*Official* Thanks for Sucking, Tribe Game II 9-30 Postgame Thread

[thomas35forever]

Only the Indians could get a CG and 12 Ks from their starter and still lose.

[Frater Perdurabo]

Discuss

[twinsuck]

Lol

[WhiteSoxOnly]

Way to pitch,dem tree guys !

[Big D]

It looked like both teams wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. It had to be depressing playing in a nearly empty ballpark.

Obviously, the offense needs a lot of help this offseason.

[Woofer]

Amazing that the Sox won one of these games while scoring a total of 2 runs today. Congrats to Buehrle on getting his 13th win.

[Woofer]

I see that Ranger is viewing this thread. He is multitasking. Good for him.

[mzh]

They're obviously starting to ease THornton into the closer role...

[WhiteSox1989]

Regardless of who they play, it's nice to win.

[Hitmen77]

Is this our first win of the season when scoring 2 runs or less?

Good to see Buehrle go out on a positive note. If we have any hope of competing next year, he MUST bounce back to around his career norm.

[Lip Man 1]

Hitmen:

No it happened twice before 4/28 they won 2-1, 5/22 they won 2-0.

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What an absolutely atrocious offense, simply putrid.

Lip

[oeo]

Is this our first win of the season when scoring 2 runs or less?

We just won 2-0 last week...

[BleacherBandit]

Hooray for pointless wins.

[JB98]

Lots of intensity in today's doubleheader.

[ChiSoxGirl]

Lots of intensity in today's doubleheader.

:roflmao:

[twinsuck]

Hooray for pointless wins.
A pointless win is better than a pointless loss! :D:

[Konerko05]

Both games looked extremely miserable.

[BadBobbyJenks]

I was watching Kimbo... Hooray for a W?

[SoxSpeed22]

We score a total 2 runs in a doubleheader and somehow end up 1-1. Good times.

[MISoxfan]

Is this our first win of the season when scoring 2 runs or less?

Good to see Buehrle go out on a positive note. If we have any hope of competing next year, he MUST bounce back to around his career norm.

Buehrle had a rough August, but he still pitched right at his career norms this year. He pitched 35.1 innings with a 3.57 ERA in September. I don't think he has anything to bounce back from.

[hawkjt]

MB said after the game that his cutter showed up for the last game of the season after going missing the whole season....pitching is a weird deal...hope it comes back next year.

[Hitmen77]

Buehrle had a rough August, but he still pitched right at his career norms this year. He pitched 35.1 innings with a 3.57 ERA in September. I don't think he has anything to bounce back from.

He's had rough stretches before (like late 2006), but I wouldn't call these last couple of months his "career norms." His ERA has been pretty high since late July.

Since you mentioned September, his last 2 outings this month before tonight were pretty bad.

Do I think he'll be fine next year? Absolutely. But I stand by my original statement that we need him to bounce back next year. To say that "he has nothing to bounce back from" is a bit ridiculous unless we're not allowed to say anything on WSI anymore when a good player is struggling.

Oh, and actually his ERA in September is 4.30 (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?playerId=4454) (and that includes yesterday's good outing), not 3.57. Before last night, his Sept. ERA was 5.45. But why should we let "facts" spoil this discussion?

[jmeneghini1433]

Only the Indians could get a CG and 12 Ks from their starter and still lose.
I'm sure the Sox could've done that at some point this season.

[October26]

I'm currently battling the flu, so watching a couple of innings of this White Sox winner made me feel better. I love to see Buehrle pitch the way he did last night and congrats to Mark on getting his 13th win of the season!

Okay, back to bed. Gotta get better.