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White Sox Execute Cubs in Series Opener

Stoney and Hawk heaped gobs of praise in Ozzie Guillen's direction for his brilliant management Wednesday -- I can't deny that he made all the right moves -- but I have to give far more credit to the White Sox execution of that game plan as a reason for the victory. With the exception of a couple of plays at 3B by Gordon Beckham and a failed sac-fly opportunity also by Beckham (more on him later tonight), the Sox scratched across runs where they've usually left 'em stranded this year.

While the Cubs and Sox are both clearly struggling offensively this season, the Sox at least looked like they had a solid approach at the plate today, taking 7 free passes in addition to the proper execution of a few bunts and a hit-and-run.

The story of the game even moreso than the offense had to be John Danks, who might have been given the hook a bit early, might have been able to escape without allowing a run if he had the support of his relief crew, and most importantly, might be rounding back into the guy who I picked to finish in the top 5 of the AL Cy Young voting. He took a tough loss last time out, but threw well and backed that performance up with a 9K, ZERO walk outing today.

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HI YUM YAY

excuse me while I get danks to plant his seed into my woman.

by Trooper on Jun 17, 2009 4:50 PM CDT reply actions  

you'll have to wait after he comes over my house

I LOVE A.J PIERZYNSKI. WHITE SOX BASEBALL FUTILE TILL THE END. SOMETHINGS AREN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING FOR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.

by pierzynskirules on Jun 17, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

aj will be pissed

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

no he won't

aj likes to share

I LOVE A.J PIERZYNSKI. WHITE SOX BASEBALL FUTILE TILL THE END. SOMETHINGS AREN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING FOR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.

by pierzynskirules on Jun 17, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

you're right

I LOVE A.J PIERZYNSKI. WHITE SOX BASEBALL FUTILE TILL THE END. SOMETHINGS AREN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING FOR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.

by pierzynskirules on Jun 17, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

hah?

I LOVE A.J PIERZYNSKI. WHITE SOX BASEBALL FUTILE TILL THE END. SOMETHINGS AREN'T EVEN WORTH FIGHTING FOR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.

by pierzynskirules on Jun 17, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

hahaha

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Or maybe he can shoot like a mofo and usually arcs his splooge into the dog bowl in back

...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT

by rhythm on Jun 17, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

YES?

"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State." - Chris Carter

by xozte on Jun 17, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

0 walks.

that was a great game

I just accidentally the Fleshlight.
Accidentally what?
THE WHOLE THING!!

by BoeJouma on Jun 17, 2009 5:12 PM CDT reply actions  

what i saw of the game was awesome

and cheat gave us a tease about later tonight….will we get something to read? or be disappointed….tune in later fellow SSSers…i know i will

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions  

ps, GREAT photo caption

I just accidentally the Fleshlight.
Accidentally what?
THE WHOLE THING!!

by BoeJouma on Jun 17, 2009 5:19 PM CDT reply actions  

yes.

THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY

by colintj on Jun 17, 2009 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

flagged, politically incorrect

now if Ozzie had on his wifebeater and gold chains I might let it slide

Coach says he needs more toughness. I gotta step up.

by ChicagoPete on Jun 17, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

oh snap!

THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY

by colintj on Jun 17, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

FUUUUUUUCKKKK YEEEEEAAAAHHH ! ! ! !

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 17, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let us be happy

that we do not have to deal with future payroll obligations that the Cubs have. They are royally fucked.

by Daniel Berlyn on Jun 17, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions  

I am just happy that we won

it gets annoying going to the bar and seeing cubs fans gloating and telling you to leave sox because cubs are “better”, whatever that means. At least now I can expect their mouths shut for at least another day.

Lupe, release the balloons!

by LT_sox_fan on Jun 17, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

My ultra intense cubs fan uncle

told me that the cubs are bad today… that is a bad sign for that team because the dude has a “Its Gonna Happen” sign in his yard

Wave that flag.... Wave it wide and high.. Summertime... Done come and gone, My oh my

by 815Sox on Jun 17, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

I would not be sure of that

they are still making a lot of money, so without the the shackles of the Trib, I still think they are fine even with some of the bad contracts . . .

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

by jc2313 on Jun 17, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

i missed the HR by ramirez

just watched the reply, damn was that ball high and outside, and he just sent it out of there… sweet shot

Lupe, release the balloons!

by LT_sox_fan on Jun 17, 2009 6:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Wish I coulda watched this one

In Chicago, no one would blink an eyelash at work if the TV at your desk were tuned into the sox-cubs game, but in a different city, somehow watching mlb.tv in the middle of the day wouldn’t feel acceptable.

Is it still the fourth inning?

by vince_ on Jun 17, 2009 6:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Did you see him laughing w/ Ozzie beforehand?

I think Ozzie was telling him to tip his cap.

Your offense is only as good as your bullpen.

by defensive indifference on Jun 17, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hoytsstash thinks Ozzie was telling him how silly he looked

in that big blue clown outfit….

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 17, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Finally some good news today

Totally off topic: but if anyone wants to write there representatives about the proposed cuts here is a good link:

http://www.childrenshomeandaid.org/Page.aspx?pid=240

Wave that flag.... Wave it wide and high.. Summertime... Done come and gone, My oh my

by 815Sox on Jun 17, 2009 7:33 PM CDT reply actions  

Rather than writing after the fact . . .

 I strongly recommend voting for the right people instead of the same crap that we have put in office for the past . . . I dont know, seemingly forever. The waste of tax dollars in IL is simply awesome. Waste $ everywhere and then cut areas like this . . . ridiculous.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

by jc2313 on Jun 17, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

I love you guys.

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

by winningugly on Jun 17, 2009 7:59 PM CDT reply actions  

haha, someone had a few

I am about to head out for some beerz, I shall drink for Danks and for Gavin’s balls: let them grow BIG and HAIRY!

Lupe, release the balloons!

by LT_sox_fan on Jun 17, 2009 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hoytsstash to crack a fresh bottle of Jameson

then curse outloud at nobody and threaten to fight myself in the mirror…..
is it obvious I’ve already started?

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 17, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

The shirt that Ozzie loves

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

by The Wizard on Jun 17, 2009 8:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Take a look at that guy above selling his shirt and lil mask...

The epitomy of the whole fanbase, it seems…..
Buy a “tshirt and cute lil mask like me and I’ll meet you at the Crobar later….”
LOL !
These people never seem to surprise Hoytsstash anymore…..lol.
What a fuckin clown show.

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 18, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

are you talking about humongous, because, that's believable...

i wish milton had the superabilities to fly up to the bleachers and smack one of those ignant bums upside the head and woo his white girlfriend at the same time

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Jun 18, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

More Ozzie
MDGonzales: Reporter asks Guillen if he called the squeeze play in the 7th. “I’m the manager, I guess.” Guillen quipped.

Link: http://twitter.com/MDGonzales/statuses/2213764588

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

by The Wizard on Jun 17, 2009 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

This Baseball Patriarch Could Really Pitch Himself
How fast could Satchel Paige throw a baseball? It’s hard to know because there were no radar guns to measure ball velocity when Leroy Paige, better known as Satchel, became a pitching star of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. In his discerning, empathetic and hype-free new Paige biography, Larry Tye cites the eyewitness account of one of the white reporters who finally began paying attention to Paige in 1934: "All you can see is something like a thin line of pipe smoke."

When asked if he threw that fast consistently, Paige, who would become famed for choice aphorisms, replied: "No, sir. I do it all the time." …

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/books/review/15maslin.html

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

by The Wizard on Jun 17, 2009 9:04 PM CDT reply actions  

thanks wiz.

I’ve been looking for a good Satchel book since reading the few Satchel-related stories in Joe Posnanski’s Buck O’Neal book, The Soul of Baseball.

"...a mouth without grinders is like a mill without grindstone,"
-Don Quixote

by SkanchoDanza on Jun 17, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions  

from the stories I've heard Satchel was a very interesting guy, Buck must have been the man

I’ll try to check out the both books but who knows when this will happen!

btw, the Satchel book author had an interview on NPR (44m):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105037269

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

by The Wizard on Jun 17, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

has anyone read this yet?

I read Satch’s autobiography, is this a rehashing of that?

South Side (Cant) Hit (For Shit) Men

by e-gus on Jun 18, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

detroit about to crash

twins treading water, royals in a dead cat bounce, indians on a slow recovery…

sox headed to seven games over five hundred.

Where time is meaningless, and outside of diamonds there are no dimensions.

by explodingpinwheelsforfunandprofit on Jun 17, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions  

day trader?

White Sox Minor League Updates: http://twitter.com/SouthSidelarry

by larry on Jun 17, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

close

beanie babies.

does there seem to be more parity in MLB this year opposed to, say, the last ten years or am I just seeing things?

Where time is meaningless, and outside of diamonds there are no dimensions.

by explodingpinwheelsforfunandprofit on Jun 17, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

MTXX...

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

by winningugly on Jun 18, 2009 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions  

Some "Z" scuttlebutt
Maybe this is just an episode of “Telephone” that’s getting out of hand, but there’s a whisper going around that Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano just might plunk one of the White Sox in Thursday’s game.

Why? Because Sox pitching coach Don Cooper allegedly uttered an unkind word about Big Z during an outing.

Considering Zambrano has hit one batter in 63 2/3 innings this season, it should be easy to detect if there’s anything to this.

another quote

Overheard: A member of the Cubs’ security team discussing Ozzie Guillen’s frequent rants about the rats inside Wrigley Field:

“He knows what he’s talking about.”

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=301306

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

by The Wizard on Jun 17, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions  

"He thinks he's all that."

“Girl, you got that right.”
“He thinks he can get away with anything.”
“Uh huh. Tell it, sister.”

Chicago baseball: Like a girl’s high school locker room. (Insert pu$$y joke here.)

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

by winningugly on Jun 18, 2009 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

TY.

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

by winningugly on Jun 18, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

Hoytsstash just looked at the box score and realized that Danks struck out everybody

on their fuckin’ team…!
If someone already mentioned that then fuck you Hoytsstash

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 17, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions  

except the one Linebrink struck out, and the one Bobby struck out

LOL !
Perhaps it should have read, their whole fuckin team struck out at least once today…those jerks.
Jameson good.

" i'm sure you've been right on something at some point."
-by Larry on May 28, 2009 4:55 PM PST

by Hoytsstash on Jun 17, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think you're onto something with this Jameson stuff

keep up the good work, Hoytsstash.

...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT

by rhythm on Jun 18, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

i'm sure you've been right on something at some point.

White Sox Minor League Updates: http://twitter.com/SouthSidelarry

by larry on Jun 17, 2009 10:16 PM CDT reply actions  

what's your extra thoughts on Beckham?

i’ve come back like 4 times tonight waiting to see

by Freneau on Jun 17, 2009 11:12 PM CDT reply actions  

cheat teased us good

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

disappointment :(

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

unfortunately, for these purposes, it only matters whether it's after midnight for the .000000000000000000000000001% of the US that is the cheat.

here’s a quickie – he needs to hit more line drives. his walk and strikeout rates are fine. he’s the fucking savior and he’ll be awesome.

White Sox Minor League Updates: http://twitter.com/SouthSidelarry

by larry on Jun 17, 2009 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

haha...

sorry if I may have come off bitchy, I’m just a little bored and interested to see his take

by Freneau on Jun 17, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

nah ur not lol

i commented earlier about waiting in anticipation from cheat’s tease lol

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

stop ruining our night lare

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

stone pony?

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Jun 17, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

yep

that’s it…

I didn’t address the flyballs (I think many of those are gonna turn in the LD soon) or even talk about K/BB rate, but yeah, that’s what I could have said and saved us all some damn time

on the other hand 5 extra page views!

by The Cheat on Jun 18, 2009 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

i heard its a pretty good one

I just accidentally the Fleshlight.
Accidentally what?
THE WHOLE THING!!

by BoeJouma on Jun 18, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions  

whole division lost

except the sox….. now 3 games back…. what a difference a week makes.

Kenwo4life=ratings

by KenWo4LiFe on Jun 18, 2009 12:54 AM CDT reply actions  

No shit.

Before long the Sox will be buying.

by Ahillock on Jun 18, 2009 4:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

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