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And we get more of the love-in with Sammy. Tragic.

Another ball a foot and half off the plate that's strike 3. What a beautiful game.

ESPN and accuracy are 2 words that will never go hand in hand.

Aaron Rowand has been one of the Sox hottest hitters, but thank you Jon Miller for pointing out how Rowand has struggled with RISP.

Derrek Lee missed the tag. But these are the chosen ones. Do you really think the umps are gonna cross them? :headshake

I'll be so happy when the Sox are out of this s***hole they call a ballpark.

To quote from The Me and Z show on the Score: Jon Miller wants to lick Wrigley Field.

That's right ump. EXPAAAAAAAAAAAND that strike zone. I hate the Cubs. I hate Major League Baseball. I hate ESPN.

I hate ESPN. Just a thought.

Now they're fawning over Sosa. Sickening.

Joe Morgan=dumbass. Jon Miller=dumbass. Thanks Miller for saying that damn near every player is struggling. Have I mentioned how much I hate ESPN lately?

Loaiza, it's not gonna happen. We could all vote 150 times apiece for Frank (or Konerko for that fact). You can't compete with 8 million in NY or an entire country in Japan. Matsui will be in Houston on the 13th. :headshake:

You don't have to worry about that. Matsui is gonna win that final vote in a landslide. I'm done watching that s***.

Keep this in mind people. This is the World Wide Web. Besides all the dopes from NY & East Coast, all the fans from Japan will vote for Matsui as well. Frank & PK may as well schedule their mini-vacation plans right now. Which is a shame too, as both are most deserving. Lew Ford too.

Frank PK Travis Hafner Lew Ford Hideki Matsui The 5 finalists for the Final Vote. 4 AL Central Guys and one AL East. Gee, wonder how this one will turn out?

I even feel bad for them. No Lew Ford? But please, by all means, take Gary Sheffield. Dumb bastards.

Because he plays on the wrong side of Chicago and New York is the epicenter of the universe. C'mon, you should know better by now!

MLB, showing why the NFL has eclipsed their sorry asses in popularity. Screw the clueless fans. Screw Joe Torre. Screw Selig. What a joke. Frank, Buerhle, Paulie, Uribe, & Shingo, you're All-Stars in my eye. Keep up the good work.

C'mon Big Unit! Mow 'em down!

Last year I was really mad when Thomas was placed on that ballot of 5 players the fans could vote in. They put Mags on that list the year before, and both times, the White Sox fans were outvoted by the Red Sox fans. Damon had more votes than Mags in 2002, & Varitek had more than Thomas in 2003.

Wasn't '89 also the year when Greg Walker suffered that seizure. Man, that was almost tragic. I remember reading in the Sun-Times Walker saying that Herm Schneider saved his life.

I'm not ruling out the BoSox yet. Though they are getting killed today against Hampton and the Braves. Either they, the A's or Angels will get that wildcard spot.

With the fan voting now closed, Frank is 2nd to Giambi for 1st basemen in AL voting. However, because Giambi has been out with the parasite problem, do you really think he's gonna play in the game. I heard he's scheduled to return to the Yankee lineup this week. It would be nice to see Frank starting the game, considering he got screwed out of it last year.

We played them last year. Didn't work out so well. We lost 2/3. Minnesota has a brutal schedule the 2nd half. We'll see what they're truly made of then.

From MLB.com: 07/03/2004 8:10 PM ET Diaz shows guts in loss to Cubs After rough first inning, starter settles in for solid outing By Scott Merkin / MLB.com Felix Diaz reacts after giving up his second home run to the Cubs in the first inning. (M. Spencer Green/AP) • Wrap: CHC 4, CWS 2 CHICAGO -- Felix Diaz didn't earn a victory Saturday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. But the young right-hander certainly earned some respect. After allowing three earned runs in the first inning, Diaz settled down and allowed three hits over the next three innings. In the process, Diaz struck out six, including Sammy Sosa, Corey Patterson and Derrek Lee twice. Diaz's effort wasn't enough to prevent a 4-2 victory in a rain-shortened 5 1/2 innings for the Cubs before 39,528, the second straight for the North Siders at Wrigley Field. But it might be enough to keep him as part of the staff when Scott Schoeneweis is activated from the 15-day disabled list to pitch Wednesday. "I think Diaz threw the ball real, real good," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen of Diaz. "He only had one bad inning, a couple of bad pitches. But the way the kid came back and finished up the game, he showed me something." "Felix settled down," added White Sox center fielder Aaron Rowand of Diaz. "He gathered himself and settled down pretty good. He left some pitches over the middle early in the game and they have good hitters over there. There are no slouches in their lineup, from one through nine." Diaz was tagged in the first inning for two home runs, one coming off the bat of Moises Alou with two strikes and two outs. Catcher Sandy Alomar said the pitch was a slider, which stayed middle in, and Alou was all over it for his 19th home run. Rey Ordonez also victimized Diaz, launching his first home run in more than one year on a 3-1 count in the first inning. "He left a ball up on Ordonez. He went after him because we didn't want to walk him," Alomar said. "He had a rough first inning and then he settled down and pitched a good game. He can't afford to keep the ball high. He's not a 97-mph thrower." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I think Diaz threw the ball real, real good. He only had one bad inning, a couple of bad pitches. But the way the kid came back and finished up the game, he showed me something." -- Ozzie Guillen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diaz, 23, figures to get another start, according to Guillen. But now the starting rotation mathematics are getting a little complicated. With Schoeneweis returning from left elbow inflammation, the White Sox now have Mark Buehrle, Esteban Loaiza, Freddy Garcia, Jon Garland, Diaz and the left-hander in the starting rotation. Guillen said before Saturday's game that the team will stick with a five-man rotation. The final job still appears to be Schoeneweis' to lose, with Guillen mentioning Saturday that the veteran hurler will be judged on more than this Wednesday's effort against Anaheim. If Schoeneweis struggles, as he has with a 1-5 record in his last six decisions, Diaz could slide into the fifth starter's slot. But what if Schoeneweis comes back healthy and pitches as he did when starting the season at 4-1? It's a situation Guillen looks forward to figuring out. "That's a great problem. That's a good problem to have," Guillen said. "If Schoeneweis pitches the game he's supposed to pitch and helps us there, he's my No. 5 man because he was there before and Diaz maybe goes to the bullpen. "It's up to Schoeney to see how he feels. I'm not going to judge Schoeney from just one game. I just want to know how he feels." Whatever the outcome, Diaz has proven in two starts against the Cubs during the past week that he has the make-up for pitching success. "I think he's going to be great," Alomar said of Diaz. "That first inning could have been a chance for him to cave in, but he didn't." Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.