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Unless he is injured you know that Maddux is going to pitch well. He never has relied on his abilities as much as his knowledge, and that doesn't go away with age.

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My personal theory on trolling is I go more for the specific trolls and tear them apart instead of trolling a teams board. Most of the fans on a board are usually pretty cool, and have no interesting in getting into stuff like that. That's why I look for the fools and eat them for lunch.

This is out of today's Chicago Tribune. Sounds like he might have been misdiagnosed... The White Sox were stunned to hear that Bobby Thigpen, the team's career saves leader, needed nearly three hours of surgery Friday to stem massive internal bleeding caused by a fall as he was leaving a hockey game the previous night. Thigpen, who lives in Florida, fell on the stairs as he was leaving the Tampa Bay Lightning-Washington Capitals playoff game at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa. He was listed in critical condition and placed on a ventilator, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Dr. Kevin Hirsch, a trauma surgeon who operated on Thigpen, told the newspaper that Thigpen had significant bleeding around his pancreas and kidney. "But he was lucky in that the damage wasn't so significant that anything had to come out," Hirsch said. "I expect he'll keep his organs. This was a terrible situation that could have been a heck of a lot worse." Thigpen, who saved a major-league-record 57 games for the Sox in 1990, has participated in fantasy baseball camps for the team. Former teammate Frank Thomas, who learned of the accident from reporters, called Thigpen "a clubhouse leader, someone who would lay it on the line every day." "He's one of the guys we were hoping would come back as a coach here because he's such an inspiration when he's in the locker room," Thomas said. "I hope he gets through this." Trainer Herm Schneider planned to contact Thigpen's wife, Keri. "He's the best," Schneider said of Thigpen. "Pure wonderful." Thigpen went home Thursday night after being treated by paramedics at the arena. He thought he had merely bruised his ribs. After his condition grew worse Friday, Keri took her husband to Bayfront Medical Center. He will remain hospitalized for several more days, officials said. Thigpen, who retired in 1995 because of arm and back problems, saved 201 games for the Sox.

Frank Thomas will return after being rested Sunday. But Aaron Rowand, in the midst of a 2-for-18 slump, will likely give way to fellow center fielder Armando Rios, who went 2-for-4 Sunday with an RBI single. "I'll probably run [Rios] out there Tuesday to see if he can keep his little streak going," manager Jerry Manuel said. "I still really believe that Rowand is our center fielder, but if this guy (Rios) is hot and driving in runs, then I have to go with him." Said Rios: "I'm not in a position to be saying, 'I should do this, I should do that.' We've got good players here and I'm sure he'll run out there whoever's hot. Of course I want it to be me all year. If not, I'll be ready to pinch hit." With the Sox leading 1-0 in the seventh, Rios stroked a single to left that scored Brian Daubach and moved Carlos Lee to third.

This is from today's Trib Frank Thomas will get to the ballpark early Tuesday, perhaps seven hours before the game's first pitch. Thomas, who's on a mission to end his early-season slump, will work overtime with hitting guru Walt Hriniak. "I have to get it right," said Thomas, who's batting .222. Thomas knows it's unusual to have his own hitting coach, but Hriniak served as a coach for the White Sox from 1989-95 and remains close to Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. So much so that the team will pay for Hriniak's flight from Boston to work exclusively with Thomas this week. "He's still part of the organization," Thomas said of Hriniak. "He and Jerry Reinsdorf are very good friends. They've never lost that rapport. "[Hriniak's] a real focused guy who's always willing to help. With my style of hitting, he's the one guy that sees the holes, sees where I'm leaking. And he knows how to fix it quick. "We'll be out there early and we won't disrupt anybody else. No charade, no secrets. Just work." Thomas believes his mechanics are out of whack after facing a steady diet of inside fastballs. "I'm trying to stay patient," he said. "But it's early in the season and you want to hit. I've probably gotten myself out 12 times in the last four days trying to hit that ball in. And it's impossible." Thomas, hitless in his last eight at-bats, had no problem with manager Jerry Manuel's decision to rest him Sunday. "He wants to keep everybody fresh," Thomas said. Manuel said it was important to give Thomas a breather. He might do the same for Magglio Ordonez next week. "Even though we have a day off [Monday], a guy really doesn't get the full benefit until he comes to the park, comes to work but doesn't have to work," he said. "He can relax his mind and watch a ballgame. "When everybody gets a day off, it's not the same."

Knotts did come over in the Mark Redmon deal.

There is no arguing anyone in our minors over D'Angleo. He has more ability that anyone. Miles is a likable player but he has zero upside. He strikes me as a Tony G type of contributer off of the bench at best.

I looked it up and opposing teams have only 4 SB vs 4 CS. I couldn't find a breakdown of which catchers were reponsible for what.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/r...0030413_ATL@FLA He drops almost 3 full runs off of his era today!

Some families prayers got answered. Lets hope the rest of the MIA's turn out as well.

I guess they found the rest of that offense when none of us were paying attention, huh?

They also just showed the one with Lee hanging from the rim... cool.

They just played the old Nike commericial with Spike Lee and Michael Jordan, the "its gotta be the Shoe" commercial. man I haven't seen that one forever! I wonder why they are playing it again???

If I am remembering right we have thrown out 4 or 5 guys trying to steal already this year???

Eh, the boys have to go into each series thinking that they can sweep it. Plus I'd like to think that they are looking for some Royal revenge after the embarassing games that they played in KC over the openning series.

The D did the job today. Looked very effective. Bart also worked quicker than he used to and I think that helped.

That's an interesting question. I wonder if they have made any exceptions or not?

This is a page that a guy on the Sox ESPN boards maintains. He only updates it a couple of times a week, but it is nice because all of our teams are on one page. So far Rauch and Borch have been great, Harris has been meh, and Miles has been OK. It would help if I posted the site http://www.geocities.com/wsox_minors/

I think Rowand is too busy looking over his shoulder at what guys like Rios and Borchard are doing. I think Aaron is an ideal 4th OFer, and not much of a starter in CF. Nothing against Aaron, becuase I love the way he plays the game. If Lee played the game the way Aaron does every night, we'd be talking about Lee as one of the top 10 OFers in the game. But Aaron just isn't that talented. And I really have got to figure by the All-star break he will be back on the bench.

Could we be talking about 7 starter possibilities??? I think getting beat out by Stewart and Loiaza was the best thing that could have happened to Jon. Now he has to go back to AAA and prove that he is worthy instead of a spot just being handed to him. I get the feeling that either Stewart or Loiaza or maybe both of them will start to stumble. I hope Jon is there to step in when it happens.

Thank you Bocachica!

I wonder if Bocachica translates roughly to Tigers Lee? But I do have to give Carlos his props. His run made the difference in the game, and he earned scoring that run!

Yesterday was the best that I think Gordon has looked all year. All his pitches seemed to be working for him.

You got the name Mike South though too. How many does that have, like 900? yeah, my number of posts are decieving. we couldnt take 2000 posts from you LMAO!