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I like everybody's opinions, including ncordl who i respect for his inside knowledge. I'm concerned about colon after what you wrote earlier, but he does give us some national respectablity and we need a stopper the year we make the playoffs.

Believe me, the Royals are OK. They play HARD. They have a good manager and are really hungry. We might overtake them, but they are young, hungry and playing HARD. They also have a history of playing well against us. Don't discount KC.

Great point that Colon does give us a shred of respect nationally. Colon should go nowhere. If he is a prick in the clubhouse some veteran should do something to put him in his place or we don't deserve to win anyway.

Great post, but I do agree. Enjoy this win. This was a good one.

Great post ncorbl. 1. Name the new G.M. (likely to happen after the All Star Game) --Gosh yes, do it now!! Who is it gonna be?? 2. Trade Colon. He's more harm than good, we don't need him as he is pitching for US now. Get a TON (heh, heh) of talent for him now. --Keep him, ncorbl. Why can't our other veterans put him in his place. If he's mocking players why doesn't Jose V. or Frank put a bat up his ass??? 3. Launch Jiminez. Anywhere, minors, Toledo Mud Hens, McDonald's, Village Car wash, doesn't matter, the guy is not helping us. Package him with Colon. --God yes. Get rid of this guy and Harris. They both suck! Why are they in the big leagues?? 4. Bring up Miles for 2B. --Yes or put Graff there. Get rid of D'Angelo and Harris! 5. Name Valentin team Captain. That would unite the team, the clubhouse especially with those two gone, and spark this team to a great second half. He's not afraid to jump on anyone, including himself, and has all sides of the clubhouse's respect, and would unite. He's the sparkplug, let him fire us up. --You da man ncordl. That is all we need to do, nothing more. Once on the playoffs, anything can happen, the team that gets 'hot' wins it all. I'll take those chances. --I still disagree. Our hitting sucks. We've got to hit the ball if we're going to win anything. I'm off to the game, answer the critics later.

Did Wright have good stuff today? Sounds like he did a helluva job. Too bad we blew the lead again, but we win.

Hey, do I at least win today's pick to click with my Jose thread? Seriously, don't you love the fact he gave us the big time momentum back by bashing a homer in the ninth? Jose V is on fire, baby. We made our seven hits count today. Go Sox!

Jose V. is hot at the plate! We need some red-hot bats and he's pretty hot, ain't he?

Closer by committee is ok with me with Koch suffering.

I'll gladly take 2 of 3 also. Even though we blew the lead in game two, s*** happens. 2 of 3 every time means a pennant.

I also feel sorry for PK, don't hate him. He gave us some monster years. Hope he can fix the problem somehow.

We pretty much need a new ss, 2B and cf. The question is how do we rebuild in those 3 positions? Any ideas? I'd be all for bringing up minor leaguers to replace Jose, D'angelo and the stiffs who patrol center for us. I'd rather lose or be mediocre with new bodies.

Koch is such a disaster. Like you said, it's the Ritchie deal all over again. He is a joke.

I don't like Harris, D'Angelo or Rios. Do any of you? Koch is a disaster. KW makes me sick.

How could we not score?? Way to go Carlos. Make contact with the f***ing ball.

Let's face it, Jose is our best option at ss. Harris and Jiminez will never make anybody forget Guillen and Durham.

Good point Laura. I don't think we're negative all the time, though, and we're not fair weather fans. We are still here. We just want to either win or lose pretty, not lose like a bunch of rubes. As far as tonight, I am very impressed with Marte and Koch especially after their recent woes. And it's nice that the team won in Minnesota after blowing that lead to the Cubs Sunday. It gives us a glimmer of hope that we may possibly have some heart this year. I sure hope so.

How come none of you are jumping on my beltran bandwagon? And Jim ... I followed hockey in the old days also with Bobby Hull, Mikita, Dennis Hull, Pappin, Tony O, Gerry Desjardins, etc., but after leaving chicago for many years I can name no blackhawks. I was wondering if you still follow it or care anymore since the grand ol days of Hulls?

Nice job by Marte and Koch. As much as I wanted E-Lo to stay in out of fear we'd blow it, this can do nothing but help. We've got to have closers and they did get it done 1-2-3 in the ninth. That said, why can't we hit the ball? Is it all on Konerko being a stiff suddenly?

What happened? How did we win??

JM is really rolling the dice, but you got to have a closer, right? If Botch blows this one, we should release him.

Wow I'm proud of marte! Way to bounce back. Will Botch f*** it up?

Oh boy, he's coming off that disaster vs the Cubs

Way to move the runners up, guys. Way to score a run after a 1-out double. If Koch blows this game, it will be so sad. Is there any chance he could do the job and get em 1-2-3?? The Twins are ripe for the picking. Can we complete the deal??

This is scary. I want E-Lo to stay in the ninth, but mostly because I have no trust in Botch. I hate to see E-Lo give up a two-run dinger to lose it, but I'm on the record saying leave in E-Lo. What do you all say. We can second guess ourselves later. I do think Koch may blow the game. I say leave in E-Lo for the wrong reasons, the fact our closer scares the s*** out of me. At this point in time, I don't like our chances in this game. Comments?