haha. yours is way more thorough anyway.

Ghandi?

Manager Ozzie Guillen said Tuesday he’s not so sure backup outfielder Dewayne Wise will be the odd man out, based on Wise’s performance since being recalled two weeks ago, including a 3-for-4 night Tuesday that raised his average to .364.

Guillen also would rather keep 12 pitchers, so the scrutiny could fall on infielders Pablo Ozuna and Juan Uribe, and Guillen admits it’s tough to get at-bats for both.

“Obviously, if that decision had to be made tomorrow it would be tough,” Guillen said. “They’re not going to see too many at-bats. We sat down with Uribe and I explained to him the situation and he took it like a champ. It’s not easy when you’re going to be a free agent … sit on the bench and lose your job and take it the way he’s taking it.”

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Trying to get this in before the 50+ crowd heads off to bed..

To start it off, TAEG has you covered if you missed the game thread. Solid effort out of our boys at their glowing machines tonight. If they eventually take over, at least we’ll have gotten some solid utility out of them that’s documented for the ages.

As for the game itself, Buehrle was on his tonight. He managed a 5:2 GO/FO ratio and was really only hit hard on the lone Dodger run of the game, a home run. It was his fourth consecutive start lasting 8 innings and fifth consecutive quality start. Just as Jose looks like his ship may be sinking, Buehrle’s righting his. Such are the vagueries of baseball.

At the plate, Sox hitters started off the game with three straight singles and after JD looked terrible on the first of two K’s, Swish came through with a timely sac fly. After that run and another an inning later, it looked like that’s all the Sox would get and, thanks to Buehrle’s dominance, would need. Lowe’s sinker was nasty and had a 6:1 GO/FO ratio on the evening. He was dealing and it looked like he’d keep the Dodgers close enough to perhaps pull off yet another heartbreaker before JD decided to unsuck.

And unsuck he did with a monster blast to right center in the top of the eighth. And thus were the floodgates open. A Delwyn Young miscue became a Dewayne Wise triple that scored Swish and Alexei scored Wise with a single. Thus, 6-1 and Scott Linebrink relieved Mark to lock down the ninth.

The questions to be answered:

• What should we expect from Dewayne Wise going forward? He’s looked like an adept bat handler, to steal a phrase, and the sort of guy I wouldn’t mind hitting ninth. He seems to have some on base skills and hasn’t looked baffled on offspeed stuff. He looks at least as capable as BA at the moment and he’s left handed. I would be quite alright if we DFA’d Ozuna to keep him on the roster.
• Three consecutive games versus sinkerballers went relatively well. Should we expect that to continue? Lowe, outside of Brandon Webb, has the best sinker in the game. We were mowed down until JD worked a count. Dempster didn’t look like great shakes and Marquis was obviously quite hittable. I personally think this will be a weakness going forward, but it remains to be seen.
• How good are the Twins, really? I say about .500, give or take a few, at best.

verbatim from the post; splitting the thread makes approximately no sense

jeeves (or anybody out this way, really), you going to game 2?

Fitting update on the site’s name.
I’m going to work on getting Vin’s broadcast tonight so I can hear all the glory.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/win-shares-updated13/

boy, that shitty-ass orlando cabrera just keeps sucking it up big-time in every defensive category.

Keys that jingle in your pocket,
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that you said?
Lovers walk along the shore
And leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half-remembered names and faces,
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over,
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the colour of her hair

A circle in a spiral,
A wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind,
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

What she suggests that you stop doing is haranguing people who are trying to do their jobs properly…

Sage advice for us all.

Dear Miss Manners: I am a baseball fan, but my enjoyment is spoiled by the distasteful spitting by players, coaches and even umpires.

Please tell your readers (I hope many players too) that their habits are gross, not appreciated and a very bad example to kids. Ditto for the probable underlying causes, including chewing tobacco, seeds or what ever else they chew. They can relieve their anxiety or boredom with a stick of gum (not bubble) if necessary. The TV broadcasters could use a little common sense too, by not capturing the spitting on close-ups. Will you help?

Her reply here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/columnists/advice/chi-miss-manners-judith-martin-0jun18,0,6097296.column

and it’s the first time I’ve heard Vin Scully commentate (although I knew about him). The bloke is the dogs, his love for the game and his knowledge is something very special. It makes me wince when i hear his voice advertise cars and stuff; he seems to have that connection to the game going way back. He’s like a US version of John Arlott.
regards

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200806242998891

538 fan (mpls): Is Sheehan insane? I’m an Indians fan, and I don’t see any way they can be competitive this year. They’re only half a game ahead of the Royals, for heavens sake.

Nate Silver: Sure, but they’re only 1.5 games behind the Tigers…. Seriously, one of the things that makes the Indians’ prospects a little better than they might look on the surface is that a couple of the teams that are out in front of them are a little dubious—I’m starting to buy into the White Sox some but not really the Twins. The Indians remain a team that could bust out with a stretch where they win 21 games in 24 tries or something if everyone on that pitching staff gets hot at once.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-25-white-sox-dodgers-chicagojun25,0,5208796.story

I’m having some ‘issues’ with it.

many thanks

with all of the perception of the sox being unable to hit in the “clutch” or with runners on, i wanted to see how they were doing at this point relative to american league average.

how the sox have hit with runners in scoring position with two outs falls right in line with perception:

CWS: .206/.299/.307/.606/.251 BABIP
AL: . 239/.347/.368/.715/.283 BABIP

how the sox have hit with runners on and with runners in scoring position, not so much:

RISP
CWS: .287/.360/.467/.827/.314 BABIP
AL: .269/.355/.410/.764/.298 BABIP

Runners on
CWS: .279/.355/.455/.809/.306 BABIP
AL: .274/.349/.421/.770/.305 BABIP

of course, one of the big questions is how much have the few white sox offensive explosions contributed to the well-above average numbers with runners on and RISP. maybe someone without a job will volunteer to find out.

at Yahoo

St Loius knocked in two home runs top of first against Detroit

and then ask ourselves, where have you gone josh fields?

Joe Crede was absent from the announced White Sox lineup Wednesday night for the second night in a row with Pablo Uzuna filling in again at third base.

Cabrera ss

Pierzynski c

Quentin lf

Dye rf

Swisher 1b

Ozuna 3b

Ramirez 2b

Anderson cf

Floyd p

I mean, Wise and Anderson have locked down outfield spots and Uribe is the infield utitliy guy. If Joe’s back is acting up (wow, again, his back: who coudl ahve seen that one coming…) then it’s time to get FIelds up here so he can play when Joe needs days off.