Clayton Richard Is Surprised He Won Too

plz sit your ass on the bench.

kthxbai.

regards

you pos

suck it Erstad… and Andy Gonzalez

Oh, and, just because he feels like it, Q channels Jerry Owens for a night. Well … not the actual Jerry Owens, but a theoretical Jerry Owens who does things like reach base on infield hits and steals third.

This team … she is rolling now.

amazing, considering the Sox had Uribe in the lineup

I read somewhere this was a loss, so I avoided the game threads of doom. Damnit people… next you’ll tell me the Twins haven’t already won the WS.

Also, can we name Clayton ‘Smiley’? Also, he’s gotta be the only young pitcher that actually wears his cap noticeably tilted up rather than flat or down like all the other kids these days. Mama wants him to show off that smile.

white sox have hit 111 home runs at home thus far; opponents 61.

Mariners.

:-)

they said alexei ramirez will be in the studio for an interview at 9:20.
i predict….awkward.

Toni Ginnetti wrote:

Catcher Toby Hall was OK a day after hurting himself trying to hit Jermaine Dye with a postgame shaving-cream pie. Hall is the perpetrator of pie-throwing episodes, which Guillen doesn’t object to as long as they don’t get out of hand.

Reliever Scott Linebrink threw without discomfort Tuesday and might throw on the side again today.

Joe Crede, who has been out with a back injury, might play today for Class AAA Charlotte, but at what point he will return to the Sox has not been determined.

’’I’ll make the decision,‘’ Guillen said. ’’I already talked to [general manager Ken Williams] about it. I’m going to make it clear: I’m not going to bring Joe because he’s Joe Crede; I’m going to bring Joe Crede because we need him.

‘’If Joe is ready to play, bring him up. But the way [Juan] Uribe is playing and the way we’re doing stuff, I’m not going to get Joe [if] he’s 0-for-4, 0-for-8, 0-for-10.

‘’Right now, it’s all about winning, and that’s the more important thing.’’

from suntimes

Guillen plans to keep Ramirez at the bottom of the batting order.

’’He’s too young to put the pressure on him,‘’ Guillen said. ’’Every time we put him in the second spot, he doesn’t do well. We need some help down in the order. If the big boys don’t do it, we have him to back them up — and lately he’s done that.’’

cheat, i know in the past you have said that it was preferable to keep alexei at the bottom or near bottom of the order, but do you still feel that way given his sustained success (offensively)?

It’s funny, but I think Washburn is actually an interesting comp for Richard. For a long time, Washburn relied very heavily on a fastball in the 91-94 MPH range with almost no breaking stuff. He throws more breaking stuff now, but you could probably convince me that Washburn-lite is Richard’s best case career scenario. Which isn’t that bad since it means RIchard has a slim but real chance of being a major-league pitcher.

That being said, I’d fully expect Richard to get rocked if pitches again in the majors this season. Broadway shut down KC last season and that doesn’t make him a good option for the 5th starter role either.

I think the Sox only real option is to skip the 5th slot as much as possible and pitch DJ when they can’t. It’s not going to be pretty.

Jim has a pretty graphic of JR versus those that he’s replacing. Don’t know how to copy it, so here’s the linky thing:

http://soxmachine.com/blogs/soxmachine/archive/2008/08/20/13718.aspx

I think he’s about had it. No extra base hits yet, right? Hitting around .225?

Too bad…you can see he once had a sweet swing by the cuts he takes, but he’s just a little old and little slow.

OC, SS; AJ, C; Q, LF; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Junior, RF; Missle, 2B; Swish, CF; Uribe, 3B. Floyd pitching.

is 6-10 with 2 HR and 6 RBI against dickey. i think i’d rather he not be sitting today.

question: has dickey always been a knuckleballer?

Matchup: Mariners (46-79) at White Sox (72-53), 1:05 p.m. CT
Probable Starters: R.A. Dickey (97 IP, 4.92 RA, 1.59 WHIP, 55 K) vs. Gavin Floyd (146 1/3, 4.86, 1.26, 103)
Pythagorean Record: Seattle, 52-73 (521 RS, 628 RA); Chicago, 73-52 (644 RS, 539 RA)
Hit List Rankings: Seattle, #26; Chicago, #4
Prospectus: It’s somewhat surprising that Gavin Floyd has not been smacked around by regression yet this season, but here we are on August 20, and his overall numbers still look impressive despite peripherals that suggest they should be otherwise. Floyd is striking out 6.3 hitters per nine, only slightly above average for a starter in the AL (average is 6.1 K/9), and he’s walking 3.3 per nine (unintentionally), a good deal worse than average (2.9 BB/9); he’s also giving up 1.4 homers per nine. His QERA is 4.94, 1.84 runs higher than his actual ERA, and QERA does not take home runs into account, so his expected ERA should be a bit higher still. His FIP is 5.00, confirming that he is indeed well above expectations, thanks to a .291 BABIP that is 47 points below expectations given his 17.8 percent liner rate.

This is not something that should have happened either, as Chicago is converting 70.1 percent of balls in play into outs, yet for Floyd, they have converted 74.9 percent, a significant difference, especially when the top-ranked team via Defensive Efficiency is at 71.8 percent. Since Floyd is allowing the opposition to slug .418 against him (on a .230 batting average against), the last thing he needs is for 47 points of BABIP to show up and ruin his day; that would put his line much closer to .260/.350/.454. Whatever lucky charm or incantation he has used has been effective during the first five months of the season, but at some point, the White Sox are in danger of finding out that Floyd is not the pitcher he appears to be.

was the double play ball in the first with runners on 1st and third no out just a shot one-hopper to swisher right at the bag, or what?

would have been helpful to know whether he meant the completion game or the fresh ’un.