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QUOTE(Frank the Tank 35 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 06:47 PM) Another idea, not saying it's going to happen or is even likely but just throwing it out there, is the possibility of the Braves finally giving up their stranglehold of the NL East and giving up some of their veteran talent. Granted everyone in the NL East has a legitimate chance of winning that division, but the Braves just don't look like they can keep it together with all of their players hitting the DL. The Bravos are now a half game out of the Wild Card...and they've made their comeback starting like 6 or 7 rookies per game, with Chipper on the DL, with Hudson on the DL, and so forth. That team gets healthy...and they may very well turn into the Braves from last year again. Jones is on fire again. Their rookies are hitting. And they can't get any worse than they are right now.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 10:31 PM) I guess I'm ok with the current plan as long as El Duque is injured. But when he returns, I'd like for him to make as many starts as possible. I want El Duque ready to start at exactly 2 times this season; August (our hardest stretch of the year)...and October. That is when we need him. Maybe September as well if someone manages to make it a race. But we need him healthy and ready in August and in October. That is all. That is why he's here.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 08:44 PM) I am glad i didn't get all down on dye's offense the first couple of months. Lot's of people wanted his balls chopped off and gave him a cute nickname ''dead'' All that i really expected from his was .260-.275 and 30 or so homers which it looks like he will be giving us. The one conceren i had about him offensively was how he has hit right handers the past three years, but i felt playing here that should change. I have to also admit i never liked his defense even before we got him. His range was just too poor to me and how he nearly plays at the warning track gets old. His defense has been piss poor... all that i ask from him is hit the cut off man. His bat was absolutely dead the first month of the season, I called him Dead even though I was one of the ones saying he'd come around. My biggest worry when we signed him was his health. He has had a series of freak injuries worse than Mark Prior. Thus far he's been healthy. I'm really hoping he stays that way. That's probably still my big worry with him; I figured he'd pick up a few HR's and so forth by moving from Oakland to the Cell.

Well, the Dodgers got Toby Keith coverage while the Sox were sweeping them on national TV...I guess the least that the world could do is give the Sox some decent music to start a game.

A few years ago, I vowed that I would do whatever is within my power to stop Joe Biden from becoming President. I will campaign against him, I will write letters to newspapers, I will hand out flyers, I will do whatever I have to do. Here's my column on why. The bill was called the "Rave Act".

I'm amazed that its possible for anyone to blame Lou there. I wouldn't be surprised if he really is trying to get himself fired...and I can't blame him at all for it.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) Konerko is hitting .250 now. Crede is hitting .249 now. That is all I wanted from Joe this year. As long as he's not hitting .220, he's my guy. He's also hitting .294 in June (probably better after tonight - I don't think ESPN.com's updated yet). If you drop that absolutely awful May from his record, he'd be nearly hitting .300. Konerko, btw, is hitting .340 in June.

You guys remember how its felt to be the White Sox the last few years? Stuck in pretty decent deficits in that division and feeling out of it with a lot of games left to play? Looking up at the team above you and just saying "Damn, why the Hell won't that team stop winning" I can think of a few cities who's baseball fans are feeling that today. And they're not on the south side of Chicago.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:50 PM) Please be Mark or Jon I'm still mad at roy for winning CY in 2003 over E-Lo :banghead Esteban blew it when Manuel sent him out with a cold to face the Twins and lost badly. After that game, Esteban had lost the 1 game his team needed to win the most that season. The Cy Young award was decided entirely that night.

Let me ask this... Jon Garland has a chance at 15 wins before the AS break. If he's sitting on 13 or 14 wins, and that's 2 or 3 ahead of everyone else in baseball...what else can you look at? He'd be on a pace to win like 27 or 28 games.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:56 PM) Ah, one day this offseason, we gots to go back and look at the few of us who were in Garland's corner for the longhaul. Beautiful seeing him pitch so well. I wasn't here until April...but in drunken stupors in Feb & March I was talkin up big Jon...talkin about that game he pitched against the Twins last year in May/June, where he shut them down the whole game...I was waiting for him to turn it up, and he didn't let me down.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:55 PM) Garland has beaten KC for his 12th victory each of the last four years. That's a real odd stat. I think that one deserveds to go to Jayson Stark for his useless info page.

"We're not gonna beat ourselves, they gotta beat us" -Ozzie. That's a great line.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:44 PM) Just to play devil's advocate. He's gonna watch Garland's pitch count to the point of pulling him with 100 pitches in a game where he's rolling, but he'll leave El Duque in with 110 pitches when he's getting into a jam? If El Duque had an extra day rest from an off day or somehting like that, and your bullpen needed any rest, yeah.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) Garland should have completed the game. No excuses really. Other than that is was a great game all around. Oh give Ozzie a break...Garland's going on Sunday against the Cubs, he had 101 pitches, Marte needed some work, the shutout was gone...it was the right move.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) realistically, We have to hope halladay has a couple bad starts before then Garland's got a shot at 13, 14, or maybe even 15 wins by the AS game. You gonna start someone other than the 14 game winner?

Hey Jon...how you feel about starting the game in Detroit on July 12?

And Jon Garland has tied his career high in wins on June 21st.

First pitch strike for Marte. Against a guy making his MLB debut.

There goes the shutout...tiime to bring in Marte.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:18 PM) I'm guessing that's exactly what OZ will do. Maybe even allow a second baserunner. With 100 pitches...no reason to push it on Jon. Marte needs the work anyway.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:16 PM) I'd keep Garland in to close it out. 100 pitches for Garland. I send him out there & give him the chance for a 3 hit shutout...anyone gets on I bring in Marte.

Marte's up in the bullpen.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:09 PM) Frank will probably be watching the finale. Tough call for Ozzie. You don't want guys to think one bad outing and they will be grabbing some bench, but with Carl needing ABs . . . I want Frank to get the rest. He's been out for a year...no reason to play him 3 games in a row. None at all. I know Carl needs AB's, but I'm more worried about keeping Frank healthy, and that's an even better reason to sit him 1 time per series.

All right Joey Joe joe!