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When's the last time a pennant contender relied on two relievers with as little experience pitching in the minors as Santos and Sale? Okay, we all have to shut up and be quiet if Sale blows the save...EVERYONE asked for this, now we've got it, and there are three hitters who aren't exactly imposing. But closing any game in the majors can't be easy.

Ozzieball Execution at its finest, you go Greg!!!! Whatever Ozzie did, it was the right move if we won I guess....well, I'm not going to argue if we escape with this win.

Perfect SAC bunt by Castro. If he wasn't the slowest player in the majors, we'd have bases loaded. Suicide squeeze play?

Carlos Quentin, 810 OPS Andruw Jones, 800 OPS I think we might have passed the Rays the past month for not having the worst DH numbers in the AL.

It's Donald/Gimenez/Brantley. Not exactly murderer's row. Sale would definitely come in for Choo/Hafner.

Santos has one more hitter... But is Sale ready? Thank god for that, if that was the kid they used to have who would hit about 12 homers and get 75 RBI's per season, he'd have gotten a hit for sure. What was his name? He always killed us, but he just didn't have enough power for full-time 1B or DH duty.

If we somehow sweep the Indians, I'd say we definitely got away with at least one win we didn't deserve, especially today's game. But that's what good teams have to do in SEPT. The only problem is we haven't closed out this game just yet. NIX/BROWN/CROWE, we just need to overpower those guys.

Go De Aza, GO!!!!!

HUGE MANAGING FAIL BY ACTA... You can't use Germano there, he's NEVER EVER been in that situation. And thank God that at least Jenks won't blow this game. So who gets the chance? Sale? Santos? Linebrink?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) To induce an intentional walk. To face Konerko with the chance to give them the lead against a guy who couldn't get a spring training invite from ANY team?

Pierre got lucky there....shouldn't be looking back at the plate/catcher. Why do that? It just slows you down.

Acta managing like this is the World Series. Well, after Ozzie called him out for not deserving another major league managing job, I'm sure he enjoys beating us just a little bit more.

I honestly didn't expect us to mount a comeback today with the way things had been going...thankfully, Carrasco just ran out of gas. He was terrible last year in 5 September starts, but his last 8 AAA starts this year, he was pitching very well, around a 2 ERA, and he was one of the keys to the Cliff Lee move with the Phillies. Also would have been nice to have scored that 2nd run two innings ago. Oh, well...let's get their bullpen.

I don't think it's a good idea to make Castro the everyday catcher next year, either. Coming into today, we'd given up 127 steals, the Indians only 67....so 129 now. If he wouldn't have held onto that ball so long on the pitchout against Nix, Ramirez wouldn't have ended up having to block the base and getting spiked. Would be nice to have those two runs our defense gave away back about right now.

One game under against BALT One game over against KC Three games under against CLE -3 against the three worst AL teams, with the exception of the Mariners, we should be 9-1 instead of 8-2 against them except for Jenks

What's the report on Garcia? Either he hurt his arm/shoulder (his FB was 83-87 today when he was at 90 and 91 against the Yankees on Friday) or he hurt a knee/ankle akwardly trying to field the squibber off the bat of Nix.

Vizquel was bunting on his own for a base hit. This just in, we gave this game away and we have nobody to replace Garcia in the rotation.

Is Beckham available to pinch-hit or is it going to be Friday/Saturday in Boston before we see him again?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 09:53 AM) I haven't heard one thing about Peavy not pitching. Peavy is supposed to begin throwing shortly and is expected to be on track to be starting spring training games. That could obviously all get pushed back, but from what has been reported Peavy's recovery has been fine thus far. In terms of Edwin, the good news is, he'll get an extra days rest since we have Thursday off. If Garcia for some reason got blasted his next two starts, I wonder if they'd consider going back to the 4 man rotation like they did at the end of 2008? At that point, there'd be about 25 games remaining...but I just don't see them taking the risk with Floyd, Jackson and Danks of putting that much wear and tear on their arms. We already saw the aftereffects in the 2006 and 2009 seasons. And, even if they did make the post-season, the odds of being able to successfully sustain those pitchers throughout the postseason would be pretty low.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 09:39 AM) Opinion, especially considering the way he was pitching up until the trade, and the instant boost that Dunn would give this offense. Once again, KW is the GM, this is his trade, that is fine, I obviously dont have any say in the matter. I just see this trade coming back to haunt us, as soon as justa few months when the offseason starts and we cry poor and have to sit through another bulls*** player starting. But how many hitters recently have come from the NL and just started raking right away in the AL without any type of transition period?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) At his age and health, I would only offer a one year deal, filled with incentives, and possibly a player option if he wins us a championship (like he was the MVP the rest of the way, and clicked with the team chemistry wise). The thing is, when the team isnt winning and he isnt playing for a contract, that is when trouble starts because the little things he does then get blown up. Something like $5-7.5 million basic contract level, $5 million for making the All-Star team, $5 million if the White Sox made the playoffs...I just don't think Manny, Boras or the player's union would approve of those types of deals, always preferring the guaranteed money. Or simply $5 million for hitting 30 homers or 100 RBI's, or $1 million for every 10 RBI's, something like that...

And, in the end, if the finances aren't nearly the issue KW and JR always make them out to be, the other 75% of the complaining about this trade evaporates as a reason for not liking it, IF Jackson continues to perform like one of the top starters in the AL (while pitching in the heat of a pennant race in the AL, not for one of the worst teams in baseball in the pitcher-friendly NL West). (Of course, the argument will be why wasn't E-Jackson pitching better for AZ under similar conditions? Well, you can ask Don Cooper and JAX for the answer on that one? And maybe, just maybe, there's a relationship that Hudson's new pitching coach has with Daniel that couldn't be established in Chicago, but I honestly think Cooper believed Jackson's upside was simply higher and that the "fix" was a relatively simple one, which it has proven to be so far).

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) I guess I owe the man an apology. He keeps pitching like this and we should be happy to give him 8 mil next year. Well, it's all relative. Look at how much we gave Garland, Contreras and Javy to pitch for us.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 11:30 PM) Tron it the only movie coming out the rest of the year I would pay the surcharge for because it was actually filmed in 3D and the visuals look amazing. Here in Thailand, it's actually DOUBLE charge for 3D, it goes from 100-120 baht to 200-240 ($3.25-$3.75 to $6.50-$8.00). In China, it's about 90 RMB for Clash of the Titans, Alice in Wonderland, How To Train Your Dragon....with 6.8 RMB to the USD, that's $13.25 in a country where the average yearly salary is $3,500 USD I will take one thing back....HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON WAS EXCELLENT 1) Avatar 2) How To Train Your Dragon 3) MAYBE Step Up 3, if the theatre has a really good sound system

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 10:14 AM) Can I ask what's the difference between people killing a dolphin for food and a pig for food? 1) Dolphins are seen as "cleaner" animals because of their water habit, and the friendliest/most intelligent because of their performances at places like SEA WORLD 2) The Miami Dolphins, there's no professional or collegiate team with the moniker "PIGS" I am sure, anywhere in the world 3) Dolphins are beautiful to watch in their natural habit, and among the fastest and most streamlined/aerodynamic animals 4) There are no world religions that consider eating dolphin to be unclean or unkosher...kind of a reverse argument on its face, but it supports the overall point, since nobody around the world really loves to eat dolphin in the first place unless there's no choice 5) People have been conditioned to eating pig meat for centuries