Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox GameThread, Sep 25, 2011 1:10 PM CDT

Any expected reason delays?

by ObsidianXIII on Sep 25, 2011 1:02 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Rain*

by ObsidianXIII on Sep 25, 2011 1:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

outstanding leadoff question

at least in the Freudian sense.

by Chet Lemonhead on Sep 25, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Ozzie said he wouldn't have done anything differently

Does pregame count?

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

I've been asking Ozzie that question for about a month

now, hoping a different answer might come, indicating he is not completely asleep at the wheel. I’ve given up asking. The closest he came was somewhere on the road this month when he mentioned being flexible vis a vis the 6-man, as if he somehow drove or cared much about that.

by Chet Lemonhead on Sep 25, 2011 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Even the six-man was indicative of his problem

Of not having the heart/balls to knock a veteran out of a role. So he made up a new one.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

juan pierre.

doing what he do.
three more games…

"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck

by BuehrleMan on Sep 25, 2011 1:25 PM CDT reply actions

We hope.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions

A game I can catch!

Good pitching so far; this weather sucks.

Our manager wears 13, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.

by ChiSoxRox on Sep 25, 2011 1:40 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

I'm watching this game, kind of toughing it out until the season ends.

I feel almost obligated, since I’ve seen at least part of every game this season live. And in the back of my mind, I know that less than a month after the World Series ends I’ll be itching for more baseball.

But for now, there’s still that season fatigue.

"I'm the Chicago man. I'm vital in Chicago." -Willy Ohman, Act 1

by mechanical turk on Sep 25, 2011 1:45 PM CDT reply actions

Dunn has 171 strikeouts. Average is .162.

Doesn’t look like he’s gonna catch up.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:47 PM CDT reply actions

Gavin's got the good hook working.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:49 PM CDT reply actions

the white sox are the cat. the door is the playoffs. adam dunn is the screen

Joe Buck is just White Noise to me. It’s like the game is being called by a CD of whale songs. - mechanical turk

by blackoutsox on Sep 25, 2011 1:57 PM CDT reply actions

That might be the shortest "he just missed it" yet.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:58 PM CDT reply actions

Hawk mentions that Tony Conigliaro had no fear at the plate...

… I don’t know if that was such a good thing for him.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 1:59 PM CDT reply actions

rios picks now to run all the way through on a play.

come to the treeouts you big dumb bitch.

by furby2056 on Sep 25, 2011 2:05 PM CDT reply actions

I actually think Rios has gotten the message about needing to play hard...

….ever since De Aza came up.

I know there are a lot of Rios haters on this board, but he’s made changes at both the plate and in the field and the results show it.

Baseball is life.

by elgonzo4sox on Sep 25, 2011 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions

He made changes before.

He needs to prove they can stick.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Ozzie & Kenny need to keep the pressure on Rios

Calling up two good outfielders (De Aza and Tank), which obviously threatens Rios’ playing time, appears to have lit a fire under him.

Baseball is life.

by elgonzo4sox on Sep 25, 2011 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Scary close.

The policeman who jumps from a bridge to a plane is Detective John McClane, a.k.a. Bruce Willis. He’s just the star of the whole movie series and stuff, no big deal or anything. -Cruiser

by Uribe Down on Sep 25, 2011 2:08 PM CDT reply actions

Gavin Floyd gives Rios the Aaron Rowand treatment.

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1454852&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:10 PM CDT reply actions

C'monnnnnn....

Rowand’s catch served as an inspiration to Gavin Floyd, who went on to pitch a shutout in the rain-shortened game.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions

The Sox aren't getting Mendoza.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:20 PM CDT reply actions

De Aza says " I can hit this AAAA guy"

Baseball is life.

by elgonzo4sox on Sep 25, 2011 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions

nice play by mendoza.

had plenty of time to get tank though

come to the treeouts you big dumb bitch.

by furby2056 on Sep 25, 2011 2:22 PM CDT reply actions

time for some of that September power

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

by phastphil on Sep 25, 2011 2:25 PM CDT reply actions

hit a ball hard brent

come to the treeouts you big dumb bitch.

by furby2056 on Sep 25, 2011 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

MEEEEEEEEENDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:28 PM CDT reply actions

Jim Thome's playing third in Cleveland.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:31 PM CDT reply actions

For one pitch.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions

De Aza probably catches that.

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by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:33 PM CDT reply actions

Agree

But we’ve already lost one power-hitting RF who laid out for a ball…

Baseball is life.

by elgonzo4sox on Sep 25, 2011 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions

i feel bad for you, being the only one commenting for a while

I’d be more active if I weren’t at work

by ObsidianXIII on Sep 25, 2011 2:39 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Don't mind me.

I’m more or less taking notes.

Whales! Squids! Sharks! They're everywhere! Hello, I am Poseidon! Now, when people told me I was crazy that thinly sliced roast beef would be a delicious fast-food option, I knew it was the greatest idea, and you can thank me later for Arby's.

by Jim Margalus on Sep 25, 2011 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions