Dick Allen

The minor league season will be done by then. There won't be any rehab stints.

Does anyone know if the Sox have insurance on Magglio's contract? They might be able to recoup some of the cash they are paying him if he is unable to play. Maybe then they pick up a guy like Delgado, if its true he would play for the Sox.

Did this condition exist before he had surgery? Was the surgery botched, and this the result? Did this occur because he came back too soon?

If Magglio has issues with his knee at the end of the season, good luck trying to get his huge contract insured. Belle's unfortunate hip condition is one of the reasons contracts are a lot tougher to insure these days. This is probably going to cost Magglio a ton of money.

Hawk doesn't sound too optimistic about Maggs.

Nothing to be alarmed about? You send home a guy against a division rival. He obviously isn't well enough to even pinch hit. They are going to send him to the same doctors who said his prior injury would only keep him out of the line up a day or two. What are they going to find? If its minor, shouldn't Maggs be on the bench, with his team, being a good teammate? Frank gets lambasted by management, and he has a serious injury. Maggs should be held to those same standards if it is as minor as Herm is saying. I'm sorry, but I don't trust anything the White Sox medical staff has to say, that includes Herm. They haven't been very accurate this year. I just hope they are right this one time, and Magglio is back in the line up tomorrow night. We need him.

If they are sending him home, I think this could be a major problem. It has to be major if Maggs doesn't sit on the bench and act as a decoy. KW is probably punching holes in the wall. If he's leaving, he can't pinch hit. Is another stint on the DL looming?

I agree with you, something has to be done about the catching. Sandy has a AARP card, Davis hits worse than most pitchers, and Burke , although he has had a couple of big hits this season, is not a even a slight below average offensive catcher. With Burke or Davis in the line up, its almost as if the Sox are playing NL rules and batting the pitcher. Maybe Davis will turn it around, he has had stretches of success, but I'm not going to hold my breath. A catcher and middle reliever or even a closer like Guardado would be my preferences. Many question Benson's make up, they question whether he will be able the handle media in a bigger city or handle the pressure of a pennant race.

I was there in the 4th row, thanks 97.9. Sammy didn't know the crowd was booing the Cubs, he thought they were booing him. He was visibly hurt. The boos made me smile. That Hawks jersey was cool. Sammy made sure the guy who gave it to him got it back.

Funny how they have been discovered just as the Democratic National Convention is about to take place.

Maggs out with knee soreness

Its a bit of comic relief after watching the Sox offense against Oakland again.

I hope they yank Mulder.

Then maybe you should quit watching. If its such a negative experience for you, there are plenty of other ways to spend your valuable time.

3 hits is pretty weak.

He hasn't been as sharp as last year. But he's still 8-4. The team with the most wins makes the playoffs, not the guys with the best ERA or fewest hits allowed. I wish all our starters sucked and were 8-4. We be cruising to the playoffs.

How in the world can Ben Davis be batting?

8-4 record is pretty good for a guy who is done.

Jason Kendall has a no trade. What makes everyone so sure he would accept a trade to the south side?

I think any of the catchers could do better if they played more than once every 3 days. It has to be hard never to play consecutive games.

That's what I thought too. On mlb.com there was mention of a $500,000 buyout in Everett's contract. If that's true and KW got Montreal to pick up most of the tab on this year's salary, this trade doesn't look as bad as I thought. I will give KW credit though, he does have balls and he is aggressive. I don't like his airing of dirty laundry in public, I don't agree with some of his deals, but at least he is trying. Schueler would sit on overhyped prospects until he had to release them.

Rowand and Perez are going to be in CF. Joe has to play every day.

It has to be Borchard, unless something else is going down. I bet Borchard was told he was going back to Charlotte once Magglio was cleared to play defense.

Mcgriff's bat speed and results this season eliminated any McGriff signing.

Burn Carl's mitts right now. He is brutal in the OF at this stage. Hopefully he can get as hot as he was with Texas at the beginning of last season. Has anyone heard of the cash coming back to the Sox? I would think it would be a pretty significant amount. I'm sure KW is still going to be working the phones. I think Rowand is going to be used as bait for Beltran.