JUGGERNAUT

MAGGLIO ORDONEZ

ARMANDO RIOS

It's betw Graff & DAng. Inny Meeny Minny Mo .. DANGELO JIMENEZ

No history against this guy either. Hmmm .. do I really want to use my 2nd Frank up? Na. I'll go with Maggs. MAGGLIO ORDONEZ

No history against the expected SFG SP, so ... drum roll .. FRANK THOMAS Now the de-facto best player on the team!

MAGGLIO ORDONEZ

FRANK THOMAS

- this about sums up this season. We're getting spanked by the D'Backs after getting spanked by the Injuns & yet we only lost a game on the Twinks. Is it a comfort? No. CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK L10 Minnesota 32 25 .561 - 15-14 17-11 266 248 Lost 1 5-5 Kansas City 28 28 .500 3.5 14-12 14-16 265 282 Won 1 3-7 Chicago Sox 25 33 .431 7.5 16-12 9-21 228 270 Lost 5 3-7 Cleveland 23 34 .404 9 14-14 9-20 232 289 Lost 2 6-4 Detroit 16 40 .286 15.5 5-21 11-19 175 275 Won 2 5-5 We are closer to falling into 4th then ever dreaming of catching 2nd.

DAngelo Jimenez When in doubt go with the hot bat which isn't Frank.

CARLOS LEE

JOSE VALENTIN There's something seriously wrong in our minor league system for our players to be so poor Defensively year after year.

DAngelo Jimenez Beyond that I'm too depressed to post.

CARLOS LEE My fav player on this god-forsaken team. They better turn it around or else

FRANK THOMAS

DAng JIMENEZ

SS, are you counting my Lee pick for 5-30? Because I've only picked Lee, Thomas, & Maggs from M-R. I didn't get a chance to play WED.

Quote: A deal like Borchard, their choice between Miles/Hummel/Harris, and a marginal pitching prospect should be a pretty fair deal and enough to land Beltran. JUGGERNAUT: Ideas like this are very nice, until you remember who owns the team. Essentially any & all of your great trade ideas have to fit under a self-imposed salary cap by JR of 60mil. That's the highest he would ever be willing to fork over in contracts beyond 1 yr. He might go as high as 70mil for a single yr, but never beyond 60mil avg over 3 yrs. With that in mind, here's the reality: 1) The SOX will pick up the 4mil option for E-LO. 2) Lee will be re-signed for about 5-6mil/yr for 3 yr. The potential+performance for the price makes Lee a good asset. 3) Val will be resigned for another yr at about 3mil. He is pretty solid vs RH (845 OPS) & there's no team in the league that will try him at SS any more, so I think the SOX can make use of him at 1B. His switch hitting days are over. He'll either remain a LH power bat, or he'll sit on the bench. 4) Konerko will be traded. I think the backlash vs him is huge. Being the slowest player on what is perceived as a slow team makes this a near certainty. 4) will offset 2)&3). 1) Is a +4mil. 5) Maggs will be traded. I could see Maggs going to Cincy for a pkg of slugger(s) either ML or ml. It could very well include Griffey. Whatever the pkg it will cost the SOX about 10mil/yr. Tops. Offsetting the +4 to keep E-LO. 6) The SOX will try again to re-sign MB. If they can't, then they will have to decide between Colon & MB. The one thing about Colon, is that his downside is FAR better than any pitcher the SOX have had in recent memory. In otherwords, there is no better investment in pitching than Colon. Even if you find down the road you can't afford him, he will always land a nice pkg in talent. It was sure luck & Yankee assets that landed the SOX colon for spare parts. It would be very foolish of the SOX to not capitalize on that long term. If I can only have 1, I'll take Colon. The net effect of 6) will be +7-11mil. That would exceed the budget. 7) Thomas jumps to 6mil. +1mil. No one will want him now. His futility all but guarantees him another year with the CWS. 8) Garland, Koch, Marte, Glover will all cost the SOX an extra mil a pc. Maybe more. +5-6mil to keep them all. That would now push the payroll to +18mil or 70mil. That's not going to happen. The decision to keep Colon or Beurhle will cost the SOX likely Koch & Glover. As you can see, being the GM of the SOX is a thankless & brutal job of bookkeeping more so than managing talent.

Meh to all you naysayers. Last yr you b****ed & moaned about not having enough pitching. Now this year you b**** & moan about not having enough offense. Well now we might just have the best 1-4, & Danny had a pretty good 2nd 1/2. If he could just find his groove, we could have the best 1-5. The game usually comes down to pitching & D. We can't possibly be any worse D than we have been. Reasons for optimism: 1) We are only 6.5 gb after having the most dismal start on offensive in recent years. 2) This team has never failed to put up big offensive #'s in June. It's always been it's power month. 3) The pitching is better than ever. Or at least in the last decade. 4) The futility of the ALC will still reign true. The Twinkies are not going to be as LUCKY this year as they were in 2K2. The law of averages & Murphy's law predict this to be so. <- to any SOX fans writing the SOX off in the worst div in baseball. Tonight's a big game. If we could win with Danny on the mound, that has to lift the spirits of the team.

CARLOS LEE EL CABALLO CARLOS LEE And if by chance I've picked him twice already, then dare I say TONY G

2 IN A ROW BABY! SPLIT THE SERIES WITH THE BJ's ON THE STRENGTH OF LOAIZA, MARTE, & KOCH SOX CLOSING in on 6.5 gb! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! As for the Twinkies & the Royals, they are both getting pasted with a 4 run deficit in the 7th inning.

Leave it to BF to break down a useless stat & take away the joy

Paully has NEVER had a bad JUNE. In fact nearly ALL of Paully's Junes are all-star months. KEEP THE FAITH! As for Frank, 1 of 2 things will happen: Either pitcher's will stop respecting him & start challenging him which will definitely result in less walks & it will be up to Frank to get the hits OR They'll just keep walking his sorry ass because they no he's still a DP shot. I sure am hoping for 1).

Two young & cheap players in the top 10 for fewest misses at the plate! YEAH BABY!

:fyou Boras - you wrecked America's past time. I would love to go on your arse. If you had never been born, the SOX might have AROD at SS right now. You punk ass pc of shark liver. <- on Boras head for .. being Boras!

I'll wait to do this with the youngin's when the SOX are actually leading the division some year.