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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 08:46 AM) Keith Law really does hate the White Sox. Just heard on the Score that Law doesn't think this run means much because they played a bunch of s***ty teams. Maybe he forgot to mention that the Sox went 11-2 against above .500 teams in Detroit, Anaheim, Atlanta, and Texas. Yeah, half the games they played were against good teams. Seriously, this guy really lets his hatred for this team blind his judgment. What a complete dickwad.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) SEVEN games against the Rangers? LOL Hopefully they get to face Cliff Lee twice.

I say it's too soon. Give him 10-14 games after the break to see if he truly has turned it around.

DFA Rios

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) Can we filter out that nickname guys? Any admins or mods reading this? It's not a nickname when only one person calls him that.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) We have traded away Richards, Ely and Gonzalez just to name three who haven't done all that bad. I hope Hudson is just experiencing nerves and will show us something in his next satrt, if he gets one Michael or Keith?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) I'm not sure we can blame Beckham's drop on him. Was just checking in after seeing his line.

Pretty awful game from Hudson.

Approaching 50 pitches already. Luckily using up our pen won't be an issue today.

Hopefully Hudson's nerves calm down here soon and he gets into a groove.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 01:35 PM) Wow, Andruw just missed it Daggummit

Andruw DFA Jones with men on the corners.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) I almost want the Sox to face Greinke instead of Lerew. We seem like the only team that hits him relatively well.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 10:50 AM) I've never seen a manager give his best players so many days off. You'd almost think Rios and Konerko had some clause in their contract where they need to sit one game every week with the frequency Ozzie rests them. And Pierre never misses a game. EDIT: Just checked. Pierre leads the team with 335 ABs. Rios 2nd with 308. Pierre also leads the team in games played at 85.

I can't find any news on Grienke missing the start. Was this mentioned on the radio?

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) Right now our biggest hole is at DH, seeing Kotsay/Andruw take bats in that position distracts me from the other weaknesses in the lineup. Agreed but I still cringe after every softly hit ball by Pierre.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 10:28 AM) Pierre -- LF, Vizquel -- SS, Rios -- CF, Quentin -- DH, Kotsay -- 1B AJ - c Jones -- RF Viciedo -- 3B Beckham --2B So Paulie gets a day off because he made the all star team. That sucks. And I am really getting tired of Pierre. What I'd do to swap him for Dejesus.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 10:26 AM) Greinke scratched as a precaution. Shoulder. Lerew starts!!! WOOHOO!!!

Time to overtake 1st place. We own Greinke.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 11, 2010 -> 07:52 AM) Yeah, I saw that too...Rizzo is either going to pull a Jim Bowden to the extreme (remember when he insisted on pulling in a huge take for Soriano and ended up not being able to deal him), or else he is very serious about keeping Dunn. Oh well, I guess we can cross him off the list. BTW, did you mean to post this in the Adam Dunn thread, Sqwert? Oh yeah...duh.

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QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jul 10, 2010 -> 11:14 AM) I want exactly one thing for my birthday, and that's for the Sox to be in first place. Make it happen. Happy birthday! I'll be there tonight to ensure a victory.

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