Al Lopez Ghost (old)

They're both at fault. Manuel is an idiot. But Frank's biggest problem is the 6 inch zone between his ears. He's never trusted his own talent, and this latest idea may be worst one yet. Being the current bad idea, we're suffering from it now. He's always been a better hitter and a more impact player when he takes his walks. And in the last KC series at USCF, he took walks in key situations, even though he was chasing his 2k hit. I thought he didn't get enough credit for that at the time, because he was being such a team player. Now he goes home where he always hits. He'll probably rationalize that the 3 homers he hits this week prove he was right all along, and then he'll be back in his road trip funk. All that being said, he's still the best hitter with longevity we've ever seen on the South Side. For one year, though, give me the 1972 Dick Allen.

Hunker down? Cinch it up? Strap it down? Bow their necks? Ride'm hard and put'em away wet? I don't know, ask Hawk!

Make mine Mark Prior. Goes nine with nasty stuff. Plus in our league he wouldn't have to run the bases.

First of all, these aren't polls, they're quizzes, and what is the point exactly? To convince us that good ol' Jerry is a pretty good manager after all? No. Not good. Him bad. If you never fire him, and he lives long enough, maybe he'll have more wins than Jimmy Dykes. SO? Win a winnable division championship!

Well, blaming the umps is official White Sox policy, starting with the announcers, but my point was directed at our peerless leader. By the way, after they reversed the call, Hargrove came out, and argued himself into an ejection. Which is the RIGHT thing to do. Time honored baseball tradition, when the umps make a call that either takes a run away from you that should have counted, or puts runs on the board for the other guys that should not have, you argue until the run you from the game. This shows the umps, but much more importantly your TEAM, that you care when you're getting screwed over.

Darkness...can't breathe...drowning...wait, a light...if I just walk towards the bright light......

No, they had a minor leaguer deliberately throw a ball at a bird in Florida I think, and it was if my memory serves, an endangered species. the guy got demoted for it. Hey Cubs -- just lose, baby.

Well, Colon is doing what he did last year. He won 10 games in the AL last year, he's gonna be about there again this year. There's no one on this team that should be regarded as untouchable for the right deal.

Friday night the Yankees were playing at Baltimore. Their 3rd baseman (what irony) hits a home run down the line. Umpire calls it foul. The Yankees pitch a fit, and the umpires....reverse the call and the home run gets put on the board! Does this strike a familiar note with anybody? For me, the scab had just healed and this ripped it open again.

This week someone took a third strike in the Cubs game, and Caray says "He left the lumber on his lumbar." who writes that s***?

Lee can't go anywhere. He's like Buehrle. Not enough service time to be a free agent. You need at least 5 years and usually 6.

Look everybody, the sun came up this morning, if you're reading this you did too, and they haven't taken our bats and balls away yet (well, they may have taken Garland's away)....So let's see what tonight brings us. And then we can b**** and moan some more.

Wins and Losses mean nothing for a starting pitcher? WOW, I never knew that. And here I thought w&ls were a kinda key stat. What a starter has to do is hold down the other team until your team can put some runs on the board. When Garland lets a run in each of the first 3 innings, and then shuts them down for 3 innings, he hasn't done the job. Quality start my ass. A few more starts like Thursday nights and we will quality start our way to 81 and 81.

More like a destruction worker. No reason to feel optimistic (or optimistie) about these guys. We play like this, it doesn't matter what KC or Minny do.

1. wouldn't sit on his ass while his second baseman gets further into an argument and gets thrown out of the game; 2. is what we need; 3. is what Manuel will never be.

No one, not even Gene Autrey's ghost, figured California as last year's champs. Get in the playoffs, hope you get great pitching, and hot at the plate. Likely? Maybe not, but it's our best hope.

CLee and Everett defy the law of averages for throwing to the wrong base. I wonder if they know they have the option of throwing to second.

Kind of cheeky for us to rag the Tigers after our last trip in. Believe that went down as a Bengal sweep.

Crede is gonna be fine. Other Sox third basemen Crede is already better than: Greg Norton Chris Sabo Kenny Williams Eddie Williams Vance Law Luis Salazar Aurelio Rodriguez Jim Morrison Kevin Bell Rich McKinney

Does he have to be added to the 40 man roster next year? I don't know how the Rule V draft works... I suspect it's a little early to see him in the bigs. Does anyone who has seen him play have an opinion on this?

I said "could be". Nothing official as far as I know.

This is what I was getting at yesterday, and you are absolutely correct.

well, there you have it. 0-2 count - base hit. 0-2 count becomes 3-2, home run. get down by three as quickly as you can. He's got a lot of talent but he wasn't around when they were passing out the intensity.

We stab it with our steely knives but we just can't kill the beast.

Through Thursday night, Frank's road numbers are 8 homers, 25 rbis, .244 batting average, in 5 more at bats than he has at home. Those are pretty bad numbers, real bad from the third spot in the lineup. Congrats to him, though on one thing. I think the double put him 3rd all time in Chisox hits, behind Luke and Nellie.