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QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 10:37 AM) What happened to small? he pitched pretty good. Go Get em JG! Threw up an 8.46 ERA this year, was DFA'd a few weeks back. Don't know where he ended up.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 10:24 AM) Fathom, If B-Mac's problem is the pen, then why are his stats basically the same this year as last year? It would seem that if the pen truely was a problem he would of tanked. Because his stats last year are made significantly worse overall by the fact that he was totally off his game for the first part of the year when he was called up to replace El Duque (and while he still should have been in AAA, getting a better handle on his changeup and when to throw it.)

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 08:08 AM) They can't control who grows tobacco or who brews beer, yet we collect crazy taxes on the stuff. Yes, some people home brew beer (Hi Jim) and some may produce their own cigarettes, but the majority would prefer USDA approved marijuana. Available at the local liquor store and bars. Convienent to purchase. Brand loyalty will kick in and then who wants to smoke that crappy home grown stuff when you can smoke "Buzzards" the same brand that NFL running back Ricky Williams smokes? Didn't Canada try that like a year ago, and wound up having people complaining that the government-approved stuff wasn't very good?

QUOTE(VAfan @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 09:42 AM) In the longer run, the Sox need to find a better left fielder, hope Anderson learns how to hit, and consider replacing Uribe at SS if he doesn't flash his brilliance at the plate more than once every few months. And if Iguchi remains this helpless against lefties, he's going to need replacing too. In the meantime, we just have to hope these guys can show the skills they have shown in the past. To be fair, Brian Anderson is hitting .269 against lefties since the beginning of June.

The U.N. has suspended aid shipments to the civilians remaining in Southern Lebanon. Israel has blown up the last bridge crossing over the Litani River, and has distributed pamphlets saying that anyone who drives in a car south of that river is a target.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 09:31 AM) The party clearly abandoned her. But that's hardly the people of her district. It was just a primary. And brown text means?

QUOTE(Balance @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 09:18 AM) Ok, someone has to say it- Anyone else think the Yankees' rotation sounds like something out of a porn flick? We have faced their Wang and triumphed. We must now defeat their Johnson! I bet you miss the days where Aaron Small was in their rotation. Along with Moose.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 07:09 AM) Are the Saudi's going to take up their cause? I doubt it. And again, I doubt the US would start bombing Iran alone. If the situation became that serious the UN, as weak they are, would be leading the effort, even if it does involve our own technology/resources. Are OPEC nations going to refuse oil to all modernized nations? Highly unlikely. Here's the cute part though...if things were to get to the point where Iran was under attack and using Oil as a weapon, it doesn't have to have the support of Saudi Arabia to fight an oil war against the West. First and foremost, almost all of Saudi Arabia's oil production facilites, not to mention Kuwaiti ones, are within range of Iranian missiles. And secondly, and perhaps more importantly, they can cover the entire Straits of Hormuz from their shorelines. The strait is 24 miles wide, and has a whopping 4 mile wide set of shipping channels running through it. Through those 2 shipping channels flows over 20% of the world's oil supply. They could mine these straits to even keep carriers out, and they have shore-to-ship missiles that can down vessels in those channels to cut them off.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 07:56 AM) This is what I'm talking about, a new excuse every day: ""Now there's also the possibility -- and it's an argument that has been used by other people -- at this point, I don't know if it's somehow or someway I ingested something that caused the tests to be that way."" You see, at least he's going in the right direction with these explanations. The only thing that, IMO, is going to actually clear him, is to have every single thing he was taking, and I mean everything, tested by some outside agency, and come back and say "This is the thing I took. It was not supposed to contain X. Tests show it does. I'm filing a lawsuit accordingly."

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 06:41 AM) He's the only starter I have condifence in right now. Here's to a CG shutout And Mack will not be in CF tonight, so if nothing else, we don't have to pencil in that automatic free run for the Yankees. Go get em big Jon.

You know, if he would take a deal for another 2 years with an option, I'd go ahead and do that.

QUOTE(G&T @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 08:13 AM) There's an obvious flaw in this, what were those teams doing when the Sox played them? It probably evens out when you consider all teams have played good teams when they were not playing well, but it's still a flaw in the stat. Nevertheless, this stat proves what some people say, this team plays down to it's competition. (See Royals and D-Rays) If nothing else, I hope this is a good sign of things during this stretch. Other side of that token though...is that a lot of those losses came during that stretch when the White Sox weren't playing their best either. 2 against Boston, 3 against the Yankees, 2 against Detroit, 3 against Minny, 2 against Texas all in a row (even thought Texas right noww doesn't have a winning record).

So...looking ahead...we have Garland on the mound tomorrow, and Anderson should be in CF for the rest of this series, which cuts out 1+ run per game that the Yankees would be handed. We're facing Johnson, a lefty, and we have struggled against lefties this season, but at this point who knows what Johnson will bring to the table. Garland needs to man up, hopefully he's over whatever was bothering him in Toronto, but I think he can do it. Thursday we've got Vazquez vs. Mussina. And that game will be decided by a simple question; was last Saturday's start by Vaz a fluke or not. If it wasn't, we win. If it was, the Yankees will be all over us. Anyone have an update on Uribe? Ah, here we go.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) oh, cool. So we all basically have less then a month to live? Good to know. Dude, you know as well as I do the world ends on December 21, 2012. (And we better get a new X-Files movie before then, BTW.)

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 09:59 PM) Mark Prior, AJ Burnett and Kerry Wood should take lessons. Man does that kid have heart. I do agree that it isn't the right thing to do, he was taking one for the team sort of speak and still pitched well if that's true other than his last start even though 4 earned in his case is "bad". Take lessons? Heck, I would imagine that one of the big reasons those 3 guys are so screwed up is that they found themselves on teams that were winning fairly early in their careers, and overpushed their arms/pitched through some pain. Prior in 03, Wood in 98 and 03, not so sure about Burnett in 03.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 09:49 PM) Anyone else suprised at how deep Damon was playing? He didn't have a chance, especially with Tad running. Have to question Torre on that one. If I were a Yankee fan, I'd have wondered about almost as many moves by Torre tonight as I did about moves by the White Sox. Taking Myers out after not retiring a batter for example, when you've got the 3 weak guys against lefties coming up in the 8th, seemed to me like a mistake, but it worked out for them. Playing the outfield back late in the game like that with a RISP. There was something else but it's slipping my mind now.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 09:02 PM) Wilson Betemit with a homer to tie it at 2 in the 7th in LA. Why the hell did Atlanta trade this guy for Aybar and sorry ass Danys Baez? Baez has been good for ATL, but they aren't making the playoffs and he will remember that he blows, and Betemit is a GREAT guy to have considering Chipper is hurt so much. I know there have been talks about Aybar's attitude, but I really do like the kid as a potential player. Aybar is a couple years younger than Betemit, has very similar minor league numbers IMO (High 700's OPS), has higher batting averages in recent years, and much lower strikeout totals.

So, according to ESPN tonight...this elbow has been bothering Liriano for more than just the last 10 days, and he's been trying to do the classic "Pitch through it." In other words, the Twins really ought to be worrying about that kid.

So, according to TPMmedia...the FBI has also started looking into the potential hacking case. The website manager for the campaign has reportedly said that the FBI has asked for all of their files related to the potential hacking. Supposedly they were paying for more bandwith than what Kos and others suggested earlier in the day, and were not involved with the companies that they had invoices with (possibly those were contracts from earlier in the year.) They also claim they have protection against Denial of Service attacks at those pages. The guy running Lieberman's web page still claims the page was hacked, but, and I quote:

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 08:27 PM) WOoooo... Wait a minute, nevermind. What, you don't want McKinney out?

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:44 PM) Did they file a police report over the website thing? Does filing a complaint with the Conn. Attorney General count?

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 09:17 PM) Great win! Now can we end the Mackowiak in CF experiment??? Please, Ozzie????? I love Mackowiak--he hustles, hits fairly well, and can play many positions. But he should never start in CF unless Anderson is hurt. Had Brian Anderson started this game in CF, I fully believe Freddy Garcia gets the win. Had Brian Anderson not come in during the 8th inning, then it doesn't matter if Neal Cotts hits Giambi, because that run scores on the single by ARod. BA playing shallow and having a good arm (and throwing it well) keeps the run from scoring. And who knows how things go after that. Oh, and we can now officially add Rivera as a notch on that "Closers we've beaten" board this year. What is it now, Papelbon, Rivera, Chris Ray, isn't BJ Ryan on there somewhere, Guardado, Houston Street's on there somewhere, all of the guys in Detroit, I think we got Wickman at some point, Dumpster... We get down late in the season or in the playoffs, and I think we all gotta remember one thing...AL Closers just can't shut us down. Edit: Unless they're named Joe Nathan.

Well, I'll admit, I was wrong. I called this game over in the 8th inning. Hell of a game, 345.

Well...that's all for me. I'm gonna just assume this game is over, since I doubt we're getting out of this with just one. I'm going to go play some super nintendo. Yes, super nintendo. It's so much less painful.

Last night we lost on a balk, tonight we lose on a HBP. Brilliant!