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I can't believe Thome hit a homer against a LHP. Yay!!!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 12, 2009 -> 05:57 PM) Very nice...where does our run differential rank in all of baseball? Overall, we have to be ahead of at least 8-10 teams, but I wouldn't be surprised if we were in the bottom 3-5 for run differential in losses. So we're good at getting blown out, not too many close losses. So, once again, Ozzie and Gardy win the Pythagorean World Series and Wedge looks even worse, if possible.

Official Fathom stat of the day.... White Sox have been outscored an incredible 121-39 in their 17 losses. Average score of losses, 7.1 to 2.3. Differential of 4.8 per game. At least we've won MOST of the close games!!!

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ May 12, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) This is what I don't like, but I still think we will get it together. Through the same amount of games played RS RA 146 121 2008 129 150 2009 That's a big differential though...a negative swing of 1.48 runs per game compared to last year.

The only time I've ever had an injured heel (and I'm assuming it's the foot and not the Achilles') was from landing akwardly on the back of my foot/heel at first base...and that sucked, because it was a "soft tissue" injury and it was really painful, and didn't "heal" until I just basically didn't play any sports for a couple of weeks. Aside from an oblique strain, that's the worst. The biggest question, will Ozzie be crazy enough to start Lillibridge at 1/2 in the batting order because it's a LHP...Getz or Pods has to be first or second, assuming he wouldn't "promote" Fields back to that spot.

No...there's a package where you can watch minor league games, but 80-85% of the game are AAA. There weren't enough Barons games to interest me, and I watched most of the preseason games, so I got to see all of those guys play but Shelby. I just listen to the audio and then "watch" through Gamecast.

I've found this season, in one of those games recently that you knew was over by the 3rd or 4th, that the best therapy was to turn on the Barons game through milb.com or "watch" it through gamecast. I realized it's completely futile to start threads or even comment on a game-by-game basis, pretty much. I haven't taken any losses that hard this year...the exceptions would probably the game we blew about 3-4 leads to the Royals and lost in extra innings and then the game that Thornton game up the GS to Zobrist, but that game ended without much drama. If you add up ALL of our losses this year, I was MORE upset about the game at the Metrodome last September that Carlos Gomez must have accumulated 1/5th of his season's total for XB hits, the game we led most of the way but slowly let the Twins back in inning by inning...and eventually ended up with Jenks blowing the save. That game and one Keith Foulke lost to Denny Hocking, for some reason, are the ones that stand out as the most agonizing.

I think every game we've started against a pitcher with a 6+ ERA this year, we've lost. Is that correct? Off the top of my head, Harrison (2X), Pavano, Adam Eaton, R.A. Dickey (not 100% sure he was above 6) and Brandon McCarthy. Bergesen was making his debut. Of the "good" starters, we've lost to Galarraga, Tallet has pitched very well this year but was kind of a journeyman reliever before, Halladay, Greinke (2X) and Padilla. By this new rule of the Sox offense, we will lose to Sowers for sure.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 12, 2009 -> 01:06 PM) Jordan Danks' very first promotion. Hopefully, the first of many. Well, technically he was "promoted" from Kannapolis to the AFL and then he didn't go back to Kanny, so I guess that's something of a promotion. Are Danks and Shelby the only two players in our organization that are rated 80+ for speed and power at thebaseballcube.com?

I wonder if we'll ever see Gartrell in a White Sox uniform?? With Dye leaving (probably), he MIGHT get a shot at a corner OF spot (or Kroeger, if the White Sox decided to go Wal-Mart/Sam's Club cheap budgetwise for 2010), especially if he keeps hitting the way he has recently. .304, 1000+ OPS, 7 homers already...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2009 -> 09:29 PM) Clearly, Walker told Pods to get ridiculously hurt in 2006 and 2007 such that his body will never recover. When Walker turns in a Mark DeRosa? God, you realize how specific you're going to require me to be there? I can't use Konerko because he started off here, even if he's had excellent seasons with Walker when healthy. I can't use Dye because he had good years before he came here, even if he's been better since he got here. I can't use anyone we actually bring in and develop, like Quentin or Ramirez, because they're not recovery people. I can't use Anderson if he keeps performing, because he started off with us. Brent Lillibridge could start hitting .350 tomorrow and I couldn't use that. Basically, the only guy I can think of who would fit the billing would be if Walker had turned around Erstad or Betemit. I can't even think of other guys who would be candidates. And since Betemit is benched, Walker could be Jesus and he can't help there. If you or Walker are Jesus, after raising Lazarus, Contreras and Floyd from the dead, please lay your hands on Betemit to make him a Gold Glove caliber defender at all three infield positions like Uribe...or just let Nix become the offensive powerhouse that CQ was last year but as a middle infielder. CLE could very easily be just 1 game behind the White Sox after Wednesday. Scary!!!

I would keep Quentin over Getz, if I had to pick just one. Other than that: Kroeger over D. Ward I would keep Buehrle or Danks over Jenks Omogrosso or maybe even Santeliz would be in the rotation, definitely no Wesley Whisler. Infante is very deserving of consideration, too. Nathan Jones for closer, lol (actually, maybe Brian O. or Santeliz could do it, perhaps, not sold on Link yet)

To make things worse, Beckham still isn't back in the line-up for Birmingham.

Quentin has like 3 doubles (two over the weekend) for the WHOLE season. That should tell you about how hard he's been trying to hit homers after that 10 game hot streak.

Quentin really, really is messed up trying to pull everything. Sad.

Maybe the Indians, who I think are close to the worst bullpen in the majors, can bring us back into this game? Getz 5/13, .385, against LHP so far this year (unfortunately didn't make contact against KC last week, same game Ramirez choked away). Did Harrelson say "dad gummit" and go off on the umpires for that strike call on Getz?

Second positive, Alexei actually had a hit and now has 2 RBI's for the game.

Richard versus Sowers tomorrow. Soft tossing lefty will have a guaranteed shutout, with no need for atrocious middle relievers of CLE to enter the game and louse things up. Wow, AJ up to an 829 OPS. Didn't realize it was that high. AJ's 829 says hello to Carlos' (no longer TCQ) 828 OPS.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2009 -> 08:03 PM) If only Hahn could be the GM and Stone the manager. I would love to see it. I bet Stone would be a little prickly with player relations in the beginning, but I don't think he would ever give up his restaurants/investments and "easy life" with Lisa except it would be a big challenge, and he has a healthy ego, not quite like LaRussa, but close. (They would still be able to make it to Taco Bell for late night "Fourth Meals" as an added bonus.) From listening to him all last year and this year, I think he'd do a great job.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2009 -> 08:03 PM) About what? At least with Javy, like it or not, he'd give you innings. We have DJ Carrasco, Broadway, Egbert and Charlotte for that.... Why would we need to spend $10+ million on a decent major league pitcher with 4 pitches and almost a decade of 200+ innings each year??? You're on the crazy train, Fathom!

I would rather have Stone as hitting coach at this point than Walker. The Gobbler eats up Floyd's ERA to 7.32. That's almost as good as my AIG investment...good thing KW only managing talent and not my portfolio since this past off-season.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:57 PM) You still only move Jenks for a King's ransom. He's getting more expensive yes, but the economy may well hold arbitration totals down, and he's probably going to be a guy that we can get draft picks for if he walks some day. JD, Thome, possibly Dotel...we're not going to get picks for them if they depart at the end of the year...so it makes sense to just save the money if we can. But, if Papelbon continues to set the market for relievers in Bobby's year, it's going to pull up Jenksie with him, whether we like it or not. It's not like the arbitrator will say "well, the Red Sox are more profitable while the White Sox just had 1.7 million in attendance, give JR a break..."

Floyd with 7.09 ERA, pending what The Butterball Gobbler does with the inherited runner. A proud tradition of ex-Royals' relievers, Sullivan, MacDougal, Sisco, Carrasco, Dotel and now The Gobbler.

Great news!!!! We can lose again tomorrow. Clayton Richard is starting, they switched around the rotation again. 1/59 AJ? Just kidding...AJ's really getting better, according to DJ.

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ May 11, 2009 -> 07:50 PM) Here's where you just need to look at the back of the baseball card. (Actually, with Lillibridge, that's pretty accurate.) Look at the back of KW's "GM card" since the end of last season. Flowers better be great, and able to stay at catcher at the big league level.