White Sox 3, Twins 0: KnightSox have Buehrle's back

love watching De Aza and his big ol’ dip, confident with Flowers at bat, Viciedo on pace to hit .667 for the rest of the year ;)

I’m loving the 2014 White Sox especially! But this year, we gots a chance.

without Charlotte love there would be no War.

I think the Sox record with and without Dunn starting is very relevant, and with tonight’s game the Sox are 5 over .500 without Dunn starting, in fewer than 30 games. We’ve effectively been a National League team all year (with a full-time DH, Dunn, whose stats are only slightly better than the average pitcher’s) playing American League teams that get to use a real DH.

I watched a Giants game (out here in SF) the other day where a baserunner rounded third nonchalantly, as the Missile kind of did, on a groundball to short and I was thinking about how infrequently that turns into a run but how necessary it is in case of a bobble or an overthrown ball to first. It was great to see it pay off in reality. Great baserunning, great pitching and great to see Paulie at first without any problems.

I still like Lilli at first and PK DHing but whatever wins ballgames… just get Rios out of the cleanup spot (even though he has turned it around a bit).

..during the six I look at my phone and see it’s been 1:10 minutes… gotta love Buehrle’s efficiency. Is it just me or are you displeased every time he walks someone to give up a no-no? I feel like he has the goods every time he’s out there.

Don’t stop now, boys INDEED!

I’m a White Sox fan first and foremost but I grew up in Sacramento with the Giants as my “local” team..then Barry came in. Yuck. Now that he’s gone and I’ve stayed in the Bay, I’m back on board with the torture but if it came down to Sox-Giants, there’s no question. Actually postponed a work trip in ‘08 so I could catch all three Sox games at AT&T (and got to see Alexei’s first career HR).

Sorry, quick bio…just needed to get that in there.

But seriously… the Giants and Sox remind me a lot of each other this year (except the Sox have bats, regardless of how they’re performing.. the Giants have injuries but even when they’re healthy, they don’t have bats)… Both pitching staffs are among the best in baseball and it’s frustrating (to both new-to-the-game girlfriends and fanatics) to your pitchers go out and give up one or just a handful of runs and be forced to question an offense that is spot on one day and way off another. Good to see a 1-0 lead early not go to waste (like I’ve become accustomed to this year).

Go Sox!

When BJ Surhoff and Jeff Cirillo were your dynamic duo for a bunch of years, there’s not much room to talk.

traded off all their real prospect(s) last year!?!

homers, stolen bases, obp, average… if i only had him sooner. for christ sake.

The last three years (prior to this season) he has not been great against them, which may taint your memory. But before that he was pretty solid against them. He has more wins against them than any other team… also more losses, so take the W/L record for what it’s worth. If by stellar, you mean as good as this year, well no, he hadn’t been at that level.

and then he looks at juan running off the field and realizes the game is over. it looks like he thought juan was going to take the cut off throw for him but then sees him running off the field.

as if this wasnt evidence enough he has next to no focus in the game. you could look at all the shallow bloops he lets drop or refuses to run down once they get in the gap

He’s just being thorough. Right? Right.

Ridiculous to even mention