Perfect Games Have Consequences
by larry on Aug 23, 2009 3:57 PM CDT
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Or so goes the argument. Whether or not one believes that the physical and mental effort required to throw a no-hitter/perfect game causes poor performance immediately thereafter, Mark Buehrle has performed poorly in his six starts since his July 23 perfect game: 37.2 IP, 54 H, 7 BB, 12 K, and 26 RA. As is apparent from that line, control hasn't been a problem as his walk rate remains low. What else is apparent from that line, though, is that command has been a problem. His K rate is low and his hit rate is insanely high. He's been throwing strikes but they really haven't been good ones.
With the White Sox embarking on a treacherous 11 game road trip against the Red Sox, Yankees, Twins and Cubs they also need to ride their best pitchers. Unfortunately, it's hard to ride them when they aren't performing like the best. And with the offense scoring 1 to 4 runs, it's also hard to overcome less than stellar pitching performances.
With the loss, the club is three games back (pending the completion of the Tigers-A's game). The teams they'll be facing are good so the White Sox could very well find themselves out of the race by the end of the trip. The offense is going to need to produce. Jose and Freddy are going to need to turn back the clock to 2005. And Buehrle is going to need to turn the clock back to July.
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well that fucking sucked.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
ugh i hate this division
any other division in baseball and we’re so far out of it I could stop watching this mediocrity.
fucking dome
Id still watch
but my expectations wouldnt exist so it’d be more enjoyable.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
2-2 since you declared them toast.
That is as perfect as MB’s masterpiece.
Oh, and to shit on the perfecto even further, Philly turns an unassisted triple play today. So much for rare eve ts happening rarely.
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by winningugly on Aug 23, 2009 5:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
you make a comment without a typo and then we'll know that anything is possible.
Cashing checks and having sex.
by MarketMaker on Aug 23, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It is mildly intriguing to see them stagger down the stretch
Like a drunk guy who just got tasered and is trying to hail a cab.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
how can you like watching this and be pissed at the bulls?
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
Who says I hate the actual team? I dislike what the front office is doing.
This Sox team is mediocre, but they did add 2 high-caliber players this season.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 23, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Considering it's what people have been clamoring for..probably not
Unless it was some horrendous trade for Zach Randolph or Chris Kaman.
The Bulls are in a rare position of financial strength considering the turmoil more than half the teams are going through right now. Reinsdorf has a potential franchise PG locked down for at least 4 more seasons on the cheap, it’d be ridiculous to not try and pair him up with an elite talent.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 23, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions
isn't the problem that a bunch of teams will have tons of cap space next summer?
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
You can still offer more money and years to your own FAs than other teams
And the salary cap, along with the luxury tax decreased this year due to the economy, and David Stern isn’t guaranteeing that it will go back up next summer.
If a team is going to sign a big FA next summer, it has to be good enough for a top-tier player to actually want to join.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 23, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
the nba contract/trade/free agency systems are fucked.
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
we are about to get owned
if we can playing like shit theres no reason we should even think we are going to win the division. Ozzie and Cooper should have there heads examined by putting freddy and jose out there against the redsox, this is not 2005.
we are going to get owned so bad i think we will go 2-9 beating the yankees once and of course we will beat the cubs thats a given. but wow boston is about to fack us with a yard stick it wont be pretty.
fuck the tigers this is all mark B fault
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by Czheck on Aug 23, 2009 4:56 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
how would u rathered ozzie n cooper put out their against the bostons?
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
should we rec it?
I feel like we should rec it.
by Daniel Berlyn on Aug 23, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
That explains your recent AIG success.
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English As Second Language funds are cut as often as music and art.
This is the result.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
by Chiburb on Aug 23, 2009 5:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
My prediction?
At the end of this road trip, the White Sox will be between 1-3 games over .500, and between 2-4 games out of first. That’s how they do.
I can understand everything that is going on with the club to a point
but I still cannot figure out what the deal is with Buehrle.
At the game this afternoon and basically fell asleep after the third…woke up briefly in the ninth. Slumbered myself together and dragged my ass to the red line and went home. Not too much to get excited about today.
Hopefully your prediction is correct. I just want us in position to win the division in the last 6 games against Detroit.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 23, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
That's an optimistic prediction....
The realistic side of me says the White Sox are going to visit the death panel.
_
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I like this a lot.
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Nice!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 23, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
people are so fucking stupid.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
Ah - a perfect day for me...
was at the game yesterday, only heard about 5 minutes of the game today. In fact was at the Mon, Wed, and Sat games, that’s a good week of baseball.
Sadly the Sox have no consistency. At least the players will be rested for the October games against Det.
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
i was under the impression that all stripper comments on this site had to be from wu and directed towards me.
Cashing checks and having sex.
OAK 2nd and 3rd no out bottom 8
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
by Chiburb on Aug 23, 2009 5:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
3run HR, OAK up 8-4 with 3 outs to go.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
by Chiburb on Aug 23, 2009 5:40 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
thank you, a's.
tigers have a brutal week ahead too @ the angels and a four game set with the rays.
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions
thank jeebus
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 23, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Twins
are going to sneak in.
But what about F-I-E-L-D-E-R-S?
Sneak in? I thought they won prior to the season start?
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
Whatever happens on this road trip, it will kind of just be a nice relief to have it behind us.
If we tank and end up 6, 7 games out, this maddening season will have finally resolved itself just in time for football.
If we are still close, there won’t be that looming cloud of The Dreaded Road Trip At The End Of August to continue to think about. Additionally, Peavy will be ready, and Buehrle will improve (if his month-by-month career splits are any indicator).
In either case, there will be a certain feeling of relief. I’ll be quite glad when the trip ends.
"I would literally vote for a horse if one were put on the ballot against Stroger."
"I would literally have sex with a horse before voting for Stroger."
Just saw Justin-What's His-Name's new record after his Sox-killing today.
3-11. Buehrle 11-7. At home. Against the Orioles.
Says it all, I believe.
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I blame it on Pods
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 23, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
it's all about expectations
I expected around 85 victories and Sept games would be meaningless and who knows what the future holds. On track for the victory total and it looks like there will be meaningful baseball in Sept.
The big upside is the additions of Rios and Peavy for the next 3 years along with the emergence of Bacon and to a lesser degree Getz. Rios has yet to look anywhere near the player you would expect for that money but the sample size is so small. Add in a healthy Q in 2010 and all the salaries coming off the books and there’s reason for optimism
With that said losing 2 of 3 to Baltimore and seeing Lilli or Nix booting balls and Pods getting picked off base every other day can wear on a fan.
It’s the last week of August and we have a very realistic shot to win the division with the possibility our best pitcher has yet to throw a pitch for the Sox. Lots of “ifs” but it’s not like White Sox history should make us entitled to championships every year (or decade or century)
by Duck99 on Aug 23, 2009 6:02 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
just like crack - when you get a little whiff, you want it.
right? or is that just me?
Did you say a healthy Q! in 2010?? Will he be playing in a bubble?
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 23, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, in a bubble built for him and Getz.
"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."
— Leo Durocher
by Chiburb on Aug 23, 2009 6:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Q will play 150 games in 2010
50 of them might be in rehab starts…
Seriously, he’s learning. Hasn’t hit himself in the hand or head after a strikeout. He’s backed a good inch off the plate, etc
Thanks for raining on my little parade.
by Duck99 on Aug 23, 2009 7:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
blech - a Type 8 stabbing pain, blood in the stool loss
Let’s see, at home, facing the team with the second worst record in the league which hasn’t won a series since the allstar break. Floyd, Danks and Buehrle. And lose two out of three.
“Mao!”
No animals were harmed during the making of this comment.
I'm somewhere between
“It’s all about expectations” (and that was a VG post, will rec after I post this) and the “stabbing … blood in the stool loss”.
I am optimistic about the roster continuing to progress and jell next year though, I really do like what KW is doing with the personnel right now. And because the division is so bloody awful (and here come the fucking Twins BTW, my pick to win the division all along) there very well may be meaningful games in Sept.
Best game I ever attended was the 163rd game last year.
by NorthSidePaulie on Aug 23, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions
I expect nothing less.
"I would literally vote for a horse if one were put on the ballot against Stroger."
"I would literally have sex with a horse before voting for Stroger."
I am happy to report that my plans to go to today's game were canceled because I instead saw Cavalia,
which was exquisite.
No bitching here. I’ve had an amazing couple of days in my hometown.
(billyok or Trooper quote)
by homesickalien on Aug 23, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I know you prefer your horses of the dead variety.
(billyok or Trooper quote)
by homesickalien on Aug 24, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I wanted to see that, but it's so expensive
$50 for “partially obstructed view” seats? Ugh. No thanks.
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
Yeah, still worth it. I had "partially obstructed" and it was just a scaffold in half my line of vision, and I could see through it anyway.
Pretty intimate inside the tent and the stage was HUGE – wasn’t really a bad seat in the house. Just “partially” bad.
But SO worth it!!
:)
(billyok or Trooper quote)
by homesickalien on Aug 24, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
More good news
This Red Sox/Yankees game will probably go till midnight while our boys are already tucked in for the night in their beantown beds.
Bacon will have slammed a couple Southies and be jacked for his Fenway debut.
Clear skies ahead.
by Duck99 on Aug 23, 2009 7:45 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
you knows it.
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 23, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yet you did not rec it.
(billyok or Trooper quote)
by homesickalien on Aug 23, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah it sucks
he even said its not his nick name.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
not even as good as the shocker
and he sucks
by Daniel Berlyn on Aug 24, 2009 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions
i don't like it either. but it is what it is.
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2009 1:37 AM CDT up reply actions
i see the mariners sent cy jakobauskas down to the minors yesterday
now that they are done with the sox he is useless to them
Brian Anderson strikes out swinging. Three out.
i truly, no shit, whole-heartedly believe
we will take 3 of 4 in boston. new york? im sure of 1 and feel good about taking 2. minnesota? im no bill melton, so i wont go full retard, 2 of 3. and i think we lose to the cubs. thats just our style. so thats 6/7 of 11 on the road. we play well against teams that play well, and be play like shit against teams that play like shit. thus, my reasoning for coming away from this trip at 70-65.
we are gonna skullfuck this guy - thecip
Opposite of what always happens remember.
Flowers – who is apparently the motherfucking boogeyman of the southern league
by omnipotent grab on Aug 23, 2009 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably only take one in Minnesota
Cubs are a crapshoot, but its not the midseason series and they’re pretty craptastic at the moment so they don’t really have any reason to care like they do usually so 60-70% chance of winning methinks.
like you're thinkin even the full Meltard'in
Bedtime in san diego
by Duck99 on Aug 23, 2009 11:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
4 over .500
is the high water mark so far this year, been there 3 or 4 times.
I’ll kiss you (on State and Madison) if you’re right
But what about F-I-E-L-D-E-R-S?
also, id really like to have the lead by - if not ON my birthday
sep 3. fuckin cubs.
we are gonna skullfuck this guy - thecip
Flying to Boston in a couple of hours to watch the first 2 rounds of the series.
I get the lucky draw of Jose and Freddy. I am expecting bad things, so we should win the first 2 games by scores of 10-2 and 15-1. In any case, its one last hurrah before the fucking school year starts next monday.
I’ll post when i return.
Kenwo4life=ratings
I'd be joining you
But I value my money. Good luck.
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Sox Machine
saw your bb tweet.
haven’t heard the new album, but am a big fan of all of his pre-ranconteurs stuff. how’s it compare?
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 24, 2009 1:39 AM CDT up reply actions
I only have Alternative to Love
And it’s more powerful power pop than that. He doesn’t slow it down as much.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
just saw j. tillman rock the sf.
i love me some fleet foxes, but i love me a j. tillman-fronted band more.
oh, yeah, go sox.
Think of it like bongwater but to a not even close extent.
FNS and....
FMB because real aces shouldnt get owned by the royals,O’s,Cubs, and did i mention should not lose to the O’s?
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nah i got love for MB
but cant we jus win this division like we did last year?
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I had my first taste of ouzo last nite. Sandwiching that between bottles of PBRs may not have been the brightest idea.
oh and to hell with you, White Sox. I’m glad they’re finally on this damn road trip — at least if they lose to Boston or New York I won’t be too angry. Lose to fucking Baltimore with Buehrle on the hill against a 6.00+ ERA pitcher? Sheeeeeeeeeeeee-it.
A few things:
1) I said some time ago (well before the perfecto) Beuhrle would struggle in the second half….this is simply regression to the mean….he’s not that great…..merely good and very dependable 2) this team reminds me of the 2003 team, which also lacked that “it” factor 3) Podsednik is playing too much 4) why the fuck would you hit Rios third? 5) we lost this division in bits and pieces along the way….but it is particularly frustrating now when they should be winning more.
Well, I'm not sure I'm using it exactly as intended....
but when I said that I’m thinking his ERA was low 3’s. I’m also guessing he was likely somewhat lucky with BAPIP, but that’s just a guess. I’m not surprised we’re seeing what we’re seeing.
Kotsay over Dye???
Why did Ozzie pinch hit Kotsay over Dye? Did I miss something? Sorry if this was already discussed…I’ve been gone for three weeks.
Righties hit Johnson better than lefties.
I'm getting Garcia vs. Lester tommorow
Can it please be “opposite day”?
by gar ridge pride on Aug 24, 2009 9:28 AM CDT reply actions
Why not pills instead of a rope?
by Daniel Berlyn on Aug 24, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
LOL. Rec'd.
And I do believe you are asking a sincere question.
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by winningugly on Aug 24, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Too much planning involved
with a rope, lots of things can go wrong . . . pills are so much easier . . . hence, Garcia over Torres.
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