Life In The Cell

A Walk Around the Bases - Aug 19

Chip’s thoughts on last night’s entertaining game [Chip Shots]

In a response to this Cub fan, Glad we could help! [View From the Bleachers]

This is the funniest White Sox post I’ve read in a while. The conversation cracked me up as did this:

I’m trying to think of a dumber injury that could occur within the realm of dugout hijinx and I’m failing miserably. I mean, other things could capture the “senseless injury” part — broken hip doing the bump, torn wrist ligament during an elaborate handshake, choking on a sunflower seed — but the whole pie aspect brings a vaudeville factor that nothing else can really touch.

That is, unless Ozzie pulls pitchers with a gigantic novelty hook instead of making visits to the mound. Of course, now I’ve added onto my list of things I desperately want to see but never will, and this whole saga just bolsters my theory that clowns only lead to dark places.

[Sox Machine]

I like when things go according to plan [The White Sox Blog]

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I’ve decided to add something to “A Walk Around the Bases.” And, no, before you even go there, consistency isn’t what I’m adding. I know I don’t post these everyday, though I do do it (I’ll pause as you laugh at the fact I typed do-do) … a fair amount of the time. I’ve decided that now since the Sox have drafted a couple players I’m actually excited about (Jordan Danks and Gordon Beckham), I’ll write little blurbs about how they have performed since the last A Walk Around the Bases. Sounds good? Cool.

Beckham has played in 3 games for the Intimidators (Kannapolis - A league) and has really hit the ground running. In his first game, he went 3-4 with a double and a walk which is pretty impressive after his long layoff between the end of the college season and now. His second game wasn’t as impressive, as he went 1-4 (though he did walk twice). Game 3 yielded Becks his first career homer and a 3-3 day with a walk. His slash stats are looking quite sexy at .636/.733/1.000/1.733. I’m really quite happy about the number of walks he’s taken already.

Danks hasn’t played yet, but I think today may be his first game.