Dick Allen

I keep waiting for the clock to strike midnight on Burke, but he keeps on performing.

I think its pretty sad when Torii Hunter gets to hit a homerun before he's knocked on his ass. He should have had to go up to the plate every at bat thinking he was going to get beaned.

ESPN is reporting it is the Yankees or nobody. Johnson is known as being a prick btw.He started fighting teammates in Seattle when he wanted to be traded. He had an altercation with Luis Gonzalez, who is known as one of, if not the nicest guys in professional sports. It would dissapoint me greatly if he demanded to be traded to one particular team. If he says he will only approve a trade to one team , that's another story. He has a no trade clause, so that would be his right.

Quit talking about all his huge hits. This was the biggest series of the year if not the biggest. He didn't get 1 hit. He got on base 1 time, and was thrown out at 3rd with 0 outs by 25 feet. Then he drops a pop up and the Sox lose. This loss is all on him. It cost the Sox 2 games vs. Minnesota. The biggest series of the year, and he doesn't show up. That's pathetic. Awesome defensively? You should go back and review the games.

It is Jose's fault. He finally gets on base, and runs the Sox out of a big inning. Shingo, who has had control problems everytime he has gone more than 1 inning, is out of the jam if Jose catches a ball little leaguers would catch. Nathan would not have been brought in if the game where still tied.

And Borchard doesn't bat if the resident genius leaves Rowand in the game, a better offensive and defensive player at this point.

Oh, another fine play by Jose. For all those backers of Jose, 0-11 in the 3 game set. Baserunning blunder, and huge error.

If it hasn't hit the ground before passing 3rd base, it all depends on where it lands. Fair territory, its fair, foul territory, its foul.

The Espn article claimed Burke was blocking the plate. He was not. It was a cheap shot. Hunter went out of his way to nail Burke. He would have arrived at the plate a little sooner had he just ran right in there was no play on him.

Its on sportingnews.com

Its from the Newark Star Ledger, and that's been about as accurate as the National Enquirer, but one of the Big Units agents supposedly demanded a trade to the Yankees and made veiled threats that Johnson would cause a lot of problems if the D-Backs don't honor the request. If this is true, Johnson, who won a World Series with Arizona, and seemingly has had no problems collecting a huge paycheck from them, (even last season when he was injured and horrible) is a spoiled brat. His agent Barry Meisser or whatever his name is, should be decertified if he made that threat. I guess $16-17 million a year doesn't buy gratitude or loyalty these days. Johnson is a world class jerk.

A guy I always liked and who may be available, although he is signed through next year is Dmitri Young. He can play a few positions, none very well, and can hit. I think he has played LF, RF, 3B, and 1B.

Wasn't that the argument the Sox had when the sent Wunsch down, that they had too many LH relievers? I'd take Eddie, his stats indicate better success against RH batters than LH this season. Of course, unless you are an All Star LH batter, you get pinch hit for when he is in the game.

I don't understand calling up Borchard and having him sit on the bench. The only way he is going to get better is to play.

The Sox core has major experience. Konerko, Lee, Valentin, Everett, Loaisa, Garcia, Buerhle. The Sox don't need any veteran leadership, they have it. One guy who provides said leadership is Mike Jackson, and do you want him on the mound when the game is on the line? The White Sox need guys that can get people out or guys who can drive in big runs. At this stage of the game, Olerud provides neither. He wasn't very good last year either.

He might not, but he should get the opportunity, unless KW goes and gets a veteran. Olerud is not a good idea in my mind for a couple of reasons. The first being, I don't think he can play anymore, and the second, acquiring him puts Everett back in the outfield. Not only is he even worse than last year out there (if you remember his attempts in LF against the White Sox a month ago) but he has been injured, and going back out in the field my make him aggrevate those injuries.

His veteran leadership has lead the Mariners to one of the worst records in baseball. He is done. The Mariners would rather pay him not to play, so they could look at a minor leaguer 3 years older than Borchard. Borchard's last stint wasn't so horrible. He easily could have had 3 or 4 more hits, and his average would have been well over .300.

Consistent and Willie Harris shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence. He started slowly, got real hot, and has pretty much done nothing since. He can be a good player, no doubt, but right now he isn't playing like a guy who could help you make the playoffs. Uribe is the same way, but he can fill in at 3rd and short. Uribe has a ton of talent, but his pattern of fading after a hot start seems to be holding true here.

I think KW was talking about Alomar. He wanted him back in the offseason. Alomar told Farmio in spring training he hoped the Sox traded for him at the deadline again. Harris and Uribe have been struggling offensively. If this continues the next week, KW will probably pick up Alomar for a bag of balls. Harris might be looking at more time in Charlotte. Who knows, maybe he gets Bautista and Alomar and gives up one of two, along with a average at best prospect.

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.