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White Sox ALDS Game 2 Recap: By the Numbers

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  • 12 hits -- All singles
  • 2 walks and a HBP -- 15 baserunners
  • 0 extra bases taken -- 0 first-to-thirds, 0 2nd-to-homes
  • 3 total bases advanced on an out -- a 1st inning sac fly, and a 5th inning sacrifice
  • 3 hits w/ RISP, 2 failed to drive in a run, 0 after the first inning.
  • 9-32 -- Sox record when they fail to hit a HR
  • 4-18 -- Sox record in the monstrosities otherwise known as domes.

To add insult to this insult of an offense, as I was writing this, Rocco Baldelli, who has (falsely) been rumored to have Mutliple Sclerosis and does have a mitochondrial disorder, scored from first base on a bloop single that fell in between 3 White Sox fielders.

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12 hits -- All singles, 2 walks and a HBP -- 15 baserunners

BRUTAL

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 3, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I know the Sox were the longshot

I know that they werent ‘supposed’ to be here so this shouldnt be as bad as say, the misery the misguided bunch on the north-side are feeling, but still,

THIS FEELS PRETTY FUCKING BAD.

That many guys on, getting to Kazmir that early, then letting him back in, it sucks.

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 3, 2008 8:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

kazmir was who we thought he was

and we let him off the hook.

the thunderdome is an odd place filled with odd people. winningugly is a nice man. that is all.

the sox out-talled their opponent.

by larry on Oct 3, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

tell us something we didn't know, asshole!

;P

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 3, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dimming lights

listening to tom waits. drinking jim beam.

I’ll be in the gamethread Sunday

Ceterum censeo Minneainem esse delendam.

by thecip on Oct 3, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

which album? makes a huge difference....

i’d go with the early years, at this point.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 3, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Optimism - "Don't Bury The White Sox Yet"

Link

The Brewers are dead. The Cubs are dead. The Angels, if they lose Friday night, are dead.

I know, I know … They’re not dead dead. This is sports, and of course anything can happen.
But all those teams (including the Angels, potentially) are nearly dead. The Brewers aren’t as good as the Phillies. The Cubs have to win consecutive games in Los Angeles. The Angels aren’t as good as the Red Sox. Even leaving all that “analysis” aside, the history is stark: Of the 54 teams that have lost the first two games of a best-of-five postseason series, only seven have come back and won (and nobody’s done it since 2003).
But I don’t believe the White Sox are dead. Not quite yet.
Are the Rays fundamentally better than the White Sox? Yeah, they probably are. The Rays outscored their opponents this season by 103 runs; the White Sox outscored theirs by 82 runs. While their respective hitting and pitching/defense stats are roughly equivalent, the Rays certainly played in the tougher division.
You have to like the Rays in a best-of-five series, straight up. So you have to really like them now, needing to win just one of three. But the White Sox have a shot because they’re heading home, where they have thrived. The Rays’ 57-24 record at home was the best in the American League; the White Sox’ 54-28 was third-best. The White Sox finished second in the American League in home scoring, and their 143 home runs at home were easily the most in the majors.
In Game 3, the White Sox will turn to John Danks, their best pitcher. If they win that one, Ozzie Guillen will have a tough decision in Game 4: Start Javier Vazquez again, or turn instead to Gavin Floyd?
Whatever he decides, the White Sox will need a bit of luck to win both games in Chicago. But they’ve got a puncher’s chance. And if they can extend the affair to a fifth game, anything can happen.

by Option27 on Oct 3, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The decision is

 between MB and vazquez.

Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.

by ballyb on Oct 3, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

REAL TOUGH

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Oct 4, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait...Vazquez vs Floyd is a tough decision??

For who, exactly, is that a tough decision?!?!?!?

by JasonC23 on Oct 3, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a sports agent or a lawyer or an accountant, perhaps.

You're on thin fucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, fuck off.

by MarketMaker on Oct 3, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which sport agent - Javy's

Don't look back because we are going forward!

by Brush Back on Oct 3, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Floyd hasn't pitched against Tampa.

Odd.

Pitching and defense win baseball games in September and October.

by ballyb on Oct 3, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

B-R was pretty sure that Buehrle hadn't faced them either

then Akinori had to go all Clarice Starling on him

AIM: SouthSideCheat

by The Cheat on Oct 3, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we should start an e-mail campaign to Jenks

and try to get him to switch away from P.O.D. to “Must be Bobby” as suggested a few nights ago.

idk, i’m just trying not to think of this series

"Deserve's got nothin to do with it."

by U-God on Oct 3, 2008 10:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i like where your head is at. especially since that was my suggestion.

You're on thin fucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, fuck off.

by MarketMaker on Oct 4, 2008 2:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i was gonna say as MM suggested, but i wasn't completely sure it was you

but yeah, all credit your way. great song

"Deserve's got nothin to do with it."

by U-God on Oct 4, 2008 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We're no better than the Cubs - both 0-2.

Though somehow Sox fans were louder in Tampa (and there weren’t many of us) than Cub fans in Wrigley, with less dread. I’ll write more tomorrow. However, for those who care, larry is not the a-hole you might expect. (But the fact that his Mom is my wife’s age kicked the shit out of me. OY!) A good time with a good fan. But a horseshit game.

No team can match the White Sox combination of power, pitching and experience. Certainly not the Rays. White Sox in 5

by winningugly on Oct 3, 2008 11:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's two IRL meetups and two positive reports for an admitted asshole

what’s going on here?

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Oct 4, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

did you honestly think larry wasn't smart enough to grease the wheels?

of course he is an asshole, but he’s an asshole that pays. see the difference? you’d like him in person, too.

You're on thin fucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, fuck off.

by MarketMaker on Oct 4, 2008 2:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he even paid extra for 'huge guns'

but i had to come clean about the pipe cleaners

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 4, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

larry pays?

I missed that memo. ;)

No team can match the White Sox combination of power, pitching and experience. Certainly not the Rays. White Sox in 5

by winningugly on Oct 4, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Out-Law Domes

The next President and the new Congress should make it against the law to play Major League Baseball indoors!

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

by phastphil on Oct 4, 2008 12:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Screw singles

They are overrated

"It just occurred to me that the White Sox could win the division."

by SuddenSam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

" That just makes me want to puke all over your head, sir."

Il faut d’abord durer.

by CU Adam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Tdogg on Oct 4, 2008 7:25 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yesterday's game illustrated the contrasts between the sox and rays.

while the rays were burning up the base paths and putting pressure on the defense to make plays, the sox were plodding along, playing station-to-station baseball.

the rays, in some respects, are shades of the sox in 2005: good starting pitching, acceptable pen, plus defense, and the right combination of power and speed.

by explodingpinwheelsforfunandprofit on Oct 4, 2008 12:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

At what point during the game

did the sox have the opportunity to burn up the basepaths. Every hit they had were legitimate singles and every time they hit with someone on base, they hit to the outfielder where taking the extra base wasn’t the smartest thing to do. You can’t give away outs to show everyone how aggressive you are on the bases.

by El Duque's Raft on Oct 4, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

"Deserve's got nothin to do with it."

by U-God on Oct 4, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh well...

I told a few friends before the series that anything from this point on was gravy and because of that I haven’t been too mad about the losses. The Sox had their chances in the first couple innings to bust it open a bit and once they failed to do that (and subsequently let Kazmir get into a small groove), you kind of had to feel that the Sox were going to regret that later in the game. I thought all told they had a very good approach against Kazmir, they just needed that one two-out, RISP hit…

From here I’d like to see them force a game four but even if that doesn’t happen, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. The Sox battled the best team (or one of the top two) in baseball and played ‘em close the first two games. It could just as easily be 1-1 heading to Chicago but alas, it isn’t. To go all cliche on you guys, I just want to see ‘em go down swingin’…

by CWSKeith on Oct 4, 2008 12:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree

I’d really like to see a win or two — show some fight. But I won’t be upset if they lose a series to a better team. Plus, the Sox sold me on this season when they beat the Twins in the play-in game.

by hitlesswonder on Oct 4, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

totally agreed. I plan on fanposting an end-of-season gathering of thoughts, and this is one of the points I care to make....

Winning that game against the Twins was, for me, as good as it gets. Especially in a season where we know we aren’t the “best” team out there. It would not have been enough in 2005.

Last Tuesday’s game was everything I could want in a game (including the lead-up to getting there, which made it all the sweeter), and winning the division alone was enough to reflect more than happily.

I would love to see some drama continue, and take the next two at home….but whatever happens, this shit was rrrad!
:)

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 4, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm not sure this is any good (and may have already been posted)

but i do like the still screen of “jim thome, why do you hate america?”

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/10/cubssox-attack.html

clearly what the sox lack is more cowbell.

by larry on Oct 4, 2008 12:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that is quite hilarious.

Samardzija: Wrong for Chicago.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 4, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have to go out there and make smart decisions, myself included, and I know I tried to do too much at the plate tonight. Instead of accepting the single or trying to square one up, I probably was trying to drive the ball or swing too hard.

Q: Hey Brian, can you grow back your long curly locks of magical gold? You are the Greatest American Hero!

ANDERSON: My hair is the least of my concerns right now. I’ll worry about that in the offseason. I’ll change it up from time to time.

http://banderson.mlblogs.com/?partnerId=rss_cws

AIM: SouthSideCheat

by The Cheat on Oct 4, 2008 1:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i admit it.

that was me.

clearly what the sox lack is more cowbell.

by larry on Oct 4, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

youre a honie?

i wouldnt have guessed, either.

in this nerdosphere about hardball, thats a compliment, right?

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 4, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take it. I'm mostly just called a bitch around here.

(well, that has dramatically lessened since The Banishment…now I’m just plain ol’ portslut).

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 4, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

HONIE?

WTF?

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Oct 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why do I feel markedly stupider whenever I read BA's blog?

The comments are even worse – no shit, mostly women, mostly motherly and “it’s ok, get get ‘em, brian!’s”

You can tell which are the dudes – coupla words, and ‘Go Sox!’ at the end.

This is the beginning of my favorite comment, which comes after reading a bunch of women verbally stroking his hair.

By spinsox on October 4, 2008 3:25 AM

Dude, swing the bat! Same goes for the rest of the team…

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 4, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MM - this one's for you, buddy:

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 4, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ah

a lesbian honie.
now i get it.

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 4, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

EWWW

FLAP JACKS!

"term: pussy, user: larry, count: 11

term: pussy, user: all, count: 83" - wiz

by Where Triples Go to Die on Oct 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, i'd bang her. who is she?

You're on thin fucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, fuck off.

by MarketMaker on Oct 4, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

aw geez. Keeley!?!?!

I wouldn’t choose a random slut for you, dear MM!

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 5, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a frank caliendo ad? here?

for shame cheat, for shame.

guys a hack

’’We have the horses. Everyone has to stay positive and keep grinding." -Kenny
"Its almost gotten to be obscene that we cant get a man in from third base." -Hawk

by e-gus on Oct 4, 2008 5:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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