June 18, 200817 yr Hopefully we sweep these guys to get back on track and go into the urinal with some momentum. Javy hung in there enough to not use up our bullpen so props for doing that. Great job by the offense today. Nice debut for Russel! Go get em tomorrow guys!
June 18, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) I started feeling bad for Pitt. Hope we didn't blow our wad for tomorrow. Buehrle went 8 last year with only 1 ER @ PIT last year (I remember that because I was there). Hopefully he can go 7 tomorrow with only 1 or 2 runs so we only need 4-6 runs of offense.
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) I started feeling bad for Pitt. Hope we didn't blow our wad for the entire week.
June 18, 200817 yr Tonight was fun, and I love Russell's stuff. Let's not lose 2-1 or something tomorrow, ok? Good.
June 18, 200817 yr In a week or two Swish will be up to his career average and people can stop complaining. Hopefully the can hit the bad lefties they are about to face.......but they never hit bad lefties.
June 18, 200817 yr Swish is coming back around, and our offense is a little different look. If Wise can slap the ball around a bit, he could be useful down in the 9 slot.
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 11:04 PM) Swish is coming back around, and our offense is a little different look. If Wise can slap the ball around a bit, he could be useful down in the 9 slot. Alexei is looking good as well. He keeps hitting, and running, catching everything.
June 18, 200817 yr Thome's June splits - .279/.385/.651/1.036 Thome's year splits - .221/.346/.465/.812 yeah, but he's washed up and done
June 18, 200817 yr Russel still needs to find a way to develop better secondary stuff (the slider he has can be good at times, but too often it flattens out a bit because of the arm angle he throws it from). Either way I love watching good arms throw (and he's got a good arm). Awesome job by the offense to bail out Javy. Nice win Sox!!!!
June 18, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 10:21 PM) Thome's June splits - .279/.385/.651/1.036 Thome's year splits - .221/.346/.465/.812 yeah, but he's washed up and done Nice to see him hitting when we're already up 7 (again).
June 18, 200817 yr Yeah I worry Russell's slider is like Dewon Day's in the sense it grades out well with the movement, but it's effectiveness is null and void to MLB hitters due to the arm angle it's thrown at often times. Hopefully I'm wrong though, I love his fastball and sink, as well as mound presence. Edited June 18, 200817 yr by whitesoxfan101
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 11:35 PM) Russel still needs to find a way to develop better secondary stuff (the slider he has can be good at times, but too often it flattens out a bit because of the arm angle he throws it from). Either way I love watching good arms throw (and he's got a good arm). Awesome job by the offense to bail out Javy. Nice win Sox!!!! But Jas, the difference is Russell has some sink on his fastball. That could keep him around. Good velocity with sink plays well as a reliever. As long as he throws strikes he will have a chance.
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Jun 17, 2008 -> 09:24 PM) Hopefully we sweep these guys to get back on track and go into the with some momentum.
June 18, 200817 yr Wow is right. I wish I could have seen this game on TV to make up for those 2-0 losses I seem to watch every time. Kudos to everybody. What hitting! Keep it up. But poor Carlos. Hope he feels good about his three walks, which he should. But still no hits from the slumping sensation.
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 06:36 AM) So this is what its like playing Pittsburgh.... It's never a time to be cocky with the hot and cold bats of this team. Rox should have been a cakewalk as well. Now, let's see them take the next two and I'll feel a little more upbeat going into the weekend – especially of TB can take at least oen more from the northsiders.
June 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 05:52 AM) It's never a time to be cocky with the hot and cold bats of this team. Rox should have been a cakewalk as well. Now, let's see them take the next two and I'll feel a little more upbeat going into the weekend – especially of TB can take at least oen more from the northsiders. I believe he was referencing the fact that the Cubs have played the Pirates something like 9 times already this year. Either way.. like someone said, nothing like playing Kansas City or Pittsburgh to right a ship.
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