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ELO gets the win and Shingo should get his first major league save Unless I missed it and he already has one from earlier in the year. Big game for the Sox

One thing I like is Ozzie shows faith in his pitchers and they seem confident to get out of jams. The thing I don't like is, some games, you should give a pitcher a little less of a workload, especially if you've worked them hard. However, Coops statement that guys could skip their throwing session in between games was interesting. I haven't heard of players doing that before, but then again thats not really something that gets written about. Is this something that was done during the olden days?

leadoff single by Michael Young. This kid is a freaking stud. and ELO, that was a hell of an outing against the best offense in the majors

Holy macoral...Shingo is on in the 9th

Didn't Elo pretty much burn out at the end of last season (luckily he heated back up) but he wasn't near as good in general his last 4-5 starts. They aught to turn this one over to Koch and save Elo's arm. He's been one of the hardest worked pitchers all season.

JOSE DJ was hillarious on the high fastball saying how Jose almost was smart enough to leave the bat up and just have it go right back to the pitcher

Why do I see the Sox trotting him out in the 8th. Personally I'd turn it over to Damaso and see which Damaso we get.

Well whats the record for a hitter. Koufax was a pitcher so he deserves at least a little slack. Come on 2k, more research Crede pops up and continues his funk. Anyone know how long Maggs is out for?

7 in a row for Jose. Maybe he should just bunt his next at bat :shrug

Time for the Sox to put up a few runs so Elo can get in the 7th, hopefully go through it slowly and then get a breather with the Sox going to the pen for the 8th and 9th. It would be really nice if the Sox could keep Elo under 100 pitches today.

Well, Victor Martinez is a pretty damn good player.

For those that don't know it, the Jackson I mention was drafted by the White Sox 50th overall in 2001. He's been filthy for the Aggies. He could slip in the draft though cause he lacks overpowering stuff.

Here is another guy I like...seems like he may be there when the SOx pick too. Justin Orenduff from Virginia Commonwealth. Guy has great stuff and a good build. Features a good fastball and slider and a developing changeup. Zach Jackson from Texas A&M is a good lefty that projects to be there when the Sox pick in the 1st as well. I'm really starting to like JP Howell and Suzuki in the 2nd if both are there.

Speaking of another lefty, what do you guys think of someone like JP Howell with one of the early picks. He pitched good for Texas and this year was moved to the rotatoin. He's a slim statured lefty, but I figure worse case you draft him, notice he can't start in the majors, move him to the pen and he could quickly move up to the majors. Personally I'm a huge fan of college pitchers and I think Howell could be a guy that slides and could be had with one of the 2nd round picks.

ground out to Uribe and the Rangers go down in order.

Frank freaking clobbers that homer to left. Now its Carlos.

In his defense, he didn't really have players he wanted. He went with a bunch of NBADL guys because hte player he did have were lazy, slacker assholes that wouldn't follow his system. I have no problem with Skiles. He seems to be doing good things with Curry and I think a full offseason of Skiles working with Curry, Chandler, Hinrich and Crawford can do good things. Call it a hunch, but I think Crawford sticks around and Skiles turns him into a player that can be special.

I'm a big Borchard fan because he seems like a great guy, however I have my doubts on whether he will develop or not. Thats definately a reason to be a fan of a player. He also seems to play the game hard. I just hope he can put all his tools together and that he's got things figured out mentally and that he will also stay healthy.

Tremendous throw home by Rowand to gun down Gary Matthews Jr. at the plate. Olivo blocked it, took the shot and held on. I stick by my stance that Arow has one of the most underrated outfield arms in all of baseball. Its strong and very accurate.

Fizer will probably end up getting exposed in the expansion draft because he has almost no value and will be a free agent. He's one player that will be gone no matter what. Its too bad, he's going to fit in somewhere and be a pretty solid player.

Miggy clobbers that. Good to see Miguel hit a righty.

No, I want a veteran. I want a TMAC or a Kobe a real star and I could give a damn what it costs to get the guy.

I like it, Elo is really throwing more changeups, something i have mentioned he's needed to do on quite a few ocassions Hopefully he keeps it up tonight cause this Rangers offense is good. Come on Crede, start things off

I like Kim. He's like 24 and has a good arm.

Happy Bday Jim. Don't go to sleep too early...I hear their are some good programs on around 8 at night In all seriousness, have a good one