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3K's in the second for Gavin and one ducksnort.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) Normally I wouldn't care, but since they were using the bad camera angle on TV, it got my hopes up. This, i was completely confused.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2010 -> 01:18 PM) Just as I type that, Alexei gets gunned down easily. Stoney said earlier that whoever is catching for Marlins today is not much of a hitter but can gun runners down.

Caught stealing.

Alexei moved up batting second, AJ getting a day off. From Chuck Garfien: Andruw Jones - .382, 9HR, 19RBI when Sox win / .103, 0HR, 0RBI when Sox lose

QUOTE (knightni @ May 21, 2010 -> 08:55 PM) Tonight is the start of a stretch of great baseball - I can just feel it! Let's get that DH, a stud 3B, and a LH reliever and take this division! What do you do with Teahen and who would we want?

That intro always gets me so pumped..

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 21, 2010 -> 11:29 AM) I was actually just thinking about that now, after reading KHP's response to the story I posted. It makes sense Good man Kyle

Has anyone ever thought about changing the name of the thread to 'MMA thread' Anyhow, Moosin event tonight, featuring Pudzianowski vs Tim Sylvia. I'm a big Pudzianowski fan, but I do think he has no business being in the MMA, and Sylvia will probably annihilate him. (Sylvia weighed in at 305 and his physique looks awful), regardless of that I will be watching tonight.

Rios in to pinch hit for Kotsay.

Why is Castro in?

Hawk is desperate, that wasn't even close but he gave it a 'stretch'

Gordon changed his AB music which is now: Seek and Destroy. My life will never be the same again.

That will be ballgame.

Do something productive here Alex.

Awful AB for Jones.

Beckham with different AB music, does anyone know what it was?

You know AJ will come around and bat at least .280, he is a decent hitter.

Haven't participated in a game thread for a while now, how is everyone holding up?

I created this game thread and went out to watch Robin Hood (very mediocre, unless you want to find out how he becomes Robin Hood) and then went on to follow the game from 3rd inning on. Awful, we are going no where this season for all who knew this long time ago, props to you. This team is absolute garbage.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) Where's the split-squad team playing the other game? LOL.

Two days without White Sox baseball a week is two days too many.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 13, 2010 -> 07:48 PM) If it's really true that you don't hit many home runs when you're trying to hit them, then it would seem that perhaps the Sox aren't swinging for the fences as much as we may think. How do we explain the absolute suckage in getting any kind of hits besides the long ball ?

Originally posted here: here. From looking at these statistics, it simply looks like we are a terrible hitting team. It makes you wonder about the approach of these hitters: Ozzie wanted a athletic, fast lineup and he got that exactly as we excel in stealing bases as a team, we are a decently patient team where it comes to walks, right in the middle of the bunch. Surprisingly for me we strikeout the least out of all baseball teams yet we can't get on base at a decent clip. One conclusion I come to is: terrible approach when it comes to hitting, I don't know who is to blame for this but maybe the 'fire Walker' threads have some basis here. With the White Sox it's constant 'swing for the fences' approach that's why we are up there with HR's but everything else is a pop up or a grounder to infielders. I mean look at the hitting stats other than HRs, absolutely brutal. The hitting philosophy of this team needs a change so we can start scoring runs and winning games. Discuss.

QUOTE (scenario @ May 13, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) Not sure if this has been posted already... if so, sorry. I'm too lazy to look into it before posting. Here's where the WhiteSox rank in MLB in a variety of offensive categories as of today (5/13)... Hits - 27th Doubles - 25th Triples - 24th Homeruns - 4th RBI's - 24th Walks - 14th Strikeouts - 1st Stolen Bases - 2nd Batting Average - 29th OBP - 24th SLG - 19th OPS - 20th Strikeouts 1st, with the most strikeouts as a team or with the least?