Matchups to come.

The Indians aren't very good, but, neither are the Sox.

Sox win the series, come to the home opener at .500

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Really looking forward to watching Chris Sale's first start today.

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Chris will face the Indians' Josh Tomlin tonight in Cleveland. He's also penciled in Sunday to face the Tigers' Rick Porcello in the first of those retro Sundays in the 1972 White Sox throwbacks.

Sox sweep. Cleveland blows.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The lineup is in for the first of 3 between the White Sox & Indians. Here are the guys that'll deal with Cleveland's Josh Tomlin:

30 Alejandro De Aza CF
22 Brent Morel 3B
32 Adam Dunn 1B
14 Paul Konerko DH
12 Anthony John Pierzynski C
51 Alex Rios RF
10 Alexei Ramirez SS
24 Dayan Viciedo LF
15 Gordon Beckham 2B

Chris Sale does the chucking for the Sox tonight in Cleveland.

1. Jason Donald (R) 3B
2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3. Shin-Soo Choo (L) RF
4. Carlos Santana (S) DH
5. Jose Lopez (R) 1B
6. Shelley Duncan (R) LF
7. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
8. Aaron Cunningham (R) CF
9. Lou Marson (R) C

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Jose Lopez at first? wow is that bad..

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Wow

This team really is a lot worse than I thought they were.

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Holy crap Aaron Cunningham is their starting CF? The Sox traded him 4-5 years ago to the D'Bags for Danny Richar. This guy's bounced around a lot.

Nice start to the series!

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Nice for Sale to be able to go out with some run support already. I don't think a Sox starter has pitched with a lead yet.

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Good lord that slow curveball was nasty. If he keeps throwing it like that he's going to get a lot of ugly swings this year.

I'm relegated to listening on the radio through my phone but it sounds like Sale is pitching one hell of a game.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Cleveland does not have a very good offense, but Sale looks good. Not dominating today, but he could really end up being something once he tightens things up. He has made a couple of guys look silly. He's also got a 4 run lead which is awesome!

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Hell of an outing by Sale. He's going to be fun to watch this year.

Alex, you asshole.

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You shithead Rios.

Maybe someone should start a Shoutout thread for Chris Sale.

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Kids can play. I just hope DeAza keeps on being "bad at baseball" the way bernstein says he is.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You would think the departure of Juan Pierre would make Bernsie happy.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Nice! Santiago made 1 mistake but recovered to get the job done.

So the organization that can't draft or develop players and owners of the worst minor league system in the history of the world just got a victory from their 2010 1st round pick (Chris Sale) and hold from their 2010 3rd round pick (Addison Reed) and a save form their 2006 30th round pick (Hector Santiago). Got it.

Are you disputing that their minor league system isn't awful?

On another note, it's going to be difficult for the White Sox to have extended winning streaks this season unless their offense can score consistently. The pitching staff has no ace, is probably a group of #3 types (I love Sale's potential, but he's no ace yet), but they will provide a good number of quality starts, and the bullpen can be very good if Santiago can nail down that closer role.

Who knows if the Sox minor league system is awful or not. The 'experts' sure don't know. Baseball Prospectus didn't have Santiago listed in the Sox top 20 prospects and 2 months later he's closing out games. How could they completely miss on a guy like that in such an awful system?

Those "experts' have the greatest gig in the world. They talk shit, people lap it up and they are held accountable for nothing. Where can I apply for a job like that??

I understand the ranking of minor leagues and the value of having multiple good prospects. However, the real goal of a minor league system is to produce players for the MLB team. I have a feeling the Sox are nowhere near the bottom in that result over the last few years.

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And men have lost their reason.

9,473...That was the tickets sold for last night's White Sox/Indians' game at (Not So) Progressive Field in Cleveland. It's a far cry from when that ballpark was known as Jacobs Field in the '90s and it was arguably the toughest ticket in Bud Selig's Major League Baseball. More sparse crowds are very likely tonight & tomorrow in the getaway game at 11a (Chicago Time). How times have changed!

Awaiting the White Sox lineup this eve in Cleveland. In the meantime, these are the guys the Indians will deal with the Southsiders' Phil Humber:

23 Michael Brantley CF (L)
13 Asdrubal Cabrera SS (S)
17 Shin Soo-Choo RF (L)
41 Carlos Santana C (S)
48 Travis Hafner DH (L)
47 Shelley Duncan LF (R)
35 Casey Kotchman 1B (L)
22 Jason Kipnis 2B (L)
9 Jack Hannahan 3B (L)

You're not going to believe this, but guess who leads off tonight for the White Sox vs. righty Jeanmar Gomez?

15 Gordon Beckham 2B (R)
51 Alex Rios RF (R)
32 Adam Dunn DH (L)
14 Paul Konerko 1B (R)
1 Kosuke Fukudome CF (L)
10 Alexei Ramirez SS (R)
24 Dayan Viciedo LF (R)
17 Tyler Flowers C (R)
22 Brent Morel 3B (R)

Solid move by Robin.

Another win.

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He's easily the best manager in town.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The best manager in the past 5 years.

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