rotation on a game-by-game basis.