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Thats likely the end of Alex Rios hitting streak (unless we have to win in extra innings). Guess he'll just have to start crushing the ball again tomorrow.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 08:06 PM) If Soxtalk posters ran the bullpen, Thornton, Sale, and Santos would all be on the DL. It's not safe to run them each out there 120+ games each season?

Great move by Ozzie to bring in Ohman there! It's destiny we are headed to the playoffs! I can't believe that this thread only has 8 pages to it though when we are playing the best ball of anyone in the league at this time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 9, 2011 -> 07:47 PM) and somehow he gets 2 quick outs. Coop fixed him between innings

Rios doesn't have a hit yet today. His at bat this inning will likely be 1 of only 2 chances to keep his hitting streak alive.

Knock another half game off Detroit's lead. The Tigers have to be getting scared now!!!!

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 07:15 PM) Nice he waits until August to figure his sh*t out. At least he'll be swinging a good bat in the postseason

Gotta love the fact that the White Sox have become an offensive juggernaut!

Ye of little faith....don't ever give up on this Sox team the rest of the year! We are on fire now!

We'll come back in the 8th or 9th. I have confidence in this team.

Come on Danks. Induce the DP now

Dunn about to go deep

AJ f***ing Pierzynski!!!

Nice hustle by Paulie!

I'm guessing the Sox come back with at least a 3 spot here.

Danksy!!!!!

QUOTE (BBaum21 @ Aug 8, 2011 -> 05:39 PM) You realize they took 3/4 from Sox earlier this year, right? You realize we could take 10/10 from them now?

First place by Labor Day! Anyone else ready to jump on the party train???

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Come on guys, we have seen this act time and time again this year. They get to .500, and then lose a few games. Then, they get back to .500, only to lose a few games. Repeat. They aren't fooling me, and they aren't going to make up 5.5 games in the last two months. In other "runs" though, we were just struggling to scrape by and not playing sound baseball. This weekend, we played like the best team in the majors and it definitely gives reason for optimism.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 05:56 PM) This team went 32-21 despite Alex Rios, Adam Dunn, Ozzie Guillen, Ken Williams and everyone else anyone would care to blame for most of this season. The team didnt play spectacularly well during that stretch. If they win that same percentage of remaining games, they will finish the season with 84 wins. Its not asking this team to do what they have not already done before this season, with the same problems that are apparently with them for the duration. Unfortunately, a lot of it is simply out of their hands now. This team is probably not capable of winning many more than 84-86 games, and the tigers would need to play several games under .500 to give us a chance. And when they went 32-21 earlier this season, I don't think they played as fundamentally sound as they did this week. They went into a place they always struggle at and kicked some Twinkies ass three days in a row. I'm not sure how it did...but I think Ozzie has really inspired this team and its ready to go on a roll the rest of the way!

This team played perhaps it's best baseball of the season over the weekend. Rios seems to be turning things around and the pitching continues to be rock solid. With Ozzie's motivation, I still believe the potential of this team will be realized. In the game thread, I mentioned first place by the end of the month. Looking at the schedule, I think the more realistic possibility is Labor Day weekend when we wrap up a series with the Tigers. I know some may think I'm crazy, but I firmly believe the Sox will be in first place when we leave Detroit. Who's on board? Jump on board this crazy train or sentence me to insane asylum.....than let's look back in a month and see who was right.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 03:17 PM) Dude, no one would have traded for him, no one would trade for him now. I don't know if I'd want to trade him now. With the adjustments he's made and the way he's hitting the ball now, he may raise his average to .240 or so by the end of the season.

Having Rios come out of his long, long drought is awesome! It's beginning to look like a good thing now that we didn't trade him.

Peavy is pitching today like he wants to pitch game one of the playoffs this year.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) Ok let's not get over our heads here If we don't make it by the end of the month, I think we'll overtake them during the Labor Day weekend series.