Re: taking out johan in the ninth
This was the best game I have ever been to in my life. The atmosphere was electric, players on both teams were laying out to make ridiculous catches and the pitching was nasty.
At the time, I didn't like the move to take Johan out, but in retrospect.....the White Sox had Iguchi, Everett, Konerko and Rowand coming up....all righties (everett a switch) who have the ability to hit the ball out over the short porch in right. Konerko hit a big HR against Johan just last week.
However, against Nathan they basically had no chance.
The weak-hitting Perez pinch-hit for Iguchi, hmmmm Nathan v. Perez or Santana v. Iguchi? I prefer the former.
Everett has power from both sides, so no advantage there, he was able to draw a walk.
Konerko/Rowand...they were simply overmatched. Neither one came close to hitting a pitch.
There is a reason Nathan is our closer....we trust him in must-win games, which this most certainly was.
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