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Crede could and should put a dent in this game. Will he, though?

Now's the time, Swish. Keep pummelin 'em when they are down.

Can Toby play first base? I'd rather have him in the lineup than Swish tomorrow.

Tough call by Ozzie. AJP is pretty emotional and probably would be pissed. I say play AJP, but it's tough to ignore those Toby stats vs. Lilly. Our lefties need to concentrate and go with the frickin pitch. If Thome plays he better not whiff 3 times. C'mon Jimmy, stay hot and hit the ball hard.

True, Felix. Even if we lost all 3 that really wouldn't impact whether we win the division or not. Big bragging rights as you say. That' wild the Flubs lost all 3 to the Rays. I wonder if they'll be reeling or if those losses won't matter to them at all. It'd be nice to win Game One of this set, real nice.

No I meant regular season history so the great WS series and playoff series don't count, nor all the playoff victories. I agree some of those Sept. series in our title year were probably bigger because the division lead was dwindling away. Of course the series in KC in 1969 (or was it 67) when the Sox s*** their pants was a huge series, costing the team the pennant. But in terms of a big regular season series, this has to be right up there with the biggest in history in terms of one complete series, not just a game to clinch the division or something.

Sox stink against Lilly. Stats mean nothing against Lilly. (sorry had to try the reverse jinx on your post). Big series. If Danks fares well Friday, my respect for him will grow leaps and bounds. It's a great game for him to start. If we are ultimately going to make the playoffs he can grow from a game like this, cause it's on a big stage.

Can you think of any other series in Chicago history bigger than this one? In regular season history, of course. And I'm not saying a series in which we clinch the division when we're up by 8 games. I mean a real, meaningful series. Considering two Chicago clubs are in first place and deservedly so ... I say this is the biggest series in Chicago regular season history. Couple of requests: Somebody who goes to all three games ... please keep track of all the fights in and outside of the park. Also to those Sox fans who normally don't go to Wrigley, please post things that annoy you about the park and let us know if it's as dirty as people claim.

It must have been great to be at The Cell today. I know we are supposed to sweep teams like Pitt, but it's baseball and anything can happen and usually does. So it's a great sweep. Last year we would not have swept them. So we go 4-2 against Colo and Pitt. That's not too bad. You'll win divisions doing that. It'd be nice to see OC get on base in the first and Quentin connect off Lilly boy tomorrow in the first. On paper, you gotta favor the veteran over Danks in Game One. GO SOX.

Hope Oz sticks with BA tomorrow despite the oh-fer, if Thome can't play. He might connect against the lefty.

It was so important to get the sweep completed. Great job, White Sox hitters and bullpen. Our sweep solidifies our position as a real first place team entering the Flub series. Had we lost 2 of 3 to Pitt the series would have lacked lustre. Now it is the biggest regular season series in Chicago history. Name one bigger? I'm saying regular season series. We won the fricking WS while the Flub have no experience there. I really wish Thome could play tomorrow, Sat and Sunday. Folks, we're in trouble without Paulie and Thome vs. The Flub. I guess Oz will pick the right spot to bat Thome once per game. Hope he knows how to pinch hit. Wish he could play 1B tomorrow.

We're hosed w/out Thome and Paulie. Need that power threat vs. The Flubs.

Hate to say this, but Thome is hot and needs to play against the Cubs. He needs to play 1B tomorrow.

Time to make sure everybody gets an at bat and let up so we don't score all our runs today. Nice job of hitting, White Sox! Jermaine baby!

Are you all worried about the resurgent Tigers?

That's the OC we thought we were getting.

OC needs to connect against Grabass.

I didn't see the play, but we're really a station to station team under KW.

At least Anderson looks like a big leaguer. He'll be OK once he's a regular somewhere.

Will our bullpen outpitch theirs and win us this game? We may be done scoring.

I can't argue with that. GO SOX.

You gotta love Mark B and Quentin. Also you got to love the nights we blast some home runs. When we hit home runs, we win.

Nice initial post. Congrats to Toby. Please keep it up. I wonder if he'll play against the lefty tomorrow again.

I would not be pleased to go 2-4 in the series. That would be lousy. 3-3 would be acceptable, though we'd lose ground to our red-hot Detroit rivals in doing so. I mean winning two of three at home and losing 2 of 3 at Wrigley is about the best we can hope for. 4-2 would be great. 5-1 awesome. We ain't gonna go 6-0. 0-6 would be a great big bummer and likely end our season.

Was it wise to bring up Wise?