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Pierre just tried to lose the game for us. WTF is he doing?

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 09:10 PM) was it just a straight drop? Yup. A lot like the Rasmus one.

AGAIN?!?! That is not Thornton's fault.

Wow, we got REAL lucky.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) What's with this 90 mph cutter crap? The result of trying to mix it up. The problem with trying off-speed pitches with Thornton is that they're not all that good. His fastball is better than anything he has.

Hanging slider. So much for my prediction.

I've been right once today...so I'm gonna try it again. 1-2-3 here for Thornton.

Keep Mark out there for the 9th.

Ugly PA by Morel.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) Nice work Mwhaha. I should buy a lottery ticket while I'm at it.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) They also won a game in that series 1-0. Thome's homer was the only hit. I seem to recall that it was Freddy pitching, which was sweet justice since the Twins did that to him. It was Anthony freakin' Reyes that nearly no-hit us.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 04:27 PM) Per Chris DeLuca's twitter: Entering tonight's game the White Sox have 9,999 home runs in their 112 year history. Who gets number 10,000?? Watch it be Lillibridge.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 04:40 PM) I think his whole section on memphis is very spot on. Frankly if the bulls had to play memphis in the first round I'd be very very worried. They played us hard. Memphis plays everyone hard. They're a very scrappy team.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 04:13 PM) Totally, let me quote and link to bill simmons article because it totally imo articulates the pro-rose case, w/o having to s*** on the others. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;sportCat=nba The whole thing is great, but the choice parts i find are: Hahahaha

So Derrick Rose's TS% went from as low as 53.5% to 55% after yesterday's 13/17 shooting performance. He's now 5th in win shares, still a win share behind Howard and two behind LeBron, but I don't think it's really a statistical fallacy to give Rose the MVP at this point. Like some others have suggested...

This is a nice pitching match-up. Two similar pitchers, both have thrown perfect games...against the same team.

Back to back weeks to Sox players? Unheard of!

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 12:28 PM) Agreed, especially when the "stacked" talent model in Miami isn't working too well. Speaking of Rose, this was fun to watch: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/original...rose_top10.nba/ Where's the buzzer beating 3 he hit against Houston?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 09:02 PM) Sam Fuld got the #1 play of the week on the MLB network for his catch against Pierre . The Tribes triple play against us was in the top 5. All things considered, we've been pretty damn unlucky so far. Great plays made against us, errors by terrible fielders, errors by great fielders, uncharacteristic bullpen blowups. Thank goodness our offense is doing so well or else we'd be looking at a crappy start again.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) Yeah, I was trying to keep it practical, and I should have probably worded it better. I doubt you could get more than 8GB without building the system yourself. But hey, I'm just a CS major; I don't need to know those things! I'm in computer engineering, I couldn't help myself.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 03:09 AM) After last season and the early returns in 2011, I was thinking that maybe the White Sox system wasn't as inept as previously thought. If you took Gio Gonzalez (consistently hitting 92-96 MPH on Sunday)/Daniel Hudson/Clayton Richard/Brandon McCarthy and added in Buehrle AND finally Garland (we can take a "half" credit!) and Sale (based solely on potential as a starter), that's a relatively solid 6-7 guys over a decade. At least one every two years. (Yes, I know quite a few will argue about the inclusion of Garland as a Sox prospect or doubt that McCarthy will last with the A's IF/WHEN Harden he returns and even that Sale is too fragile and mechanically unorthodox to last as a starter). I'm sure the minor league experts could cite 5-7 organizations that have produced 10+ starters on Opening Day rosters (or the DL), but I'd guess we're somewhere between 15th and 18th in the majors in this category in that you'd "expect/predict" every organization, on average, to produce five starters that are on Opening Day rosters. Of course, the second part of this is the current lack of depth of our minor league system in this area (due to the Hudson trade and Sale being in the pen for now)...but it's not out of the realm of possibility another McCarthy/Hudson/DeLosSantos type will fly through the system and emerge. Which one of the four former White Sox pitching prospects, if any, would you trade John Danks or Gavin Floyd "straight up" for, based on their respective currrent contract situations (Floyd through 2012 and club option for 2013, Danks through 2012) Between Sale and Santos, would you trade either of them straight up for Gonzalez, McCarthy or Richard? Why/why not? I would trade one of them (probably Santos) for Gonzalez without even thinking about it. But definitely not McCarthy or Richard. McCarthy's an injury waiting to happen and he's not that great of a pitcher to start with. Clayton Richard would be pretty mediocre in the AL and in our park. I do want Hudson back though. I still think Kenny overpaid for Jackson.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 12:52 AM) How much better would we be without him and his contract? That's not supposed to be a leading question, I'd like to know what people think. Personally, I think we're in good shape even with his contract. We might have an extra reliever, but I don't see any top of the line pitchers signing a deal under 4 years with us.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 01:58 AM) Floyd's slow start last year was mostly bad luck. Last April had a 20:12 K:BB and gave up 2 homeruns in 5 starts. That's kind of meh, but nothing like his ERA would have suggested. He had one terrible game on April 18. In May he had a 23:8 K:BB, but gave up 4 homeruns. Yeah, his FIP was pretty consistent throughout the year. It never went haywire like his ERA did. It stayed around 3.5-4 the entire year, April to September.

QUOTE (Anderson Cooper's Quivering @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 01:30 AM) Lopez is a turd. There is a reason why a guy who can rake (when he wants to) has bounced from team to team for the better part of 5 seasons now. Knowing Joe Maddon, upon the next bulls*** episode from him, he'll be back on the scrapheap from where TB picked him up. Also, It wouldn't surprise me after seeing the reply if Lopez meant to flip the bat (Quentin flips his bat halfway to LF on doubles for cryin out loud) but just not in the direction of the pitcher. Granted, Lopez is highly doucherous, but he did take the Sox "closer" deep after getting some chin music. Good for him. This whole thing is stupid. Like other posters said... just win the damn game tomorrow and send the Rays back to TB at 1-8 and not 2-7. Lopez is probably gone after Longoria comes back.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 9, 2011 -> 11:43 PM) Can't recall last time I saw a team with worse mojo than the Cardinals. 3 games they've lost now this year when leading with one out to go. Rasmus drops a fly ball to lose the game tonight. Their offense is dreadful. That franchise needs to trade Pujols! Ryan Franklin is having a worse season than Matt Thornton so far, or so it seems.