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People, the White Sox have not lost since September 27th. That was 15 days from yesterday. It's ok, our time to lose one game was up last night. Cy Contreras, as I like to call him, has been pitching out of his mind lately and still pitched really well last night. Hitting struggled, but a guy like Byrd usually has our number. They schedule 7 games for a reason....no worries on my end. Get 'em in game 2 MB!!

Garland is not throwing game 1?

AS long as we clinch with enough time to rest our starters for a week or so I'm happy.

I think that I read somewhere that he wants out of Cinnci badly.

it's just too bad Jon couldn't have gotten the win. I'll take any wins right now though!

Did anyone possibly consider that they players are getting a little tired and a full batting practice session before every game is tiring them for the actual game. Maybe it's a good thing to give them a little rest before the game. These guys already know exactly what Santana is going to bring and they played a long game last night. I actually have a feeling that when we end this losing streak (hopefully tonight!), it is going to bring a winning streak of about 6-7 games.

OK people, Paulie didn't run it out. OH WELL. He is one of the best first basemen in the league. All of you Paulie haters are complete idiots if you want to see such a great offensive weapon leave. Get a clue people, Paulie is awesome.

I heard this question on the score as well and the first name that came to mind was mark mulder. both boys would get sent home. however, I LOVE BUEHRLE!!

I bought it for a month because I go to school in Milwaukee and I wasn't able to see the Sox games during the first month of the season. The quality is not too bad, it's what i expected. For it's purpose, it was well worth the 15 bucks for a month.

I don't know if this was posted yet and sorry if it was, but I heard from somewhere, I cannot remember where, that if Frank was traded, the team that acquired him automatically had to pick up his contract for next year which is like 12 mil or something. That might be hard to hand off to someone. Later Carl. Bill

The UD is not that bad. It is a little steep, but the view is not bad at all. Bill

Mike Sweeney just PLOWED the Twins cathcer Redmond to put the Royals up 9-8 in the Top of the 9th. The Twins are getting a taste of their own medicine. Joe Crede was prepared to run over Mauer and now Sweeney of the Royals plowed Redmond. Bill

I did not get to see the game but I saw the box score. 56 looked great as usual and the offense still needs to wake up. I'm not worried about this team or the offense though 1-0 BABY!! Bill

Why would Widger make the team over Burke? Bill

Just a quick note, some of the bars on Marquette campus can be tough on ID's, so for the under agers...beware Bill

I have never been in The Harp, but it looks like a dump and I heard it is expensive. If you go one block east from The Harp, you will be on Water Street and there are a ton of good bars. Also, the Gym bar on campus is now called the Annex. Haggerty's is another good bar on campus. If anyone wants any good bars to check out, leave a message on this post and I will try to read them and get back to you. Bill

I have a nice situation. I go to school at Marquette and Miller Park is minutes away, probably 10 minutes. So I plan on going back to campus afterwards and partying.

Thanks everyone for your responses!!

Hey fellow Sox fans, I just got done writing a speech for my public speaking class. The speech is supposed to be informative and about any topic that we please. So I picked the 1919 White Sox - the black sox scandal. I thought some people might enjoy reading it, so I pasted it below. I believe it is pretty accurate, if some parts are not, just let me know. I have a clip from a website as the beginning of the intro, the rest is below for you to read. The eight names that you just saw were the eight players that were said to be involved with the “black sox scandal.” The year was 1919, and baseball had been growing at an incredible rate. After World War I baseball saw a huge boom in increased attendance at the games. The World Series at that time, was comparable to the Super Bowl of today’s era, it was the biggest sporting event in the world. Now enter the Chicago White Sox. At that time they were arguably the best team in baseball, and according to Douglas Linder who wrote “The Black Sox Trial: An Account,” maybe the best team ever. However, this team did not go down in history for how good they were, they went down in history for how much they disgraced the game of baseball. From 1917 to 1919, the Chicago White Sox were the most dominant team in baseball. They had won the World Series in 1917, and it looked as though they were the huge favorite to win again in 1919. The superstars on this team however, got paid about half of what all other ball players in the league received. The best two players on the team, Shoeless Joe Jackson - who receieved his nickname because he once played a minor league game while not wearing shoes - and Buck Weaver were getting paid about $6,000 a year, while other players in the league with less talent were getting paid about $10,000 a year. Despite having that most talented team in baseball, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey paid his players sub-par. In actuality, the team earned the name Black Sox not because of the scandal, rather because Comiskey charged them to wash their uniforms, so usually the players played with dirty uniforms. The players started to get angry because they were clearly the best team, but their owner was so cheap. White Sox ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte was promised by Comiskey that he could earn an extra $10,000 if he won 30 games in the 1919 season. Cicotte had 29 wins and in the final 2 weeks of the season Comiskey had him benched so he could not win his 30th game. Frustration had set in with the players and they were sick of Comiskey, their cheap owner. Now enters the gambling. White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil came up with the idea one weekend when the team was in Boston. Gandil and one of his acquaintances and professional gambler “Sport” Sullivan put the deal together. The deal was for the White Sox to intentionally lose the World Series for money. Other gamblers entered the picture to make the deal go smoothly and to raise the money that the players wanted. Gandil knew that ace pitcher Cicotte would like to get involved after the way Comiskey treated him. The two of them knew that they would need more than two players to fix the World Series, so they recruited six other players: SS Swede Risburg, 3B Buck Weaver, CF Happy Felsch, P Lefty Williams, Utility IF Fred McMullin, and one of the best and most popular stars ever, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. These eight players had agreed to throw the World Series. According to Eric Everstine’s “1919 World Series: Black Sox Scandal,” the gamblers bet nearly half of a million on the other team, Cincinnati Reds, to win the World Series. The players were to be payed $100,000 to split eight ways. To put that into perspective, $100,000 divided by eight is $12,500, which is a little more than double of what Comiskey was paying them. With the deal underway and the money figured out, the last part of the puzzle is the World Series - Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds. Game 1 of the World Series, White Sox ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte was scheduled to start. On the second pitch of the ball game, Cicotte hit Reds batter Maurice Rath, alerting the gamblers that the deal was officially on. The sign was the hit batter. Now I am just going to give a brief summary of each game. Game 1, Cicotte pitched, the deal was on. The White Sox went on to lose the game 9-1. Game 2, Lefty Williams pitched, another player involved in the deal, the Sox lost 4-2. Game 3, Dickie Kerr pitched and the Sox won 3-0. Game 4 Cicotte pitched again, and surprise surprise, the Sox lost again 2-0. Game 5, Williams pitched again and the Sox committed 5 errors, Sox lose again 5-0. Game 6, Dickie Kerr pitched another great game and the Sox won 5-4. Game 7, Cicotte pitched again, but surprisingly, the Sox won this time 4-1. And finally, Game 8, Williams threw for the third time and the Sox lost the series. The White Sox lost the best of 9 series to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3. The deal worked like a charm. The gamblers won their money and the players were rewarded their money. A year later, word had spread of the deal. The eight players involved would be tried in court for defrauding the public, but all eight were found innocent. However, the eight players supposedly involved would later become suspended from the game of baseball from life, and none of them would ever be allowed to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. That is the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox or Black Sox Scandal - done and over, but however, there is one part of that scandal will live on forever. That is the legendary “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and his possible involvement with the deal and the banning of the Hall of Fame. Some time after the deal had been put together, but before the series had started, Jackson allegedly wanted out of the deal. He knew it was wrong. Jackson even went to Comiskey and asked him to bench him for the series so he would not participate in the deal or be a part of the series. After the team had been busted for fixing the World Series, Jackson offered his share of the winnings to Comiskey. Jackson to this day is not in the Hall of Fame, but one must wonder why? Jackson is third all time on the career batting average list with a career average of .354. Before Babe Ruth took over baseball, Jackson was the most popular player, he was the face of baseball. In the 1919 World Series, Jackson batted .375, with a World Series record 12 hits, one of which was a home run, the only home run hit in the series. Do those numbers sound like the numbers a player would put up if he was trying to lose? For the less informed on baseball, the answer is NO. At a time when baseball was on the rise and the country needed a pasttime like baseball to help get over WWI, the Chicago White Sox came along and disgraced the game of baseball. The White Sox were clearly the best team in the league in 1919 but the players grew upset with their owner. Gandil managed to organize a deal with gamblers that would have the eight players involved lose the World Series but gain wealth. The White Sox lost the series 5-3 and the World Series had been ruined. The eight players involved in the deal were all suspended or kicked out of baseball for life, including the HOF. The scandal will never be forgotten and it will always put a dark cloud over the Chicago White Sox, especially the 1919 White Sox. One of the greatest teams of all time, a team with so many talented athletes, will forever be in the history books for how much they embarassed baseball. Bill

Bottem line: DO NOT use him for more than one inning. I don't know what it is, but when he pitches more, even if its 1/3 more, he gets rocked. And come on people, dont tell me that he gets tired, hes been in the business for a long time, his arm is conditioned to it. Its not fatigue, but there is there something. Besides, half of his pitches are under 75 MPH!!

My buddy here at Marquette, his brother works public relations for the White Sox, so we already put the word in that we want the tickets. It also helps that I go to Marquette which is about 5 minutes from Miller Park. I am pumped. I plan on attending a few Brewers games to support Carlos. I want to make a poster thatsays something along the lines of....Chicago Misses you Carlos!

If hot Carl comes into the season healthy and in shape, he will be a huge part of this team. If Frank is out until June like Ozzie says, which I highly doubt, we need Everett to be a gamer. He has had many solid years, so I have confidence in him. Then, if he plays well and Frank comes back, we have a good problem on our hands!

I am completely pleased with the offseason that Kenny Williams had. I would give him either an A- or a B+ and I think that I would give him a solid A if our pitching staff is effective and healthy. And as far as moving Willie, that would be a good move and I read last week that Jerry wanted Tony G back - there is our UIF.

Can someone fill me in on what Hawk says? Please and thanks!

I cannot agree more about that 2000 Tigers fight. That fight was the turning point of the season for the Sox and I will never forget that. --Remember Magglio's dropkick.... ....now I want to dropkick Maggs