ThunderBolt

Seth Loman is on a tear. 4-4 tonight with a 2b and 3 RBI's Tyler Flowers is now at .316 with a 3-3 line tonight.

Good to see we can't take advantage of playing a rebuilding team at home, with our ace on the mound.

Nice, Buehrle. Really nice. Let's give the other run back too.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 08:38 PM) It wouldn't matter even if they were interested, Rios was claimed by an AL ballclub. Ah, hadn't read that Kalapse. Thanks.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) Phegley is hitting around .275 his last 7 games, hopefully he's coming around. He’s need to start walking a bit more, but he’s having a nice stretch.

We Let 'Em off The Hook

Thome!!!! RBI single

This just in: Gordon Beckham is really good.

Nix have some nice plate discipline.

What a huge play by Nix. Wow.

Oh f*** that Buehrle? Really? The indians have s*** to offer.

What the hell just happened with Q? Two huge misplays.

Nice pickoff by Mark.

The Giants would be the best destination for Rios. I'm hearing they're not interested though. Bit weird when they're running Velez out their every night.

Thought that was going to fall.

QUOTE (Fedor @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 04:10 PM) Wait, how's "solid 2-3 starter" translate to "incredible upside". Not to split hairs, but Stephen Straussburg and that Cuban Lefty have upsides that are remotely close to incredible level. Is Hudson that good? Is he really topping out at 98? I mean, I know he throws 4 pitches and all.... but so did Josh Fogg and Matt Guerrier. Wait, since when is a prospect being a potentially solid number # 2 anything less than great? There are select few aces in this game, Hudson isn’t quite going to get there, but he’s going to be a damn good pitcher if everything works itself out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 08:16 PM) 5 errors in a week is a little more than something going on. You should get better with playing time, not worse. Nix is a natural second basemen. It’s logical to asusme he’d have some growing pains at short.

Now THAT is why Jayson Nix is considered a great defender.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 08:13 PM) Can we please end the Nix=good defense myth. He has been HORRIBLE the week he has been starting. What is that 5 errors now? It’s not a myth. Nix is absolutely a great defender, something must be going on with him.

What the hell is happening with Nix?

Every once in a while Phegley will have the kind of night that shows you exactly what he's capable of. Tonight was one of those nights. 2-5 with a 3-run homer.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 7, 2009 -> 12:03 AM) You heard it here first, Ryne Sandberg will be the next manager of the Cubs. I absolutely agree with you. I have little doubt that as soon as Lou Pinella retires, Sandberg’s going to be with the big league club. Don’t be surprised to see Sandberg managing in AAA next year. They're moving him through the system like a top prospect.

As expected, the process of writing off Bartolo Colon has begun. About time, if you ask me. It's remarkable how someone so lazy, so unmotivated to succeed, could continue to get jobs in Major League Baseball. Most likely this one will prove to be his last. "No, he's not here," Guillen said. "What is it? That's hard to find out. That's the hardest question you ask me, where is Colon? "I think I don't see him pitching here in the next 20 days because he's got to go to a rehab assignments, start over with a pitching thing and we'll see what happens." http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune....oxs-season.html

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 6, 2009 -> 11:59 PM) Well, to be fair, I think the starter for the Smokies was in the process of being converted from reliever to starter. Nah, he has a history of doing this in the Minors. I believe he’s been thrown out of a rather large numbers of games as well.

ROFLMAO remains my favorite piece of internet lingo. I try to use it in everyday i speech.