Chicago White Sox

Rios may bat .400 this year!

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 06:36 PM) Hawkins with another HR. Awesome.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 01:13 PM) But that is you. YOU. Those are things you do. You can't expect everyone to mimic your behavior simultaneously. There is a relatively small, dedicated core of fans that do this, probably 1/4 the fanbase if that. Then there is everyone else. So only 1/4 of our fanbase actually wants to attend more games when the team is playing well for an extended period of time in a particular season? If you really believe that, then you're implying that the rest of our fanbase doesn't care about winning at all (they'll attend a set number of games regardless of current performance) or they need a successful, completed season before they'll start attending more games. I call bulls*** on that. I think the issue comes down to money and hopefully the price cuts help with that.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 12:34 PM) It is reality though. Look at the attendance from 2005 and 2006. Guess which one is higher? But since they didn't do anything in 2006 it went down in 2007. The previous season absolutely matters. I was only talking about single game tickets. I already acknowledged season tickets require sustained or established success. My point is pretty simple. If it's 80+ degrees in July and the Sox are in first place, I'm going to as many games as I possibly can. I could care less how they did last year or how they might do next year. I want to enjoy the team now while they're actually good.

What's with all the TV show theme songs? Game of Thrones just now and Walking Dead earlier.

How can he keep walking all these lefties?

Nice player Flowers. Let's get two easy outs.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 08:06 PM) So who do we leadoff with? Wise I guess. Probably makes the most sense.

Not how you want to start the inning. Peavy is going to have to battle.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:59 PM) Rey Olmedo, your time to shine. Someone please ban Caulfield for dropping Rey Olmedo's name twice in this thread. I actually think he's trying to jinx the game.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) I think Paulie, Dunn, Viciedo each should get a day off during a 3 interleague series. Agree with this. I'd rather not have any of them sit two days if possible.

Rios is so f***ing awesome this year even when he's not trying to be.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:46 PM) See Teahen, Mark. Rinse and repeat. They probably made the classic mistake of buying high on a player coming off a career year. Not typical White Sox GM'ing style from KW at all. It doesn't work with mutual funds, it doesn't usually work out with players with relatively pedestrian career stats at this stage of their careers to expect a repeat. Let's not compare him Teahen. At least Keppinger can crush lefties and play multiple positions. He may end up being overpaid if used in a platoon or reserve role, but he'll still be a useful player for us.

At least both teams are playing stupid tonight. Let's attack their bullpen right out of the gate.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:41 PM) So what do we attribute the poor overall quality of play (despite the record)? It used to be we could blame Ozzie and his coaching staff, but what's the excuse this time for our suddenly porous defense and brain cramps across the spectrum? Normally, the White Sox were pretty well prepared to play last season, with the exception of Tigers/Royals games. Our defense will be fine, we're just playing stupid and lazy baseball as of late.

Amazing how quickly the momentum can change.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:36 PM) WTF is he doing i would bench his dumbass right now.............no excuse EVER for that to happen. What is McEwing doing? How far could De Aza have gotten before someone told him to head back??

God f***ing damn it De Aza!?!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:32 PM) Better than Flowers and Viciedo Unfortunately this is true.

Nice De Aza!

No hits but Peavy with two great ABs tonight.

Nice pitch Peavy! Now let's get some f***ing runs!

Come on Peavy, don't walk him.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) How is Washington's bullpen? I know their rotation is solid. They got some good arms, but I'll take my chances against them, especially if they're forced to use 3 or 4 of them tonight.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 07:13 PM) Protip: don't first ball hunt Gonzalez when he has this many pitches. Yeah, we need to keep working the counts and get him out of this game early. Could help us tomorrow and Thursday.