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The 2004 White Sox falling ass-backwards into the playoffs would be great.

Nope.

Say we gain 1 game on Minnesota before we play them in one week (unlikely, but not unfathomable). Would you still wish to concede the season being 6.5 games back with 6 games remaining with the Twins? Assuming Freddy is healthy enough to finish out the season, I think conceding the season is bad policy.

Check that one again stat-boy.

Yeah, I've been wishing he would come up to replace JosE for quite awhile.

I like Hawk's new nickname for Willie: peapod. I'll bet Willie isn't too excited about it though...

Diaz has averaged under five innings per start this year. Assuming six per start is very generous. You cannot speculate how many innings he will throw out of the pen by checking the most amount of innings one of our relievers has thrown in a month. Diaz's arm is conditioned for many more pitches per appearance than any of our relivers. He threw four innings in relief earlier this year, none of our 'long relievers' have come close to that. Grilli has shown more composure than Diaz in his starts, and has actually improved in each consecutive outing. Diaz allows a home run almost every three innings pitched. Grilli has earned himself the fifth starter's spot for the rest of the season. Also, Garcia is ready to start again. Letting him throw will not further injure his arm (at least in the way it was previously sore). He didn't have to miss as many starts as he did, but the Sox were very precautious.

What's the problem with moving him? He's still going to work long relief out of the bullpen. The amount of innings he throws per week won't even change that much. He will see more teams, more lineups. I hardly think next year depends on Diaz throwing 5-10 more innings this year.

We cannot just concede the season at this point. It isn't the professional thing to do. Freddy coming back is the right decision. I think Grilli/Diaz is a wash. Keep in mind Diaz's last start was against the lowly Mariners.

Understatement of the week.

More home runs given up than any other pitcher this year. That's just what we need at U.S. Cellular.

MLB.TV covered not only the game, but the fireworks display too! Score!

Ozzie didn't seem to think it was very funny!

It's amazing what one home run will do for your Soxtalk support. Did anyone see him giving Ozzie some lip after that home run? I think he's walking on thin ice there.

Ever since Ozzie became manager every latin player has become a potential 'good fit' on the south side.

A big thank you is in order to Miguel Olivo for purposely letting the Sox score that second run in the bottom of the second. We love you Miggy!

$19 = Garcia + Contreras + Everett

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He averages 7.1 innings per start. Where do we sign?

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i.e. Garland sticks to one gameplan throughout the entire game.

Gload gets a game-winning hit and NOW you start to praise him. Bring back the Gload thread I made a week ago.

Just pitched a scoreless inning against the Cubs by picking Moistest Alou off first. I had no idea he was up in the big leagues. I guess he's had a few outings already. Way to go.