Dick Allen

Miracles happen everyday.

Paulie comes through. Now hopefully Detroit won't hit the ball to Valentin.

Willie needs to go to Charlotte. Lets get somebody in Chicago who isn't afraid to make things happen.

I'd love to get excited, but this is the team that had 6 consecutive batters reach base and only scored 1 run.

I agree, I don't think either Benson or Zambrano will be able to hack it in NYC.

Jim Duquette. I believe he is Dan Duquette's (the much maligned former GM of the Red Sox) cousin.

Not at all. They needed a set up guy, Billy Koch had been handling that job. Mota is one of the best in the business. They needed a catcher, LoDuca is pretty good. Encarcion is a decent ballplayer. The Marlins are loaded with starters, so Penny was expendable. This is a great trade for the Marlins.

He had a gigantic forehead.

When Magglio Ordonez was 19 he hit .216 in the first of 3 seasons of A ball. He was an impact player by the time he was 24. I'll guarantee you Sweeney has played less baseball in his 19 years of life than Magglio had at the same point. Obviously, this means nothing about future progress, but this guy has talent, and should get a lot better. His average and power have increased as the season has gone on, and he has adjusted to wooden bats. Getting rid of guys like this for anything less than a sure thing, something Floyd is far from, is stupid. If Sweeney develops like many feel he will, he will be a bargain for several seasons. I am so happy this "deal" wasn't true. I'd love to take you up on your 10 to 1 Sweeney becomes an impact player bet.

Absolutely.

Trading prospects for players that have seen their better days is dangerous. KW trades Sweeney now, that's one less chip, one less huge chip he has to play with in the future. If KW does this, and I am still very skeptical, it probably will be a career defining moment for him. If Floyd gets hurt or doesn't produce, and the Sox farm system is down another top prospect, KW probably should be looking for work. If Floyd gets hot and leads the Sox deep into the playoffs, KW is executive of the year, and will elevate his status to GM as long as he wants to be.

I don't think I would trade a guy with the potential of Sweeney for someone likely to join Magglio and Frank on the DL. He gets hurt almost every year. Floyd is already hinting at retirement, and doesn't want to play here, even though he is from the area. The White Sox were one of the 4 or 5 teams he couldn't be traded to in his last contract.

He's an "old" 32

A nothing prospect isn't going to push the deal over the top for Pittsburgh. This is scaring me.

I noticed. Please delete.

Gammons is reporting Benson is going to the Mets for a couple of players. He also said the White Sox will send Pittsburgh a minor leaguer. My guess is the Sox get Shane Spencer. Gammons said KW wanted to make sure Minnesota didn't get Benson.

Ozzie has been very Bevingtonesque recently. I think the honeymoon may be over. If JM were managing this same game tonight, and made the same moves, he would have been skewered.

The line used to be it never cost the Sox anything. Heck, pitchers pitching over his 36 errors in 2000 may have led to their injuries. Now, everytime he makes a mistake, it costs the Sox the game.

If our shortstop doesn't make a baserunning blunder yesterday, or catches a pop up yesterday, or makes an accurate 7 foot throw today, the Sox are 1 game out. Unfortunately, he failed on all, and they sit 4 games out.

He alone cost the Sox the game yesterday. Don't give me Borchard hit into a DP. Borchard picked Valentin up in the 7th when Jose got thrown out on the bases, with a walk, and the DP grounder was scalded. The dropped pop out took the cake. If he makes a decent 7 foot throw tonight, at the very least, they are still playing, but yet another unearned game winning run on a Jose Valentin error. Great leader, pop off about Frank a little more Jose, you jackass. Make sure he is 2000 miles away in Vegas when you pop off. Oh yea, Jose's errors never cost the Sox any runs. Just the last 2 have cost the Sox 3 games to Minnesota in the standings. Josh asked me to delete a post made in haste. His earlier quote has been removed. Any questions PM me. Thanks. SS

Nice, swing at the first pitch and hit a weak grounder to short. He sucks so much.

You can't blame Gload, it was a hit and run, or a steal attempt. He doesn' t have a green light. Valentin made a terrible throw on a sure DP.

OZZIEBALL-ITS AN ATTITUDE

Isn't Jose the great team leader? Would it be too much to ask to get 1 single in 10 games?

The fact is he blew yesterday's game, which cost the Sox 2 games to Minnesota in the standings. He is also the reason they are trailing tonight. All his backers kiss his ass when he hits 3 homeruns in a 17-4 win. Look at how he's done during the biggest stretch of the season. He has 3 hits the last 10 games, all homeruns. How about shortening your stroke and trying to help the team win. He hasn't provided the offense when we needed it. He had no hits against the Twins last series. He defense may cost us 2 consecutive games. His baserunning, usually spectacular, has been brutal of late. He needs to sit down for a while.