August 22, 201312 yr All good news here so far.... The Brazilian right-hander allowed just five hits and two walks in helping the White Sox win their season-best fifth straight game.
August 22, 201312 yr When did "is the truth" become the phrase? Anyways, cotton candy is also the truth.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) Loving the truth positivity around here. True dat
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 08:02 AM) The 2013 Sox still suck. That is the truth. So is it Aviasail "The Truth" Garcia and Andre "The Truth " Rienzo now? Seems confusing having 2 players with the same nickname. I'd go with Andre "The Giant" Rienzo.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 11:11 AM) So is it Aviasail "The Truth" Garcia and Andre "The Truth " Rienzo now? Seems confusing having 2 players with the same nickname. I'd go with Andre "The Giant" Rienzo. Just use Portuguese for Rienzo. Andre "A Verdade" Rienzo. Actually kind of flows nicely.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 08:13 AM) Just use Portuguese for Rienzo. Andre "A Verdade" Rienzo. Actually kind of flows nicely. This is Murrica pal . Ain't no foreign language that flows cept English. Is that word truth or green ? You wanna call him the Green Giant ? What ?
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 09:11 AM) So is it Aviasail "The Truth" Garcia and Andre "The Truth " Rienzo now? Seems confusing having 2 players with the same nickname. I'd go with Andre "The Giant" Rienzo. ^ this
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 01:00 PM) They will square up his curveball and send him back to Rio. Mark my words. I feel like I see a lot of guys come up throwing that big breaking ball and eventually they learn to sharpen it into a real weapon with time.
August 22, 201312 yr So is it Aviasail "The Truth" Garcia and Andre "The Truth " Rienzo now? Seems confusing having 2 players with the same nickname. I'd go with Andre "The Giant" Rienzo. If he pitches on Halfway to St. Patrick's Day, he could be Andre "The Jolly Green Giant" Rienzo.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 12:00 PM) WOOO back end starters, yeah! In terms of creating value, rookie starting pitchers have to be at the top of the list.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 12:01 PM) I feel like I see a lot of guys come up throwing that big breaking ball and eventually they learn to sharpen it into a real weapon with time. I sure hope so. He hasn't been to bad in his 4-5 starts it seems. He's gotta stop walking people though.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 01:19 PM) I sure hope so. He hasn't been to bad in his 4-5 starts it seems. He's gotta stop walking people though. Welcome to developing rookie pitchers. At least one of his walks last night was simply "there's no one on base, Billy Butler is up, I'm going to throw him a bunch of pitches out of the zone and maybe he'll swing at something". It's totally the norm for a guy to come up and be intimidated when he's facing an all star for the first or second time and be overly careful to him. IIRC Rienzo also got himself in trouble and behind in the count when he had a runner on 1st who could steal and started throwing over there a lot.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 12:25 PM) Welcome to developing rookie pitchers. At least one of his walks last night was simply "there's no one on base, Billy Butler is up, I'm going to throw him a bunch of pitches out of the zone and maybe he'll swing at something". It's totally the norm for a guy to come up and be intimidated when he's facing an all star for the first or second time and be overly careful to him. IIRC Rienzo also got himself in trouble and behind in the count when he had a runner on 1st who could steal and started throwing over there a lot. He also kept feeding Lough curveball after curveball. Edited August 22, 201312 yr by pettie4sox
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 10:05 AM) If he pitches on Halfway to St. Patrick's Day, he could be Andre "The Jolly Green Giant" Rienzo. Or seeing as Brazil boosts the largest iron ore mining company in the world he can be Andre " The Iron Giant " Rienzo. We had a Bronze Titan and have a Tank . I think i like it better than just "The Giant" seeing as I like The Iron Giant movie better than the wrestler. Edited August 22, 201312 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 12:44 PM) Or seeing as Brazil boosts the largest iron ore mining company in the world he can be Andre " The Iron Giant " Rienzo. We had a Bronze Titan and have a Tank . I think i like it better than just "The Giant" seeing as I like The Iron Giant movie better than the wrestler. this post has been caulfielded. (caulfeld?)
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 12:51 PM) this post has been caulfielded. (caulfeld?) That would be: Andre Rienzo is the best Brazilian 5th starter in the history of baseball. Yada, Yada, Yada, totally unrelated, this and that.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 10:51 AM) this post has been caulfielded. (caulfeld?)) Ha I thought of the Iron Giant because we were on a tangent starting with "The Truth", to "The Giant", to the Truth in Portuguese and jokingly questioned if the Portuguese word for "the truth" ( a verdade) was actually the Portugeuse word for green ( verde ) to the "Jolly Green Giant" to the "Iron Giant" and because of the movie. I decided to google iron production in Brazil for fun to see if it supported calling him the Iron Giant and low and behold it actually did. It was not common knowledge on my part at all . Edited August 22, 201312 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
August 22, 201312 yr Like I said, if Rienzo turns into another Q/Santiago out of nowhere pitcher, we're sitting pretty.
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 11:22 AM) Like I said, if Rienzo turns into another Q/Santiago out of nowhere pitcher, we're sitting pretty. With the blood of his penis!
August 22, 201312 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 01:24 PM) With the blood of his penis! O Minteroso
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