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Very true. I forgot about all the extra days, starting with the MN Football delay.

Will next season's theme be, "Blame it on Rios?" Or will he bounce back? He truly sucked as did many other Sox in the second half of '09.

Rios needs to get good and drunk and forget this season. Assuming he cares about how bad he was for us.

Granderson saves the season. Wow. If that falls, no decision for Verlander.

Verlander is havin some fun today. Wow.

True, also we are not the best hitting unit. We rarely win 3 in a row.

Wow, that is harsh from SI. Rios has a lot to prove.

I'm just baffled by that. We had so many dogs in the bullpen and in the lineup. And soft saves? That's a new one.

2009 White Sox: Very forgettable. Easily forgettable. Mark's perfection; the catch; home dominance of Yankees and Cubs; Beckham the bright spots.

Even if the Tigers survive this, no Verlander for Game One. That is something the Tigers will regret. I still think they win the division; but no Verlander in Game One. Not good.

I agree Wanne, that's why I'm predicting Detroit survives. I think it really would carry over for them. Also, our starters do indeed appear to be dominant as the season ends. That's why so many of us were disappointed we tanked. We really look like a team that pitching wise could have done some possible damage in the postseason. Great post.

He definitely stunk as that article proved, but tonight was something to build on. And like I said the other day, there's been no reports of him being a lazy bum or a cancer in the clubhouse. That is a great sign unless the writers have ignored the issue out of laziness. I'm hopeful. I do think we will not win the division if he hits this badly next season. We can't afford another black hole in the lineup. To get four hits in a game finally is a great plus for Rios.

I'd love to see a playoff. Predict it now, though. What happens Sunday? My prediction is Verlander beats us in a pretty easy fashion, say 8-1. Also I say KC beats a Twins team that has given it a valient try, but just can't quite do it. KC wins 9-8 in extra innings. Twins fans applaud the team as they leave the field for battling so hard w/out Morneau. So Detroit wins the division with no playoff. What's your prediction?? Cmon. Pick it before it happens.

Lol. That has to be the wildest story in the history of American sports. Ted Williams ... the icon. If you'd told Ted Williams 25 years ago that this would happen to his body upon his death he'd look at you like you were a kook.

I can't believe you are pinning this on Jenks. The set up men were way bigger goats than Jenks. And the hitting was horribly non clutch at times, especially on that road trip from hell and the killer 6 games vs. the O's and Royals at home preceding that series. The hitting definitely deserves more criticism than Bobby. Also, the defense deserves way more negativity than Bobby. And even my man Jermaine ...he's a bigger goat than Bobby.

Can you believe how good Freddy has been? Man. The Twins simply have to beat the Royals. They've come this far they have to win. I mean the odds of us beating Verlander are not good. Granted, Minny beat Greinke today and anything is possible, but to come this far, Minny simply has to beat the Royals at home to assure the playoff. And this time they get the playoff in the dome. I sense anything could happen tomorrow, but I'm thinking we lose to Verlander just because he's having a great year and the game means so much. I'm thinking the Twins lose as well and Detroit takes it w/out a playoff. I don't think KC's gonna get swept and I don't think we're gonna sweep the Tigers. Go TWINKS.

The teams in this division that blow certainly play us tough the past couple seasons. We need to start consistently winning series against Central teams before I'd say we're ready to dominate the division just because we have the best starting rotation.

Why would he do that? If he reads these boards (and that's a big if) and gets ideas, more power to him.

Why is he a hack? He provides great information and judging from his opinionated twitters, seems to enjoy what he does. Puts some life into his writing. I think his stuff is good. If he's critical ... who isn't in talking about the Sox? Most of us on here rip certain players/coaches.

True, Bolt, but with all the veterans we have on the team and the addition of Rios with plenty of time left in the season, with Peavy ready to lead us to some important Sept. victories and anchor the postseason rotation we should have won this horses*** division. I don't think the season was a success.

Seems like a very dumb reason to take a guy in the first round.

Saying this season was a success is ridiculous. I won't go through all the holes in our team that must be filled to even win our crappy division next season. You all konw them. We finished third in a horses*** division. It was not a successful season. We had one winning surge to speak of ... one the entire mediocre season.

Konerko has pretty good numbers in homers and ribbies. I don't know why they'd "laugh in his face." Unless you are assuming he's over the hill at his age. He's had a f***ing good season, one of our few bright spots during a s***ty year.

Then why did they take him in the first round? To fool other teams into wanting him in a trade?

I think his trade value is just fine. But we'd be dumb to deal him. He's very popular.