That's right baby!

Our pitchers remembered how to pitch and we've finally got our hits w/ RISP above abysmal levels. Go White Sox!

And they only picked up one game on the Tigers. I will say this is going to be an interesting summer.

You've got the Braves coming in for 3, beginning tonight.
Enjoy your delusion for the rest of the afternoon.

I will be very interested to see the outcome of this next series.

lulz, I made a book it done white sox headline finally

I'm just glad ESPN still slob-knobs on the AL East after the Braves took 2 out of 3 from the Rays yet...somehow...are still fourth in the Power Rankings.

White Sox' only chance is to catch the Twins and that will be hard owing to them being 7.5 back. Lets face it, the wild card is coming out of the AL East again like it has 10 times out of the past 15 years.

/ All three teams in the wild card/division leader race in the AL East have better records than any team in the NL.
// Hell, they have three best records in MLB.
/// Can't wait for the stretch run.

epyonyx: What about the Rangers who have won 8 straight?

Shh. These threads are a curse to the teams. The Rangers are on an 8 game run and have 7 more wins than the White Sox.

Let's not remind them that they're actually the Texas Rangers.

I don't know subby, the Rangers have won 11 of their last 12, with 8 of them on the road.

If the White Sox are the "hottest team" then there obviously needs to be a ladies lingerie baseball league. And not like that Lady GaGa/ A-Rod thing that New Yorkers go for either.

Their pitching came around, finally, but they still have no offense. I am not concerned.

/Tigers fan.

epyonyx: What about the Rangers who have won 8 straight?

8 strt. On the road and 15-4 over the last 19 games.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: epyonyx: What about the Rangers who have won 8 straight?

8 strt. On the road and 15-4 over the last 19 games.

SHHHHHHHH don't tell anyone we're sitting at 4th in the AL

chimp_ninja: Wow. Two out of three! Let's rearrange all the baseball power rankings. Never mind that the Braves ran up the same record as the Rays against inferior competition, or that the Rays have a better run differential.

I guess it's just the drawback of having an MLB season that is 6 games long. Two games is just so decisive.

They have nearly identical records and the Braves just took 2 out of 3.

That would seem to imply that the Braves are better and/or playing better at this time than the Rays.

I'm impressed that the Rays have a better run differential. I am also impressed that the Braves have a better team batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS.

The pitching stats look like a near toss-up and Jair Jurrjens hasn't pitched in forever. The defensive stats are a near toss-up too.

I guess we could look at common opponents, though. But, the Twins split a series with the Royals and lost 2 out of 3 against the Marlins too.

chimp_ninja: The Pirates just won two out of three. They're now a lock to be division champs, I guess.

Do they have a record similar to the Cardinals and/or did they just play the Yankees, Rays, Braves, Mets, or some other top of the division team?

The_Great_Hambino: If only there were some way to compare the Braves and the Rays other than their head-to-head record...

I'd say common opponents. But, the Rays lost two out of three to the Marlins and split a series against the Royals. So, I'm at a loss as to what we could compare.