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Lets go All Star, how about a hit.

Also glad to see Santana and Sabathia out of the AL Central. Heres a thought. Its pretty obvious that Sabathia is just a rental for Milwaukee, what if the Sox signed CC this offseason? That'd be sweet. Though I doubt we have that kind of dough.

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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 7, 2008 -> 01:16 PM) The post is good, but the premise that history is relevant is wrong IMO. I have learned to ignore the term "beware of history" since 2005. Now that I've gotten that pet peeve off my chest, your point that the biggest threat to the Sox playoff chances is the Sox is 100 percent correct. We are clearly the most talented and best all around team in this divison, but that doesn't mean we will win the division. Still have to play well, and if you want to use "history" as an example that the best team doesn't always win the division, the 2003 Sox are a good place to look. The good news is the Twins have 5 more road games left than we do, and are starting a stretch of very difficult schedule tomorrow in Boston. Just wanted something sort of flashy to catch people's eyes. I guess it was too cliche, my bad.

At around this point last year, The Tribe were a game behind the Tigers. We all know who ended out on top and who was sitting at home in October. How does this relate to us? The Twins currently sit one game behind us in the standings. I am tired of hearing that they won't be around at the end of the season, or that they aren't as good as we are. This is the same story I heard time and again from 2002-2004 and again in 2006 when they were the ones who ended up playing in October while we sat watching them, pissed off knowing that the Sox blew it. They always play above their heads, thats the kind of play Gardenhire gets out of his teams. Also, notice that the Twins have gone 19-5 since we swept them at the Cell a month ago. They obviously can't maintain a clip like that, but I don't think this team is going to go away. Plus, there is always the Tigers, who could come alive at any moment. I know we have been saying that all season, and as each day passes and they remain 7 games back, it becomes harder and harder to dig themselves out of a hole like that. But that offense could come out an dominate, and if they make some moves in the coming weeks to tweak some of the weaknesses they have, they could be another thorn in our sides. Its not all gloom and doom, though I have a propensity to be one of the first to start shouting that the sky is falling, but we need to get some things together. We need to start winning road games. We need to keep beating teams we should beat, and we need to keep beating up on our own division. If we do that, I think the division should be ours for the taking. All of that said, I think the team that poses the biggest threat to hinder the Sox playoff chances is the Sox themselves. We need to avoid prolonged slumps. The season is more than half over, we know what we have. We have a streaky team that is very reliant on the longball. It doesn't look like we are going to make any significant trades. Hopefully we can maintain the pitching we have had yearlong and remain healthy. I'd like to see PK come back with some renewed vigor and maybe provide a little extra offensive jolt. I'd really like to see Javy not suck has recently and has in big game situations. Maybe Jose can revert to pre-June form and Buehrle can remain in June form. The youngsters hopefully will pitch as wonderfully as they have been and they bullpen will hopefully remain rested and dominant. Bobby needs to come back to Linebrink isn't coughing up 9th inning homers anymore. This is a lot to ask for, but I think they Sox can do it. I hope they can.

Unlike when Pods or AJ won it, one thing working against us this year is we are on the road the entire week during the Final Vote voting. No stump speeches by Buehrle telling fans at the game to vote. Didn't the Sox set up like voting stations at the park too? Its up to the die-hard fans to vote early and often and get other who really don't care to vote to get Dye in this game..........and maybe Rowand.

Way to go Joe, come on Swish. 3 walk offs in a row?

Thome, Crede, Swish here. Hopefully we can muster a bloop and a blast here. Though that would involve some luck and some clutch hitting.

F*CK

Damn.

Lets see the April-May CQ here.

Atta boy AJ

Glad I was wrong. Also I'm surprised they took out Duchsherererer.

I have a feeling Javy is going to give up a HR if he isn't taken out soon.

I'm glad we decided to see 5 pitches from this guy. Despite how good their bullpen I'd just love to see someone else on the mound, for a change of pace.

Gameday has an ad in the corner for the Yankees Red Sox series. Seriously? I hate how over-hyped that series gets. Its not even a battle for first in that division. Also we need to work this guy a little and get to the A's pen before they hand it over to Street.

I feel like if he doesn't get a call he acts like a b**** and then starts pitching like crap. That and his standard 6th inning meltdowns. Luckily he doesn't do that as often anymore.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 26, 2008 -> 11:57 AM) Getting out of a jam like that would ignite a non-dysfunctional team. Can we get a rally going?? Or is this pitcher going to continue to resemble Sandy K? Great job minimizing the damage that inning, Sox. Can you wake up now? Or is this game ova? How many times have we asked that of the team? They suck. I am starting to really hate our offense. Two weeks ago everything was magical. The weather started heating up and so did the offense. I thought that the Twins series was this teams statement saying that they were for real and this division was theirs. Now they are just pissing it away. As for the Twins, they fight and claw back to 1.5 games back. The Sox would never pull off something like that. This might be the last weekend in first, so enjoy it while it lasts.

This team is so streaky. Hopefully we can start a new winning streak and maybe MIN and DET will cool off a bit. But I really don't see this lead lasting long if we keep sucking like this. I am just ready to go back to playing AL teams. Hopefully we can take advantage of the Tribe next week and we still have 16 games left against the Royals. But what has happened to our pitching lately? Floyd is getting consistently rocked, Contreras is sucking and Javy has looked like a b**** mostly since his start in Seattle.

Thats a White Sox winner. They're 5-8 since I moved away from Chicago.

I like what I'm seeing from Wise. But is he for real? He is 30 years old and has been up and down in the bigs since 2000. Could he just be a AAAA guy who is hot right now?

I hate Cub fans. A friend of mine who is a Cubs fan just called me to tell me they lost. He needed to tell me that it was their first home loss since May 17 and that they won 14 in a row until tonight. First of all I don't care. Second, I live in Hong Kong. Did he really need to make that long distance call to the opposite end of the globe to tell me this? Sorry, I needed to vent a little.

If Mark keeps this up, he could lower his ERA past Javy's.

This is the Mark I love to watch. Hopefully he doesn't have to face the Indians again this season.

Now, Mark needs to not give back these runs. I'm sick of taking a lead and then giving it right back.