Obama throws the first pitch (video)

Video: http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=5571893
and http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=5572949

Buehrle followed with a 1-2-3 inning (3rd). 9 pitches (video).

BTW, the two met earlier:

Next stop was the AL clubhouse, where he jibed Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter for being so old and signed an autograph for Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. A White Sox fan, Obama was glad to see pitcher Mark Buehrle, the only representative from the president’s favorite team.

Buehrle and Barack video.

Carlos Quentin goes 6 and a half

0-1 for 2 BB for Quentin tonight. He was replaced in the bottom of the 7th. Bartolo Colon struck out 8, 6 on called third strikes, while walking 1:

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Colon, B (L, 0-1)	7.0	7	2	2	1	8	0	2.57

FutureSox twits Colon’s pitching speeds: 88-92 FB, 85-87 Cut FB, 80 CH, 84 SL?

FutureSox’s Midseason Top 25 Sox Prospects

Here’s FutureSox’s Midseason Top 25 Sox Prospects list. I’d put Viciedo lower and, of course, my guy Jack Egbert higher.

Aroldis Chapman’s Cuban League stats

Here are Chapman’s number in Cuba’s Serie Nacional from Chapman’s agency via BA:

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	AVG
2005-06	3	5	4.33	15	15	0	54	48	33	26	5	54	56	.240
2006-07	4	3	2.77	23	12	7	81	59	26	25	4	50	100	.207
2007-08	6	7	3.89	16	16	0	74	55	36	32	3	37	79	.200
2008-09	11	4	4.03	22	20	0	118	109	56	53	7	62	130	.252
TOTALS	24	19	3.74	76	63	7	328	271	151	136	19	203	365	.227

Chapman’s birthday is reported as Feb. 28, 1988.

Checking Bryan Morgado’s Cape Cod league numbers

Bryan Morgado: 15 IP, 24 K / 5 BB, 58 TBF, 10 H, 2.40 ERA

His last two appearances:

           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
7/4       2.0  2  0  0  1  3  7  8
7/10      5.0  5  4  4  2  3 19 22

Tyler Flowers talks to Johnny Bench

The Birmingham News:

He got some advice from Bench, a fellow catcher. “I would say it was R-rated,” Flowers said, laughing. “He just stressed the importance of getting to know your pitchers and personalities of pitchers.”

Flowers’ promotion is mentioned again:

It turns out Monday was the last time fans will see Flowers at Regions Park. Flowers left today for the Chicago White Sox Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte after he got the call Monday.

Mark Buehrle’s plan for pitching to Pujols

Chris DeLuca:

”High and inside — hit him or knock him off the plate,” Buehrle said Monday. ”Hopefully, he charges the mound.” ”Whatever you throw the guy, he’s going to hit it,” Buehrle said in all seriousness. ”The softer you throw, maybe he won’t hit it as far.”

Brent Morel’s D

Winston-Salem Journal:

What’s more impressive than Morel’s offense is his defense. He has only three errors in 76 games, and, as McEwing pointed out, one of those errors was on a pop up in foul territory. “Defensively and offensively he’s just one of those guys that is intelligent about every facet of the game,” McEwing said. “You can’t say enough good things about him. He’s hovering around .270 and he easily could be hitting .290 or even .300, so that’s a hard .270.”
…
Designated hitter Seth Loman marvels at the way that Morel plays defense. “He looks like he’s bored playing defense, because he makes it look so easy,” Loman said. “He makes all those plays and it doesn’t even look like it’s that hard at all.”