Today, the tragedy called the Crosstown Cup continued. I was honestly nervous because Buehrle has been… iffy, while Carlos Silva has an 8-0 record. None of our pitchers can say that. It was going to be the toughest matchup of the series. Needles to say, Buehrle holding the Cubs to no score (only Jenks gave up a run today) and the Sox scoring early on Silva were like a band-aid trying to cover up Chicago’s gaping wound: surely not enough, but I appreciate the effort.
I’d like to take this opportunity to commend Konerko on being the guy that brought in both of the Sox runs. Without him, the 4-game winning streak could not have been reality. He accounted for 3 of the Sox’ 9 hits of the day.
I also realize I haven’t been monitoring the Pods-Juan Pierre situation in awhile, so here it is:
| | Scotty Pods | Juan Pierre |
| 2010 AVG | .284 | .249 |
| 2010 SB | 18 | 24 |
| 2010 Strike-Outs | 41 | 17 |
| 2010 RBI | 21 | 7 |
Juan Pierre is doing quite well in terms of stolen bases, and Pods is still striking out way more. But in terms of being an effective lead-off hitter, I would still give that one to Scotty.
2 comments:
What if the White Sox had thought of Juan Pierre and the ChiPod in terms of AND rather than EITHER/OR? You put Rios in right, Pods in center and Pierre in left and you have good defense and tremendous speed on the base paths. Instead, the Sox have born-to-be DH candidates who can't run in right field. I'd take speed over power any day. It creates nightmares for pitchers, catchers and even fielders. Think of how many times Pods created an infield error with his speed.
That's an interesting idea. I don't think I ever thought of that, I just thought of the Sox just perpetually thinking of a replacement for Pods, who wasn't as "old" or... whatever the real issue was here. The thing is, with Quentin, Jones, Kotsay, Vizquel... that's just too many cooks in one kitchen, so it ended up that the leadoff hitter was the position that ended up taking a cut rather than the "Possible DH" position... You're right. I would rather have alternate lead-off hitters than alternate DHs...
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