April 2, 200719 yr Here are some Opening Day nuggets .... If you are going to the game, look for some of these on the Scoreboard as I start my 22nd year as a member of the White Sox Scoreboard Operations Dept. posting, researching and figures stats and info for display during games. -AJ Pierzynski has never played in a losing Opening Day game (6-0 overall; 2-0 with the Sox) -Pierzynski is hitting .350 with a home runs and three RBIs Opening Day -Joe Crede has never played in a losing Opener at US Cellular Field (4-0) -Paul Konerko is hitting .400 (14-35) with a homer and nine RBIs on Opening Day ... Paulie owns a .400 on base pct. and .600 slugging pct. on Opening Day -Did you know: Konerko stole the first base of the Ozzie Guillen era in the 2004 Opener at Kansas City and he started the 2000 home opener at third base? -Konerko is hitting .342 with two homers, a .368 on-base pct. and .628 slugging pct. in US Cellular Field Openers -Konerko's multi-double game in 2001 was the first by a Sox player in a home opener since Tom Paciorek in 1984 -Juan Uribe started the 2004 home opener at second base (2-for-5, HR) -Brian Anderson's multi-hit game in 2006 was the first by a Sox rookie in an Opening Day game since Lee "BB" Richard turned the trick on 4-7-71 at Oakland -Jermaine Dye is hitting .407 with a homer and five RBIs in Opening Day games ... Dye has reached base safely in all eight of his Opening Day assignments -Dye went 3-for-3 in the 2006 Opener for the Sox. He also had a pretty good day in the 2001 Opener for KC when he fell a triple shy of the cycle hitting vs. Roger Clemens at Yankee Stadium -Jim Thome is hitting .231 with 2 homers in 13 Opening Day games ... He clubbed the first homer in a season-opening game (there have only been two!) at US Cellular Field last season -Darin Erstad is hitting .250 with seven RBIs on Opening Day. ... Erstad led off the 2000 US Cellular Field opener with a double for the Angels in the Sox 9-4 win that day. Erstad finished that day 2-for-5 with a run, two doubles and an RBI. -Frank Thomas is the Sox all-time leader with four home runs in CP/USCF Openers ... Tim Raines hit 3, Ordonez, Konerko, Ventura, Valentin and Durham each have 2 -Sherm Lollar, Minnie Minoso, Bill Melton, Dick Allen, Carlton Fisk, Sammy Sosa, Frank Thomas and Carlos Lee are tied for the franchise lead with two homers on Opening Day -The Sox are starting the season at home for the third straight year for the first time in the history of the franchise For more stuff like this visit my blog at www.whitesoxalmanac.com ... sponsored by nobody!
April 2, 200719 yr Author QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 09:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You continue to prove that you are the man. I wish I had thought of "King s*** of White Sox Mountain" ... that made me LOL An addendum ... The string of three straight openers against Cleveland is the longest by the Sox against any club since they started six seasons in a row against the Tribe from 1952-1957. ... The Sox started 4 seasons in a row against Cleveland from 1944 to 1947 and three against the Browns from 1917 to 1919.
April 2, 200719 yr Whoa, back up. Konerko stole a base? What happened, did a sniper take out the KC shortstop before their catcher could get rid of the ball?
April 2, 200719 yr QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 09:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Whoa, back up. Konerko stole a base? What happened, did a sniper take out the KC shortstop before their catcher could get rid of the ball? even worse was the fact that the pitch right before it was fouled off and Konerko was running. It was so obvious and KC still couldn't do anything. Of course Beltran got the final laugh with Marte and Botch pouring the gas on the fire.
April 2, 200719 yr QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 1, 2007 -> 09:55 PM) even worse was the fact that the pitch right before it was fouled off and Konerko was running. It was so obvious and KC still couldn't do anything. Of course Beltran got the final laugh with Marte and Botch pouring the gas on the fire. no Mendy Lopez made them laugh with his last career homer in the majors.
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