White Sox:
Cabrera SS
Pierzynski C
Quentin LF
Dye RF
Swisher 1B
Crede 3B
Ramirez 2B
Anderson CF
Danks P

Cubs:
Fukudome CF
Theriot SS
Lee 1B
Ramirez 3B
Soto C
DeRosa RF
Murton LF
Cedeno 2B
Lilly P

Cubs lineup looks pretty weak to me.

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Blue Jays will fire manager John Gibbons prior to Friday night’s game and replace him with Cito Gaston.
There’s a press conference scheduled shortly. Gibbons has gone 305-305 in parts of five seasons with the Blue Jays, including this year’s disappointing 35-39 mark that has the team in the AL East basement. General manager J.P. Ricciardi may also be on the hot seat at some point, but unlike in Seattle this time the manager takes the first fall. Gaston managed the Blue Jays from 1989-1997 and led the team to a pair of championships, but hasn’t managed since then, hasn’t skippered a winning team since 1994 and is now 64 years old.

Source: FOXSports.com

...hell of a day to be replacing Comcast with AT&T

Presumably they’re still #1 in MLB. Johnny needs to have his A stuff and follow the Kazmir formula. If he is getting his change and curve over and his cutter is getting GBs, he should do alright.

I just have the mlb package and it just says rain delay

http://deadspin.com/5018215/the-post-in-which-we-are-required-to-examine-david-beckhams-man+parts

over Ozzie’s head.

Doesn’t look like Lilly has more than a couple starts in the Kalk pfx data base. I was going to do a quick look like I did with Snell.

The Sox wear black ‘n’ white,
The Cubbies wear blue
They have Fookodome,
Ozzie says Fookoyou
Black ‘n white, Cubby blue, Fookodome, Fookoyou
Let’s call the Crosstown off!

- New from the Beachwood Sports Audio Desk

Looks like Kalk’s code is backwards. Select lefty to get righty…

Righty

Nothing really special, but he doesn’t like to use his curve against righties. Throws strikes and his fastball is very hittable. There isn’t a big swing and miss pitch, so getting behind isn’t the worst thing in the world. He looks pretty imminently solvable.

Lefty

The slider is death and the fastball is hard to generate power against. Basically, every righty that can be in the game should be.

All in all, I like our chances. AJ will probably get owned all day, but our batters have done a good job not chasing all year. He’s “crafty” I guess and the sort of pitcher the Sox have struggled against, but it’s hard to see why. He gets huge break on his curve, but it looks like he saves it and doesn’t get a lot of whiffs on it anyway. According to his Player Card he throws it almost exclusively in two strike counts. We’ll probably see a few key double plays come from it and, going out on a limb, a BA strikeout.

Hmmm…

...geeks.

I love you

Lily is prone to big innings, BA make him pay.

Time to stop swinging at that shit Crede and Anderson.

Tight zone bodes poorly for us. And seriously, D-Lee got away with one. So did BA and Crede.

what a stupid flip that was but it worked.

Cedeno up.

Q…EXCLAMATION POINT!

Revenge is a dish best served to center-right field.

and pitch the ball!

I WANT AJ IN!

It either is or it isn’t with this team.

Is this the first “big game” that Danks has pitched in as a pro?

I can’t remember any bigger.

a 2-out walk by Swisher.

Lily: I’m done throwing strikes

Crede: There’s not a ball thrown that I can’t pop-up

/Crede wins

That’s nice.

Awesome diving snab to end the inning.

Because I think I have confused Theriot and Fontenot for a year now.

could he become a type a free agent?

Dye’s homer goes on the street, AJ’s into the hands of a cheering Sox fan. Yet the game is delayed twice because balls are thrown back. Methinks it’s different balls. Jag off bleacherites.

They don’t carry over to changeups

http://www.southsidesox.com/2008/6/20/555739/game-74-gamethread-2

helping Lilly out. At least Cabrera leads off next inning.

Shouldn’t be ending innings with Danks

What was that

I thought that was out of here