Target field debut and other Sox tidbits

Well, many many many things have been going on with our dearest White Sox since I last got a chance to blog. Jake Peavy must have heard what I said (well, and what everyone else was saying) and he has gotten worlds better. I listened to an interview with him on the Saturday morning radio show "hit and run" on 670 the score and got some insight. The biggest thing was that he and Coop actually watched old tape of him pitching for the first time after the series against the Rays. After that first inning against the Rangers in his next start, he seemed to have found his old edge, and his next 2 starts after that were very very good. It's good to see him back in his usual form, which is why we got him in the first place. I feel alot better about our starting rotation, aside from Gavin. He has been struggling alot the whole season so far, and I hope he can get back to his usual form. The Sox need to also hit alot better (aside from a few games here and there where the offense explodes) to support our pitchers when they do end up doing really well. A perfect example of this is Danks's last two starts, including today. He is our best pitcher so far, in my opinion, and the way he's been pitching he shouldn't have a loss let alone two. Our team's batting average is probably still last in the AL, with Rios being the only one hitting over .300 in the lineup today. The thing i'm most sad about it Beckham's hitting performance (or lack thereof) so far. I hope he can find his groove because I know how good he can be, maybe the pressure was a bit too much for him as he instantly became a star on this team after his rookie of the year-like performance last year.
The issue of Bobby as the closer was a hot topic this week as well, after he blew the save the other day i was thinking Matt Thornton would have to be the new man. I am however glad that Bobby got another chance yesterday an came through against a Twins team that almost always kills the Sox. i guess we'll just have to see how things play out with Bobby over the next few weeks, and see if Thornton needs to come in and take over if Bobby loses his control again.
I am very very pleased with Rios, as his awesome 12 game hitting streak just came to an end. At the beginning of the year I aid him hitting was going to be the key to the team's success, but even though he is delivering there are other unforeseen issues with this team that Rios can't control. I also am happy about Konerko and his league leading home runs. I just hope we can win some games here and improve our 8 games back situation, because if we're still out of it by the end of June, I dunno where Paulie will end up, but it might not be here.
these past two days have been special to me especially because of the fact that we were playing in Minnesota and we weren't in that awful awful dome. I might be the only one who hates it as much as Hawk does. My favorite part of the broadcast today was when they showed Hawk in the booth setting off the detonator to blow it up. I went there in person last year and it was even more awkward and ugly in person as it was on TV. I'm glad it' gone, and Target Field is actually a really pretty looking park. And I love how we won our last game at the dome and our first game at Target Field. Now that's something.
So now we are off tomorrow and then it's off to Kauffman stadium for 3 against the Royals. That should hopefully be a good series for us, as the pitching matchups look like they are heavily in our favor, especially in the first two games with Buehrle and Peavy starting. I know i've said it alot so far, but if we can get the bats going, we'll be fine. ^_^