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August 6, 2009

Gordon Beckham is nuclear



Beckham is on a tear through the American League right now. He's currently hitting .314 with 6 HRs, 34 RBI and a whopping 18 doubles in only 54 games.

Gordo is 58th in the American League in Doubles despite playing almost half the games. Over the last 30 days:Here are some recent profile pieces:PWD

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

And that holdout really doesn't seem to be working out for Mr. Fields.

Last five appearances: 8 IP, 14H, 12ER, 10BB, 11K, 13.50 ERA.

Overall: 2-2, 6.48 ERA. Something tells me his arm's not right.

Anonymous said...

I got the pleasure of watching him in Chicago this weekend and it was fun to see how great he already is--he is on pace to be the AL Rookie of the Year. I just wish he hit a little further down in the lineup--he derves more RBIs with all of the doubles he is ripping. He has definitely lifted the White Sox into playoff contention.

Anonymous said...

Rookie of the Year for sure.

Andy said...

LET THE BIG BECKHAM EAT.

Evan said...

I live in Chicago and my boss is a huge Sox fans. He, however, does not refer to him as Gordon Beckham. Instead, it's Bulldawg Jesus.

NCT said...

0.524 with runners in scoring position with 2 outs??? Can we say "clutch"?

Hunker Down said...

That is great! His White Sox batting coach is Douglas, GA native, Greg Walker. Notice the high, one-handed finish. Total Charlie Lau method which was where Greg learned it and used it in his years as White Sox first baseman in the 80's. GATA Gordo!

Peyton Edwards said...

I guess this guy will have to eat some of his words.

June 4th
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=greenberg_jon&id=4232479

Today
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=greenberg_jon&id=4380073

Uga VII in '08 said...

I think this picture exemplifies him the best.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/ncaa_ap_gbeckham1_300.jpg

Unknown said...

I prefer this one:

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/images/07/07/gordon-beckham.jpg

PTC DAWG said...

I just hope he's clean shaven enough now for the loser that called him out a few weeks ago.

Mr. Sanchez said...

And remember with those numbers. He had I think 1 hit in his first half dozen games, so take away the initial 1-30 (estimate) and his numbers get Heyward-ish.

ChicagoDawg said...

He has definitely been a huge shot in the arm for the Sox offense, along with the pick up and revival of Podsednik. The Sox are in the weakest of the AL divisions (if not all of MLB) and should hang around with Detroit through September if Beckham can maintain his production.

 
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