Is Mark Buehrle Healthy? Sox Say Yes

Mark Buehrle will not make his scheduled start in Thursday’s game against Arizona.

But before the conspiracy theorists continue pointing fingers in the direction of the White Sox southpaw and his health, the club went out of its way to explain the change in Buehrle’s updated pitching calendar.

"We’re going to take care of Buehrle, meaning we’re not going to pile up innings, we’re not going to pile up work," pitching coach Don Cooper said Tuesday morning. "He’ll be in line for the opener [on April 6]."

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but if he's so healthy, why was he taking the needle?

However, a major-league source said that there were concerns with Buehrle — as far as back as the Winter Meetings —heading into the 2009 campaign, especially in the wake of the starting pitcher "having to take the needle more than a few times last year.’’

or was he really taking the needle? so many mysteries! so many aspersions! so much cowley!

http://www.post-trib.com/sports/1490603,chisox.article

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

Mark Teahen doesn't care in MB needles or not:

Teahen has faced Mark Buerhelrehrleehlhre (I will never learn, on priciple, how to spell this name) a career most 45 times, and has hit him to the tune of a .419/.444/.628 line.

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

From Royals Review above.

http://www.royalsreview.com/2009/3/24/809075/mark-teahen-s-favorite-pit

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions

it's amazing what the "straring rotation" tag brings up, huh.

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions

What's yer point?

I referenced the link (hit “post” too soon or I would’ve done it in the first one).

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

"if". "if", dammit.

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions

cortisone shots? wtf does "the needle" even mean

by madvillian on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM CDT reply actions

according the wikipedia

this

But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.

by U-God on Mar 24, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

wiki has all the answers

Colon "toes" nothing. That implies a nimbleness akin to a Nureyev. I beleive he "platypussed" the shit out of that mound.
-winningugly

by blackoutsox on Mar 24, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

These are "the Needles" in my neck of the woods. Vancouver Island in the background.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions

if you don't know i'm not telling you.

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Nate Silver alleges he's human, asks staff for help.

However, another reason why PECOTA has tended to be burdensome to produce is because it’s a program designed by a non-programmer (me): a lot of the code is poorly written, and very little of it is automated. More problematically, because the code is not well documented, I was probably the only person on the planet who knew how to sift my way through it. Thus, its timely production relied on my pulling 100-hour weeks and getting really hopped up on Red Bull and reheated Thai food, something I was strangely happy to do in the past, but simply didn’t have the ability to do this year.

100 hour weeks. Nate, you are Hoss Radbourn.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8653

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 4:55 PM CDT reply actions

he looked catatonic last i saw him.

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

colin strikes again, Ann Arbor paper to close

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123784783162018523.html

Dammit, colin, can’t you get an interview to ANYONE?

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:06 PM CDT reply actions

chill, man. colin was on garden duty last week at the co-op, man, and first, like, the hoe broke and colin had to fix it. but, like, they don't go to the hardware store because that's the man. so colin had to make a new hoe.

but that’s hard and takes up his hulu time. so colin’s been real busy. we should totally just nationalize the newspapers and run them, like, as a group. HSA can write the headlines, colin will do the interviews, ballyb will do the weather…come on guys, i’m stoked, this would be awesome.

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions

In Ann Arbor, broken hoe fix you.

by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 24, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions

awwww....colin's first broken hoe....that is special indeed.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

by larry on Mar 24, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Bum Ho

Go Sox!

by luzinski on Mar 24, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Ann Arbor requires only 1 source of news

by The Actual El Guapo on Mar 24, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Very nice.

Sweet, I better start upping the suck.
by homesickalien on Mar 24, 2009 4:52 PM EDT

by winningugly on Mar 24, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions

WLA4LYFE

I can lead you to 4 Wisdom, but I can't free your brain from the evil of Punto.

by colintj on Mar 24, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions

You know...

you have to worry about the motivation of a guy who already says he is going to retire at the conclusion of his contact.

Bucky's 5th Quarter. SB Nation's Wisconsin Badgers community.

by Adam Hoge on Mar 24, 2009 5:40 PM CDT reply actions

not really

But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.

by U-God on Mar 24, 2009 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions

clearly he'd rather be home

why do you think he pitches so quickly?

by Trooper on Mar 24, 2009 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Better than the guy who would rather be in Puerto Rico than pitch in the play-offs.

Have fun with that Atlanta. Enjoy having a gutless pitcher in September…

by slydernelson on Mar 24, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Javy is probably going to dominate the NL this year

I wouldn’t be surprised if he was in the talks for NL Cy Young. Except that people who leave the Sox usually immediately break down or suck completely. KW has a good track record of knowing exactly how long to keep a player.

There was an incident a few years ago. The Bulls were killing the Knicks, scrubs were playing out the clock, and the fans were screaming at them to score 100 points for free Big Macs. They took a ton of shots, Knicks took offense and they tried to fight some Bulls players.

by Ozzie Montana on Feb 19, 2009 5:25 PM EST

by Jbasic89 on Mar 24, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions