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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:36 AM) Or three months. There is a second half to this season and things can turn around quickly

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:36 AM) Watch Ozzie play beckham and morel tomorrow against someone with a plus fastball. Beckhams demise is really sad in so many ways "demise" would somehow indciate an end to a career. The kid will come around

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:35 AM) Elrockin, Ever since 2006 if the Sox lose a game its the end of the season. Used to be a time when this place was fun and optimistic. I just wonder what everyone gets out of wanting to jump off a bridge after every game, doesnt seem like a way to enjoy a sport. I hope life never gets that miserable for me

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:28 AM) Hell yeah Cubs can .................Hell no changes will be made! Why is it that with any loss this team suffers that someone has to get fired or traded? There is plenty of baseball left and you don't win the pennant based on one series or one game or one week

Dunn juist amazes me. 3 at bats and 3 k's and Zambrano is a righty pitcxher with nothing on the ball according to you guys

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:56 AM) Are you watching the game. Zambrano has no rythm. He is throwing meatball after meatball up there. A good hitting team has sent Zambrano to the showers already. I am not able to watch it. Tomorrow but not tonite. Really me point is that this always sems to happen to the Sox. They start to get to someone and for some reason he wiggles out of it and we can't do anything. Wea re outhitting the Cubs and they have the runs

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:54 AM) Now that we are trailing, this will be entertaining seeing all the pop ups the Sox hit the rest of the game. There might always be a GDIP too

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 02:49 AM) If one of these f***ers tips their caps to Zambrano they need their head examined. He is pitching like crap, they should tag like 7 runs on him. \ We are playing tit for tat with a crappy NL team with no pitching and terrible defense. You have to get him early and pile it on cause otherwise guys likwe him settle into a good rythm and we can't seem to break it

Thought you might be interested in this story about the Great Falls Rookie League ballpark: Centene Stadium reflects Great Falls' pride Community-owned team invests $2.2 million in ballpark By Sapna Pathak / Special to MLB.com Professional baseball came to Great Falls, Mont., in 1940, but it wasn't until the 1950s when the city proved how far it would go to keep the game within its borders. When Centene Stadium, formerly Legion Park, was built, it was done so thanks to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. Young men charged with conserving America's soil produced one of Minor League Baseball's most quaint parks. Since Centene Stadium was constructed using government funds, the act that created the CCC called for the facility to be owned by the taxpayers of Great Falls. After a decade and a half, however, baseball left the city-and the ballpark. Enter the Great Falls Baseball Club Inc., a group of 100 businessman-and baseball lovers-that rescued their vacant and dilapidated ballpark. Each pledged $1,000 toward renovating Centene Stadium. In 1965, the Dodgers sited a franchise in Great Falls, mending the union between baseball and the city. Today, the concrete beauty is home to the Great Falls White Sox, the Pioneer League affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The GFBC has full operating rights to the team, gaining no profits beyond paying its few full-time employees. It is one of the only true community-owned clubs in the country. Centene Stadium has reaped the benefits from formation of the GFBC. In 2003, a $2.2 million renovation program was launched that is ongoing. Every aspect of the park, from concessions to seats to a new clubhouse, dugouts and bullpens, has been revamped. A new picnic area down the right field line will join an existing group area near first base. In 2007, a kids play area will open where the visiting bleachers now sit. Clubhouses complete with weight rooms, umpire quarters and staff offices have been added as part of the project. A sleek handicapped-accessible restroom area is slated. With such a large-scale renovation in progress, one could ask where all the money comes from. Enter the Great Falls Baseball Foundation. A non-profit group formed by the GFBC, the foundation raises funds that are re-invested in the park and the team. Of the $2.2 million required for the overhaul, only $600,000 has come from the city. "The community wanted to keep baseball in Great Falls," said GFBC vice president Bill Harp. "We, the taxpayers, own the franchise and earned the Minor League affiliation, and there's no chance we're going to let baseball leave our city." Great Falls sits along the Missouri River, getting its name from five major waterfalls, including one that's right outside the stadium parking lot. Fans heading to Centene Stadium can not only check out prospects of the defending World Series champions but have the opportunity to visit the ballpark's two famous neighbors. About a mile away is the Lewis and Clark Center. Fans can retrace the steps the famed explorers took while mapping out the western United States. Giant Springs, one of the world's largest natural springs, along with the shortest river in the country, are also near the stadium. The C.M. Russell Museum, located within a mile and a half of the ballpark, gives fans a look at one of the country's most popular cowboys. Another feature on display, and most likely the proudest part of Centene Stadium, is a World Series ring given to members of the 2005 Chicago White Sox. White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf decided to present the owners of every one of his Minor League affiliates with a World Series ring. So who got the ring in Great Falls? "He called to find out the ring size and I said, 'Any size will do, we're just going to put it on display,'" Harp said. "I told him the community owns the team, so just send a ring and we'll make sure everyone gets a piece."

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 07:14 PM) You guys act like this is a desirable job. With no prospects coming up and an aging team with no bullpen, we got problems for any manager. Cito might be smart. A guy with no other options. A have a sneaky feeling we'll just name Cora. I hope Ozzie stays. He is a fun guy, makes some waves, knows the game, and all that. If someone were to go I think it would be KW, but I am not calling for that either. The only way Ozzie goes is if Ozzie wants to leave for Florida. And then the new mamanger might be Bobby Valentine

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Waiting to see the game Tuesday on WGN, but will be folowing it best I can

Konerko

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 11:50 PM) Nice win, 2-3 road trip. Have the sox had a walk-off win yet? Saving them for the 2nd half... My bet is we have a few this second half

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 11:48 PM) Wiped out a guy on it. That's what you want to see

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 11:46 PM) There's that slider!!!!! You mean it's back!?

Humber is one good solid pitcher. He just keeps impressing everyone. He gets tired though about inning 8

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 06:36 PM) Dunn and Teahen means bad defense and equals a loss. Unless Dunn finally has a multi home run game to make up for the runs we'll be giving up today. Let us not give up before the first pitch is thrown

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 05:48 PM) Why Pierre and teahen??? ::shaking head:: You have 25 players. They all deserve to play once in awhile

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) If Ozzie Guillen does not win the AL Central this year, he should not be here next year. Sorry, but using that logic means that about 25 plus Major League teams will be changing managers every year

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) There really is no excuse for Pierre to play instead of Quentin. Dunn in RF might end up being a disaster. Humber doesn't exactly miss a lot of bats. BTW, Collmenter sounds like bad news. He's a guy who throws 87 and uses his change 25% of the time. Hopefully, our advanced scouting told our hitters. Things are all good. It is really hot down there and everyone needs to have a chance at contributing. That is my story and I am sticking to it

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 19, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) Yeah, Humber's number indicate he relies on his defense. I'm not a fan of Dunn in RF at all. He may surprise you in a positive way

Let's us gather down by the river and rejoice over another Sox win

The mention of Hawks comment is well taken. That might be the end of September lament by the Tigers and Indians. They should have put us away when they had the chance, but they didn't and they paid for it