ten rows behind the sox dugout. stults was masterful. changed speeds, had our guys fooled and off-rhythm. surrounded by obnoxious dumb-asses from reseda. everything was fuck the white sox, fuck you AJ…real class. when they called my wife a milf and my 10 year old says, ‘daddy, what’s a milf” they just laughed and laughed. It was even funnier when security threw them out thanks to some old coot of a dodger fan who had enuf. There was no energy, our guys looked dead, dead, dead… better luck tomorrow.

ok it only happened once, but last season, opening day, i had 3 tvs going for a baseball marathon extravaganza.

tthen it was 2, for tv/ps2 action and 1 tv back in the bedroom, then i remembered I was too old for ps2, and its just 2 tvs in the backroom for the occassional dueling sporting events.

WICU is blocked here in Rockford…. almost glad it was.

dark matter is like the sox offense cause it’s invisible.

I opted to watch Californication episodes with the game on in my leftground.
Every time I looked at the game, we still had a ZERO on the board!

On a positive note, the thread last night confirmed that Dark Knight will be as badass as we all expect. And it’s only 22 days away.
And Californication continues to kick ass; though I am still adjusting to calling David Duchovny “Hank Moody,” and not “Agent Mulder.”

And! I’ll be on a flight home tomorrow to enjoy a long home-stretch in Chicago!

Recipe for disaster.

Koh-kain

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as a Dodger fan, I can give you some insight on what to look for from Kershaw this evening. First off, he’s definitely a good pitcher with a tremendous upside, but he has some flaws that the White Sox should be able to take advantage of. First off, he has had some control problems. The White Sox should be able to work the count, draw a few walks and get Kershaw’s pitch count up rather quickly. You don’t want to be first pitch swinging against Kershaw. He has had some trouble throwing his curve ball for strikes, so Sox hitters should be sitting “dead red” most of the time. He is also vulnerable to the long ball, especially when behind in the count. In his last start, Indians catcher Kelly Shopbach hit a 412 foot home run, when Kershaw grooved a fastball while behind in the count. Kershaw also has a tendancy to not pay much attention to baserunners. He has improved on this a little bit, as someone obviously had a talk with him about the need to hold runners on base. There may be the possibility for a surprise steal of third base for the Sox if the situation arises. Kershaw will hit 95 on the gun with his fastball and he has a devastating curveball that he throws around 77 mph. His other pitch is a change-up that he doesn’t have a lot of confidence in. Once he polishes the change he will be a great pitcher. Until then, he will have his struggles. His best outing so far this year was a 4 inning, rain shortened appearances where he didn’t allow any runs. He’s usually good for 5 or 6 innings, 2 or 3 runs, 5 strikeouts and 2-3 walks. The early inning walk totals and strike percentage, will be a good indicator of what kind of night he will have.
vr, Xeifrank

Which one is different, do you know? Can you tell which thing is not like the others? (Props to Big Bird)

I might have missed a few that fit the “profile,” and it’s clear that one of them really doesn’t (at least not this year…and that’s not the one I’m talking about).

Matchup: White Sox (42-35) at Dodgers (36-41), 12:10 p.m. PT
Probable Starters: John Danks (86 2/3 IP, 2.90 RA, 1.22 WHIP, 66 K) vs. Clayton Kershaw (29, 4.34, 1.55, 26)
Pythagorean Record: White Sox, 46-31 (373 RS, 302 RA); Los Angeles, 38-39 (324 RS, 325 RA)
Hit List Rankings: White Sox, #3; Los Angeles, #18
Prospectus: The Dodgers have failed to take advantage of recent poor play by the Diamondbacks, who are 3-7 in their last 10 and just 6-9 in interleague games, due to their own problems handling the junior circuit. Los Angeles has been even worse in interleague games, 3-8, and though their 5-5 record in their last 10 is a slightly better showing than that of their rival, they still find themselves three games back and with a 1 run differential. With both teams playing poorly—Los Angeles shouldn’t be so close to a division lead when they are ranked where they are on the Hit List—it looks like it’ll be a war of attrition in the second half. June has been a tough month for the Dodgers, as the pitching has been good enough that they should have won a few more games-a .260/.325/.398 opponent line isn’t ideal, but it’s a little better than the league average—but the lineup has been the wrong kind of offensive, with a paltry .246/.295/.373 showing.

Given the relative youth of both the D’backs and Dodgers, the division may come down to which team’s prospects can adjust to the major leagues first. Having Andy LaRoche around should help: he’s only accumulated 21 PA so far, but has hit .278/.381/.444, production he’s capable of besting with more playing time. The #2 prospect in the organization should be able to make up for the production Blake DeWitt is no longer giving the team. DeWitt has struggled as the season drags on, putting up a meager .191/.257/.235 line in June that makes Nomar Garciaparra’s play this year look good in comparison.

he’s due one

repeated tonight at 1am on wttw