hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 7, 2005 18:20:52 GMT -5
Takatsu is trying out for a revival of Annie Get Your Gun. He went up to Wickman and sang "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worser."
Nice job by Shingo and Vizcaino. I hope that was a career worst performance for Vizcaino, which won't be repeated.
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Post by showcase on Apr 8, 2005 7:23:28 GMT -5
Yeah, just some kinks the back end of the staff had to get out of their system.
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 8, 2005 12:34:20 GMT -5
My own co-byline! Lol!
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Post by showcase on Apr 8, 2005 12:58:03 GMT -5
The other Sox fans haven't come to light, so I thought it only appropriate to give credit where credit is due.
I'm hoping we'll be treated to a repeat of the Sox's early seasons success in the HHH last season. It was nice to get off that streak of really embarrassing performances. Of course, there are still several such streaks still remaining.
I like tonite's matchup, assuming the bullpen got all the stink out of its system. Hernandez generally pitches well in April, and well, even TBird's not wild on Lohse....
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Post by showcase on Apr 10, 2005 10:11:01 GMT -5
Wow, that Radke was thoroughly dominating last night again. A real difference maker. Fortunately for the Twinkies, they have their best hurler going to the mound trying to keep them from getting swept at home.
Nothing like taking an early series of the Twinkies at the Metrodome!
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 10, 2005 22:48:24 GMT -5
Gotta love Santana. ;D
And it looks like the Twins have Buehrle figured out pretty well. Torii continues to be a White Sox Killer.
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Post by showcase on Apr 11, 2005 10:26:28 GMT -5
Well, Santana is no Joe Mays when it comes to the Sox, but he clearly pitched well - and had to, since it would be a huge embarrasment for the Twinkies' "This is Twins Territory!" ad campaign for them to get swept at home. Still, seems like the Sox kind of owned the HHH this time around. Maybe the Twinkies will want to can the campaign for a bit later in the season...
And if Torri's performance in this series (3 for 12, 2HR, 2B, 5RBI) continues to validate this curious perception of him as a "White Sox Killer," what does that make Carl Everett (6 for 11, HR, 2 2B, 6RBI)? Twinkie Decimator? Everett, the lifetime .277 hitter, bats .341 against the Twinkies. THAT's the kind of disparity that qualifies you as having another team's number.
Torri isn't even really that good against the ChiSox when compared to how he fares against the Indians or KC. Everett, on the other hand, would be thought of in a whole other light if he could just play in the Metrodome every day.
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 11, 2005 11:24:05 GMT -5
Well, Santana is no Joe Mays when it comes to the Sox, but he clearly pitched well - and had to, since it would be a huge embarrasment for the Twinkies' "This is Twins Territory!" ad campaign for them to get swept at home. Still, seems like the Sox kind of owned the HHH this time around. Maybe the Twinkies will want to can the campaign for a bit later in the season... And if Torri's performance in this series (3 for 12, 2HR, 2B, 5RBI) continues to validate this curious perception of him as a "White Sox Killer," what does that make Carl Everett (6 for 11, HR, 2 2B, 6RBI)? Twinkie Decimator? Everett, the lifetime .277 hitter, bats .341 against the Twinkies. THAT's the kind of disparity that qualifies you as having another team's number. Torri isn't even really that good against the ChiSox when compared to how he fares against the Indians or KC. Everett, on the other hand, would be thought of in a whole other light if he could just play in the Metrodome every day. First off--it's Torii (one "r", two "i"s ). And Torii's is seen as a Sox killer b/c he seems to always be the one that makes the deciding play that takes out the Sox. Everett puts up numbers, but I don't really worry about him, b/c the Twins haven't been taken out by him. In contrast, Torii made the defining play of the Sox-Twins season series last year, knocking out Burke and the Sox in the same play. When Everett does that, then he can be a Twins killer. And, well, its true yall won the series, but hey, you won the first series last year too and that obviously didn't stop the Twins from winning the division and the season series.
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 11, 2005 12:47:56 GMT -5
It does seem as though Hunter gets more than his share of big hits against the Sox. So Buerhle had one bad inning. Big deal. You just can't do that when you are facing Santana.
Interesting stat for the day: Prior to hitting his home run off of Lohse on Friday, Paul Konerko's lifetime numbers against Lohse were 3-41. Who would have figured?
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Post by showcase on Apr 11, 2005 14:39:14 GMT -5
Sue me for being hooked on phonics. On the other hand, unless Mr. Hunter begins pronouncing his name "Tori-i," he's going to just have to put up with mispellings.
Torii turned in an impressive performance at a critical time last year, but I'm still not convinced that makes him a bona fide Sox killer. Joe Mays was unquestionably a Sox killer. But I don't think singular impressive performances are the sine qua non of establishing a player as a team killer. Gibby's shot off of Eck didn't establish him as an A's killer, after all. It was a great moment, and Torii surely has had some others against the Sox, but Hunter doesn't stand out in my mind as someone who consistently gives the Sox fits.
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Post by showcase on Apr 14, 2005 9:46:49 GMT -5
Nice day for hoyarooter today: the Sox and Dodgers share the best record in baseball.
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 14, 2005 9:49:16 GMT -5
Sue me for being hooked on phonics. On the other hand, unless Mr. Hunter begins pronouncing his name "Tori-i," he's going to just have to put up with mispellings. It could be worse...He could be Chone (pronounced like Shawn) Figgins. Obviously that guy's mom had never even heard of Hooked on Phonics
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 14, 2005 12:52:11 GMT -5
Nice day for hoyarooter today: the Sox and Dodgers share the best record in baseball. Yeah, stop the season. ;D TBird, is it true that Silva may be out for the year? That would be a pretty significant blow to the Twins.
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Post by showcase on Apr 14, 2005 13:12:53 GMT -5
It could be worse...He could be Chone (pronounced like Shawn) Figgins. Obviously that guy's mom had never even heard of Hooked on Phonics Me, I blame Sade. C'mon, who was she kidding with that?
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 14, 2005 16:39:08 GMT -5
Yeah, stop the season. ;D TBird, is it true that Silva may be out for the year? That would be a pretty significant blow to the Twins. Originally, he was going to be out til after the All-Star break. But as they've evaluated it more, he just needs some rehab--I think he supposed to be back late April now. www.startribune.com/stories/509/5347170.html
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Post by showcase on Apr 17, 2005 20:30:00 GMT -5
Now, what were people saying about Buehrle not being a true front of the rotation pitcher? 9IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 12K? How does that compare to Santana's last outing? Pretty favorably, I'd say. Got to lord it over people while you can. Sox won their fifth consecutive series, by the way. GO WHITE SOX!!!
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Post by showcase on Apr 19, 2005 21:58:08 GMT -5
Had to change the thread title to account for the fact that the Sox are just rolling right now. Going to have to start making room on the bandwagon soon. Took another series from those vaunted Twinkies and their unbeatable rotation. Yup, those ChiSox just ain't never going to win trying to play smallball!
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 20, 2005 9:31:09 GMT -5
Had to change the thread title to account for the fact that the Sox are just rolling right now. Going to have to start making room on the bandwagon soon. Took another series from those vaunted Twinkies and their unbeatable rotation. Yup, those ChiSox just ain't never going to win trying to play smallball! It's April--yall always do well in April. And stop saying that the Sox are playing small ball. You scored 6 of your 8 runs off of home runs this series. The Sox lead the AL in HR's w/ 18. There's no way that they keep hitting HR's like that, so you better actually learn how to play small ball (and pray your pitching can keep stranding runners) or prepare for another August fade.
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Post by showcase on Apr 20, 2005 11:00:05 GMT -5
It's April--yall always do well in April. True enough, I guess. It just so happens that the Sox play a very important stretch of games against divisional rivals in April. Hey, I agree with Ozzie Guillen - this 'small ball' moniker is silly, both because a) it doesn't appear to mean anything in particular (other than that elusive 'formula' for winning close, low-scoring games), and b) it needn't apply to this Sox lineup at all. The Sox appear to be no worse for the wear in the power department DESPITE the supposedly crippling loss of Mags & Carlos, and yet the Sox have yet to score more than 8 runs in a game. Whatever this 'small ball' moniker may mean, the Sox appear to meet the threshold requirement of not winning games solely on the strength of their HR hitters. I do, however, like to keep dredging it up because the insinuation when the season began was that the Sox could never win games having gotten rid of Mags and Lee and that the staff wasn't near good enough. Considering the Sox's record in recent games (5-1 in one-run games; 8-2 in games decided by two runs), I think it fair to say that the early results really don't support this 'conventional thinking' at all. Actually, the Sox are tied with four AL teams for the lead in HR, but that's neither here or there. I don't expect the Sox to keep producing HR at that pace, just as I don't expect Brian Roberts (with a career high of 5 HR) to keep cranking them out. On the other hand, I don't expect the Sox's principal tablesetter (Podsednik) to be hamstrung (almost literally) the rest of the season, either. Of course it's still early. And 14 games IS less than even a tenth of the season. But, then again, maybe we've seen signs that Twinkies fans would do well to start researching prayers that will help their team play divisional rivals at better than a 6-5 pace. By the way, since I've got your attention, how'd that vaunted Sox Killer Torii Hunter fare? Because I could find Everett's production for a point of comparison.
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 20, 2005 13:00:11 GMT -5
How about that cool 14-hitter yesterday! Way to clutch up, Twinkies.
Just a few random comments:
1. The Sox don't always start fast. In fact, I would be willing to bet, without seeing any statistics, that this is their best start in many years. And they're doing it without really hitting much.
2. Shingo is doing his best Billy Koch doing Talking Heads impression (burning down the house). This has me seriously concerned.
3. What was the story yesterday with Podsednik being thrown out at the plate attempting to score from second on a flyout? Was there some crazy defensive play involved? Sounds like Torii Hunter striking again.
4. It's way too early to get excited. But I'd rather be 10-4 than 4-10.
5. 4-1 against the Twins is always a good thing. I just hope we don't go 1-8 against them in September, which would be par for the course.
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