AJ grounds into a DP to end the inning.

That's about as bad a 3-1 swing as you're going to find.

We might have the worst 7 through 1 hitters in baseball.

Hawk's pet peeve, the dreaded pitch count.

 

Actually, this is a good test for the Tigers' pen to see if they can shut down the White Sox...Leyland needs to know what he'll get out them in the late innings.

 

Its cold, wet, and they have a warm plane taking them to a warm place.

 

im off to a meeting. hopefully i will be presently surprised when i get back. not counting on it though.

We might have the worst 7 through 1 hitters in baseball.

 

A.J. and Ramirez will figure it out eventually. Unless of course I'm wrong, in which case we'll finish no higher than 3rd place.

That's about as bad a 3-1 swing as you're going to find.

AJ is becoming my least favorite white sox...its like he predetermines whether he is gonna swing or not...youd typically think catchers might have a better knowledge of teh strike zone, but i guess not

A.J. and Ramirez will figure it out eventually. Unless of course I'm wrong, in which case we'll finish no higher than 3rd place.

 

Yep, there's no point in getting worried about it right now. I wasn't expecting a 95 win team this year, as it was obvious there were some holes that might not have been filled. I will say that this team would get better if KW decides to stick Alexei in CF and call up Beckham.

Hawk's pet peeve, the dreaded pitch count.

 

Actually, this is a good test for the Tigers' pen to see if they can shut down the White Sox...Leyland needs to know what he'll get out them in the late innings.

 

Room service DP ball...typical of how this game isn't going.

 

90% of the time when you miss those two early scoring opportunities against a good pitcher, you can put a fork in that game. Plus our defense is one of the worst in the major leagues...in terms of errors AND range (yes, you JD and Fields)

I think we should all blame the game on BA. Anyone else out in CF today batting ninth and the White Sox probably win this one going away.

good god...im honestly blown away at how good macdougals stuff looks....its really a damn shame he can't locate

 

95 with tons of life, 92 on a cutter/slider....85 on a hard breaking slider....its really a shame he has no idea where the ball is going

Yep, there's no point in getting worried about it right now. I wasn't expecting a 95 win team this year, as it was obvious there were some holes that might not have been filled. I will say that this team would get better if KW decides to stick Alexei in CF and call up Beckham.

 

That's what I would do if I ran the show. I think Alexei's best defensive position at the end of the day might be CF too, although that's obviously based on limited knowledge. And yeah, the one positive I know I've seen is I thought the only chance the Sox had to win the division was if the division was bad, and I think that just might be the case.

Edited April 15, 200917 yr by whitesoxfan101

make a f***ing effort to block the ball at least AJ....hawk blow it out your ass and call it like it is....AJ didnt even try on that pitch to block it....even if macdougal is hard to catch...you cant just try to backhand the ball the dirt with a man on base

6-0. I think you can wrap this one up.

Remind me again how MMac conned his way onto this team this year??

I think we should all blame the game on BA. Anyone else out in CF today batting ninth and the White Sox probably win this one going away.

 

 

If BA (or Lillibridge, or Quentin/Thome) managed to bring in those two runs early, then they had at least a 50/50 chance to win this game.

 

BA is even more important, because they can pitch around him to get to Lillibridge...so he HAS to make contact in that situation.

 

Well, JD just saved one run there with his height, unfortunately it's too late to matter except for the highlight shows.

Edited April 15, 200917 yr by caulfield12

Baseball is really priviledged to have two of the best right handed hitters of all time in their prime with Pujols and Cabrera, and even Manny Ramirez is close to being in his prime despite his age.

Remind me again how MMac conned his way onto this team this year??

 

Jeff Marquez convinced Ozzie with his non-existant sinker.

 

 

Jeff Marquez convinced Ozzie with his non-existant sinker.

 

I believe it's Ed Farmer who calls a bad sinker a "stinker". Marquez throws more stinkers than anybody you'll ever find.

good god...im honestly blown away at how good macdougals stuff looks....its really a damn shame he can't locate

 

95 with tons of life, 92 on a cutter/slider....85 on a hard breaking slider....its really a shame he has no idea where the ball is going

He's a total headcase. Even with his horrid motion he used to be able to locate well enough to be elite in stretches. He's afraid of the bat IMO. He abandons his fastball and throws only sliders or he will start aiming and his fastball will lose all of its effectiveness. I don't think there is anyone who can fix him. You just have to hope he finds some sort of comfort zone for a while and ride it.

DYE FOR GOLD GLOV3R$!!!

Remind me again how MMac conned his way onto this team this year??

Last year of his expensive contract, and he does have dominant stuff when he can locate it. We all wondered which MMac we'd get this season - the one from 2006 when he was good, or the one from 2007 and 2008 when he wasn't. Spring Training, he looked 2006. Now, he looks 2007. Again.

 

I'd rather have Egbert or Wassermann up here, as I've said all along, but we'll see. It is still early, maybe MMac figures it out.

 

I believe it's Ed Farmer who calls a bad sinker a "stinker". Marquez throws more stinkers than anybody you'll ever find.

 

That's what's so frustrating about Marquez and Lillibridge. Anyone that saw them in the minors last year knew they weren't MLB caliber. Lillibridge honestly looks like a pitcher at the plate.

If BA (or Lillibridge, or Quentin/Thome) managed to bring in those two runs early, then they had at least a 50/50 chance to win this game.

 

BA is even more important, because they can pitch around him to get to Lillibridge...so he HAS to make contact in that situation.

 

Well, JD just saved one run there with his height, unfortunately it's too late to matter except for the highlight shows.

So they pitch around the #9 hitter to face the leadoff man? There's something wrong there?

no way we get shut out by this absurdly overrated team

Next series should be interesting. We face Nieman, Shields, Kazmir and Garza.