What are we, the Royals?

by madvillian on Jun 3, 2008 11:45 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

The White Sox aren't a great team, but they might be a good team. Beating what is certainly a bad team -- the Royals -- by a sound margin will help their case as Gavin Floyd and a home friendly homer binge helped the Sox win 9-5.

In an early turning point, Q's great strength helped him go oppo on a jam shot down the line after AJ had bled in a roller to right to put a man on with one out.. A a couple of Royal gaffes in the 2nd helped the Sox go up 6-0 on a single by Crede, a gift 2B (should have been caught by DeJesus ranging to his left) by Ramirez, and a homer by A.J.

The rest was all academic as Floyd threw strikes and featured a good enough breaking pitch to keep the Royals' AAAA offense down.

As for the struggling white guys, Kong and Thome go 0-7 with a walk. For the Ramirez people: A-Ram continues to hit the ball hard while showing no patience. Like a homeless man's Soriano.

Tonight was a game againt an inferior oponent. The Sox won: but questions remain about the offense going forward.

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Info wanted

I haven’t been watching the Sox’ games in their entirety the past week/ week and a hlaf due to studying for finals (yes, yes, I’m still in school; we end late)

How does Alexei look at the plate? He’s been hitting well which is obvious from the stats, but I can’t tell if he’s actually getting good wood on the ball or if he’s getting lucky. So any insights about Alexei would be greatly appreciated.

-Jeeves Life in the Cell

by jeeves on Jun 4, 2008 1:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

madman - he hit a homer, so he's not "homerless"

I see him improving by leaps and bounds, both at the plate (seems a bit more patient – not swinging at EVERYTHING, showing the ability to do different things (the slash/fake bunt, dropped a bunt down the 3rd base line for a hit Sunday, power, a few RBI’s) and the field (decent range, good arm, still getting his bearings). Got some work to do, but if Q! was not on the team, he’d be the lead position player story of the year for us.

Uribe, ever heard of Wally Pipp?

I took the "under".

by winningugly on Jun 4, 2008 8:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

To add - A-Ram 3 for 4 (.275)... what a disaster - where's Juan and Pablo?

by Brush Back on Jun 4, 2008 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ARam (Slash?)

has some very interesting ability. He’s not the kind of player we’ve seen around here for a while. The ball seems to leap off his bat (except that flyout to LF last night, which looked to be hit better than it was). He’s going to look bad from time to time. Like on his “hit” off Pena’s foot. Opened his hips on an ugly swing.

He’s becoming a guy that you make sure you stop and watch his every at-bat (kind of like Thome in ‘06 for me).

Mosi Tatupu! Mosi Tatupu!

by Nordhagen on Jun 4, 2008 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Homeless, not homeRless

by joewho112 on Jun 4, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just a drunken recap

I put together on a whim last night. I really enjoy watching Ramirez play. He’s almost got his OPS+ up to 100 (93) and he’s seemingly a plus defender in the middle infield.

Last night was just a fun night to watch the Sox. The first inning saw 3 balls go to the warning track or out of the park. From then the floodgates were on and Floyd pitched well.

by madvillian on Jun 4, 2008 9:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs