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I can think of another positive: maybe Ozzie and KW realize how bad Viz is and send him to the minors. That's be a huge positive. I agree, but I also would have voted to get rid of Dye last week. Seems the Sox patience has in the long run been paying off. I hope Dye has a similar week next week. He has some making up to do but has been great of late.

Has this made the papers yet? It's a story I'd want to read. That's crazy stuff. If he went nine yesterday we mighta lost two of three in this series.

Hes young, doesnt get hurt at all. --Knock on wood when you say that. Just kidding. I don't see how any pitcher will reach 300 again. Seems impossible to keep a stud healthy nowadays. The Braves lost another pitcher to DL today. I just can't see anybody staying healthy in baseball to accomplish the big feats anymore. Wasn't Maggs basically injury free and now he looks like a wreck all of a sudden. I could see Buehrle doing it except for the injury factor someday cropping up.

I give it up for him, like the thread asks. Tremendous outing. I think Oz wanted to make sure he had a positive experience and took him out rather than risking what actually happened to Viz. Anybody think Viz is in danger of losing his job? Do you think he brings much to the table?

I think Buehrle is top tier. There aren't many guys I'd pick over him, considering age and results. He's pretty damn good.

I hope it's not a full 20 game rehab if his ankle feels fine after a week. Why 20 games??

Considering the fact the White Sox haven't exactly had the most stellar history of all teams, out there, with dozens of Hall of Famers, I was wondering if Mark Buehrle has become your favorite Sox player of all time. He gets the ball and pitches it w/out bleeping around. He has a good personality with the media and fans. He has never been a brat with his contract. Mark B is creeping into my top five Sox of all time.

I'd pass on Sweeney because of his back woes. I think it's time to give up on Dye, however. Bring up Anderson and let Dye go. Paulie just needs to suck it up and start hitting. The team is probably just patiently waiting for frank to return to have murderer's row of Everett, Dye, Frank and Pauilie. p.s. Interesting that Jeremy Reed hasn't done much this year. He gets hits and scores runs once in a while but nothing remarkable yet. And Olivo has been horrible.

Hitting under .200 is depressing. He's got to do better than that. How the heck is our record what it is?? Guess it's the pitching. Hope Fred, Duke, and Cont just had one bad outing and got 'em outta their system. We need Buehrle, Garland and Freddie to excel all season long if we hope to win the division.

It's a matter of time till Judy makes her appearance and it's going to happen sooner or later. That's a cheap shot on Garland in my opinion. The guy has been a total stud. I can't believe with so many guys sucking in this mini losing streak, you'd take a rip on Jon. Calling him Judy is bulls***.

Old Comiskey would have been sold out for all 4 O's games. But that's living in the past. It's true, though. Any old timers who went to games there would back me on this: In mid May, old Comiksey woulda been sold out all 4 games for the first place Sammy-less O's. And crowds would be up from now on out, until the moment we start to suck, not that we are going to start to suck.

Good story tlak. Hopefully the Sox can get it done this year as they did in 59.

WGN showed a close up after the K, Garland let out a brief smile. Great reaction, then he walked off the field. I hope nobody turns on him if and when he has some s*** outings. It will be weird to see him in the All Star game if he keeps this up a few more weeks.

Great closeup of Garland after that K to end the eighth. He knew he made such a great pitch. Congrats to all Sox officials past and present who were so patient regarding Jon. He's getting it and he is awesome right now.

I like your logic, Jim. I like your patience. I try to be patient myself, but I'm starting to lose it regarding Dye. I guess all we can do is ride it out with Dye. But he is really really doing nothing. He's reminding me of Pena of the Tigers, 0-4s galore.

Keep using Shingo. The closer by committee thing has been OK. I personally wouldn't be opposed if Oz gave up on Dye. He really has been pretty piss poor. I'm not as down on Rowand or Paulie for some reason. But Dye has really been a disappointment. Is anybody out there high on Dye? I don't see how you could be. At least Jeremy Reed isn't doing much for Seattle. Maybe he wasn't the answer either.

I see one jinx hasn't changed, former Sox beating us. Chris Singleton??? That guy is still around? Amazing. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When Hideo Nomo limped off the mound, Lance Carter began peeling off his warmup jacket. The most-rested reliever in Tampa Bay’s overworked bullpen pitched three scoreless innings and Chris Singleton had two hits and drove in two runs Monday night to help the Devil Rays beat Chicago 4-2, stopping the White Sox’s eight-game winning streak. “I had a good feeling that it was going to be me,” Carter said, adding that entering a game cold following an injury is not the easiest thing to do. “There’s the crowd. Guys on deck are watching you warm up and everyone wants to get going.” Carter (1-0) allowed two sixth-inning hits before retiring the last nine batters he faced in relief of Nomo, who left because of cramps in his left hamstring. Danys Baez worked the ninth for his third save in four opportunities. “It was good to come in and get the win. I was just trying to execute my pitches. Nomo was throwing well,” Carter said, adding he didn’t feel his pitching was the key to Tampa Bay being able to overcome a 2-1 deficit. “How am I the star?” he asked, pointing out that Singleton and others made important contributions. “It was an entire team effort.” Singleton had two run-scoring singles off Freddy Garcia (3-2), the second snapping a 2-2 tie in the sixth. Damon Hollins added an RBI double in the sixth, and the Devil Rays scored again for a two-run lead when Aubrey Huff grounded out with the bases loaded in the seventh. Garcia allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. He walked three and struck out five. “I think they’re underrated. They have a better team than people think,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said of the last-place Devil Rays. “They have good-looking young players over there.” Tampa Bay snapped a three-game losing streak, winning for just the fourth time in its last 15 games. The White Sox, who are a major league-best 24-8, scored twice in the first inning on Tadahito Iguchi’s RBI double and Paul Konerko’s sacrifice fly off Nomo, who gave up two runs and five hits in five innings. Guillen and some of his players said the White Sox were flat after flying to Florida from Toronto on Sunday. “You’re going to have days like that,” Konerko said. “This team comes to play every day. Some days aren’t as good as others as far as the energy. ... Maybe we just got a little complacent. We’ve done that a couple of games where we got some runs early and shut it down.” Carter replaced Nomo after the Devil Rays starter stopped abruptly as he was set to go into his windup for a 1-0 pitch to Konerko. The 36-year-old clutched the back of his thigh, and limped off after being examined by a trainer. Devil Rays manager Lou Piniella said Nomo was fine and is expected to make his next scheduled start on Saturday. “He just had a real bad cramp in his leg and couldn’t get it out. He’s fine,” Piniella said. The Devil Rays wasted several opportunities, going 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position through the first four innings. Nomo kept them in the game by escaping a bases-loaded jam in the third. Tampa Bay broke through against Garcia in the fourth with singles by Carl Crawford, Huff and Singleton producing a run to trim Chicago’s lead to 2-1. Hollins tied it with his RBI double, and Singleton followed with his second hit of the night to put Tampa Bay ahead 3-2. For the second straight time, Nomo exited early from a game he could have won. The Devil Rays staked him to an 8-1 lead against the New York Yankees last Wednesday, however the right-hander failed to get through the fifth inning. Tampa Bay wound up winning 11-8. “It’s frustrating,” Nomo said through an interpreter. “I’m just glad the team was able to win.” Notes: Iguchi has nine RBIs over his last 10 games. ... The White Sox have held a lead in all 32 of their games, extending their major league record. ... Through 33 games, the Devil Rays don’t have a home run from the cleanup spot in their batting order. ... Tampa Bay’s Toby Hall has a 10-game hitting streak that matches his career high.

What's Frank gonna do when he keeps fouling balls off his left instep like all hitters do? Do you think he's pretty much done?

Hey 56, danman made the post and he's made a lot more than you. Me thinks you are in trouble for your personal attack on danman. We lost a game to snap a winning streak. Stuff happens; deal with it.

The Sox have led in every game this year. How is this possible? We have led in every single game??? Amazing. The boys should go out and tip a few in Toronto tonite to celebrate that feat.

I agree it's Iguchi. Boy, it's nice to have that guy out there instead of Willie. Right now I have to tip the cap to Kenny Williams, who I thought was an incompetent boob in the past. I'm glad he's hit the Japan trail for Shingo and Iguchi. Both guys are studs. I just love the way Iguchi knows how to play the game, shifting his body to hit to rf, etc. It's beautiful. And Shingo is a stud. All the moves look good now. If this keeps up, KW will be our GM a long long time.

Nice to see us picking up win after win. As we all know, games in Ape and May are as important as September. It's great we're racking up the wins. Looks like Kenny's pickup of Iguchi was masterful

I like his writing normally, but this time he should give us some praise. We are off to a good start and could use some positive pub. I mean he's got a job because of the Chicago sports scene. The Sox are always the second sisters publicity wise and it's hard enough to fill our park. Our great start deserves some homerism publicity. But he hates Dork and Hawk so he ain't ever gonna praise us. That does suck. Cause right now our Sox deserve some high praise no matter the team's deficiencies.

Good research. It is a fun post to look at. I think the last guy I truly hated was Royce. I wonder if we were 8-18 if everybody would be all over Dye. I think I would.

The best thing about Garland is that as far as I can remember he has never had an injury and certainly does not have the nagging injuries that a guy like El Duque has had a history of --Oops, everybody better knock on wood on that line. If this is the real Jon, I hope he gets a deal similar to Mark B's. We seem to have done a pretty good job of putting together a great rotation and paying them good money but not outlandish. If we win the division this year, I will give KW much credit for his master plan.