Has there been any better time in a Sox season over the past decade than interleague baseball? It seems to be the ime they have made their move for the playoffs or at least given fans a little hope. I'm looking for them to destroy the Astros this weekend and follow up with the same against the Cards.

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Interleague play has basically made the Sox season the past decade. Without it, they wouldn't be in the division race most years. They are an interleague juggernaut.

I think the Yankees have a slightly better win% than the Sox, but that is overall. Since about 2004, the Sox have destroyed the NL most years. They have a couple of tougher teams this year with the Cards and Dodgers, but they should win at least 7 of the 9 games against the Astros, Brewers, and Cubs.

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eam Games W L WIN PCT
Baltimore Orioles 265 115 150 .434
Boston Red Sox 265 150 115 .566
Chicago White Sox 264 153 111 .580
Cleveland Indians 265 129 136 .487
Detroit Tigers 265 141 124 .532
Kansas City Royals 273 120 153 .440
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 266 152 114 .571
Minnesota Twins 264 148 116 .561
New York Yankees 264 157 107 .595
Oakland Athletics 266 144 122 .541
Seattle Mariners 266 145 121 .545
Tampa Bay Rays 250 118 132 .472
Texas Rangers 266 135 131 .508
Toronto Blue Jays 265 123 142 .464
Team Games W L WIN PCT
Arizona Diamondbacks 220 100 120 .455
Atlanta Braves 241 129 112 .535
Chicago Cubs 219 103 116 .470
Cincinnati Reds 220 97 123 .441
Colorado Rockies 223 111 112 .498
Miami Marlins 252 135 117 .536
Houston Astros 230 107 123 .465
Los Angeles Dodgers 239 109 130 .456
Milwaukee Brewers 214 99 115 .463
New York Mets 247 127 120 .514
Philadelphia Phillies 250 115 135 .460
Pittsburgh Pirates 211 81 130 .384
St. Louis Cardinals 220 115 105 .523
San Diego Padres 239 105 134 .439
San Francisco Giants 239 123 116 .515
Washington Nationals 262 125 137 .477
Notes: The Milwaukee Brewers went 8-7 as an A.L. club in Interleague play in 1997. The Washington Nationals' record includes totals for the Montreal Expos (1997-2004).
Wins by League:
Year AL NL
1997 97 117
1998 114 110
1999 116 135
2000 136 115
2001 132 120
2002 123 129
2003 115 137
2004 126 125
2005 136 116
2006 154 98
2007 137 115
2008 149 103
2009 137 114
2010 134 118
2011 131 121
Attendance:
Year Totals Dates Average
1997 7,149,001 214 33,407
1998 7,044,211 224 31,447
1999 8,303,521 248 33,482
2000 8,336,370 251 33,213
2001 8,493,234 252 33,703
2002 8,036,514 252 31,891
2003 7,741,496 249 31,090
2004 8,222,875 249 33,024
2005 8,312,211 252 32,985
2006 8,592,482 252 34,097
2007 8,795,939 252 34,905
2008 8,932,393 251 35,587
2009 8,371,002 251 33,351
2010 8,380,597 252 33,256
2011 8,468,301 252 33,604

This weekend should be a sweep, but with fuckhead 1 and 2 pitching with Sale in between I will be content (and surprised) with 2 out of 3. If Humber struggles again, he needs to go down to the minors and unfuck himself. I don't know why the Great Don Cooper can't fix this kid, maybe he (Coop) isn't all that after all.

Danks should be able to come back with Quintana pitching well and only leave us with relying on Floyd to get lucky and win once and awhile.

I feel pretty comfortable with Quintana, Sale, Peaves, Danks and Floyd chucking for the Sox.

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Lefty Wandy Rodriguez starts the weekend series for Houston this eve vs. the hard-to-figure Gavin Floyd for the White Sox. The paper thin Chris Sale faces Astros' righty Jordan Lyles Saturday afternoon, and the less than perfect Phil Humber toes the rubber vs. ex-Sox pitcher Lucas Harrell Sunday afternoon.

When the White Sox head to St. Louis Tuesday night, whitesox.com has lefty Jose Quintana starting the first of 3 vs. the World Champion Cardinals.

If memory serves me correct, and it often doesn't, this is when Floyd usually goes on a string of good starts until about mid august

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You are correct, GD. Gavin Floyd is supposed to resemble a good MLB pitcher these next 3 months.

The lineup is in for the first of 3 with the Astros. Along with their batting average right next to it, here's the 9 that will deal with Houston lefty Wandy Rodriguez:

30 Alejandro De Aza CF (L) .296
15 Gordon Beckham 2B (R) .229
32 Adam Dunn DH (L) .215
14 Paul Konerko 1B (R) .371
51 Alex Rios RF (R) .293
12 Anthony John Pierzynski C (L) .297
24 Dayan Viciedo LF (R) .265
10 Alexei Ramirez SS (R) .213
5 Orlando Hudson 3B (S) .188

The much-maligned Gavin Floyd does the chucking for the White Sox in the first of this Interleague series.

Let's not get cocky here fellow Sox fans.....one game at a time.

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+1

Gavin being Gavin...

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Farmio is out of his goddamn mind. Last inning he said Wandy Rodriguez has to have 2005 on his mind when he faces Konerko now because of the slam in Game 2.

One problem is he hit it off Chad Qualls.

DJ rightly laughed off such a ludicrous suggestion.

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Can someone find out where Sox pitching ranks with homers allowed? It seems these fuckers give up homers like nobody's business.

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I absolutely fucking hate Gavin Floyd. Please fucking trade him Kenny.

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They rank 6th in HR allowed behind Minnesota, Houston, Seattle, Toronto, and the Yankees.

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Fucking Alexei.

Dumb fucker.

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Blow it out your ass Will Ohman.

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How does Farmio not remember that? That's the only reason I have to know the name Chad Qualls.

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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

Not worried about Sale but Humber has to come through on Sunday. They should not lose to these fuckers.

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This just in: Chris Sale is really good.

He's just a guy. It's all Coop.

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You have 3 thoughts (and I use that term loosely) that you've posted 5000 times each. Maybe it's time to start mixing in a new 'thought' or two.

About the Sox....hell yes

5 tool can't miss prospect Kenneth Williams
Sauced Coop
Methed out Gamboa attacking Sox Nation

No one other than Sox fans give a shit about the Sox regardless of their record or what they win and that will never change.

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So?

Is that an important part of being a Cub fan, that people other than Cub fans care about them?

Personally I don't give a shit if anyone pays attention to the Sox besides the 1M Sox fans.

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Yeah, this is going to put them in a bind... you can't let Sale pitch a full 200 inning season, so you are going to have to shut it down at some point. They need to avoid turning him into Prior. Yet, he is your most effective starter, and with any mediocre run support (3 or more runs) you anticipate winning while he's on the bump. I'd love to see the Sox get up by 6 or 7 games at the All-Star break where it is easy to shut him down, but if you're in a situation where you are within 1 or 2 games, that's tough to do. I hope they have the foresight to see the potential you have in this kid over the next 10+ years. Maybe they can move him to an every other turn starter... I'd love to have him in the playoffs, but I also don't want to see him jump into the 230-250 range of IP over a year after never having made it to 100 previously.

Agree with Terry's Peeps -- who cares what other people think. I like the Arizona Cardinals and the fact that nearly every other person alive could give two shits doesn't bother me.

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That number might be a scosh high, Bub.

Keyser, what is your opinion on what they do with Sale? Do they let him go the whole season or do they limit him and shut him down at some point?

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I think they continue to pitch him, but try to avoid the high pitch count games. If he's as fragile as some believe, he's going to break down at some point. Shutting him down will only delay the inevitable.