back-2-back

SOX WIN!!! SOX WIN!!! we took the lead early on an aj pierzynski solo homerun, and almost lost it early after gavin floyd and his BHB gave up 3 runs in the 4th. however, we roared back to tie the game up in the 7th with some small-ball, meaning that speedy little alexei is getting back in the groove by hitting some singles and stealing some bases.

but in the 7th, we broke it wide open when my boy carlos hit his 8th homerun to break the 3-3 tie (you shoulda heard me screaming and cheering. i coulda broke some windows!), then right after that, jd comes up and hits a solo homerun himself!! we managed to get another run in the 8th before walking out with a 6-3 victory.

on a more somber note, BA left the game in the 8th with a sore oblique. general soreness jerry owens replaced him for the remainder of the game. looks like someone cant go honey-hoppin' tonight!

tomorrow my boys are going down to texas to play the rangers. hopefully my boy carlos won't be hoppin' on hamilton for this trip! tomorrow is also my dad's birthday, but there wont be a game for him to watch. i also wont be able to send him anything cuz i've got a monsterously busy day tomorrow with a math test, a bio presentation, and other shit.

the next televised game is saturday on WGN, and then sunday on ESPN.

GO WHITE SOX!!!
tamtam

split!

as i grimly predicted in my earlier post, the sox lost in game 2 by a final score 9-1. john danks the miracle man was outta juice, and the offense was nonexistant.

tomorrow's game is on WGN (at least thats what it says on the televised game printout that i have pinned on the bulletin board on my desk. i've highlighted all the days that WGN or ESPN carry a game). it'll be at 11:00 am my time, so i'll have to get up bright and early for this (actually, since its a weekday, i dont wake up later than 9:30. i may be a lazy bum, but i save my sleep-all-morning routine for the weekends). gavin floyd and his big hairy balls (or BHB) gets the start tomorrow. maybe we can win this series, since its obvious that we cant sweep!

1 down, 1 to go

good news! that fat tub-o-lard bartolo colon got us a victory in game 1!

unfortunately, john danks the miracle man ran outta juice early cuz the sox are down 5-0 last time i looked.





GO WHITE SOX!!!


tamtam

rain delay, part II

as usual, the white sox got rained out again last night. i tell you, with all this rain, my home city will turn into an underwater city like atlantis within a few days! michigan and indiana are gonna get all the crap that manages to float across the lake and settle on their shores. my dad called me on sunday to tell me that with all the rain, the weather was perfect for "just ducks and submarines!"

today at 2 my time on WGN, it will be the 1st game of the doubleheader. chris jakubauskas will pitch game 1, but it will be against that fat tub-o-lard bartolo colon. john danks the miracle man gets game 2.

in the meantime, lets enjoy this rain delay by watching dick allen juggle baseballs and smoke a cigarette at the same time (take THAT jim leyland!)

wild wild west

as usual, jose contreras did not get his win. HOWEVER, kenny and ozzie may want to hold off on demoting him for now. by all accounts, contreras pitched a good game, but scott linebrink, another no-name pitcher on our staff, lost it and made contreras' outing a no-decision.

tonite, the mariners pay a visit to the cell. this means that our old friend griffey is back in town!! i remember seeing griffey play last year. he wasnt bad, but he's clearly getting old. i guess returning to your old team is a nice way to end your career. the sports hernia had a really funny post about griffey's famous backwards hat. you can read it here. the mariners are in 1st place with a 12-7 record, and our miracle man john danks is set to take on their pitcher, chris jakubauskas (sp? thats a heluva name). expect a good game.

unfortunately, the game is broadcast on a local chicago tv station tonight, so i cant watch the game. however, wednesday's game is on WGN, so i can catch at least 1 game. im at the mercy of the cable company. if you're wondering why i dont get mlb.tv, its because its too expensive, and if the guys at south side sox are right, theres alotta kinks that still need to be worked out.

thats all for today!
GO WHITE SOX!!!
tamtam

ass-kicking alexei ramirez

hooray!!! we finally got ourselves a win!!!

after suffering a 15-min rain delay, the blue jays jumped on mark buerhle early and were up by 2 in the 2nd. however, my boys came back to tie the game at 2. by the 5th inning, we got the bases loaded and the current infield stinker, alexei ramirez, comes up to bat. since his batting avg was a measly 0.145, and he's been swinging at everything, its another quick out, right?

WRONG!!!

just like casey at bat (or those other baseball stories), lo and behold, the lowly alexei hits a grand slam that put the sox ahead 6-2. it was his 1st home run of the season, and his 5th career grand slam. my boys in black and white managed to get 4 more runs in before the game was over, a final score of 10-2 in favor of us.

now that the series is tied 1-1, its up to the newly-svelte, but outta control jose contreras to give us the win. if he fails again, ozzie and kenny should really seriously start making plans to send this albatross down to the minors. its either that or push into retirement cuz he's clearly lost his pitcher's touch. tomorrow's game wont be broadcast over wgn, but in a way, im dreading that game's outcome, given jose's very poor start and frightening record.

GO WHITE SOX!!!
tamtam

blowout, day 2

as of now, im hungry, outta money (i kid you not, my wallet is empty and my school card is down to its last dollars, but my money doesnt arrive till friday. looks like a week of soup for me), dirty, and sitting in the dark in front of my computer, having my corneas bored outta my eyes. my roommate's gone for the weekend, so ive got this dingy dormroom to myself for the weekend.

today, we suffered our second blowout. 14-0. that was the ass-raping score my white sox suffered at the hands of those damn canadians, the toronto blue jays. well, maybe i shouldnt curse canada cuz obama might chase me outta this country and up north to canada. anyway, that aside, alexei really needs to get his act together. not only is his batting average below 1 (or maybe right around 1, im too lazy to look it up), but he dropped like 5 balls today!! if thats not utterly pathetic, i dont know what is. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, ALEXEI?!!!! gavin floyd, the man with big hairy balls (at least thats the name that the guys at south side sox bestowed on him. note: ive never seen gavin's balls, nor do i ever want to. let me make that clear!!), lost his balls tonight-perhaps castration would be a better word to describe his performance. he couldnt get his slider down and his control was off. and to make things worse, our hitters couldnt hit!! we got into bases-loaded situations at least 2xs, and we couldnt score on either one. tomorrow's game is on wgn, so i'll get to watch it :). hopefully tomorrow wont be as pathetic as today's game.

but on the bright side, my boy carlos is back!! his hand is ok! since the man is a crystal chandelier (thats what we in chicago call injury-prone athletes), everytime he goes out on the field, doctors and the insurance company shit their pants over the amount of paperwork they'll have to fill out. we all know hospital visits aren't cheap. i hope his brand-new lovely wifey isnt worrying herself to ulcers over whether or not her glass hubby is gonna break apart as he's up at bat. to paraphrase a comment left on south side sox, when carlos isnt playing, he should be kept in bubblewrap and stored in one of the cell's many storage units to prevent injury. maybe the rival cubs could take a hint from carlos when it comes to dealing with that diva headcase milton bradley-specifically the bubblewrap and storage part. well, that duck over there, i didnt have a funny bubblewrap pic, but you get my point anyway. i hope...

thats all for tonite!!

GO WHITE SOX!!!

the one and only, tamtam