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We CAN win this thing Sox Fans. We are playing good and the Twinkies are in a slump and it's the right time to take them.

Frank Thomas. I think this is my second time and not third this week.

I'm glad I have medical insurance. But, when Koch is pitching I am afraid their going to cancel me.

Yes. I have always liked Josh Paul. I was hoping they would keep him when Alomar is due back and send down a pitcher, but now I remember that Wunsch is on the DL too.

And that's the bottom line. As long as we win. AND WE DID!

I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE FROM KOCH. NOTHING IS EASY. TO HAVE KARROS 4-4 COMING UP SCARED 20 YEARS OFF ME. A SOX WINNER!!!!

Josh is great and then Koch walks the next gut to bring up the winning run

Koch is blowing it again. I have lost confidence in ths guy. He needs to bear down now...

I have to admit he is looking better. The two stolen bases are a good testament to what he can bring to the Sox as long as he is consistent with the bat.

We gotta do the hum, people. If Koch is in I am worried. I am back & forth to CBS sportsline.

That's my thoughts too and I have said it before. I think we should try Harris at 2B, which is his normal position. He did look good out there in CF, but Rowand is starting to hit and is agood fielder.

I don't know how Flash did it. He can't be real sharp as he didn't get any K's, but he's battling and that's what we need.

I agree. The guys stands up at the plate like he's lost and plays the field like he knows he's lost. I am losing patience and confidence with this guy. When is the last time he contributed to the team?

It sucks when you see a team like the scrubs get their relief to do what their supposed to do and we can't get ours to respond. They have shut us out for 4 innings now.

Gordon gets out of it, but he can't get the first out, which is the reason you bring in a releif pitcher. Get's real tiring when they can't do their job.

Did the cubs releif pitchers get 7 K's in 4 innings and no hits? If I see it right I am glad their not starting.

I think the Cub relievers have struck out 7 in 4 innings. Good thing they don't start.

Did anyone pick Mark Buerhle as their pick-to-click today? Is it to late to change mine?

aturday, June 21, 2003 Sox split with Osprey By CURT BACKA Tribune Sports Writer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feast or famine. Early in the 2003 season the Great Falls White Sox have either had their way with Pioneer League pitching or Pioneer League pitching has its way with the White Sox. Friday night at Legion Park the White Sox tasted both the good and the bad, enjoying a 6-3 victory over the Missoula Osprey in the first game of a doubleheader and falling 4-1 in the nightcap. The split left the White Sox at 2-2, while the Osprey, who picked up their first win of the season, went to 1-3. "It has been that way early this season," White Sox manager Chris Cron. "We have some big innings and then we don't." In the opener, the White Sox backed the splendid pitching of Boone Logan with a five-run fourth inning. In the second game, Osprey pitcher Erick Silva shackled the White Sox offense, pitching a complete-game victory, allowing one run and scattering six hits. Logan, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound, 19-year-old out of Helotes, Texas, relieved starter Thomas Jacquez in the second inning and handcuffed the Osprey with four innings of shutout ball. "He did a great job for us," Cron said. "He had good control and he got a win on his first professional appearance." Logan ran into a a little trouble in the sixth inning, but reliever Matt Payne, a 6-2, 190-pounder out of San Francisco, slammed the door in the sixth and pitched a 1-2-3 seventh to pick up the save. Two nights after White Sox pitching gave up 11 walks in a 16-7 loss to the Billings Mustangs, Cron was pleased to see those control problems go away. Only one Osprey reached base via the walk in the opener. "It makes a difference when our pitchers get the ball across the plate," Cron said. In the decisive fifth inning, the White Sox put together four hits, helped by two walks, to bat around in the inning and striking for five big runs. Antoin Gray and Clint King each had key two-run singles in the frame. Gray, Ricardo Nanita and Bo Ivy all enjoyed two hit nights in the opener. In the second game, it was a different story. Silva, a free agent out of Venezuela, turned in a splendid performance. The 6-1 righthander struck out nine, walked only one and got into trouble only once -- in the sixth inning. The White Sox broke through for their lone run when Gray opened the inning with a double and came on a Kelly single. Great Falls could never mount another threat in the contest. Missoula got to White Sox starter Sean Tracey early. Tracey, an eighth-round 2002 draft pick out of Newport Beach, Calif., got into trouble in the first inning. He walked Missoula lead-off hitter Jason McStoots. Emilio Bonifacio then reached on an error. McStoots would score on a sacrifice fly by Carlos Gonzalez and then leftfielder Johe Acosta followed with a towering two-run homer to left. The three runs is all Silva would need. The Osprey and the White Sox finish up their three-game set tonight at Legion Park. Game time is 7 p.m. After tonight's game, the White Sox begin their first road trip of the season Monday with games against Ogden, the former Great Falls Dodgers, and then move on to Provo.

Brian Daubach for the 1st time this year.

Actually Carlos has improved his fielding considerably this year. He does pretty well out there in Left. Hitting is a little off and that's what bothers me. 3 GIDP's on Thursday was just unacceptable. Remmeber Carlos said last week that he was going to hit to right field more. He didn't even try Thursday. Kept trying to homer on every sinker he was thrown.

Remember he pled guilty to beating some guy up in a Miami bar awhile back. He was sentenced to house probation with restrictions.

I still remember the game when Valentin homered against the scrubs and gave the Sammee impression. The cubs announcers were just beside themselves. It was hilarious. I have to put up with the cubs announcers on Sunday when WGN has the game. But to see the Sox it will be worth it. Hope we are going for a sweep.

Sanders probably should go down to AAA. We don't need 12 pitchers the way the starting staff is going deep. Quality starts rule! We should keep 3 catchers again.

Maybe he can call the judge racist. There just picking on poor CanstrikeoutO