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No, I know that. He's not playing above Kanny this year. I think he started this season in extended spring training in prep for a short-season team. I hope that's been scrapped, and he's staying in Kannapolis.

Was Thompson moved up because of an injury? He's not getting moved out of Kanny, is he?

Did you know Aaron Poreda is in AA--in the bullpen? Adam Russell just got sent down. Dexter Carter is doing nothing so far this season. Yeah, I'm sure the Padres are excited about dealing with the White Sox real soon.

Kanny won that marathon. 3-2, 20 innings

Brent Morel with a few knocks at AA. He's heating up a little.

Ok, good. I'll take every break we can get.

MLB dropped Cliff Lee's suspension. I guess he convinced them his injury caused his wildness. Not sure if he's ready to come back this weekend against the White Sox.

It's hard to feel optimistic, no question. I'm in 'hoping for the best, expecting the worst' mode. If this team isn't meant to be good, so be it. Maybe it'll force some drastic things to happen, which are probably long overdue.

Viciedo 2-4, homer

Freddy Dolsi has been a pile of suck.

Jordan Danks with his 6th double.

Shelby with a double for B'ham. Hot bat.

Thompson added a double.

Well, we're missing Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee is still on the DL. I guess that's a positive.

It's not about standings and how many games out they are. It's about a team that can't hit, a bullpen that can't finish a six-out save, and a manager that bats Kotsay 5th and 3rd in the lineup. These are legitimate concerns. And I'm sorry to rag on the bullpen, because the overall numbers are good, but they've had two games where they needed to finish it off, and they didn't. If they did, the Sox would be pretty close to .500. Plus the fact that they are 1-5 against the Indians. That's a bad sign.

This is when real teams fire their manager. When does the championship exemption run out? When Jerry dies?

So who wants to go out to Midway and welcome our boys home tonight? Great trip.

Not watching...did Hawk give that one a dad-gummit?

Danks 2-2, double.

Is 4-17 the date or their record in a week?

Just a hunch, but I think Joey Cora would suck as a manager. Personally, if Ozzie left, I hope they clean house sans Don Cooper.

I'm a Sox fan, and I'm half joking. Obviously, I would love it if they turned it around and got back to .500 in the next 10 days. But there is a part of me that just wants to see them get buried sooner than later just to see how bad it could get. I don't want the Sox to be caught in the mediocre middle where they get confused as to what direction to go. If it gets real bad, they'll be forced to blow it up, and maybe even change managers.

I hope the Sox go 3-17 the next 20. Let's see how bad this can get.

Let's see what the standings look like when they leave Minnesota on May 12. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2010 -> 10:56 PM) Fall out of this? In April? Geesh.

Nice start for Nevin Griffith. It would be great if he turned into a prospect we could get excited about.