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Ok, fair enough. Let's give them more time. To me, the math has already caught up to them. We'll see if they can get hot, or if the Twins and Tigers turn into bad teams.

I guess we have different opinions of this team. I don't think they lose games because they're unlucky; they lose because they're bad. The bullpen has moments of brilliance, but they've also had moments of being horrible--including Thornton, who is probably the best lefty reliever in baseball. They don't hit in the clutch. Their OBP is awful. The defense has been bad. Winning teams win, and losing teams lose. That's how it goes. If they want to start winning now, and in bulk, great. I won't be holding my breath. And I'm sorry, 13-19 is a TON worse than 16-16 at this point in the season. That's why those tough losses are tough...because they stay in the standings all year long. They don't leave the loss column.

Shack-- There's a huge difference between 13-19 and 16-16. I hate to break that to you, but there is. Just do this...assume the Sox are out of it until they get to .500. When they get there, then see how many games out they are, and go from there. Until they get to .500, there's no point in being Mr. Positive.

Danks is starting tomorrow, isn't he? I wanted Danks and Buehrle this series.

I thought the Sox would want to load up on lefties against the Twins. I thought that made more sense. Now Floyd and Peavy will be starting a week between starts. In my opinion, you keep your top 4 on schedule, and push your 5th starter back.

So a guy that played 2/3 of a baseball season that hit .270, 14 homers, 28 doubles, and knocked in 63....and learned a new position at the major league level and did well, was rushed to the majors? Uh, no. This is just a slump. A slump that a lot of second year players go through (Coghlan). He will get through it, and be fine. I have no doubt about that. Could Beckham be sent down for a short time to get his swing back? Sure, that may be the right thing to do for him. But he should not be sent down for the rest of the year, and he wasn't "rushed".

Phillies get 84 home games, and Halladay misses out on a Toronto return. Life in 2010... http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=phi

I'd like to know the percentage of teams that are 6 games under or worse after 32 games, that actually get to over .500 sometime that same season.

Rain is moving out in Minneapolis. Looking forward to seeing the new park with the White Sox in it. Not sure why Garcia is starting in this series considering Danks and Buehrle could be starting on normal rest, and they have another off day on Thursday.

If you think the Sox are in it, knock yourself out. More power to you. You better hope the Twins and Tigers turn into bad baseball teams in a hurry.

Embree has been assigned to Charlotte.

I want a sweep either way. Sox sweep-- Ok... cut it to 6 games, get to 15-19, which is starting to sniff .500. Twins sweep-- 10 games out, and 8 games under .500. Everyone will acknowledge the Sox are out of it, and it will be easier to deal with. Split-- Then it's a nothing series, and they go to KC and prolong the agony.

Morel 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs, SB. Now at .324.

Mike Stanton --2 walks and a homer. That guy is a beast.

Morel homer. He's at .318.

2 solo homers for Tyler Flowers.

Leadoff double for Short. He's back at it after the streak ended. Birmingham facing Jacksonville this week--Mike Stanton. Brent Morel with an RBI single.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lhvaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...biraax_jaxaax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...wswafa_potafa_1 Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...kanafx_wvaafx_1

Historically--Buehrle is 24-16 against the Twins, and he's beaten them this year already...and he's coming off a good start.

Yes, they should skip Freddy. I thought the whole point of skipping him last time was top set the rotation for Danks and Buehrle to face the Twins. They should do that, but whatever.

Chet--I like that rule. Maybe I'd say .250, but Beckham needs to lose the music.

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Beckham is a lifetime .213 hitter at US Cellular Field. Very alarming. Even if you take away his 2-24 start at the Cell last year, he's still only .223. I think most of this is in his head. He just needs to find a way to be successful at home, and I think he'll come out of it ok. For now, bat him 7th or 8th for a couple weeks, and if he continues to suck, send him down to Charlotte until he gets his swing back.

Buddy Bell was on the Score this morning. He was saying Danks is trying to do some things with his swing to shorten up. So hopefully that will pay dividends in the next few months. Hopefully a September call up, and he's in the lineup in 2011.

If they lose this game, it could be 10 out by Wednesday afternoon. Yikes.

Charlotte: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Birmingham: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...biraax_msbaax_1 Winston-Salem: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...salafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...kanafx_wvaafx_1