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Great responses by both of ya. I still remember my exciting match against Donkey in that trivia contest. Donkey outlasted me. He is a wealth of knowledge. Admit it Donkey ... how did you get all my questions correct???

Is anybody else worried that another ebullient, exuberant, enthusiastic manager, Tony Pena, now is being deemed sort of a clown on the KC talk shows. And that Oz appears to be the Tony realm of managers? Exciting, excitable, peppy, etc? I like Pena and love Oz, but I wonder if it still only boils down to the players. Won't modern day ballplayers pretty much loaf on any coach unless they are the rare breed (Clemenses, Ripkens, Bretts, Fisks) that love to play the game? In other words, do you think Oz is doomed or will he be MOY in the AL?

The pen sounds good. Put him in there pronto.

Munoz sounds intriguing. Give him a shot? Poor D. Wright. Maybe it's time we ship him to another organization. I always liked him, but he seems snakebit with our Sox.

Willie has done fine, but I don't like Willie and Uribe 1-2 in the order. Do you think it's a good 1-2 punch? How bout Willie leadoff as long as he keeps doing well and Lee No. 2?

This lineup has some problems that need to be addressed. --Is everybody in agreement we may need some lefthanded pop in there somewhere?

Rowand and Paulie are starting to make me doubt. But I still love Joe for his late-inning heroics and defense and I tip my cap to Harris thus far for his .300 average.

What did Hawk do to Wimpy?? Just wondering. I had not heard he got him fired or anything, but I am way outta the loop.

How do we get swept by Toronto? Easy ... we ain't THAT good and Dat's baseball, especially on the road.

You said: "I am sure it has nothing to do with Lee's, Konerko's, Crede's and Rowand's selfishness and stupidity..." Have you ever played baseball Bran? Why are they selfish and stupid just because they currently are having problems hitting a baseball thrown at them 90 to 100 mph or bending like a boomerang? p.s. I don't want Griffey. He will get hurt again. SIGN MAGGS!!!!!

Amen Yasny, Great post. People want it all and that is stupid.

I may be wrong, but I hate Willie and Uribe batting 1-2 in our order. I know they didn't cost us the game, but I don't like it.

Oops I meant to say, that line made me chuckle Ol Sox, good line.

Old Sox said: I knew Flash gordon, and Cliff Politte is no Flash Gordon. I ain't giving up on Cliff, but I'd tend to agree. Our pitching coach, who I like, needs to take Cliff under his wing.

Brando, why are your expectations so high?? We are what we are, a team capable of finishing about 12 games over .500 if all goes right. A team capable of sticking close to .500 if all goes wrong. As long as we hang close to the Twinks and take care of business against them, we'll be OK. We are not gonna be a dominant team. Just the way it is. We ain't got the talent for that. We're in the Central for goshsakes.

Did anybody else notice after he screwed up and loaded the bases he actually seemed to pitch well? I thought he had a good fastball and actually looked pretty good once he screwed up and loaded the bases. I could be wrong. Do you guys n gals agree or am I screwy in the head. I coulda swore he had some pop on his fastball and looked like a true closer once the bags were juiced.

Harris got two more hits tonight. Is he becoming a big league hitter? p.s. How good was Uribe's play to end the game. I didn't see the highlights. Was it a bullet to short??

Thank God he didn't blow that nice win for Schonie. I agree a save is a save, I'm just glad that game wasn't on TV here or it'd have been tough to watch Koch "close" that one out.

We're a large market team trying to win the Central with a small market budget. Good line Donkey. I was thinking people would rip my comment about us being a small market team. Brando you are one tough cookie. You want to win pretty? Me thinks you are nuts or like that Cleveland Indians fan in "Major League." You want it all.

0-4 was a Todd Ritchie like record. Yuk.

7-5 is good enough this time of year. Winning 3 of 4 vs. Toronto is doing a nice job. We're not the Yankees or Boston, folks. We're a small market team trying to win the Central.

Again....Joe's problem at 3B is that he takes to long to set feet and load up on the throw. Bulls***. He got caught on a tricky hop while playing deep. Gimme a break.

CLEE wasn't listening to ya. That looked like a home run swing. Pop to left. Yikes!

Danny needs to be optioned to Charlotte and then brought back if/when he regains velocity...If not, keep him down there. Well put, azod. Good way to make a point and not unnecessarily bury Danny boy. I wish the fans wouldn't boo/jeer him.

That bunt was huge, brando. There's no way any Sox coulda got a bunt down in that situation a year ago. Congrats Gload, nice job.