John Danks Just Knows How to Win
by The Cheat on Apr 16, 2009 10:40 PM CDT
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PrintI don't know if it's the fresh air I got enjoying the nicest day of the year, or the second of my dinners, or the Sox game itself, but I'm drained. Ready for bed at a WU-ian hour.
I'm sure if the Sox had been able to blow that game -- man, did they try hard -- I would have been able to crank out 700 words about them not being able plate a runner from 3rd base and less than 2 outs, about not being able to have a hit w/RISP that actually scores a run. But right now, I'm enjoying that win as much as possible.
I can't say that it was fun, but a win's a win. And I'll take it.
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fat chicks need loving too
brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight
by whitesoxmatt on Apr 17, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions
colin's parents
brndnprkns: I'm pretty sure the "badass" value of your life is closer to Gigli than The Dark Knight
by whitesoxmatt on Apr 17, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Danks looks even better this year
it looks like he seems pretty comfortable with that curveball now, whereas the past two years he was pretty spotty with it. It’s not a lethal, Kershaw-like strike-out pitch but it’s good enough to where he can get ahead with that pitch. And the addition of that pitch hasn’t taken away from his already strong arsenal. He’s, like, really good. Really fucking good.
i have one complaint and that's economy of motion
he needs to realize that his stuff is excellent and he doesn’t need to nibble. Throw 93 MPH fastballs to get ahead in counts and paint inside with the cutter and slider.
Still, great outing and his K rate was no fluke. He misses bats.
As a 23 year old, he had
a 2.8 k/bb rate . . . 2.6 BB/9, that is pretty damn good. Please tell me you are not judging him on 12 innings rather than the 200 from last year.
no. a mime is when you don't talk, not when no one talks to you.
by MarketMaker on Apr 6, 2009 2:58 PM CDT
first white sox game I got to watch on tv
I was on vacation during opening week and I finally got mlb.tv and a night game. First off, mlb.tv is way better now that it’s in flash. The BA, Getz, Fields at bats in the 8th were a lot of fun. The rest of the game was frustrating, but a win is a win.
mlb.tv
I’m in a CWS blackout zone. Has anyone in a blackout zone had luck using a proxy server?
Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.
was thinking about doing some research over the weekend
but seeing as it may smack in the face of mlb.tv expressed blah blah blah lawyerese, i’m not sure if a writeup would be kosher with our site moderators.
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Apr 17, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Rays 0-11 w/ RISP.
Danks bears down. Must’ve been nasty. I like this guy.
Also, believe it or not, our CF is out-hitting their CF so far this year. Christ, that’s poor.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Shields vs Colon today
Should be just as fun as yesterday.
Atleast the W puts the Sox on pace to get shut out 17 times instead of the 20 in the forecast yesterday.
here comes hsa bumbling and tumbling home!!!
oh she’s out
by furby2056
Yeah, if we lost last night's game it would have been hard to overcome for the next 3.
Our best starter v. their worst, no Longoria. Would have been a sad one to drop.
by ThisIsJustBanter on Apr 17, 2009 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Correct me if i am wrong.
Did the sox draft John Danks brother as a center fielder? Jordan Danks??
by G-E-T-Z GetzGetzGetz on Apr 17, 2009 8:29 AM CDT reply actions
you are correct
go check out the minor league thread to the right
"2 years ago when I looked into my baseball magazine I saw the name Lars Anderson. I just thoguht, another draft pick that might not do anything. Also I though here might be the next Albert Pujols." -dasox313
Sox success rate at scoring a man from third with <2 outs dropped to 37% on the season
League average is 52%, Nationals are the lowest at 24%
I liked the game from the pitching side.
Danks pitched well, Dotel and Thornton kept it right there and Jenks held on to close it out. This is a game that the sox would have lost the last couple years. If the bullpen can continue to pitch like this we should win a lot of games. (and no i am not talking about you Mike Macdougal, Clayton Richard and DJ Carrasco)!
Kenwo4life=ratings
Jenks looked bad
you could see the worry in the bullpen when he was summoned.
I love the fat kid as much as anybody, but his low K rate last year shows us he has to have better control than hes shown so far or we are really screwed. The Royals were all over him the first week and he barely made it out alive last night.
here comes hsa bumbling and tumbling home!!!
oh she’s out
by furby2056
I dont think he looked too bad
Bartlett hit a rocket, but no one else really squared him up. I think he was trying to be too careful with Upton, and walked him.
The Getz bobble changed the whole inning. It would have been an easy save most likely if not for that.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
AL homers up this year
1.2/game versus 1.0 all of last year. and the weather hasn’t heated up yet.
We stole that game last night
I kept waiting and waiting for us to blow it. Felt like one of the games at the end of last year.
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
14 hits and only 3 runs is not "stealing".
Should’ve scored at least 5. We should’ve won that game. And the fact that the pitching matchup favored us, along with Evan’s absence (as someone pointed out in an earlier post) means we should’ve smoked them.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Early nomination for the team slogan: "Winning Anyway"
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
by Chiburb on Apr 17, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
i agree with stealing
in the sense that we did not deserve a win. Leaving that many RISP, not executing in the field, plus playing in a dome were the ingredients for a bad loss. I think we stole one (from “conventional baseball wisdom”).
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
They were worse than us with RISP - 0-11. 0-11!!!!
No stealing here, IMO. We were ahead the whole game and had our closer in witha 2 run 9th inning lead. Really, nothing was “stolen”. We put ourselves in position to win more than they did.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
I too am puzzled with the notion that the Sox stole one.
They should have won handily.
As Larry said almost gave it away is better. But after the 1st inning at no point were the Rays favored to win.
"It just occurred to me that the White Sox could win the division."
by SuddenSam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
" That just makes me want to puke all over your head, sir."
leaving runners stranded is sort of a good thing
because it means at least someone got on base in the first place.
leaving the bases loaded is better than going 3-up 3-down.
here comes hsa bumbling and tumbling home!!!
oh she’s out
by furby2056
in the end
scoring zero runs when having the based loaded is exactly equal to zero runs from a 3up, 3down inning
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
Give it up, Nordy.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Apr 17, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Puts more strain on the pitcher as well
in the sense they have to throw more pitches, and more high leverage pitches at that.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
Both teams had plenty of opportunities to score more runs.
If you want to say we stole it, I’d look at Longoria not playing if anything.
by Grinder in Training on Apr 17, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Because Longoria's .334 OPS owns Danks?
lol on sample size before i hear it.
"It just occurred to me that the White Sox could win the division."
by SuddenSam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
" That just makes me want to puke all over your head, sir."
So you’ll just have laugh at the obvious and correct counterpoint to your argument? That makes for a pretty futile debate.
by Grinder in Training on Apr 17, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I read this as
“because they played in a a dome they did not deserve to win.”
And that just seems unfair.
Lurking since 2006
by boyonthedock on Apr 17, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
If they would have brought in more then one runner I wouldn’t have felt worried that the Rays were going to come back. Its not like the Rays do not have the ability to come from behind. Plus they were putting people on base all night.
Hell look at the 9th…
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
In summary:
That is why I felt like last nights game was “stolen”
plus, we were playing in a dome… duh duh dunnnnn
"...and when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs: the Go-Go White Sox...and whoever plays the Cubs!!!"
But
this is the Dome the Sox play (relatively) well in. It’s Toronto and Minnesota where we get our asses whooped.
Hey, how long should we give Chris Getz before we all get angsty and itchy about him? I know Ozzie/Kenny like him (cuz he white & grindy), and I don’t dislike Getz, but do we give him till June to actually hit? How long?
And, should we now all be convinced that B.A. can’t hit? I honestly thought (foolishly, I guess) that maybe this time around (3rd times the charm) that he’d be able to do it, but…
I follow you
Call up Backham so he can play both cf and 2b at the same time.
here comes hsa bumbling and tumbling home!!!
oh she’s out
by furby2056
i always knew you liked em big!
here comes hsa bumbling and tumbling home!!!
oh she’s out
by furby2056
relax
He’s had a whole 15 abs. Plenty of time to say I told you so.
"It just occurred to me that the White Sox could win the division."
by SuddenSam on May 22, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
" That just makes me want to puke all over your head, sir."
A Venezuelan and a black man like Chris Getz because he’s white? Makes sense to me.
by Grinder in Training on Apr 17, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Go back
and look at some of the words Kenny/Ozzie have used to describe him. “Grindy” comes up a lot. And the only players in baseball that are described as ‘grindy’ are white guys (Punto, Rowand, Pedroia, Bartlett, Eckstein, Youkillis, Podsednik (although I’m not sure why with him, ‘bad’ would be the best adjective), etc).
And I’m not saying Getz won’t work out, I’m just wondering how long you guys think he should get.
by Obama4cntrfld on Apr 17, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
if the team is struggling in June, I don't think it will be because of Getz
I think he’ll get a long leash.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
Not true at all.
Pitchers of all demographics “grind” – Brenly just described Zambrano having to “grind” his way through the third inning. If there is a physically unimposing player who has no appreciable obvious exceptional skills, whether it’s speed, power, AVG, etc. he’s descrobed as a “grinder” – mentally tough. Otherwise, how would he be out there?
Now if you want to say that it’s much tougher for a man of color to be on a roster strictly because of a “will to win” or “mental toughness” or being “a ballplayer” – and I think that has some merit – then you’ve got an argument. But not only white guys are described as “grindy”. Wise, for one, is a “grinder” type.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Pablo Ozuna was a grinder too.. grinders come in all races, it just happens that white people have more advantages (on average, for a variety of reasons) and those guys on the fringe who need a little help / things to break right are more likely to get it if they are white.
by Grinder in Training on Apr 17, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I ws thinking of Pablo as I was typing.
Then promptly forgot about him.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Grindy
is a term that has specifically been used to describe those players I’ve listed, despite the fact that (for the most part) they’re all good to really good players. I’m not trying to make any kind of serious racial statement. When I originally used the term, it was meant more in jest (‘grindy’ white guys). And pitchers grind through starts and parts of the game, but Zambrano (although not lately) is just a dominant pitcher. Wise isn’t as good as any of the players I listed, even Podsednik.
by Obama4cntrfld on Apr 17, 2009 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Getz? After he went 2-5 in his 1st game back after injury?
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
he's done.
i give rookies 24 PAs to prove themselves. veterans (defined as those with 3.62 years or more of service time) get 53 PAs to show they’re still good players. i do this because i’m retarded.
by larry on Apr 17, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
you can either hit the ball or you can't.
I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.
by thatshortkid on Apr 17, 2009 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
that hit-and-run was really well done too
he needs to stay just so we get to see that kind of play once in a while from someone. We might have our own piranha.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
Don't you fucking say it, Nordy.
Don’t you. Say. It.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Apr 17, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
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