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Five more wins and we're ahead of this division by 3 games. You gotta play the What-If game for Colon. I think if he stayed settled with the Sox, it's possible he would have been in better shape and would have pitched better in general. Plus, he eats up innings for us and our guys aren't dying out there.

Will the Tigers trade within the division?

we're doomed. We'll finish 40 games under 500 without Koch

we're all going to die

As long as we can limp into the ASB within two games, I think we can use the break to recover (hopefully none of our pitchers makes it). Ideally we have a fifth starter of any sorts at the time, too...

This bullpen would make any manager look like an idiot

I wish mike jackson had gotten in the game earlier

Even over those pitchers?

I know it's a pipe dream, but a guy can dream, can't he?

I'm curious. I was reading some ESPN articles this morning about which managers might get canned and they had Jimy Williams (Astros) as one of them (the article). If the Astros keep struggling, I wonder if there's any chance that they go into Yard Sale mode and start shipping off guys like Dotel, Oswalt, Miller, Pettite, and the prize of prizes... CLEMENS. I know it's pretty unlikely, but I've dreamed of the Rocket in a White Sox uni forever... Let's just hope for a 10 game losing streak on their part or something...

He's been with 2 teams in 3 stints (Cubs, Braves, Cubs) IIRC

It depends on what he is asking. If he is asking for say, Carl Pavano money, I say we go after Pavano. If he wants to be paid like Mulder, then we should go after him! He has been valuable to the team this year and last and he at least seems to pitch well enough to keep us in games. Like somebody said, he should be at least 9-3 this year.

Sounds like a great time to see a football game... 17-10 9-3

I'm hoping 3-0, but 2-1 would be really good!

These guys being given away by the Royals, they're not good. We don't want them. They're worse than what we have. Throwing s*** against a wall and seeing if it sticks isn't a good strategy for finding bullpen guys. However, it is a valid method for finding a fifth starter.

Do you think Shingo can understand Ozzie? I speak English and Spanish and sometimes it can be tough for me to understand him!

I said no. I don't want extra runners on base and I don't want Buerhle ejected. This is an important series and we can't do this sort of crap if we want to win the division. At best, Buerhle only gives up one or two more base runners than he needs to. Maybe they become runs. If we lose a 1 run game, everybody will be b****ing about Ozzie letting him plunk him and that costing us. At worst, Buerhle gets ejected and we lose. Maybe he gets suspended, too. What if there's a fight and a slew of ejections/suspensions/injuries as a result? Or worse, what if the fight sparks the Indians like the Tigers fight did for us in 2000. The best revenge is to beat them on the field.

Sarcasm in green I actually like Mariotti the on air personality better than Mariotti the writer.

Isn't he the player's union rep? Maybe that's part of it?

Yeah, it sucks that he left the band. I saw him and his new band up at Summerfest last year. He can still sing. Off topic- anybody follow Jack McDowell's band? I wonder if he does any shows or plays at bars anywhere in the area. I used to love that guy; I still think he woulda been the Sox's Jim McMahon had the 94 strike not happened.

Haha, guess we just have different taste regarding Styx. There's that one great scene in The Simpson's Homer's Odyssey when he's sailing through along the river Styx in Hades and there's a band of dead people playing Renegade and Homer says, "AH! This truly is Hell!" Yeah, I think Saved by Zero is perfect. Oh, and you have to love Gagne's schtick with "Welcome to the Jungle" and the Jumbotron flashing "GAME OVER"

it comes and goes. The staff struggled early on in the season, IIRC. Then it made a nice recovery. Hopefully it can return to its better form!

great song, plus Styx was a bunch of South Side guys, right?

Saved by Zero by the Fixx. Perfect title, isn't it?

Really? I forgot how this all worked. I wish they'd bring him back, he's better than Jackson and Politte, at least. yeah, that's a pretty good idea. Cotts probably is better suited as a starter next year than a reliever. Unfortunately, we don't even really have "warm bodies" in the pen if we do that.