Wong & Owens

Yes, Sammy's hair was on roids. The rest of his body caught up to it around 1997

If I remember correctly, as a GENERAL rule, the first month of the season or so usually belongs to hitters, as most pitchers take longer to get into game shape than hitters do. After the first month, it's a pitchers league thru mid-August, when pitchers start tiring a bit, all the hitters have seen them at least once, and then hitters have the advantage for the rest of the regular season. I read this somewhere, and whoever wrote it backed it up with some solid numbers, plus it makes logical sense. Wish I could remember where I saw it though. In any case, my point was that Buehrle, Loaiza, Edelweiss, Garland, et al should get sharper over the next month and a half, as Juan Uribe cools off from an 8 for 11? 9 for 12? start. The fact that most of our pitchers haven't been all that bad up to this point, while facing arguably the two best lineups in the AL, gives me a lot more optimism about the staff.

Not that I agree with Frank's selfishness, but why couldn't McGwire have dh'ed?

Here's the dumbest thing that pops into my head: I was about 14-15 years old, and I was at the park down the street from my house hitting golf balls. It's a big park, and it had a big tree at either end of it, which I used as "holes." After shanking about 5 shots in a row, I was starting to get really pissed off. My ball sat about 5 feet from the tree, and I walked up to it, still seething. I swung as hard as I could at the ball, which proceeded to hit the tree, ricochet right back at me, and hit me square in the right eye. I was convinced I smashed my eyeball, and cried all the way home, keeping my hand over the eye. I was so terrified to know the extent of the damage, I wouldn't remove my hand for half an hour. Luckily, all I got from my idiocy was a shiner.

I hate liberal radio for the same reason I hate conservative radio--They blame every single problem on the other side, as if all the issues concerning the world could be broken down into only two factions. Or that one side could be always right, and the other always wrong. It's pointless, and anyone who buys into it wholeheartedly on either side is an idiot.

My vote is for Mike Jackson. I no longer have any faith that Koch will get things sorted out. He has a low-mid 90's fastball that doesn't move, and no breaking pitch he can thow strikes with. That's a real bad combination, regardless of which inning he pitches in. I think Jackson has the veteran presence of mind to get the job done. He's had some limited experience closing in the past, and his control has looked pretty good this year so far. My second choice is Wright.

All righties coming up, I assume Politte stays in.

This might be a good time to bring up how the Royals over paid for Scott Sullivan

IMO, it didn't seem louder, I don't think having a mini-roof would affect sound all that much. The renovations make a huge difference aesthetically--it seriously doesn't look like the same place anymore. I really think they did a great job.

OK, that Konerko single would have never happened last year, so now let's see if we can reverse another trend from last season--giving up runs immediately after we get some momentum.

Good at-bat Frank. Walks with one out.

Edelweiss is going to be over 50 pitches before this inning's up.

Everything is still away, away, away. Got to mix it up Schoeweiss.

I dont think Schoenweiss threw more than two pitches inside that inning. The only thing hes throwing for strikes is belt-high and on the outer half of the plate. That is a recipe for disaster. He has to start getting his sinker closer to the strike zone

He can't throw a low strike, and Yankees aint chasing them out of the strike zone

Apparently Scott went to the Billy Koch school of pitching--every batter gets a full count. Schoeny's made some good pitches so far, Bernie and AARod did good to foul them off.

Ooooh, row 18? That's on top of the scoreboard. Better bring binoculars.

I was just thinking the same thing

The next time Dan Wright has a good first inning will be the first time.

Coming soon to the 1986 White Sox Reunion near you!

You should check out Pezzatti's new band, The Bomb. He's still in fine voice and some of the songs have that NR feel to them, which I guess is only natural since he sings and plays guitar in the band. **I have seen them, my bro's band has opened for them a handful of times. As much as I like his voice, I don't really like the Bomb at all. I can't put my finger on why though. Maybe I'm just biased. I doubt they'll reform again - they did a few years ago ( '97? ) for a few dates, including a Metro anniversary show, and I remember reading that while they played well, they didn't really enjoy each other's company much anymore. **Never underestimate the power of a quick payday, and the opportunity to re-live your glory days. Even punk bands have a hard time resisting. What did you think of "Raygun....Naked Raygun"? I enjoyed that disc a lot, but I was surprised to find that many old-school NR fans thought it was a "sellout" disc. **Hardcore NR fans will always slam it because of Haggerty's absence, but I think it's decent. The guitars are heavier on that album than on any other, and I think "Home" is one of their best songs ever. But, the last half of the album is full of garbage tracks--the band sounds bored. I mean the song "Holding You?" What is that crap?

Econ left/right: -4.25 Social Lib./Auth.: -3.49 Right next to Nelson Mandela and Gandhi. And that makes sense, because when you think of great leaders of men, of people who pressed for social change through peaceful means, of those willing to sacrifice everything to make the world a better place, you think of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and the Ghost of Wayne Tolleson. Right?

Excellent, another NR fan! In addition to having better-written songs than your average punk band, they also had a extra weapon that allowed them to dominate most other punk bands of the era--the voice of Jeff Pezzati. Nobody sounded like him then, or now for that matter. My brother's band was signed to his Jettison label a couple years ago. I would say that they'll surely re-group again for some shows at some point, but they would again be without John Haggerty, Bill Stephens to take his place again.

"Nobody f***s with de Jesus"

Nothing fancy? Well, count me out then. Let me know when the fancy gathering will take place, and I'll bring the croquettes.