I'm poppin' my cherry on Gamethreads.

 

Lefties are hitting .324 against Arrieta; let's lock and load up.

 

GO YOU WHITE SOX!

 

Go Cliff Lee!

Must win.

A win here guarantees not only a winning series (first in a while), which is big, but also guarantees the Sox will have gained at least 1.5 games on first this series. And with MIN facing Cliff Lee, it could very well be 2.5 games. I'd call that a successful series.

 

This Oriole dude may have lefties hitting a ton against him and his ERA is approaching five, but the Sox have never faced him before and we always seem to make these guys look like CY Young. Let's start the chant now and get the karma flowing to the Sox hitters to clobber this Bird

 

We didn't look good against the Matusz character who had an ERA of near six and we lost two games

A win here guarantees not only a winning series (first in a while), which is big, but also guarantees the Sox will have gained at least 1.5 games on first this series. And with MIN facing Cliff Lee, it could very well be 2.5 games. I'd call that a successful series.

I call it very unsuccessful last 2 series. 3-3 against 2 crap teams is not going to cut it. We need to gain as much as possible while the Twins are struggling and we are playing bottom feeders. Our schedule gets a lot tougher and we are likely to lose ground later.

 

As for Cliff, I have my doubts. I heard he is exhausted and asked out of the game a few starts ago in the 6th inning. Hopefully he can turn it around.

This Oriole dude may have lefties hitting a ton against him and his ERA is approaching five, but the Sox have never faced him before and we always seem to make these guys look like CY Young. Let's start the chant now and get the karma flowing to the Sox hitters to clobber this Bird

 

We didn't look good against the Matusz character who had an ERA of near six and we lost two games

I haven't seen the numbers lately, but I remember seeing at some point this season that the Sox had beaten all or nearly all the first-timers they saw this year. Something like 7 straight wins against them. This year is definitely not the same in this regard.

 

And Matusz is developing, and had been doing very well lately. He's a talented pitcher.

 

I call it very unsuccessful last 2 series. 3-3 against 2 crap teams is not going to cut it. We need to gain as much as possible while the Twins are struggling and we are playing bottom feeders. Our schedule gets a lot tougher and we are likely to lose ground later.

 

As for Cliff, I have my doubts. I heard he is exhausted and asked out of the game a few starts ago in the 6th inning. Hopefully he can turn it around.

Royals series was a disaster, but I wasn't talking about that. I tend to take things series by series. A win here makes it a success - 2 of 3 from a team that came in 13-9 since Showalter took over, and gain 1.5 or 2.5 on the lead. Nothing bad about that at all.

 

This Oriole dude may have lefties hitting a ton against him and his ERA is approaching five, but the Sox have never faced him before and we always seem to make these guys look like CY Young. Let's start the chant now and get the karma flowing to the Sox hitters to clobber this Bird

 

We didn't look good against the Matusz character who had an ERA of near six and we lost two games

 

Forget that kids era, and look at his stuff. He is learning on the job, and he won't be anything like a 6 era pitcher. He is a great young arm.

Prove me wrong, Edwin. I'm now convinced you can't throw 20 pitches in an outing.

I wouldn't mind seeing Alex getting the night off.

I wouldn't mind seeing Alex getting the night off.

Probably not a bad idea, though I really do think he's just starting to come out of his slump. He doesn't have the power right now, but is AVG is up a bit.

 

Probably not a bad idea, though I really do think he's just starting to come out of his slump. He doesn't have the power right now, but is AVG is up a bit.

You obviously didn't watch last night. He made Pierre look like a solid #3 hitter.

You obviously didn't watch last night. He made Pierre look like a solid #3 hitter.

That's true, I only watched a few minutes of last night's game. So I'll take your word for it.

 

That's true, I only watched a few minutes of last night's game. So I'll take your word for it.

I just hope he can snap out of this soon. Hopefully it's not some sort of nagging injury.

Edwin Jackson will make the Orioles his b****es tonight.

Pitch a gem Jax.

Lefties are hitting .324 against Arrieta; let's lock and load up!

Kotsay

 

3 EBHs tonight. I'm calling it.

Kotsay

 

3 EBHs tonight. I'm calling it.

EBH? Every-Body Hates? I'd bet there will be more than 3 of those in the game thread alone.

 

EBH? Every-Body Hates? I'd bet there will be more than 3 of those in the game thread alone.

Extra Base Hits.

Extra Base Hits.

Stop it.

 

EBH = Evaporating Black Holes

Pierre LF

Vizquel 3B

Rios CF

Konerko 1B

Quentin RF

Pierzynski C

Ramirez SS

Teahen DH

Beckham 2B

 

Jackson p

I like that lineup*. Now they have to actually execute.

*See guys. I can give Ozzie kudos once in a while.

No Kotsay?

No Kotsay?

 

The writing is on the wall. Manram is coming.