Game 128 Preview
Brad Radke 12-9, 4.35 for the Twinkies
vs.
Javy "Chernobyl" Vazquez 11-8, 5.13 for the ChiSox
Huge, huge series for the Sox. This is even bigger than the series with the Tigers.
Javy could really endear himself to the fans by pitching lights out for the 4th or 5th time all season.
Some thoughts from Pander
What more can we say about Brad Radke, a pitcher who should need no introduction to White Sox fans. I have taken to calling him Rocket lately, not after Mr. Clemens, but rather after Gary Busey's character in Rookie of the Year, a washed-up starter who pitched through an injury. Guts and guts alone buoyed him and the Cubbies to the promised land in the movie, an ending that could only fly in Hollywood. (Also of ironic note is that the main character in that movie, a young pitching phenom, blew away competition before injuring himself. However, that character's last name wasn't Liriano.) We're more along the lines of the White Sox from the Major League movies, particularly the one with the hated White Sox hitter who was traded from Cleveland (to be ably played by A.J. Pierzynski). We're going to smack hits and smoke bitches and not make any apologies for being mean or looking bad in the process. I just hope we can exert some patience today to achieve that mission, cause with Brad Radke the key is first pitch ball. We get that, and Brad's just a righty Mark Buehrle without a curveball.
My pick to click is Jermaine Dye.
DickDaStick picked AJ.
Pander's going with Gooch
James is glad to pick Gload
Readers, you only have 8 hours to make your picks. Post 'em here as comments!
vs.
Javy "Chernobyl" Vazquez 11-8, 5.13 for the ChiSox
Huge, huge series for the Sox. This is even bigger than the series with the Tigers.
Javy could really endear himself to the fans by pitching lights out for the 4th or 5th time all season.
Some thoughts from Pander
What more can we say about Brad Radke, a pitcher who should need no introduction to White Sox fans. I have taken to calling him Rocket lately, not after Mr. Clemens, but rather after Gary Busey's character in Rookie of the Year, a washed-up starter who pitched through an injury. Guts and guts alone buoyed him and the Cubbies to the promised land in the movie, an ending that could only fly in Hollywood. (Also of ironic note is that the main character in that movie, a young pitching phenom, blew away competition before injuring himself. However, that character's last name wasn't Liriano.) We're more along the lines of the White Sox from the Major League movies, particularly the one with the hated White Sox hitter who was traded from Cleveland (to be ably played by A.J. Pierzynski). We're going to smack hits and smoke bitches and not make any apologies for being mean or looking bad in the process. I just hope we can exert some patience today to achieve that mission, cause with Brad Radke the key is first pitch ball. We get that, and Brad's just a righty Mark Buehrle without a curveball.
My pick to click is Jermaine Dye.
DickDaStick picked AJ.
Pander's going with Gooch
James is glad to pick Gload
Readers, you only have 8 hours to make your picks. Post 'em here as comments!
posted by Jeeves at 11:12 AM
22 Comments:
Let me jump in on the ideal line-up game:
Mack -- LF
Iguchi -- 2B
Dye -- RF
Konerko -- 1B
AJ -- C
Crede -- 3B
Pods -- DH
Cintron -- SS
Anderson -- CF
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Hmmm, yesterday I didn't make a PtC and it seemed to work out pretty well. Although I DID root for Gload to have a big game over on SSS, and he had an ofer.
I'm officially the kiss of death.
Therefore, my PtC is going to be Sandy Alomar.
Hopefully in the near future we'll be 3.5 games up on the Twins and I can feel better about making a real pick!
I'm taking Paulie I guess. I wanted AJ or Gooch, but you bastards took him.
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I'll take Crede.
So Jeeves, those deleted comments aren't that spammer again, are they?
Mack also got lucky when he threw home on that Castillo single that it didn't end up n the Twinkies dugout, and that Tyner/ Bartlett (?) didn't score.
And Pods is still awful. Mack should be in left field.
We haven't reached the 5th-6th yet.
It's imperative the Sox get a few more runs in the bottom of the 5th. For.My.Sanity.
Jail Scotty Pods!
I'll raise my hand....
that Cotts kept Morneau in the yard.
Well, the good news is that the 6th inning is over.
The bad news is that we need a run to tie.
The good news is that we still have 12 outs to score two runs.
The bad news is that the Twinkies bullpen is god-like.
AJ = god of thunder
thank you thank you thank you thank you
Pods: worthless as an umbrella in a tornado
We are officially in a dogfight. Time for Snoopy to shoot down the Red Baron.
Watch, if Ozzie lets Pods hit in the 9th, he'll hit a walk-off hr and have all of us Pods bashers holding our dicks in our hands.
Cintron gave up on the curve, and he looked to be on Nathan.
But the fan thing was one of those whatever things, and so whatever...
Detroit loses, the Sox now in third place. Ozzie gets this one for using Cotts.
Talk about a mental mushball. This team is just crazy. Play inspring ball a few days, then lose in such bad ways on others. Someone invite Nurse Ratchet to my house with here sedatives. I'm losing my mind.
Where is my ledge?
Hi, contributors
Please please please do not say Ozzie=God any more. Please!!!! Please let him go next season. We're not forgettable. We always remember him as a hero for the year of 2005. He is not the guy to lead sox for the fourth title. His weapons are used up and his managing is no effective any more.
Man, you guys were going through the exact same feelings we were going through at the ballpark.
Those deleted comments weren't deleted by me. I don't know what they were. They must have been deleted by whoever made them.
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