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Is anybody on here a real Swish fan?

Paulie deserves a pie in the face if we win.

Hopefully Paulie will bunt one over the LF fence.

Fathom was right weeks ago when he said he was assuming 3 losses in Minnie. The season had to be decided before that series. We'll either be even in the loss column or one down after visiting Minnie depending on the rest of today. WOW.

I don't think we can win this game, 1-0.

That's true about home field. I'm just sick of us trying to back in. We're playing kansas city for god sakes. miserable KC.

We can't expect any more favors from other teams regarding Minnie. Don't teams normally play the scrubs the day after wildly celebrating their title?

My top ten favorites in order are: CQ Dye Alexei Bobby Floyd Buehrle Thome AJP Danks Vaz My least favorite with Boone Logan the worst (this year production only) Boone Ramirez (the reliever) Wasserman Dotel Contreras Swish Paulie OC Uribe Griffey My bottom ten

It sure would be awesome. Too bad the White Sox didn't realize that tonight they pretty much could have wrapped it up. Eventually these blown opportunities are going to show ... like when Minnesota's fans start cheering from the first pitch on in the Sox-Twinks series. This was a huge opportunity missed tonight. Both the Sox and Cubs in playoffs would be monumental.

Very disappointing loss. KC's team is so bad it's laughable. Aside from beating up on Seattle, they have been a disgrace to baseball. Good job playing when it counts, White Sox. What a joke tonight.

Excellent point. That's an automatic Twins' win. Can we beat KC to nab 2 of 3 in KC?

Do any of you really think there's any way in hell we win MORE than one that series? We lose two minimum. The question is can we get one or do we get swept?

Blame the manager if it makes you feel better. Rest assured it wasn't his decision alone. If you don't think KW and Coop and other minds discussed it, then you are crazy. But if you can sleep better by blaming Oz, go ahead by all means. There are plenty of goats to go around. Mark had a quality start last night. We should have scored more than five runs tonight, case closed. We have not played like a team worthy of the playoffs in September, but neither has Minnie.

To each his own, but I don't share the manlove of Swish. He's another of our veterans who could have carried us to some big wins of late. Instead he's sucked. I could see trying again next season with a new ss and a new cf. Next.

Uribe's been good but a healthy Crede wouldn't hurt either. We're staggering right now, luckily so are the Twins. They have been almost equally bad.

That's a little harsh. The guy is coming off huge back surgery. My god.

The guys are going to regret tonight's game before it's over. There will some big time pressure on in some of these upcoming games, maybe even a final against Detroit. We still could lose 2 of 3 to KC which I know won't surprise any of us. Please take the finale.

I love the sox but jeezus christ. I guess we're just not that good and if we make it, it's a nice thing but nothing we should have expected. We don't have the ability to grab the division by the balls. Unacceptable loss with so much on the line. Very very sad performance. Had we won and gone up 4 in loss column I think everybody would agree the division finally was ours.

Maybe it's cause I see the Royals so often and know how horrid they are. But with Minnie losing, can't we find a way to beat this awful team???

We are horrid road team, but my god, this is it tonight. Like Oz said in media it's what they have played for since Feb. We can win it tonight. s***.

This is unacceptable. Minnie loses; we have to win; case closed. Awful.

Great title to this thread. We were looking for a hero. How bout having a title for every thread the rest of the way? We need karma.

Thanks for doing this great project. Was happy to do my tiny part. THANK YOU!

Say what you want about Ozzie, but you have to respect his passion. Read Mark Gonzales' cool game story: By Mark Gonzales Chicago Tribune chicagosports.com KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The intensity returned Friday night. So did the power. Hours after a team meeting in which manager Ozzie Guillen questioned the White Sox’s passion and lack of swagger, they responded with four home runs to pull away to a 9-4 victory over the Royals. With Minnesota’s 11-1 loss at Tampa Bay, the Sox can feel giddy about their current state as they expanded their lead in the American League Central to 2 1/2 games and reduced their magic number to seven with nine games left. After saying his players were too content with a small division lead and didn’t act like a first-place team, Guillen raised his hands in elation after Alexei Ramirez snapped a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a two-out grand slam that tied a major league record for rookies with his third of the year. “Everyone yelled at one time,” said winning pitcher Mark Buehrle, who became the first active pitcher to win 10 games, make 30 starts and throw 200 innings for eight consecutive seasons with six innings on three days rest. “It was a huge pick-me-up.” Ramirez now shares the rookie record with the New York Yankees’ Shane Spencer, who accomplished the feat in 1998. “I’m really glad I got to tie the record,” Ramirez said after hitting his 19th homer. “Especially fighting for the (AL) rookie of the year and the way the team is playing, everything has been so great this year.” Guillen, who has challenged the Sox during slumps, was pleased that they heeded his words to play with more zest. “At least they listen,” Guillen joked. “I think this club is about reaction.” Ramirez’s slam barely cleared the left-field wall but capped a sequence of persistent at-bats of the type Guillen stressed in the meeting. For example, A.J. Pierzynski fouled off three consecutive pitches before drawing a walk to load the bases, and Ramirez fouled off five straight before cranking his homer on a 2-2 count. In the fifth, Jim Thome hit his 540th career homer to snap an 0-for-11 slump. Dewayne Wise hit two home runs and Nick Swisher snapped an 0-for-14 rut with two hits. “You win pennant races when you do it yourself,” Guillen said before the game. “The last couple of days I didn’t see the intensity. When you don’t hit well, don’t see many people on base, when you don’t make pitches and when you aren’t winning games, it seems like the intensity is not there. “I don’t say we don’t try. Yes, we play hard. But we have to keep the intensity level up. We’ve been fighting since February and we only have (nine) games left.” Buehrle hopes the Sox can trim the magic number before a three-game series begins Tuesday in Minnesota. “You know how we play there, and how they play at home,” Buehrle said. “We’d like to be at least 2 1/2 games up going in there. And if better things happen, we could clinch there. “But we have to take this one game at a time.”

If he's healthy I'd play him, though I tip my cap to Wise after tonight. Great game, Wise. CQ crowds the plate so much I don't think he'll be a strikeout king even with his timing off. I'd play him if the doctors clear him. Anybody worried his career will be short because he will get plunked in the wrist many more times as much as he crowds the plate.