Danks, Jenks Deliver Message (a week late)

by The Cheat on May 10, 2009 1:46 AM CDT in White Sox Game Recaps

John Danks had a career-high 10 strikeouts against his former club, but it was Bobby Jenks who finally delivered the "message" pitch.

The White Sox have been getting knocked down (and out) by pitches all season long, and the Rangers have been one of the main offenders. Including Saturday's game they've hit Paul Konerko (twice), Carlos Quentin (probably doesn't count), Chris Getz, Jermaine Dye and Josh Fields. The latter two required a few days off as a result.

So when Ian Kinsler came up with two out and nobody on in the ninth, Jenks took it upon himself to send a message, and some mixed signals.

"It was not intentional. Yeah, I wanted to go in and send a message, and I think that message was sent. Our guys have been hit a lot this series. With a one-run lead, I didn't want to put anyone on base. I just wanted to say, 'Hey, we can play that game, too.' Other than that, the important thing was getting him out after that pitch."

If it wasn't intentional, how was it a message? Nevermind that Jenks didn't actually hit Kinsler (though I suspect that was the intent).

The Sox can't get any part of this little You know I'm throwing at you, You know why I'm throwing at you, Now let's get back to playing baseball dance right. But it makes for entertaining conversation.

I fully expect warnings tomorrow, and for this to remain the dominant story over the next week as Ozzie Guillen and Jenks get a pair of 2-game rips for the hit-by-pitch that wasn't.

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i suck - the sox dont - SSH2005

by BoeJouma on May 10, 2009 2:18 AM CDT reply actions

by soxshenanigans on May 10, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions

2-game rips

Suspension? If it was that clear it was intentional, Jenks should have been tossed. But the 1 run game aspect gives plausible deniability, right?

Oh for a win today.

Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...

by Chiburb on May 10, 2009 7:10 AM CDT reply actions

if mlb starts suspending players/managers for pitchers throwing behind a player - intentionally or otherwise - that's pretty silly.

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by larry on May 10, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions

Beckett got 5 games for hitting nobody

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by The Cheat on May 10, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions

he threw at abreu's head.

a rather large difference.

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by larry on May 10, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions

bobby was simply pointing out where he thinks kinsler's head is

I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.

by thatshortkid on May 10, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions

so the sox won?

by madvillian on May 10, 2009 8:22 AM CDT reply actions

I want some Grandmaster Flash, for some reason.

We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT

by winningugly on May 10, 2009 9:38 AM CDT reply actions

"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG

by U-God on May 10, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

It's decision on Contreras day!

linky link

Oh, yeah, and something called “mother’s day” too.

White Sox: Trying to roll a hard six.

by vince_ on May 10, 2009 10:19 AM CDT reply actions

i've been calling contreras a mother quite frequently recently

so it works

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by thatshortkid on May 10, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Wilson Betemit was penciled in at third base and batting seventh in Sunday’s White Sox lineup against the Rangers and Vincente Padilla.

After one game in the second spot, Chris Getz was back atop the Sox lineup, with Brent Lillibridge behind him and playing center field. Corky Miller was slated for ninth and was catching Bartolo Colon, who has won all of his last 12 starts against Texas.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2009/05/newlook-lineup-for-white-sox-behind-bartolo-colon.html

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by larry on May 10, 2009 10:22 AM CDT reply actions

well, at least padilla can't hit aj again.

brian anderson would've caught that...

by BuehrleMan on May 10, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions

this lineup worked well the last time i went

right down to the pitcher

by U-God on May 10, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

At least he's not replacing PK.

I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.

by homesickalien on May 10, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions

pods' wife is giving birth today so he is unavailable.

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by larry on May 10, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions

plenty of gifts still available, all you tightwads

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I don’t want my beer to taste like fruit or honey. I want pussy to taste that way.

by thatshortkid on May 10, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Sox were in Seattle for Mom's Day last year...which means we just passed the anniversary of my Fan of the Game honors. heh heh heh.

Priceless asshole moment from when I was FotG:

PK hits a double in the 3rd to score Uribe and Q, putting the Sox ahead 2-0.
I sprang from my seat to cheer and kicked over my fresh Miller Lite in the direction of the bleacher row in front of me.

I was too busy cheering to notice, but the Seattle fan sitting in front of me interrupted my celebration to tell me my beer spilled on her seat.

I looked down, saw the spilt beer, and paused for a moment.

“Oh, that’s ok. I can get a new one.”

:P What a jerk I am!

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by homesickalien on May 10, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions

lower bleachers suck

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by thatshortkid on May 10, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions

I was recalling that too...how TSK was just behind me that night....

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by homesickalien on May 10, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions

BEAN EVERYONE!

"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH

by Illini0509 on May 10, 2009 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

Jenks' pitch was the highlight of the game for sure

although he should have gone for the ase or the ris.

second highlight was Kens reaction to it, going apoplectic saying it was unintentional was very funny.

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by hoodlight on May 10, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions

isnt padilla a head hunter?

12/12/07- We'll miss you Andy Gonzalez

by The Deacon on May 10, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions

Nevermind that Jenks didn’t actually hit Kinsler (though I suspect that was the intent).

I find it hard to believe that it was his intent; we were ahead by 1-run only?

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 10, 2009 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

he means the intent was not to hit kinsler.

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by larry on May 10, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

oh!

thanks

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 10, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions

don't you make your sentence more complicated by using the word 'though'?

that what threw me off

if your sentence goes ‘he didn’t hit him’ and you want to add that ‘I suspect he didn’t want to’
doesn’t it complicate things when you write ‘he didn’t hit him though I suspect that was his intent’?

just playing with the words

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by The Wizard on May 10, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions