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Jose leaves me speechless. Wow.

Wow. This lineup is putrid. Wow. Castro, Nix, Anderson, Beckham, Contreras. Close to automatic outs for a decent pitcher.

I don't know how anybody can say he's anything but a great defensive player. He's not a good hitter, probably never will be, at least not with our dysfunctional team.

I hope KW makes one trade -- either Dye, Paulie, Thome, whomever and saves the rest of the dealing for the offseason. I'm a little surprised he didn't trade a vet last offseason. It's obvious he thought we had a nice mix of youth and vets and pretty much all the young players he was counting on have sucked or been C-minus at best.

Ozzie might like Beckham better if he'd get a hit once in a while. He's officially off to a Robin Ventura-start to his career. Hope he rebounds as nicely as Robin did. I mean Beckham's start at the plate has been a nightmare.

It amazes me that there's no limit to this and what fans will pay to go to games, eat food at the games and drink beer at the games. Are people going to spend 10 bucks for a beer soon? Of course. They'll spend any amount. This kid isn't going to be pitching any time soon. Negotiations to drag on the full year.

Glad to see the Cubs drop another to the Stros. Our six games should be so interesting again.

Hard to believe Moore has been there four seasons. I feel for the Royals. They always were pure class with Brett and all those great players. Then a whole generation has known seen the Royals as bottom feeders. Do you go to a lot of games? You must be a big baseball fan if you are on the Sox board.

How bout Jenks for Coco Crisp, DeJesus and Gordon? Or Jenks for Soriano and a minor leaguer. Or Jenks for Kemp and a prospect. Or keep Jenks. I like him still.

Gavin was dealing. I don't know why I'm so upset he didn't get the W. Hope he's not feeling as upset as I am. The guy was cooking and we blew it for him. Nice that we won the game obviously but Gavin really deserved the W on his record. As far as Lexi, we can't afford to sit him. At least he's had some games of late where he's had multi hits. Beckham is close to being officially not ready. If he can't hit the NL pitching coming up, I don't know what to say. He's got to pound some of these NL pitchers. This has got to be his worst 5-6 game stretch in his entire life, right? Little League to Babe Ruth to high school to college to minors. He's 1 for a a bundle.

We are the king of popups. We suck.

Good stuff by Gavin. If we lose today, do you all think we're out of it with no hope of making playoffs?

Maybe the Sox want to lose 100 games before it's over. If we are ever leading a game again we need Bobby to close it out. Thornton is not a closer. How many lefties have been great closers?

I hope he's able to come back at some point. He's got all off season to rest the foot. He needs to make the adjustments necessary to return to the CQ of old and I hope he gets the at bats this year to get his average up and his HRs way up.

Is Ken serious? My gosh. The Cubs are right there and have the payroll and the starting pitching when it's healthy. We right now are this completely dysfunctional team with injuries, big-time hitting problems and inconsistent pitching (Linebrink, WTF of late) both starting and in relief. I guess he thinks for some reason we are going to click and win 10 in a row at some point. I don't see it. Hope I'm wrong.

Who plays first base now? I'm having a braincramp as to who our backup is. Thanx.

I'd suggest using the game thread to go nuts. It seems to be understood in there that our players, GM and manager are gonna be crucified so to speak.

Nice homestand, White Sox. Congratulations. Not many teams could be out of the s***ty Central Division race by June 10. I know we've had some injuries but what the f***? Only hope of getting back in it is total fold job by Detroit. Minnie again has an amazing home record to go with s*** on the road. Our home record is a disgrace. Again, congratulations to all. June 10 and we're out of it barring some minor miracle as in a 10-game win streak coupled with a 2-8 Detroit stretch.

Seems to me Ozzie is so comfortable in Chicago, where he played so long, so comfy with the Chicago writers that he blasts away and pretty much runs his mouth like a madman. If he was a manager in another town, I don't think he'd do it nor would he get away with it. That said, just produce and you won't get ripped. Beckham predictably goes ohfer for 3 games. Oz is human. Oz gets pissed. It's human nature to love the unknown and Beckham is the unknown god to the fans. Right now. Obviously he could go one for 100 and still be loved this year, but at some point he's gonna have to produce. He'll probably have a Ventura-like start, then a Ventura-like career. I don't see anything wrong in Oz ripping him a bit, though. When he finally gets fired here or retires, Oz will manage again and he'll be a lot calmer. His act won't play where he's not as well known/loved.

Great question. I think it's cause Wise has been hated every since he first donned a Sox uniform. He was dubbed the devil from Day One. People had hope for Fields; some still do.

Oz should be speechless tonight. Score 3 in the ninth only to immediately lose it in the 10th. That is maddening.

He should have made some creative trades in the offseason when it's easier to make a blockbuster w/ the emotional winter meetings, et. all. Good luck dumping guys now and rebuilding in the process.

We also owned Greinke for a while. This year Verlander is great again and our offense has at least four automatic outs. I hope for the best but fear another shutout.

The fans voted him off the Cell island on Opening Day. Sox shoulda got the hint. Fans don't want him around.

I did think before my post. Have you met our offense?