Al Lopez Ghost (old)

lol!

CC got shelled yesterday by KC.

So the general theme here is that Davis can't hit, but he sure is dreamy.

Ma and Pa Davis?

ESPN news had a guy on from Baseball Prospectus around an hour ago, and he said that Contreras can't get out patient hitters. First pitch is ball one, and eventually they kill him. He said only three teams haven't hit him well this year, and one was the Diamondbacks - I've forgotten the other two, sorry. He did say, like some others, that Contreras could be a 30 save guy as a closer. He liked Esteban as an innings eater. This is one of those trades that you can't really say you're right and they're wrong, in the short term. In the long term I'd much rather have Contreras, and I'm glad they pulled the trigger on this one.

It's a stretched out labrum. Everybody has one. No big deal.

If we were still lying to ourselves that Koch was gonna be an effective closer for us, we would be looking up at Detroit in the standings. Maybe KC too.

Probably selling the All Star jersey in the gift shop.

I believe the waiver process starts with the league - that is, Kendall would have to pass through all the NL clubs before he could be claimed or passed on by any American League club. So, the Dodgers would get first crack at him before the Sox.

Well, you're starting off in fine Sox fashion. Wouldn't that be 8/1? Anyhow, go get'em!

They'll drive you to drink. Arsenic.

IIRC, Koch walked in the winning run once this year (Seattle), Marte twice (Cubs and Detroit) and now Politte. If there were any others, let me know. Sort of a bizarre human dot race, with the cellar at the end of the race.

God this is just brutal.

Trade deadline is 3:00 p.m. Will the roster be the same when the game starts?

Yasny, I respectfully disagree. First of all when the season started he was our number 3, and you could argue with Loiaza becoming Loiaza again, he still is. Your comparison to Lowe and Mussina involves to veterans who are clearly on their downslide, and Westbrook is certainly better than Garland. But I think there's no getting around the fact that people (me included) dislike Garland for both his performance and his personality, for lack of a better word. He doesn't convey any sense of determination, or fire, or the ability to rise to the occasion. This is an important start - this is an important inning - this is an important hitter - these are all concepts that seem outside of his grasp. He makes it very hard to root for him, hard to invest my emotion into an enterprise he seems to have no emotion for himself. If I could turn him into Garciaparra, I do it without worrying about next year. In a couple of years Jon will be a free agent and gone anyway. I will say he's a better pitcher than Karchner.

1978 absolutely woeful. Makes me sick to think about it.

Well which is it? Are you happy or damn glad? Sorry, I've been a little irritable lately. Can't imagine why. Gonna go kick the dog now.

Fathom, you are absolutely right.

I'll throw in Harris and $300,000.

OK, I'll throw in Gload and Ben Davis.

Can't agree. I saw the '70 Sox, and the '89 Sox. This team is the 1927 Yankees compared to them

You're right, it's kind of an epidemic, but Garland just pisses the absolute f*** out of me. Mr. f***ing clutch.

He's just a lilly livered casual ass pile of crap. Mr. Average. You can have him.

We struggle to tie it and 2 f***ing batters later we're losing. f*** you Jon Garland. I will not miss you whenever your sorry ass leaves the White Sox. Bastard.

I'm not sure Boston would say Garland is worth two players. Hell, they may not think Garland is worth Nomar. I'm just thinking out loud about what might be possible at the deadline.