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Umpires have ruined the game of baseball.

How bout a pop up to first?

Their lefty draws a walk. Good at bad lefty vs. lefty. This could be a gamebreak coming up.

Nice hit by Hunter. He's a bit better than Swish.

Why does Weaver own the Sox? Bad inning.

I'm not saying that's the only reason the Sox have won. I'm just saying James has been good for the Bosox. I wish we had him consulting for the White Sox.

Sad to waste a great pitching effort tonight, but 8 in a row wasn't too shabby.

Thome's last at bat obviously sucked. He was overmatched. Very disappointing. I just wish when the game is on the line he'd make contact and not try to hit the game winning homer. I realize that is who he is, however. Crede's last at bat sucked as well. Like Hawk, I thought the pitch before the K pitch was the one he coulda blooped into left or center for a game-tying single. Oh well ... disappointing but great game by Floyd. And great win streak. Why can't Swish hit????

The Boston Red Sox have kicked butt ever since sabermetrician Bill James joined the staff in a paid position.

So true. That's what normally happens to the Royals who are in the midst of dropping their fourth straight to Boston. At least we went 2-2 vs. Angels.

Amen. Hope the big guy finally has gotten it through his head he's so powerful he can smash homers to left, leftcenter as well as right. Nice column by Couch the other day on Thome and the Thome shift.

Hope it stays that way. Keep the Tigers and Indians down below .500. What a great article in USA Today on the Tigers' woes a day or so ago. The lead sports story. Ex-Tiger Grilli said the Tigers haven't been the same since they got rid of Sean Casey, who was a great clubhouse guy, blah blah. It's the same saga of the Sox not being the same since getting rid of Rowand. The article also said Cabrera was loafing. Leyland pretty much claimed bulls*** on all of Grilli's negative comments.

Wow, Dye with the bombs. Thome with a bomb. Seven runs making the most of nine hits. Javy doing great and the bullpen responding. Winning streaks are so much fun! Keep it up, if you can, White Sox.

It's almost impossible to "walk away" with a division title. Just ask the Mets last year and the Sox the year we won the WS.

I don't know if I'd call it a blessing, but it would add some speed to the lineup. Is Josh healthy yet?

How old is Durham now? Seems like he's been gone a long time. Is he still a better than average player, offensively and defensively?

Lostfan, your posts about living by the planes are kind of cool. You say, 'not that bad,' house doesn't shake 'that much.' You sound like the kind of person who can make the best of any situation. But reading your posts closely it sounds like a lot of people would go crazy with the planes. I bet some of your neighbors have freaked out and wanted to get out? Correct or no?

That really is a cool quote. However while I agree Oz is a character, I am not convinced he doesn't have character. I don't think he's a bad guy. I don't know him, but I haven't read anything that would tell me he's a bad guy. I'm guilty of the F bombs myself sometimes. Seems like he's a good family man and quite possibly an all around good man.

Yes there is. The unpredictability of baseball. But as far as this game ... wow our top two hitters in the lineup go 0-for-9 and Swish goes 0-for-4 again, yet we win. Great Jose; great bullpen. Amazing Quentin. Remind me again. How did we acquire this guy?? KW is going to be the most popular GM in America if Quentin keeps this up. Will the guy start the All-Star game?? Oops I don't want to hex him.

Can you believe how hot the Sox are? Amazing stuff!

It must be horrible when you first move in getting used to that. Does the house shake all the time? I'd think it'd be really tough to sell the homes around that area.

I was catching up on my sox reading and saw this Mariotti column. My gawd ... why does his paper let him write this stuff? It's the same stuff every time he writes about the Sox? It's old, vindictive. He should write about something else. I don't get the impression Oz is crazed or bitter. I think he's a wild extrovert.

I never thought of it that way, but I'd agree.

I remember all the great Pudge moments as a Sox. But I also remember him not quitting til they tore the uniform off his back. It got to the point he couldn't catch the ball anymore. He was truly a guy who loved baseball, playing until he simply couldn't function.

Out of state, but grew up 103rd and Homan, Chicago. That is (was) basically Sox country in Mt. Greenwood, but there were Cub fans around as well.