White Sox vs. Rangers -- Garland vs. Loe
Jon Garland (4-2, 6.25) vs. Kameron Loe (3-5, 4.48)
This is easily the biggest start of Jon Garland's season -- as long as his ERA stays elevated, they're all going to be big starts -- but this one carries some extra weight because Texas is a team against whom Garland has never fared well and can hit some homeruns. Current Rangers have a combined OPS of 1.000 against Garland, and Kevin Mench (only .125/.222/.500) always takes long at-bats and seems inches away from a HR.
I'd love to see the best defense possible on the field behind a guy who relies on his defense more than any other Sox starter, but I fear we'll see Mackowiak in center against the righty and maybe Widger behind the plate for an ailing Pierzynski. Widger has caught only three starts this season in which the White Sox starting pitcher has allowed 3 or fewer runs. Those starts were against the Royals (twice) and the Cubs, who just so happen to be the two lowest scoring teams in baseball.
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Lineup
Iguchi, 2B
Thome, DH
Kong, 1B
Dye, RF
AJ, C
Crede, 3B
Uribe, SS
Anderson, CF
GO SOX!
JIM THOME
THE PEORIA POUNDER
Hooray!
No more Hoorays
Gload at 1B, Konerko at DH.
detailed (no thome?)
Time 7:35 p.m., TV: CSN+ (CLTV), Radio: WSCR-AM 670
Good Guys:
Name AVG HR RBI SB
- S Podsednik, LF .271 1 14 20
- T Iguchi, 2B .290 6 23 4
- A Pierzynski, C .325 2 13 0
- P Konerko, DH .291 15 41 0
- J Dye, RF .301 16 41 3
- J Crede, 3B .296 8 33 0
- R Gload, 1B .148 0 2 1
- J Uribe, SS .208 4 17 0
- B Anderson, CF .164 4 11 2
Name AVG HR RBI SB
- G Matthews Jr., CF .308 5 24 2
- M Young, SS .313 3 33 3
- M Teixeira, 1B .284 6 25 0
- H Blalock, 3B .310 8 38 1
- K Mench, RF .305 10 30 0
- B Wilkerson, LF .257 10 24 2
- R Barajas, C .234 4 16 0
- J Botts, DH .385 1 3 0
- I Kinsler, 2B .390 3 6 0
JIM THOME
THE PEORIA POUNDER
I tell ya
BMAC
JD
JU
TI
JC
MB
FG?
Fields and Heager are putting up some numbers
One of the AA pitching trio is expendable too. I'd like to hold onto guys who are just starting to come into their own, Harrell and Cunningham for example.
I'd say our trading stock is Fields, Haeger, Tracey, Broadway/Liotta/Lumsden. Fields is our biggest chip, I'd expect a serious haul with him. 3-way deal with SD and someone else perhaps.
What about Rogo?
Tons of teams have guys like him
Fields and Adam Dunn
Adam Dunn AAA (age 21)
AB 210
OBP .434
AVG .329
SLG .676 (!)
SO 51 (24% rate)
Josh Fields AAA (age 23)
AB 172
OBP .426
AVG .331
SLG .593
SO 53 (30% rate)
Dunn was called up to the bigs after posting the above numbers and rang up a .950 OPS in CIN.
Fields' doesn't have Dunn-like power (and Fields plays in CHA, so his SLG is probably inflated), and the strike out rate is pretty worrisome. On the other hand, Dunn wasn't a 3B. If Fields can keep this going for another 100 ABs, I'll be pretty impressed. And I would expect a quality return for him in a trade.
by hitlesswonder on Jun 2, 2006 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions
K/BB ratio
Cheat
CHICAGO (AL)
Christian Marrero, of, Broward (Fla.) CC, 22nd round
Daniel Jordan, c, Broward (Fla.) CC, 27th round
That sucks ass
All 3 of those players are eligible to be drafted again this year, and the Sox have a history of picking guys they had already selected. So expect them to draft one or two of them trying to get them to sign before they enroll in classes. I know Flores had committed to ASU, and Garcia to Miami.
I agree
Sit back, relax, and strap it down
JIM THOME
THE PEORIA POUNDER
Garland
Is it possible...
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 8:17 PM CDT reply actions
I'd really like to know what the thinking was
my man, ross!
by james@lifeinthecell on Jun 2, 2006 8:41 PM CDT reply actions
packed with .200 or less hitters on deck, yikes
by james@lifeinthecell on Jun 2, 2006 8:44 PM CDT reply actions
wow
by james@lifeinthecell on Jun 2, 2006 8:45 PM CDT reply actions
I rememeber that year well even though I was 11
Hoyt, Dot, Koosman, Bannie, and Trout (who pitched an even better 1-0 loss than Garcia and Santana) were awesome and the Bull had the Roofshots...Rudy stole the bases, and Leyland was the 3rd base coach
I remember it well...and of course, the man, the myth, the legend, the original "pudge" was behind the plate with Spanky as his back up
by james@lifeinthecell on Jun 2, 2006 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions
It was Britt Burns with the 1-0 loss
my bad
by james@lifeinthecell on Jun 2, 2006 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
has anyone seen?...
by solbro on Jun 2, 2006 9:37 PM CDT reply actions
Sunday in the 11-0 win
But i know what you mean, i dont think you were serious.
by MrBananaHammock7 on Jun 2, 2006 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
late innings
XBL: TheMattressMan
i disagree
XBL: TheMattressMan
You're a double away from icing the game
I stand by my statement
We've walked 4 guys
How many...
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 10:19 PM CDT reply actions
Didn't see the play...
by hitlesswonder on Jun 2, 2006 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
It was a tough play...
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
...yeah, and lost the game...
by solbro on Jun 2, 2006 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Mack
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Mack
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
How many...
by solbro on Jun 2, 2006 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't think of any
Mackowiaks cost us about 7 runs defensively in the last 2 weeks though. Can you say that he's provided that many runs?
we will never see eye-to-eye on this...
by solbro on Jun 2, 2006 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
That's hilarious
The fact is, whenever Brian has come up with the game on the line, he's come through. He has a small bit of clutch. Yes, he's not hitting, but he's not making outs at nearly the rate you're making it out to be.
The "offensive upgrade" to mackowiak is about one extra out every third game. That's not much. When you need a hit, like we did tonight, Mackowiak's your guy. But Anderson doesn't make nearly as many outs as you claim.
maybe it's subjective...
You'd love this year's Patterson in CF. Numbers don't lie.
by solbro on Jun 3, 2006 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
he's on a losing team...
by solbro on Jun 3, 2006 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Anybody else feeling this way?
by DeeDubs24 on Jun 2, 2006 10:31 PM CDT reply actions
Konerko
What a bunch of fucking bullshit choking motherfuckers.

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