Ichiro sure would look good in a White Sox uniform.

With the way we had Ichiro defended, you can't go slow/low in that situation.  He had almost the entire left side of the infield to hit it through.  Our lack of hitting tonight put us in a dog fight.  Please Ozzie....no matter if we win or lose, no more games where we bench 3 starters.

I think we actually have a better chance at winning more games if we bench 3 guys in 1 game than if we bench 1 guy in each of 3 games.

pablo have trouble with thst ball?

 

Well, Garland was tryin to hit exactly the spot that Ichiro was looking to swing at for some unknown reason...

They will probably go with Soriano, and he's been pretty shutdown it seems, just looking quickly at his stats.

 

Come on guys, pick up Jon, and get us the mysterious win #9!

Well, proves me wrong, they went with Sherrill.

George Sherrill comes in to pitch.

one swing

I think we actually have a better chance at winning more games if we bench 3 guys in 1 game than if we bench 1 guy in each of 3 games.

 

Really? Our lineup tonight is weak, no doubt about it. If you have 8 of your normal starters, and one bencher in the lineup, you still have your main lineup in the game.

I am worried about our pen keeping us up more than I am of us not scoring again, but to have the lead we have to score first so... here we go.

f***! f***! f***!

Damn

s*** Thome just missed that one.

Man. JUST missed it.

Do we have like one hit in the last 4 innings?

Thome "just missed it."

Time for a big Pauly HR

Really?  Our lineup tonight is weak, no doubt about it.  If you have 8 of your normal starters, and one bencher in the lineup, you still have your main lineup in the game.

We actually looked at this a bit last year. When teams play their full starting lineup, they have a positive winning percentage on average. When they pull the first starter, it drops by a couple percent, but then for every starter you take out after that, the difference between the winning percentages is less. I think, IIRC, that when you multiply it out, you get a slightly better number if you rest your guys in bulk and then play your starters in as many other games togehter as you can.

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Thome "just missed it."

 

damn that sucks.

Would have been nice if Ozzie put his Sunday lineup in after we got a win on this west coast trip.

We actually looked at this a bit last year.  When teams play their full starting lineup, they have a positive winning percentage on average.  When they pull the first starter, it drops by a couple percent, but then for every starter you take out after that, the difference between the winning percentages is less.

 

But how about the fact that there will be subs in other games in this series? I'm sure

Widger will play on Wednesday night.

I'd like to see Dye pinch hit, if we get to Mack's spot. Maybe Crede for Cintron.

I forsee extra innings, and I'm already up later than I like to be... good thing tomorrow is a shortened day for school.

I'd like to see Dye pinch hit, if we get to Mack's spot. Maybe Crede for Cintron.

 

I'd like to see ANYONE HIT at this point

 

 

We're going to need a home run to win this game....and our guys are sure swinging for the fences.

LOL> AJ tried to kill that ball.