Chicagoist: One-Hit Wonder

thundercougarfalconbird

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:36:25 -0600

I know it's April, but it looks like another long season of baseball in Chicago. On the plus side, A-Rod totally fell to me at fifth in my fantasy draft, so I got that going for me. Which is nice.

JKM

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:50:29 -0600

Yeah, like others said I'd rather see us pitching well and struggling to hit than the other way around. However, Joe Crede's back in pre-August 05 pop-up-everything-I-see mode. That's a little disconcerting. That and Erstad sucks, and will continue to suck the rest of the year. Why he or Podsednik are given free passes into the starting lineup is beyond me.

james

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:53:00 -0600

I kinda agree with andy. But I'm going with the theory that hitting all over baseball is down because of the cold, cold weather [ixnay on the grady sizemore home run barrage and the 14-run performance by the mariners yesterday]. Though it is kinda crappy that we get a 1-hit performance out of someone and the batters can't even give him one run. It's early, it's early, the bats will always come around. I'd be more worried if the pitching was crap from the start.

Steven Crane

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:33:59 -0600

mendoza vaguely rhymes with PECOTA. PECOTA predicted a rather subpar finish for the sox this year, as their core of big hitters grows ever older.

Andy

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:46:55 -0600

So long as the pitching looks good, I'm not too worried. The hitting will come around eventually once the weather warms up. Danks looks like a quality #5 starter and Vasquez is pitching well (which he should, given how much we're paying him!), both encouraging signs. I never thought I'd say this after a 5-6 start, and just as a White Sox fan in general, but I'm feeling pretty optimistic about this season so far.

geekgrrl

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:14:45 -0600

MendozaaaaAAAAA!!