The White Sox lead the series 22-20 with a 13-8 record at home and 9-12 at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won last year's series 4-2 and swept the final three games at Wrigley. ... Twelve of the 42 games have been decided in the final at-bat.
The Sun-Times has given the Edge of the 3 game series starting in just over an hour to my very own Chicago White Sox.
Here’s MY break down:
First Base - Derek Lee over Paul Konerko. Lee’s .362 average & Golden Glove defensive capablitites surpass Konerko’s fridge-on-his-back speed and .211 batting average.
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Second Base – Red Hot Tadahito Iguchi (better known as Gucci at Comiskey) gets the edge over Todd Walker’s (rehab assignment) replacement Jerry Hairston, Jr. Gucci is the only Sox hitter batting over .300.
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Third Base – This is debatable. Aramis Ramirez has been sucking it up lately on the field with his injuries, but Joe Crede is not much better even though he’s not injured. Crede’s batting .256 with 3 HR and 15 RBI while Ramirez is batting .248 with 7 homers and 18 runs batted in. I’d still take Crede in the field over Ramirez. Last year, this would not even be examined – it’d automatically go to Aramis.
TIE
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Shortstop - Garciaparra’s alleged ‘roids injury hasn’t really hurt the Cubs as he was hitting .157 with only 4 RBIs before he got hurt. Neifi Perez has done a good job replacing him and is better with the glove than the Sox’ Juan Uribe. My vote goes with Neifi.
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Left Field – Scott Podsednik, my dream man #2 after Rowand, leads the league with 24 stolen bases. His average ain’t too shabby either at .283. Hollandsworth & Dubois Suck.
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Right Field – Jermaine Dye sucks. Anyone is better. Including Jeremy Burnitz.
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Center Field – Aaron Rowand is on a streak with hits in his last 12 games. He’s way hotter than Corey Patterson, too (sorry had to say it). Corey may have a better arm, but I think Rowand covers more ground and definitely has his heart in it.
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Catcher – AJ Pierzynski deserves a lot of credit for the great start the White Sox pitching staff has had thus far. He gets my vote over Michael Barret. Barret had a rough start, but has been doing well in the month of May. AJ’s average is better than Michael’s; he’s hitting a bit under Barret with a .266 average with seven homers and 16 RBIs. He makes up for it on the defensive end.
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Pitching – I’d take 8-win-Garland, Buehrle, Freddy, Hermie (has not allowed a run this season, 9 for 9 in save attempts AND on my Fantasy team), El Duque, Mr. Zero over Head Case Zambrano, Wood, Ryan Dempster, Chad Fox and Borowski (who the hell is that anyway) and everyone else the Cubs have tried ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
SOX BY FAR
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Managing – very objective, but Dusty Baker sucks. He’s not going to be around much longer. And screw his toothpick, too. Ozzie Ball seems to be working for the Sox. He has a bad mouth, but he shouldn’t have to park in the McDonald’s Parking lot on Addison during the Sox series at Wrigley. He’s gotta right to be pissed!
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I am wearing my Aaron Rowand jersey today at work. I just walked over to City Hall and got three high-fives for my attire. "You Go Girl!"
I can't wait 'til tomorrow!
“… and when it comes to baseball we’ve got two favorite clubs – the Go Go White Sox and whoever plays the Cubs” - Arranmore
Husbands Schmusbands ;)
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