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So Dubront tmrw and Buchholz on Thursday. Obviously, it would be devastating to lose this one.

Thornton should have been in last night and Septimo or Santiago tonight. Oh, well. Still, the problem remains. The bullpen's just not reliable right now at all. Jones has really struggled recently. We knew it was coming eventually this year.

Hernandez profiles a lot like Quintana. Most thought he we would be a candidate to be a LHR coming into the season, but nobody ever would have predicted him starting a game for the Sox this season.

PenPals is not exactly scary or fiercesome. Something a little more forbidding would be helpful. You don't want anyone throwing 95-100 MPH to be your friend.

Omogrosso's looking more and more comfortable these days. Of course, it's a bit different pitching with a 5 run lead, compared to a tied or 1 run game, like Septimo came into last night. Will be an interesting decision who they send down when Crain comes back. Probably Marinez.

Gordon with a horrible AB there but it didn't matter. The Angels still have bullpen issues. Hawkins just got lit up like a Christmas tree last night, as they blew that early 5-2 lead. It's going to suck for either the Angels or Rangers to face elimination in a single game with how good both those teams are.

Take that, Marty. Evens out the Aviles rob of AJ.

The Rays are being very careful with Moore. They pulled him after 90 pitches for one of our potential trade targets, Wade Davis, who has a sub 3 ERA in the AL East. BTW, that Richards kid for the Angels has a nice arm. He was throwing 97 in the first inning...Detroit still hasn't scored in that game.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...18788--mlb.html One of the headline stories now at Yahoo. Scary.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 07:10 PM) Digital membership to read articles on teh Trib site? f*** that. It's just an e-mail address and password. Same for the NY Times. http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery...turn-to-Chicago Ozzie video. Calls "Alex Rios his great friend" and goes on and on praising Adam Dunn for dealing with adversity of 2011. Apparently, he went out with AJ for a couple of beers during the All-Star Break. Called Konerko. Still in touch with Baines, etc. http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery...ning-to-Chicago Buehrle on returning to Chicago, what he misses and doesn't miss, Zambrano as a teammate, JR sitting him down 2 months before the end of the season and thanking him pre-emptively if things weren't to work out for him to stay with the Sox.

Cryogenic LINEA nabbed by DeAza in deep CF. Let's just get Phil through the 6th...don't even know who our 3rd best reliever is at this point. Luckily we'll get back Crain, for the Twins in all likelihood. But no later than the next 6 game road trip.

Valentine's huge ego got in the way there. No way he should have faced Youkilis with how well he's been going and with how Dunn struggles against lefties. Indians rallying, now only down 3-2 to TB. Matt Moore just retired Javier Lopez with the bases loaded to keep it a 1 run lead going into the bottom of the 5th.

Nasty yacker to Middlebrooks. We've really managed to hold him down so far this series. Had him baling out of there like it was going to hit him.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) I think the real reason is they hope this is a one game deal and Floyd will be back on July 23rd. Hernandez being a lefty might help but he is probably the one most rested Unfortunately, that's one day too late for the Tigers.

QUOTE (My_Sox_Summer @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) Thanks Scotty! It is really just me trying to see if it can be done. From what I have experienced so far, it is very possible. Swing- you bring up an interesting point. As a child I went to very few games and man, it was a shocker if I got something from that game, food included. Maybe a 25¢ hot dog or brat at a minor league game in Clinton, IA. But that wasn't the reason for me going. When I lived out west (Huntington Beach, CA) I only went to the Sox series in Anaheim, so I would spend more. Mostly on beer, rarely on food. I got a bunch of free tickets to those games too, so I thought it was an even trade. I don't judge the people spending massive amounts, but the baseball experience doesn't need to include a $15 nacho helmet washed down with an $8 beer. The Sox are a great value for the quality they put on the field. Even after 23 games I still get goosebumps when they start playing AC/DC. Go Sox! I was born in Clinton, IA. Go LumberKings!

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...gm-theo-epstein Theo stalked across the country by 44 year-old woman

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 04:07 PM) Why no Castro? Probably the main reason is that he just came off the DL and would have been on short rest, as well. Maybe they feel the LHP against the Red Sox gives them an advantage, vis a vis a RHP. Maybe he and Mitchell are the trade centerpieces and they want to keep him in the minors and not expose him to getting roughed up by Boston and diminishing his perceived value a bit.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery...or-Zach-Greinke Marty34 is Rosenbloom? Advocates trading for Greinke, says we can't afford Garza, Dempster or Hamels, but that we have the advantage because the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers are afraid to bring Zach to the big city. Whatever.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...,3147892.column Phil Rogers fires the first warning shot across the bow. Poor, Greg. http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...go-chicago-cubs Ozzie on reaction waiting for him, Zambrano and Buehrle

Juan Uribe works, too.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 12:09 PM) I really have no inside info, just a brother-in-law who works in sports at WTMJ in Milwaukee and he texted yesterday to say he was surprised to hear the Sox are aggressively after Greinke. Maybe just kicking the tires like everybody else? Sounds like the Cubs are going to get some good offers on Dempster, and I could see the Tigers making a big splash by getting Barney as well and sending back the likes of Turner and Castellanos. Talk about a game changer... I'm assuming you mean Garza AND Barney. That would make a LOT more sense.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 10:32 AM) You must have very little idea how the trade market works. Normally, you have to give something of value to get something of value in return. Surprise, surprise, Ramirez has MUCH more value than when you wanted to dump him 2 months ago. Back then, you would have been lucky to get someone just to take his contract and give you a B prospect.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 10:36 AM) This one: What is your point? That we SHOULD have learned from the Hudson trade in 2010 for Jackson not to make moves that will put us behind the 8 ball in terms of being able to compete on a consistent basis down the road. Same thing happens this year with Viciedo, everyone will be saying how much better we would have been in 2013-14-15 with Viciedo and Hudson part of 3 consecutive playoff teams rather than rolling the dice twice and coming up snake eyes. We already did this in 2010, with Edwin and Manny.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jul 17, 2012 -> 10:12 AM) So you'd be against any trade. Any trade now involving Viciedo is fine.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/cowley/1379...-scores-to.html So Cowley doesn't constantly use Ozzie as an excuse to fill column inches, just like he's complaining all the Chicago media "take advantage" of the Ozzie story? Cowley wouldn't exist without Ozzie. He tried to get in front of the "Ozzie Coming Back to Chicago" story again and almost no one even noticed. "Chicago tough." I bet Ozzie Guillen didn't even say that, Cowley surely made that quote up just to rile up KW. And he's going to take credit for Viciedo in the outfield when he patently refused all season long to bench Pierre for him? HILARIOUS. Maybe he should take the credit for Dunn and Rios playing so well in 2012, as a result of his not benching them last year. Just admit it: You miss Ozzie Guillen. Oh, sure, you’ve fooled yourself into believing life is better for the White Sox without all the noise. You’ve convinced yourself the newfound tranquillity on the South Side is just what everyone needed. In your eyes, Guillen in any other ZIP code is a good thing. Then again, denial is the first stage of grief. Guillen will be at Wrigley Field on Tuesday for the first time as the manager of the Miami Marlins. And before he takes one step onto the field at the Friendly Confines, he knows what awaits his homecoming. Most columnists already have their stories written about how the Sox are so much better without Guillen. Radio talk-show hosts have their ‘‘Ozzie moratorium’’ in place. It has been broken 12 times since June, but they mean it this time. Guillen knows what to expect, and he has been keeping score. (has to be a shot at the radio station, hasn't his appearances been cut back there???) ‘‘Good, make that excuse because the manager [Robin Ventura] is my friend,’’ Guillen said in a phone interview. ‘‘I want that ballclub to succeed; I have friends on the White Sox. People want to run around and say the coaching staff is better now. Well, check the numbers. Check the numbers for what I did for that city. ‘‘And good or bad, they won’t stop talking about me. Every time they walk into U.S. Cellular Field, the first thing they see is me holding the World Series trophy.’’ It’s an image far too many would like to erase. (where did that come from? the persecution complex is worse than Hugo Chavez) But what can’t be erased are Guillen’s 678 victories with the Sox, the fact he was the only manager to guide them to more than one playoff appearance and, of course, that World Series trophy. Plus, Guillen’s influence is all over the first-place Sox this season. It was Guillen who wanted Alexei Ramirez to play shortstop when the Sox’ brass was thinking of him as a center fielder. It was Guillen who thought Dayan Viciedo should be an outfielder, while others were cramming him into corner-infield spots. It was Guillen who saved second baseman Gordon Beckham from being busted down to Class AAA Charlotte multiple times. And the list goes on. (Because Gordon Beckham's career has clearly been turned around in a positive fashion by Ozzie and Walker). Guillen’s fingerprints are all over this Sox team, like it or not. ‘‘I was in Chicago last week for the All-Star break, and I heard the [bleep] that people are talking,’’ Guillen said. ‘‘I hear the backstabbing comments. I said when I took the job with Miami that if [the Sox] played like they were capable of, Robin will be manager of the year. They didn’t play well for me, and I take that blame. ‘‘But the media is all of a sudden angry with me? I answered every question I was ever asked. They don’t have the balls to say [bleep] when I was there. Tell the people in Chicago to look up and see who I blamed when we lost (pretty much every member of the White Sox was thrown under the bus at one point or another, except AJ, Buehrle and Konerko). I’m not a chicken [bleep], like the media there.’’ He’s not backing down from where his Marlins are in the National League East standings, either. They are 42-46 and trail the Washington Nationals by 10 games. ‘‘We’re not playing good baseball, and that’s on me,’’ Guillen said. Guillen would like to promise a turnaround for the Marlins, but he can’t. What he can promise is that certain media members — the ones who once smiled to his face but since have stabbed him in the back — shouldn’t bother talking to him Tuesday. ‘‘Write your [bleep],’’ Guillen said. ‘‘I remember the cheap shots and the names. I see people around me [Tuesday], it will be a pretty quick conversation.’’ (Yeah, right, it that press conference will go longer than the Marlins' longest winning streak this year.) What can’t be overlooked about Tuesday, with the Sox playing in Boston and the Cubs about to be broken up for prospects, is that Guillen will be the epicenter of Chicago sports. Now that’s staying power. ‘‘See everyone Tuesday,’’ Guillen said. ‘‘I’m not hiding. Like I’ve said, I’m the real Chicago tough.’’ So you don’t miss him? If you reached this point of the column, you really do.