Quintana's brilliance spoiled by everyone else present

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Quintana had simply glorious command. Back when there wasn't much to his game, he always had a knack for putting his pitches where they wouldn't be crushed. Now that it's mixed with 90-93 mph velocity, an 87 mph cutter and the newer feature of a slider that looks more like a wipeout offering than a show-me pitch, it seems like he should never fail. He's too precise.

His defeat Wednesday night was thus an appropriately infuriating collection of unlucky tappers and terrible timing.

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Guthrie Stands Between Sox and Sweep - Game Preview & Lineups 5/21

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Notorious White Sox nemesis Jeremy Guthrie is the last hurdle between the White Sox and A) a sweep of the Royals, and B) getting back to .500 after sitting between one and three games below during each of the last 11 days when the two teams meet in Wednesday's series finale at Kaufmann Stadium at 7:05 p.m.

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At Least There Won't Be Attendance Shaming - Game Preview & Lineups - 4/4

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After a season of losing to pretty much any team that bothered to show up with 9 players, the Royals no longer have any sort perceived hold on the White Sox. They beat them same as everybody else, at about the same rate to boot. Shame for Kansas City, since 2013 was supposed to be the year they got off the list of baseball’s most unsuccessful franchises of the last quarter century. Today starts a new ledger, with the Sox riding high on a series victory against a Twins team that gives them no real gauge of their overall value, while the Royals lost a couple of heartbreakers to the Tigers before losing the privilege of a series finale to weather.

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