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Good point about college guys. Gordon did wind up having a decent year out here but he did hit below .100 most of April and May which would have probably got him sent down with a suppsed contender like the Sox. The Royals stuck with him and he's battle back to .250 or so and hit some dingers. Verdict is still out though on that top five pick. I still think the draft is a crapshoot. If we could take the best available player on a current big league roster by finishing with the worst record I'd recommend tanking and root for losing, but not a draft pick. I prefer winning.

Tizzle and Pratt have a pretty crazy inside joke going on. Care to let us in on it? Go Sox!

No I do not understand. a.) Wins may not do anything for the franchise "at the moment" as you say. They can help young players' confidence for the future and please the fans who pay top dollar to see the team WIN, not lose to get some draft pick who the team might be too cheap to sign anyway and will be four seasons from even making the big league club. b.) You say "losses could." Could is the key word. Since there's no guarantee, I prefer WINS. So NO I do not understand. Can you try again? GO SOX!

Thanks I love 'em. Hopefully you can make one for the postseason as well. Thanks again.

Bad loss. Once again pathetic offense. Sox have a lot of fixin' to do if they hope to avoid this embarrassment again next year. Too bad the coveted No. 1 pick won't be ready for 4 seasons if indeed KW signs the franchise saver.

Sorry to be a bother, but where can I find the September wallpaper scrensaver? thanks.

There probably are too many "complacent' personalities who have underachieved. Those guys should be called out by Ozzie and/or KW, who like you said, probably haven't done that. But the original statement was about tanking. If they are purposely "tanking" that is a major crime.

Southside ... the love of former Sox stems from the fact they are so much better than the guys who've tried to replace them.

They should be banned for life if it can be proven they are purposely "tanking." You are paid; you play the game as hard as you can. If not you should be banned forever. Heard of the Black Sox?

I agree with your position. What will be will be ... that's fine with me. I just don't understand those who copy Cub fans and actively want us to lose. I don't get it.

It's not like they've been playing great baseball. They're still losing at a rapid clip. WHat do you mean it doesn't make sense? Have you ever played a sport? These guys are getting paid. You go out and do your job and play hard or you should be banned from the game for life. People that want the No. 1 draft pick so badly baffle me. It's not like the Sox will sign that pick anyway. Build through free agency, and Japanese players and trade for a reliever this offseason. In the meantime, just win baby.

Iguchi .... good. Danny Richar ... so far, bad. OK now post how great Richar is with his .200 batting average and how dare I criticize somebody so young. Yes, I realize he's young. Yes I truly hope he becomes a good player. Iguchi is much better right now and I'd bet probably will be for four more seasons. Again, bless you Danny Richar and I hope you make it. You've had some nice hits, just not enough to get over .200.

We'll find out next summer when the Sox struggle and/or fail to sign the No. 1 draft pick that has many fans hoping we lose.

Hope for the future? One draft pick? My gosh, how misguided some are. Free agents ... victories ... foreign signees. The draft? One pick? No way.

Those standings are embarrassing and annoying.

Exactly. Another reason I don't care about the draft as compared to us winning games.

This may be the dumbest thing Mariotti has ever every written. LaRussa is a hack. He like all managers wins with talent, loses w/out talent. The Sox talent right now is in question. Must be nice to be Mariotti; change his opinion every day and when questioned about it by guys on that TV show says with a frumpy face, 'hey, things change.' Ozzie is as good as any manager out there. La Russa is no savior and Mariotti knows that.

Jeff King? Brien Taylor? Andy Benes? White Sox making the decision? It's still a crapshoot.

Good list. Some great. Some good. Some not so good. Crapshoot.

I don't want to give up on him. But don't you think he'll be a specialist against lefties? He's been the second best reliever behind Bobby. I was just saying he made me cuss at the TV a few times. He was the same as the other relievers during that stretch where the bullpen stunk every night.

You guys want to lose every night to get a shot at those names? I'll be breathless counting the days til the draft. Give me free agents and Japanese players any day over no names in the draft that likely will not pan out judging the Sox history of draft picks.

Logan has not been great every outing this season. He's been horrid at times.

KW doesn't need an extension. He's not going anywhere, either. Reinsdorf made that clear. Who would you rather have, Oz, Girardi or Piniella? I'd take Oz. Give him a good bullpen and 2-3 improvements in the actual lineup and he'll win again.

I respect your position on this, but like I asked, when are you going to give up next year and hope we again have the worst record in baseball? Where does it end for you? The Sox have won one world series in about 80 years or whatever. The odds are great they may not win another one in your lifetime. I mean we're talking odds here. So if the odds hold true, each year the team is not in contention are you going to spend most of the season hoping your team LOSES? That's my point. Why want your team to lose? It makes little sense. You played baseball. Don't you see the foolishness in wanting your team to be embarrassed in the hopes of getting a draft pick that could be David Clyde II??? Give me victories or give me death.

I've done that with Mike MacDougal, Ryan Buckvitch, Mike Myers (at least let the real Austin Powers take the mound instead of this hack), Thornton and Boonie Logan.