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2011 Tickets – Northside Edition

Not to be outdone, the Cubs have made some changes to their season tickets for the upcoming season.  First is the inclusion of a box to keep the tickets in.  The White Sox have had these for as long as I’ve had the tickets.

Inside the box, the tickets themselves got a bit of a makeover this year.  They are wider and appear to be a bit shorter than years past.  The most exciting thing is the effort put in to each sheet.  No duplicate images this year; each ticket has a distinct photo as opposed to each sheet having the same motiff.

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2011 Ticket Design + Other Changes

The White Sox went for a little change in their ticket design for 2011.  I’ve had season tickets since 2005 and they’ve always used basically the same, verticl layout.  This year we’ve got a nice horizontal approach, showing action shots of Matt Thornton, AJ Pierzynski, Alex Rios, Juan Pierre, Mark Buehrle, and Paul Konerko.

Other rumored changes for the upcoming season:

The TBD Sports Bar has been expanded and renamed Comiskey Grill.

The Jim Beam Club is now known as the Home Plate Club.

Connie’s Pizza is out as the official pizza, to be replaced by DiGiorno’s.  As someone who frequents the pizza stand, I’m slightly worried about this change.

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2011 Games of Interest

White Sox

Date Time Opponent Event
4/7 1:10 Rays Opening Day
4/17 1:10 Angels Kid’s Day
4/30 6:10 Orioles Fireworks
5/22 1:10 Dodgers Kid’s Day
6/4 6:10 Tigers Fireworks
6/5 1:10 Tigers Kid’s Jersey
6/11 6:10 A’s Fireworks
6/12 1:10 A’s Roger Bossard Bobblehead
6/26 1:10 Nationals Kid’s Day – Southpaw’s Birthday Party
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Hall of Fame Musings

The 2011 Hall of Fame class was announced today and Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven get to make a summer trip to beautiful Cooperstown, New York.  Alomar, who should have made it last year, raised his vote total by 126, meaning that there are 126 people who don’t deserve to have a Hall of Fame vote. 

Blyleven needed to wait a little longer, making it in his 14th year of eligibility.  His numbers certainly didn’t improve over that time, so I don’t necessarily agree with his selection.  But, if Jim Rice is a Hall of Famer, why not Bert Blyleven?

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Dunn Deal, Pal

Adam Dunn

6 months later, the White Sox finally landed the big left handed bat they were missing last season.  With AJ Pierzynski back in the fold as well, as that is missing is one more bat (PAUL-EE, PAUL-EE) and the offense is set.

Dunn’s career totals in games I have attended:

 

Career Batting
BA At Bats Runs Hits RBI Walks Strike Outs LOB Doubles
0.278350515463918 97 22 27 27 26 34 39 5

Career Batting
Triples HR SB GIDP Errors Games
1 12 2 2 2 28
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5 Years Ago

White Sox win the 2005 World Series

Jenks with a deep breath.  He OKs the sign.  From the stretch, with a runner at second.  Here’s the 1-2 pitch to Palmeiro.  A ground ball, past Jenks, up the middle of the infield.  Uribe has it.  He throws.  OUT!  OUT!  A White Sox winner!  And a World Championship!  The White Sox have won the World Series and they’re mobbing each other on the field.

The celebration is on the mound right now at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Wednesday, October 26th, 2005.  The White Sox have won their first World Championship since 1917.  And the players are absolutley going wild on the infield.  Enjoy the celebration, Chicago.  This is long overdue.

John Rooney
10-26-2005

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2010 Final Pitching Leaders

Yesterday we looked at the leaders in games I attended this year on the offensive side of the ball.  Now let’s look at the pitchers.  Midseason leaders can be found here.

Wins
Name total
Gavin Floyd 5
John Danks 3
Jake Peavy 3
Ryan Dempster 3
Carlos Marmol 2
JJ Putz 2
Mark Buehrle 2
Paul Maholm 2

Losses
name total
John Danks 4
Gavin Floyd 3
Tom Gorzelanny 3
Jake Peavy 2
JJ Putz 2
Sergio Santos 2
Freddy Garcia 2
Randy Wells 2
Andrew Cashner 2

ERA (>10 IP)
name total
Jeremy Bonderman 1.32
Matt Thornton 1.35
Dallas Braden 1.80
Paul Maholm 1.93
Scott Linebrink 2.70

Strikeouts
name total
Jake Peavy 42
Gavin Floyd 41
Ryan Dempster 37
John Danks 36
Randy Wells 23

Appearances
name total
Tony Pena 16
Matt Thornton 15
Bobby Jenks 15
Sergio Santos 12
Scott Linebrink 12

Saves
name Total
Bobby Jenks 7
Carlos Marmol 2
Matt Lindstrom 2
Octavio Dotel 2
Mariano Rivera 2
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2010 Final Batting Leaders

An ultimately disappointing season did have some offensive fireworks.  Following up on our midseason look, here are the final stat leaders in games I attended this year.

 

Home Runs
Name TOtal
Paul Konerko 17
Carlos Quentin 8
Alex Rios 6
Andruw Jones 5
Gordon Beckham 4
Alexei Ramirez 4

 

Hits
Name TOTal
Paul Konerko 48
Juan Pierre 46
Alex Rios 43
Alexei Ramirez 40
Carlos Quentin 32

 

Runs
name total
Paul Konerko 31
Alex Rios 25
Juan Pierre 23
Carlos Quentin 22
Gordon Beckham 19

 

RBI
Name total
Paul Konerko 35
Carlos Quentin 28
Alex Rios 21
Juan Pierre 17
Andruw Jones 17

 

Doubles
Name total
Alex Rios 9
Carlos Quentin 7
A.J. Pierzynski 7
Mark Teahen 7
Alexei Ramirez 6

 

Triples
name Total
Jeff Baker 2
15 tied with 1

 

Batting Average (> 15 AB)
Name Total
Johnny Damon 0.500
Alex Avila 0.389
Shin-Soo Choo 0.375
Paul Konerko 0.366
Mitch Maier 0.350