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How's Alexei's defense been this season so far? I'm in a streak where I haven't seen many games. It has to be one of the worst sides of the infield defensively in the big leagues doesn't it?

They definitely were glad to see him go and take his strikeouts with him.

I think that's the rite attitude to have, Big Squert. I'd have done the same thing. It's not like I want him to beat us.

My god. That home run he hit in the Series didn't give you a thrill of a lifetime? I'm glad I'm not a fan who forgets the great moments certain Sox players have provided. I think the fans who did the correct thing and cheered him last night would agree with me. You think Pods should only be popular by association for us winning the title? Are you serious?

Even though the Royals suck, that's very encouraging from Jake. I'll say what a lot of guys say about our players: "He'll be fine." I'd be nice to start being a bit more consistent and stringing good games together as a team. After an excellent, efficient win, can we do it again tonight? Or revert to crumminess?

Great story daa84. You catchers do take a beating back there. Has this happened to Zaun again? Or was it truly the one inning fluke?

As an Ozzie defender I thought I'd point out two MORE positives from today regarding Oz. -- Did you see Oz and Peavy in the dugout after Peavy left the game? Oz was hugging him, up in his face, doing everything but kissing him. This is after seeing Oz doing the same exact thing to Buehrle after one of Mark's better starts earlier in the season. He appears to me to be a great players' manager. -- I heard a long interview with Teahen on the Royals network today. He was asked a lot of questions about Oz and said he is convinced Ozzie says most of the things he does to take the heat off the players and be the story himself and the players appreciate that. I know Teahen can't very well blast Ozzie, but if you heard it you sensed it was sincere. Every time I hear Teahen talk I wish he was a better ballplayer. Seems to be one of the good guys in baseball. I dislike his love of Juan Pierre but Ozzie rules.

Amen brother, good call.

I think that fans who go to the games are not as insane as many message board crazies. Of course they will cheer for somebody who helped us win a f***ing World Series. Some Sox fans went a whole lifetime without a WS title. He helped us win one. Of course he should be popular with White Sox fans.

What the Sox need to do is have Peavy get his head out and start by blowing away a horrific KC team tonight. The starting pitching simply has to do what everybody felt it would do ... be one of the best fivesomes in baseball. The offense is putrid, but it has had nights where it has scored some runs and even scored some runs late. It's all about the starting rotation. The team has to start winning some series. Have we still won just one series?

I'd leave Juan at nine just because he is by far the worst hitter on the team. But I agree he has nothing to learn. It's not like he's trying to suck. Leave Beckham at No. 2. If he doesn't break out of this, the team is destined to fail anyway.

Why despicable? Alex Gordon has been injured ... a lot. The Royals didn't set it up for him to get injured. Nobody in KC would be worked up if KC dumped Gordon to some team. I wouldn't be against trading for Gordon, only if we could get rid of Teahen in the process. And as far as the shot at Pods, he's healthy and would have given us a much better lineup the month of April than power puff Pierre gave us.

Teahen is one of those guys available in fantasy leagues this time of year. He's a guy nobody can get excited about being a regular.

So you want him to be in the lineup but lower? He's still in our godawful lineup. What the f*** difference does it make where he bats? We can't bat everybody ninth.

When is the time right to ever trade a guy? Teams either want players or they don't. So two years ago when Paulie stunk we should have traded him? What would we have gotten for him. Peavy? Everybody was doing cartwheels when we got him and he's sucked. Consistency is lacking in almost every player in the bigs not named Mauer, Rodriguez or Rivera or Pujols.

Alex Gordon is a big, flat bust. We don't want him. Unless we can trade Teahen for him straight up. My god.

Why in the world would you want Beckham lower? Beckham is our golden boy and the team is counting on him. Team will go nowhere without him. Leave him be and let him hit.

No offense to us, but he's probably sick of the cliche complaints. My pet peeve is the batting order complaint. The smart people on here are convinced it matters where Beckham bats. Before that it was Kotsay. Rios should be moved up, whatever. The way I see it is it doesn't matter much. With such a long season as it is, he probably gets sick of all the arm chair quarterbacking. Just win, baby and there is no arm chair quarterbacking.

Our pitching definitely hasn't been anything great. Not after all the hype. I guess it's been OK but some bad outings by each of the starters. Maybe Danks has had all good starts.

Where do you want him to bat? I think this lineup obsession is overrated. We got what, six hits again today? Seven? Lots of guys are sucking on a daily basis. I got no problem with beckman up high. I just want Pierre ninth to delay my bad mood every night.

Nice to be a glass half full guy and good post, but with all those positives our team has sucked big big time. Once again, like last year, team looks like it's upside is .500. And its downside like last year is not good.

I think what some of us are saying is it's bad to demote a guy actually doing a decent job. Kind of sad. It's not like there are many guys on our roster who have earned their paychecks yet this season. Most of us agree Lucy earned his, now he goes back to the bush leagues.

Do the Sox sometimes overvalue guys who do well against the Sox? Wasn't Teahen a Sox killer? Did that get KW and Oz salivating? He's nothing too special IMO.

Teahen is a scrub. Anybody who expected a lot out of him was misguided. How many series have we won this year with our pretty awful baseball club? One? 10-15 going into games against the equally lousy Royals. It's Teahen vs. Pods for bragging rights.

I would never say "should" with this team. We do the unexpected all the time the last two seasons.