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Thanks for sharing. You sound like the kind of person I'd love to go to a game with. Totally upbeat! Great great story. I'd just send Brooks a copy of your Soxtalk post if I were you. That's cool you stayed for the fireworks and didn't stress about getting out of the park right away. Good to teach the kids to enjoy every minute of a game. And great story about Lexi and the Tshirt and homer. This is also a lesson in how much money you can spend at a game. You didn't even talk about food/drinks and you dropped a ton before even getting to your seats. How much did you 2 eat/drink during the game? Any update on the money there? Thanks for sharing. I can't imagine a better game for the 2 of you. Tons of home runs. Fireworks during the game and after the game and the great catch in right field. Had to be perfect, really.

He sucks at second as well. I think of Teahen as a step below Ross Gload. Or similar to Ross Gload. He's just not very good. Let him play twice a week against righties if we have to. I'm telling you though, if we are in the race, he could really be buzzkill. I do hope we can acquire a big stick soon from somewhere. what's happened to the Dunn talk?

I agree he appears to be a class guy. He seems really great in interviews. I wish him the best but he should be on a lousy team if he wants to be a regular. No offense, but he's also not a second baseman. He's really a bad infielder. He just doesn't bring much to the table on a contending baseball team. Trust me, he sucked in Kansas City and fans were so happy to see him go.

Lemme ask you a question. Why do you like him? And with our current lineup and set of contributors you want to immediately pencil him into the lineup? I think that is a VERY BAD idea. WHen he comes back if we are in the race, he should pinch hit and/or play once a week.

Nice to see us beating AL teams after sucking in KC. Would sure be nice to go six over .500 tomorrow. Great win tonight though. Most impressed with CQ. When he's hitting like this you tend to dream big.

I just don't like Teahen. I saw what he brought to the table for years in KC and said immediately it was a bad idea to bring him in. Viciedo right now is the opposite of buzzkill. Teahen fielded terribly and is a mediocre to bad hitter who strikes out all the time. Aside from that, he's fine.

No way in hell will he be the one sent down if he keeps showing this kind of promise. f*** Teahen. It'll be Lilly or cutting Jones or somebody. If Viciedo keeps this up we NEED his youth on the team and his pop. Teahen is buzzkill.

Thanks for the info Heads. Boy Kazmir has had a rotten season. Let's rough him up.

Is this on WGN? I'm watching on the puter.

Lexi is a different player in the summer. Wow.

What's with being Mr. Buzzkill? He's hot as hell. We need him to hit like this considering he puts some life into a punchless lineup. I like the Lexi of summertime compared to the early season lousy Lexi. Enjoy.

Exactly. Nobody wants that stiff. Nobody would take him if we cut him tomorrow.

Maybe chw. I like Castro a lot more than somebody like Jones.

My guess is in the message board age, you could bury any manager of the White Sox or any team just by watching a week's worth of games. All managers suck to armchair quarterbacks. All of them. Give any manager a week of scrutiny on this board, following every pitch in a game, and that manager by the end of the week will be trash.

He asked the question and I think my answer is why he is playing. He's our regular catcher. Why the f*** do you think he's playing? He plays until the day he needs a rest. As far as Jones, he is a waste and should be out of baseball. Hopefully he'll be off the team before long.

All managers are bad at something. I'd take the guy with the team with the best talent. Players win games. That said, Ozzie rocks.

Even better. You are a great auntie.

Uh, AJ is playing because he's our regular, everyday catcher. Seems simple to me.

What a great uncle you are. I feel s***ty that I don't live in Chicago and missed out on those great moments of taking my nephews to games, etc. Oh well, got to put bread on the table. Just out of curiosity what does an uncle do if his niece is 4 and has to go to the bathroom? You can't let her go in there alone. Do you get a stranger to take her in there? The questions that pop into one's brain. Anyhow. Good luck at the game!!! Go Sox!

Great win. Lexi is really starting to come through. Love it. Thornton nice job. Mark of course. Others too. Nice.

As much as I love Jenks, you'll be surprised to hear that I am also in favor of letting Thornton close for a while. There's nothing wrong with riding the hot hand. Hope Ozzie continues to ride the hot hand. Right now Thornton is unstoppable. Lilly's horrific throw didn't bother him a bit. It should have been two outs nobody on, instead Thornton merely shrugs it off and gets the save anyway. I'd just flop their roles for a while. Or if Bobby can't pitch in tie games and be the set up man, then closer by committee. I trust Oz's hunches, but right now Thornton is the real hot hand and I wouldn't mind seeing him close for a while.

No it isn't. But he's been great in his role so far this year.

I still wouldn't stress about it. I'm sure he's thrilled to make the team and I doubt these guys are firing fastballs all week leading to the game.

That's a neat story. Please write us a little recap of what the experience was like for both you and your niece. How old is she? I'd be interested in if the modern kid is thrilled upon walking in the park, more worried about the stuff you can do outside of your seat and the food or what. Let us know how much money you drop as well. You've got to immediately get her a hat, right?

I wouldn't worry about that. Cal Ripken could have used the days off all those years and it didn't bother him. This puts pressure on the Sox to make Thornton the full time closer doesn't it? Baseball is proclaiming him more important/impressive than Jenks. Didn't they expand the rosters big-time a few years ago? Even with that Rios/Paulie get snubbed?