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Some new math... 88 games left. 55 division games left. 55-33 would win 90 games. That's .625 ball the rest of the season.

Beckham should be playing.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 21, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) It's all about the fact that Ozzie Guillen faps to pictures of Juan Pierre 24/7. He has a love for the man that is unmatched by anyone. But that's where Kenny Williams has to put on the big boy pants, and craft this 25-man roster any way he wants to. It's Kenny's job to make the roster. It's Ozzie's job to manage it. Period.

My argument was the Sox wasted 4 mil on Manny Ramirez last year for a month. Completely threw it away on that piece of s***. If they can't eat a couple mil due to Pierre the rest of the year, and trade it out for Viciedo, who is making good coin in AAA.... I just don't get it from the "return on investment" front. Teams dump salary all the time because the player sucks. This wouldn't be any different.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 20, 2011 -> 07:07 PM) Holy heck, a ton of empty seats. Let that be a warning to MLB never to put the Sox and Cubs in the same division. It would eventually kill the game.

Why do I keep writing off the Twins? Why!! 17-37 to 86-76 would still be tough. They aren't going 69-39, are they?

Pierre LF, Vizquel 2B, Ramirez SS, Konerko 1B, Dunn RF, Rios CF, Pierzynski C, Teahen 3B, Humber P

Breaking Bad--one month from today!

By winning percentage, the White Sox have the easiest interleague schedule in the AL. Gotta clean up.

Yep. They get the walk off, feeling good about themselves going into tomorrow. Putz did blow a save though.

DBacks in extras. Hopefully they play 20 innings.

By my count the Sox have 42 quality starts in 70 games. That's 60% and on pace for 97 quality starts. That's very good. Good teams win between 75 and 80% of their quality starts. The Sox should have 31-34 wins in those 42 quality starts. The Sox are 25-17 in their 42 qualilty starts. So they should be 6-9 games better than they are with the starting pitching they have.

They really have to go 10-5 the next 15, or they're in a real bad place.

The Sox will now have 55 division games after July 3rd. Tigers- 12 Twins- 14 Indians- 13 Royals- 16 There's your season.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:16 PM) Perhaps they didn't have problems, but don't you think the fans might show up in larger numbers if they knew they would be comfortable? I guess, but from my experience at Miller Park, even when the roof is open, it's still different than a regular open-aired stadium. I don't fault the Twins for not building a stadium with a retractable roof. It's a beautiful downtown park, and they wouldn't be able to create that atmosphere with a roof.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:05 PM) Why they built a stadium in Minnesota with no retractable roof is beyond me. You know much that costs? They didn't have any more problems with weather than any other team last year. The Minnesota weather thing is overblown.

Both trips back to Minnesota don't have off days around them, so that 6-man might come in handy in August.

Game has been postponed. no makeup date.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) When the Indians lose tonight, they will NEVER see first place again for the reason of the season. GUARANTEED. So you're guaranteeing the Indians won't win tomorrow? Pretty ballsy.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 07:21 PM) Is that CT or ET? Minneapolis and Chicago are both CT. I'll go with that.

Uhhh...Verlander.....

I'd like to know if the Sox have ever made it through the first 68 games without a rainout ever before this season. Is there a stat for that?

http://twitter.com/#!/scottmerkin/stat...766829517225984

Radar looks bad, but hopefully the system will weaken over the next few hours. It would be fitting if the Sox first rain out of the season happened up there.

I gotta say...the DH in the AL, pitchers hit in the NL doesn't bother me. AL fans like the DH. NL fans like pitchers hitting. It wouldn't bother me if they kept it the way it is, but if they're going to make it the same, they have to add the DH in the NL. There's no way the player's association is giving that up.