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Cliff is going to be no where near the pen in 07. You'll have: Bobby, Neal, Matt, Riske(maybe, if we re-sign him), good chance you'll see Long imo and then a veteran right hander.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 3, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) I really don't think the Derby is responsible for Abreu's sudden loss of power, Konerko possibly but Abreu I doubt. The guy hit 6 HRs post AS break last year and has 8 thus far this season, that's only 14 HRs over 151 games. Blaming the HR Derby for his loss of power would be like blaiming the tipping of pitches for every sucky Buehrle outing. At some point you have to look to other factors because the one you're using as your scape-goat just doesn't make sense anymore. I'm not talking about power but I do think it can mess with a players swing for a while.

Bah, do not like to hear that JD is in the derby.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:42 PM) I'm always happy to win a series, but think about how close we were to losing it. I'd like to know how many times this team has given Buehrle a lead, only to see him give it RIGHT back. Our very good pitching staff gave up a LOT of hits to one of the worst offenses in baseball. Well, the starting pitching is definitely a concern right now(who woulda thunk that'd be our main concern this year) and that obviously continued this series. I don't buy the "we were close to losing this series argument" we're going to win a lot more one run games and be "close" to losing a lot of series now that our bullpen is pretty damn good. Still, I really was worried about losing this series because this was the Cubs world series, and this was the last thing they had to play for this year. By the way, it'll be nice to play american league ball again. I got a feeling we're going to gain some ground this week.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:45 PM) Moreso than Jose starting?!? I'm not talking about starting. Mark definitely doesn't deserve to start and neither does Jose anymore(Johan is the best pitcher in baseball, the end). That being said before the debacle that was today, Mark was definitely an allstar worthy pitcher.

QUOTE(Wanne @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:39 PM) I can't say I blame these other fans about being pissed...but...it happens every year. Torre was always the culprit for quite a while. The only problem I have is Buehrle. He is VERY non-deserving of being an All-Star this year...especially after today. Does Mark have a clause in his contract that states he gets a bonus for being on the All-Star team btw? I still think AJ should have been named though. Buehrle was very deserving before today and Guillen already had the picks made.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:40 PM) Good thing we never lost to the Cubs during our championship season last year. God, our faces would have been red from that. ^^^

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:28 PM) Mods, isn't this an impeachable offense? Fixed.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:25 PM) It does seem that way, but I wouldn't have dismissed it before today even began. Well ya, I definitely didn't think today "well, we have no chance." Just before the series started I knew we'd lose at least a game(I was worried about losing this series). Unfortunately Buehrle pitched like junk and Ozzie obviously didn't care too much about this one but we still took the series and absolutely stole one yesterday, so overall a fine series..just today sucked.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 08:12 PM) Why weren't we going to sweep the Cubs? You act as if were impossible thing to occur. It nearly is.

We weren't going to sweep the Cubs. As much as this one stings because of some odd things that took place, I'm satisfied with 2 of 3 because this series worried me a lot coming in.

Series Preview: White Sox vs. Orioles By Jason Gage The White Sox will remain in Chicago, but will go back home to the South Side after taking two of three from the floundering Chicago Cubs. The Sox will miss interleague play where they went 14-4 while beating up the Cardinals, Astros, Pirates and Cubs. With the chance of a sweep against the Cubs, the Sox bats came up strong but Mark Buehrle and Cliff Politte faltered in a high scoring affair while the Orioles finished up their series with the Braves with a loss. MORE...

DAMN IT

Joe Crede is on deck people. CMON JUAN, MUST GET ON

Great pitching today.

Well this game is going to be out of hand again most likely.

Detroit wins.

omg, castillo k's.

0-2 to Castillo.

Time to play the game.

Bases juiced for Pitt. One out. CMON PITT

This game is officially ridiculous. Too bad we might have thrown it away by pitching Cliff.

One hard hit ball and a run. Fantastic.

Need a 1-2-3 here, but we won't get it.

Wow.