Kansas City
Joey Gathright CF .307
Mark Grudzielanek 2B .300
Mark Teahen RF .285
Mike Sweeney DH .263
Ross Gload 1B .287
Alex Gordon 3B .251
Emil Brown LF .256
Jason LaRue C .150
Tony Pena SS .258
  Brian Bannister (12-9, 3.61)


Chicago WSox
Jerry Owens CF .266
Josh Fields 3B .249
Jim Thome DH .275
Paul Konerko 1B .257 :bringit 
Jermaine Dye RF .250
AJ Pierzynski C .261
Scott Podsednik LF .244
Juan Uribe SS .230
Danny Richar 2B .232
  Jose Contreras (10-16, 5.51)

Umpires: HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Angel Hernandez. 2B: Derryl Cousins. 3B: Ted Barrett.

 

5-1 Sox lead, and Bannister doesn't make it out of the 1st inning. Sox seem to have his number (although, some of the hits were pretty lame).

 

 

nice to see josh with two walks

nice to see josh with two walks

 

Make it three.

this kid Myers has gotten hit around a little bit. I wonder why the Yankees would DFA him..?

Sometimes I'm happy Ozzie is our manager, except another good start for Contreras wouldn't have hurt.

Kudos to Kenny Williams for the Mike Myers signing. If there was a stat called Loss Probability Added (opposite of WPA), Myers would have to rate amongst the best in all of baseball on a per-game basis. He's doing an excellent job of securing the Sox a higher pick AND spot on a team other than the Sox in 2008.

Will anyone be surprised if Meyers is on this team next year?

Will anyone be surprised if Meyers is on this team next year?

 

The following 4 players better be nowhere near the roster: Myers, Cintron, Gonzalez, Pods

The following 4 players better be nowhere near the roster: Myers, Cintron, Gonzalez, Pods

 

If I see Bukvich on this team (or even on our roster) next year I will have a stroke.

Erstad.

Kudos to Kenny Williams for the Mike Myers signing. If there was a stat called Loss Probability Added (opposite of WPA), Myers would have to rate amongst the best in all of baseball on a per-game basis. He's doing an excellent job of securing the Sox a higher pick AND spot on a team other than the Sox in 2008.

Prior to the 6th inning I was worried tonight would be a wasted effort. Thus far, the following teams battling us for draft position have won: Washington, Pittsburgh, Florida and Houston. San Francisco is currently winning and Tampa is tied in the 9th. Even if the anticipation for the #1 position has since passed, it's good to atleast have one evening where we're gaining ground on the competition.

 

It's nights such as tonight where I honestly believe Myers may have been Williams' best acquisition from this season. Which person has done more for our future in such a limited amount of time? Guillen continues to trust him over Logan against lefties and, as a result, has been beneficial for more losses. Kudos to Williams, indeed.

Dye retired. Now there should be little preventing Kansas City from a victory.

Hahahaha

And Tony Pena Jr's 4-4 tonight. Only against the White Sox.

Pena also knocked AJ's helmet off.

TB has that #1 draft pick basically locked up unless they win basically all their games the rest of the way (which won't happen) I doubt we will get Pedro anyway even if TB passes him up (considering they can move him to 1B/OF or if Baltimore/Florida/Pittsburg takes him) so it will be interesting to see the route the sox take (either taking a high schooler I.E. Galloway, DeVall, Hicks, H. Martinez, Hosmer, Marrs or go with the usual college route and take a more polished pitcher/hitter I.E. Matusz, Smoak, Crawford, Russell, Ross, Wallace.)

Pena also knocked AJ's helmet off.

 

Would that explain his decision to try to stretch his single into a double in the 8th, with the tying run coming to the plate with one out

 

Would that explain his decision to try to stretch his single into a double in the 8th, with the tying run coming to the plate with one out

 

It's that type of baseball IQ and pathetic base running that we've come to know and love.

And Tony Pena Jr's 4-4 tonight. Only against the White Sox.

 

Because of this, we will trade for him in the off-season and believe we have solved our SS problem.

Wow, he just tagged up on a shallow fly ball to Pods.

Ha. Podsednik had a running start for the throw home and still delivered a weak bouncer five feet wide of homeplate.

 

I cannot wait until he is gone.

 

 

Josh Fields will look like a saint out there next season especially compared to Pods. Thank god we will actually have a strong arm out there in LF for once and a guy with good range and can actually produce at the plate with upside.

YES!

 

Game.

 

With Greinke pitching tomorrow and Broadway opposing KC Thursday, we could be in the beginning stages of a losing streak. I'm excited1!!

YES!

 

Game.

 

With Greinke pitching tomorrow and Broadway opposing KC Thursday, we could be in the beginning stages of a losing streak. I'm excited1!!

 

Tonight could be the biggest loss of the year. Washington, Houston, KC all bring home Ws -- San Fran up three heading to the 7th. If they hold on they basically remove themselves from being passed by the White Sox. They aren't going to catch the D-Rays, but I think drafting third-to-fifth looks realistic. If the Sox lose out, they'll most certainly draft second. That's the best case scenario.