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FRANK THOMAS If it's Harden I think Frank will have the edge because of his patience.

ROBERTO ALOMAR Robbie really seems happy with the SOX right now. He's heating up.

CARL EVERETT ESPN must have it wrong. Every 5th day. I expect this series to go Buehrle, Garland, Loaiza.

The Tinker strikes again! Dauby in for Koney I know some of you butt-kissers in the Jerry fan club will say what about match ups? Koney 1 for 8 lifetime. 347 OPS Dauby 2 for 2 lifetime 2000 OPS But KONEY's been HOT! 0-0 top of the 2nd. Highlights: Some KC guy picked off in the 1st. Alomar picked off in the 1st. Seems like both teams want to run today.

BARTOLO IS AWWWWWWEEEEEEESSSOOOOMMMEEEE! How can you not like a guy that can throw a low-mid 80's changeup & them a high 90's heater? Pitching fastball: sink in the low 90's rise in the high 90's. change: low-mid 80's that works effectively as an off-speed pitch. curve: high 80's, low 90's that's faster than most sliders. Skinny: Each year his change-up gets more effective. The net result is less K's, but a much more fundamentally sound control pitcher. Defense The big man can move & hold runners at 1B. He has one of the lowest run % of any pitcher in the AL. 0-0 bot 1st.

ALC Central Race : Magic Numbers KCR: 163 - 60 - 54 = 49 SOX: 163 - 59 - 51 = 53 MIN: 163 - 56 - 51 = 57 Thank you E-LO, Wunsch, & Marte! And of course The Big Hurt! Let's get them tomorrow & hopefully the Minny Mice will lose again, & the SOX will be just 2 back in the Magic Number column. GO WHITE SOX! I think the first team to get to 30 will win the division.

I messed it all up Denial, Anger, Depression, Bargaining, Acceptance, Hope I'm a little pschizo right now. Multi-personalities of Denial, Anger, & Depressio simultaneous. A long way from bargaining Oh well tomorrow's another day. E-LO has a way of curing what ails us. He's like the good Dr on the Brady Bunch that makes house calls. So to the Roys I now declare : If we can take 2/3, magic numbers: Roys 49, Sox 51, Minny 53 (if they win). Somebody call up Tom the cat to get rid of these pesky Minny mice. They're turning into rats. And for those needing to vent anger away from OUR SOX: :fthecubs :sosasucks :fthecubs :sosasucks

Magic Numbers: KC = 163 - 60 - 54 = 49 SX = 163 - 58 - 50 = 55 MN= 163 - 56 - 50 = 57 Sheit. KC's MN is below 50 now. Anger: MuthaF'gdipsheitdumbarse LVP's on the SOX! I hate your F'g guts right now! Denial: Bring on HHH & the Big Show. My Brock SOX are ready to rumble. Depression: Damn bullpen. Coming down with a severe case of the runs like this. What's the 4th? Is it Limbo? I think the last 2 our acceptance & joy. The sCrUBs would know a lot about that. More therapy: :fthecubs :sosasucks :fthecubs :sosasucks :fthecubs :sosasucks

three game lead in the first week of august is f***in' nothing. you've seen the kind of streak this team can go on. if anyone wants to pack it in in this situation, fine, but it is nowhere near over. so many things can happen in 7 or so weeks. I'm still in denial remember. Read my sig. My therapist says I need to do this when anger surrounds me over my SOX: :fthecubs :sosasucks :fthecubs :sosasucks :fthecubs :sosasucks

f***ing cocksuckers mother f***ers can't do s*** right. can't run can't hit can't pitch can't field can't cover the goddamn base can't get in front of a wild pitch can't get in front of a grounder can't hit the cutoff man can't be the cutoff man can't position the cutoff man can't manage the bullpen can't run in from the bullpen at the correct speed can't check a swing that's gonna hit them can't bunt can't steal bases can't listen to the third base coach can't listen to the first base coach can't listen to the pitching coach can't block home plate can't get to bloop singles can't turn double plays can't do s***. did i forget anything? THANK YOU! DAMN IT FELT GOOD READING THAT! -> I THINK I'LL GO TORTURE THE BULLPEN NOW. i only did it cause your gentlemen callers comment made me laugh out loud. What do they say the 6 stages are? Anger (been there, done that), Denial, Depression, Acceptance, Joy Well being 3 gb there isn't much to deny. So I guess I'll fall into depression now. The SOX suck, and with MINNY now giving it to us in the rear (that's for the gentlemen-callers above to fantasize about), it doesn't look good. The Minny Mousekeeters have the easiest schedule. It's like F'g Donald vs Daffy. The Royals have a schedule like HHH vs Mysterio. The SOX have a schedule like Brock Lesner taking on both HHH & the Big Show. This sucks. We need a couple of miracles now. Like Hunter pulling a Kobe & spending the next 2 months in a cell. And KC losing ...hmmm .. who's the MVP of that team? Damn. There so balanced I can't even think of a guy. Maybe Beltran. Yeah Beltran. He can fall over the wall & come close to drowning himself in the fountains. Make him so afraid of water, he needs to be institutionalize. You know something? That kind of wishful thinking sounds like Denial. Perhaps I'm still in Denial after all. Good night all, & as always thanks for listening.

f***ing cocksuckers mother f***ers can't do s*** right. can't run can't hit can't pitch can't field can't cover the goddamn base can't get in front of a wild pitch can't get in front of a grounder can't hit the cutoff man can't be the cutoff man can't position the cutoff man can't manage the bullpen can't run in from the bullpen at the correct speed can't check a swing that's gonna hit them can't bunt can't steal bases can't listen to the third base coach can't listen to the first base coach can't listen to the pitching coach can't block home plate can't get to bloop singles can't turn double plays can't do s***. did i forget anything? THANK YOU! DAMN IT FELT GOOD READING THAT! -> I THINK I'LL GO TORTURE THE BULLPEN NOW.

I'm going to WSI to rant! I need F'g group theory right now! I need a group to rant with! WTF, do you want to keep talking about that sheit! RANT WITH ME! GET IT OUT! BEFORE WE ALL BREAK SOMETHING LIKE KW! -> STILL GOING NINJA on the BULLPEN!

What would those things be? Homophobia? Which this darn board is so strict about... Dont get THAT started, according to a few, the whole world fits into that category. WTF, IS YOUR PROBLEM??? ARE YOU SOX FANS, or GENTLEMEN-CALLERS? THE SOX JUST LAID A MAJOR TURD AT THE CELL! GET F'G ANGRY! SHOW SOME F'G EMOTION! PRETEND THAT YOU CAN CANE TONIGHT'S LVP's! DO SOMETHING! ANYTHING! But stop talking about NON SOX RANT CRAPOLA! Please. -> Going NINJA on the bumbs in the bullpen

Banning is for p-u-s-s-i-e-s. Gang-ridicule is much better & more fun MuthaF'gdipsheitdumbarse LVP awards for tonights game: Schow : Man I just want to cane him until he cries like the pussy he is. Gordo : I like the guy, but after his last 2 perform's, cane his arse red. Ginter : Back-to-back sheit. Canning's not enough. Pink belly time. Crede : The best way to correct a dipsheit is to make him cover 3B & have teammates run through him. Koney : Destroys an easy walk & costs us a crucial run at that time. Consider the other four, maybe just a few cane strokes. Did I forget anybody? Please let me know! :fyou -> all of the above. -> start the canning. AW HELL, I'm SO F'g MAD .. time to GO

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)? 1 4) In which plate appearance will Frank Thomas get his 2000th hit (1st, 2nd, etc.) (4 points)? 2nd 5) How many hits will Paul Konerko have (5 points)? 4 6) How many batters will Bartolo Colon strike out (5 points)? 8 7) Which Sox player will have the most ABs in the series (4 points)? Magglio 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: Mon's attendance: 38,500

How about some visual descriptions? You do know guy talk don't you?

The best news to add after losing the SEA series is that Jose (I can't lose) Lima is on the 15 day DL. Lima will miss a start vs SOX, NYY, & MIN in that time. In his 7-0 stretch he beat SFG, TEX, STL, & SEA. So to say he will be sorely missed by KC is an understatement. The SOX MUST take advantage of that time.

This sucks. Are we going to win this division or what? KC's shown again they are good enough to win series against the losers of the AL. The SOX play a WHOLE lot of winners the rest of the way. We just got spanked hard by the M's 2 days in a row. 3 F'g runs in 2 gms vs the M's. Pitiful.

KC 59-50 SX 58-53 Magic Numbers: KC 51 SX 55 SOX better take care of business at the cell.

After last night runners have better than an 83% success rate of stealing when Danny pitchers. You don't think that's a problem?

:fthecubs :sosasucks NLC Magic Numbers: Astros = 52 Cards = 54 sCrUBs = 57 Pitts = 61 Sins = 63 Brews = 68 3 of the 10 teams in the ALC+NLC should be eliminated by end of Aug. Both are weak but competitive divisions. No wonder people are enjoying MLB this year.

Too bad there isn't a yawn icon because that's what I thought. Dying in Las Vegas (I think that's the name) was much better. Hell any Cage movie was better than this. Why do you like this movie so much?

ESPN's take: 2002 Season Dan Wright turned in an acceptable performance for a young starter. Wright won 14 games and made it through five innings in 27 of 33 starts. His high ERA was the result of too many big innings, many of which were the result of allowing 32 home runs. Pitching Perhaps because he's been so focused on not falling behind hitters, Wright rarely has shown the 95-MPH fastball he had in the minors. He often throws two-seam sinkers in the low 90s. That's more than enough velocity to set up his knuckle-curve, which is a plus pitch. Some think it would be even better if he made his delivery a little smoother. He's a good student and hard worker. While he hit six batters with pitches, coaches would like him to knock hitters off the plate more frequently, especially righthanded hitters. They often seemed comfortable against him. Defense Wright is an average fielder who allows a lot of grounders to go past him up the middle. He needs to work hard during spring training to either hold on runners better or shorten his time to home plate. Opponents were successful on almost 83 percent of their stolen-base attempts against him in 2002. Last night's assessment: Wright is winless in 12 major league starts this season. Wright allowed six runs -- five earned -- and eight hits in five-plus innings. Pitch log: 1st: I Suzuki struck out swinging. R Winn flied out to center. B Boone singled to right. B Boone stole second. A big Wright weakness E Martinez flied out to center. 2nd: J Olerud walked. Big Wright weakness M Cameron doubled to right center, J Olerud to third. B Davis grounded out to second, J Olerud scored, M Cameron to third. R Sanchez singled to left, M Cameron scored. M McLemore popped out to third. I Suzuki flied out to left. 3rd: R Winn flied out to left. B Boone singled to center. E Martinez grounded into double play, first to shortstop, B Boone out at second. 4th: J Olerud grounded out to second. M Cameron lined out to shortstop. B Davis struck out swinging. 5th: R Sanchez singled to right. M McLemore struck out swinging, R Sanchez stole second. R Sanchez to third on throwing error by catcher S Alomar Jr. 83% success rate in steals on Wright I Suzuki grounded out to second, R Sanchez scored. R Winn popped out to shortstop. 6th: Wright loses it B Boone singled to center. E Martinez singled to left, B Boone to second. J Olerud homered to right, B Boone and E Martinez scored. M Cameron flied out to center. B Davis grounded out to third. R Sanchez grounded out to shortstop. 7th: Ginter on & he's God awful M McLemore flied out to center. I Suzuki singled to right. R Winn hit by pitch, I Suzuki to second. B Boone flied out to center. E Martinez walked, I Suzuki to third, R Winn to second. J Olerud homered to center, I Suzuki, R Winn and E Martinez scored. M Cameron flied out to right. 8th: Wunsch on. A thing of beauty. B Davis grounded out to shortstop. R Sanchez struck out looking. M McLemore struck out looking. Consensus: The SOX do not have a 5th starter that gives them any shot at winning a game. Both Ginter & Wright suck. Wright's the better pitcher but he can't hold a runner on worth sheit! Why doesn't Cooper work on signals with Wright? Somebody give him a signal when to throw over just to keep the runner honest? Obviously with is melt-down in the last inning the success rate of runners wears down his mind. If only we could have kept Wells or Fogg & given them Wright.

I found this web-site the other day. Interesting stuff! http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/911page.htm#2 The highlights: I. Germany was the instigator in breaking up Yugoslavia : 1) PR campaign to convince & support Croatia & Bosnia to split 2) Support of the Albanian mafia (Kosovo Liberation Army) Islamic Fundamentalists 3) Main control & influence over Western media The biggest conspiracy is that the Western media painted the Albanian muslims as the good guys & the Serbian Christians as the bad guys. The EC paints a different picture: both sides we're bad but the KLA was the worst. II. On 9/11, what the hell happened to America's air-defense? 1) The hijacked planes were identified & tracked prior to the crash. 2) Air-defense was surprising no-where to be found despite a high alert. I'm still reading through this stuff, but wow! If it's even close to being true then what does that say about Germany's role in the ethnic cleansing & what the HELL was going on in America on 9/11? I'm reminded of the X-FILES right now. The truth is out there. Ok. Fine. But how the HELL do I find it?

C'mon SOX fans! It's a veteran team! Friday night we whip their arse, Sat night they whip ours. That's expected from 2 solid veteran teams. It's like 2 prize-fighters beating the crap out of each other. Today's the final 3 rounds.