ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) If he must play, he should bat 9th. Leading off is the biggest joke I've ever seen. But he's fast and he's built like someone who should be able to bunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) Ok i understand Quentin stands on the plate, but he's been hit a lot so far this year. He got hit 42 times one year in the minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) But he's fast and he's built like someone who should be able to bunt Does he ever bunt? Why does Ozzie always want to start the first inning with 1 out and nobody on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) Ok i understand Quentin stands on the plate, but he's been hit a lot so far this year. Not watching but he makes no attempt to get out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dammit. 3-2 curveball for the K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I'm tired of this s***ty weather. 50 and cloudy jsut doesn't look like baseball. I'm ready for summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:04 PM) Does he ever bunt? Why does Ozzie always want to start the first inning with 1 out and nobody on? It was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 There goes our best scoring opportunity of the game. Anderson and Ramirez will be in trouble with that big curveball. Betemit, too. Over/under on White Sox hits today? 3, 4 or 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) There goes our best scoring opportunity of the game. Anderson and Ramirez will be in trouble with that big curveball. Betemit, too. Over/under on White Sox hits today? 3, 4 or 5? what up Miss Cleo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) There goes our best scoring opportunity of the game. Anderson and Ramirez will be in trouble with that big curveball. Betemit, too. Over/under on White Sox hits today? 3, 4 or 5? He threw 25 pitches and half of them were balls. I'm not too worried yet. Odds are he either stays wild and/or he doesn't last that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Did Ichiro go to the Greg Walker/Jerry Owens/Jim Thome school of hitting this offseason? Every ball this series has been to Lillibridge or Konerko. Well, thanks for that. He's much more dangerous when he goes the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) Why is it called the rubber game? What's the history behind that term? Dear Yahoo!: In baseball they refer to the third game of a series when the team's split the previous two as the "rubber game." What is the significance of the word "rubber"? Michael Bristol, Connecticut Dear Michael: According to the Archives Mailbag of the Sporting News, the phrase is borrowed from the card game bridge. The third and final game in bridge is called the "rubber game." A set of three games is also called a "rubber." In baseball, however, a "rubber game" doesn't necessarily refer to the third game of a tied series, but the last and deciding game of any series. The seventh game of the World Series, for example, is a classic rubber game. ================================================== ========================================= Alas, this doesn't get us much closer to the true origin of the phrase. Evan Morris' Word Detective digs a little deeper and finds that the phrase comes from the old English game of "bowls," or lawn bowling and dates from the 16th century. Rub out time. Dear Word Detective: We often hear baseball sportscasters refer to the "rubber game" of a series, usually the tie-breaking last game of a three-game series in which each team has already won one game. Knowing what a sports fan you are, we thought we'd ask you about the origin of this term. Our dictionary has no idea, and "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" says something about whist and bridge and bowls that we don't understand. -- Rick and Jaye Freyer, via the internet. Whist and bridge and bowls, oh my! According to Paul Dickson's The New Dickson's Baseball Dictionary (Harcourt Brace, 1999), a "rubber game" is "The last and deciding game of a series when the previous games have been split; e.g., the seventh game of the World Series." This tie-breaking sense of "rubber" apparently originated in the pulse-pounding English game of "bowls," or lawn bowling. Despite its name, bowls has little in common with American bowling, and consists of rolling wooden balls (called "bowls") across a level green, the object being to get your ball as close as possible to (but not to hit) a little white ball at the other end of the green. "Rubber" in its tie-breaking sense first appeared in the context of bowls around 1599, and was in use by the card-playing crowd (whist, bridge, etc.) by 1744. A set of three games of bridge is still generally referred to as a "rubber." Unfortunately, no one knows where "rubber" in this sense came from. It appears to be unrelated to the elastic sort of "rubber." (Incidentally, our modern elastic "rubber" is short for "India-rubber," from its original source in the East Indies. "Rubber" previously meant anything used to rub, smooth or clean.) Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ventures that the term may have referred to two "bowls" rubbing together, a fatal error in the game of bowls. Or it might be a metaphorical use of "rubber" (something that expunges) referring to the "sudden death" third game of a series, the loss of which would conclusively "rub out" the losing team's hopes. But there is, sad to say, no solid evidence for either theory. http://www.word-detective.com/112700.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 It's probably been said a million times in this thread, but it's a complete joke that Lillibridge is in the lineup, let alone leading off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 f*** it, bedard's getting a lot more of the plate called than Gavin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 AJ just ended the best scoring opportunity of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 02:24 PM) AJ just ended the best scoring opportunity of the game LMAO, whats up Miss Cleo part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Thx qwerty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Here comes a botched hit and run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 In general, BA has been doing a very good job of not chasing pitches this year so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Why is it automatic that Brian has to run whenever he gets on base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 This is the worst display of play by play I have ever seen in the game thread...so it must be one hell of a boring game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigHurt Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Seriously, STOP RUNNING. YOU GUYS CAN'T STEAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 2 caught stealings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Why, exactly, would we want Lillibridge to lead off the next inning? C'mon Alexei, think! That was the worst display of basestealing against a LHP who wasn't even really paying attention to the runners. Not even close... Edited April 29, 2009 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 2 base runners caught stealing in the inning. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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