Winning Ugly

No thanks. They just had a segment on a radio show today about how everyone thought Benetiz just needed a change of scenery, but he still is sucking up the place in Seattle and the Yanks before that.

Look we all know we have been terrible against the West Coast squads the past 3 years or so in their house. We are over that now, and have a 6-game home field difference. Granted, we only play Detroit and Cleveland for one more series each and the rest of the series after these two are against our rival Twins, Royals plus the Yanks and Red Sox, we gotta like the fact that we have some great stretches at the Cell, where we've been virtually unstoppable.

Maggs

Carlos

Konerko

1) Who will win the series (CHW/ANA) (2 points)? CHW 2) Which bullpen will issue more walks (CHW/ANA) (2 points)? ANA 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) How many basehits will Jon Garland allow (4 points)? 6 5) What will Joe Crede's average be after the series (.002 either way) (5 points)? .252 6) How many different Sox players will have a multi-hit game during the series (5 points)? 6 7) Who will lead the Sox in doubles (4 points)? Maggs 8) Will someone on the Sox get a save (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 9) Who will be in 2nd place in the AL Central after the series (2 points)? Sox 10) Will Tim Salmon hit a homerun (Y/N) (2 points)? Y TIEBREAKER: Attendance on Monday night 28,500

1) Who will win the series (CHW/TEX) (2 points)? CHW 2) Will Miguel Olivo have an extra-base hit (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) How many hits will Carl Everett have (4 points)? 4 5) How many HRs will the Sox hit (5 points)? 7 6) How many pitches will Bartolo Colon throw (I will give 3 either way) (5 points)? 105 7) How many strikeouts will Esteban Loaiza have (4 points)? 7 8) Will Neal Cotts pitch more than 4 innings (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 9) Which team will score more runs (CHW/TEX) (2 points)? CHW 10) Will Rafael Palmeiro hit a HR (Y/N) (2 points)? Y TIEBREAKER: Average gametime temperature of three games 97

Konerko

Alomar

Thomas

Carl - os

I am getting paid tomorrow plus a nice bonus and would love to see who is going so I can meet someone up there. Let me know...

Gimme Everett.

Maggs.

1) Who will win the series (CHW/ANA/Split) (2 points)? CHW 2) Will Frank Thomas have at least 4 hits (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 3 4) Who will lead the Sox in extra-base hits (4 points)? Maggs 5) How many homeruns will the Sox hit (5 points)? 9 6) How many baserunners will Mark Buehrle allow (5 points)? 6 7) How many games ahead or behind will the Sox be in the AL Central (4 points)? 1 1/2 ahead 8) Will Neal Cotts get a win (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 9) Will the Sox have any ten-hit games (Y/N)(2 points)? Y 10) Will Gary Glover allow an earned run (Y/N) (2 points)? Y TIEBREAKER: Pitch count for Neal Cotts 89 I hope question #9 is 10 hits or more and not just 10 hits.

Maggs

Konerko

1) Who will win the series (CHW/KC) (2 points)? CHW 2) Who will have the most hits: Ordonez, Everett, or Lee (2 points)? Ordonez 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) In which plate appearance will Frank Thomas get his 2000th hit (1st, 2nd, etc.) (4 points)? 4th 5) How many hits will Paul Konerko have (5 points)? 5 6) How many batters will Bartolo Colon strike out (5 points)? 6 7) Which Sox player will have the most ABs in the series (4 points)? Alomar, R 8) Whose bullpen will give up more runs (CHW/KC) (2 points)? KC 9) Will Jon Garland have a quality start (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 10) Will Mike MacDougal get a save (Y/N) (2 points)? N TIEBREAKER: Total attendance for Monday August 4th (including me!) 32,000 (hard for us in Cali to answer that....lol)

Alomar

Welp, my brother arrived from O'Hare on Saturday afternoon, and the first thing he did was go over a schedule he would like us to keep to be able to visit Edison, Qualcomm, Pac Bell and Chavez Ravine. The first thing he does is bribe my "baby's momma" to take my daughter yesterday (I was supposed to have her until the evening) so was can drive from SD to Edison. I haven't been there since a Sunday night game in 2001, when the Sox (behind Ray-Ray) came back in late innings to win. Anyways, this ballpark is still the most beautiful one I have been to. The exploding geysers in left-center field, the cleanliness of the place, and of course, the Rally Monkey. I mean, we all mock it being Sox fans and all, but it's kind of cool how they show movie clips edited with the monkey in them (Vacation, Austin Powers, etc.). Escobar was a stud in this game, pitching a 2 hitter up until the 9th. Great day, reguardless who won. Tomorrow and Wednesday night, we are at the Toilet Bowl (not Wrigley), Qualcomm. Next year when my brother (the Cubs fan) comes, we'll have beautiful PetCo park to visit instead of this dump. So get this. My brother has all this money he's been saving after selling his house in beautiful Plainfield and living with our sister since his divorce. So what is he doing today? He's buying us round trip tickets to San Fran on Thursday morning so we can both visit Pac Bell for the very first time. Everything's on him, which is and has been sweet since I am buying a new car at the end of the month. I found it odd he was willing to sacrifice seeing a day game at Qualcomm with his beloved Cubs playing so he can go to Pac Bell and see the Giants take on the Pirates. Oh well, that's on him. We are flying back to SD that evening after the game, then taking a roadie to Dodger Country to see Friday night's game (against the Cubs again....ICK!). That will make 4 ballparks in a week...not a bad itinerary. I am now assuming I will have enough cash to see a few Sox games at Anaheim the week after he leaves. Life is grand...

I'll be in a skybox at Edison field. Give me Lee.

Everett

It's ALL over the radio in SD and LA, the Pads have the worst record in the NL and have first waiver claim. THEY are the one's getting Giles and Kendall. All they are working out now is how much the Pirates are going to pay of Kendall's contract that's left over.

Konerko

1) Who will win the series (CHW/SEA) (2 points)? CHW 2) Will Scott Schoeneweis pitch at least 3 innings (Y/N) (2 points)? N 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 2 4) Which Sox infielder will get on base the most (4 points)? Alomar 5) How many strikeouts will Bartolo Colon have (5 points)? 5 6) How many home runs will the Sox hit in the series (5 points)? 6 7) In how many innings will the Sox score three or more runs (4 points)? 6 8) Will Carl Everett have more than four hits (Y/N) (2 points)? Y 9) Who will have more RBI in the series? Maggs or Konerko (2 points)? Konerko 10) Will Mike Cameron hit a home run (Y/N) (2 points)? Y TIEBREAKER: How many innings will the bullpen pitch in the series? 8