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What works in our favor is that defense and fielding the baseball is still necessary in baseball. As long as this remains, nobody can expect Detroit to sweep.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 9, 2012 -> 06:24 PM) Sox vs KC 1-1 (0-2) -1 vs Oak 2-1 (2-1) -1 at Tor 2-2 (3-1) E at KC 2-1 (0-3) -2 vs NY 2-1 (3-0) -1 vs Sea 2-1 (3-0) E at Bal 2-2 (1-3) -1 at Det 1-2 (0-3) -2 vs Min 2-1 (2-1) -2 vs KC 2-1 (1-2) -3 vs Det 2-2 at Min 2-1 at KC 2-1 at LAA 1-2 vs Cle 2-1 vs TB 2-2 at Cle 2-1 Tigers vs NY 2-2 (2-2) E at Tex 1-2 (1-2) E at Min 2-1 (2-1) E vs Bal 2-1 (1-2) -1 vs Tor 2-1 (3-0) E vs LAA 2-1 (2-1) E at KC 2-1 (0-3) -2 vs Chi 2-1 (3-0) -1 vs Cle 2-1 (1-2) -2 at LAA 1-2 (0-3) -3 at Chi 2-2 at Cle 2-1 vs Oak 2-1 vs Min 2-1 vs KC 3-1 at Min 2-1 at KC 2-1 And now it's down to 88. AL Central Baseball!!! Woo hoo!! Both teams 15-16 in the last 31. 23 left. I have the Sox going 13-10, and the Tigers going 15-8 to tie at 88-74. I doubt either will make it there now. Really got to hope that Oakland sweeps DET. A Sox sweep this series would be HUGE! ...at least 3 of 4 please?

Can someone post the cliff notes or the article here? Web browser is blocked from sports sites here at work. Shhhhh....don't tell them that somehow I get access to this site!

With 30 teams it just makes it difficult to split things up evenly since that 30 is split 16/14. Given Houston’s move next year to the AL will help remedy that. I would like to see them maintain 6 divisions with 5 teams. Take the 3 Divisional winners and 3 Wild Cards from each league. The top 2 overall teams get a 1st round bye. Wild Card Round – Home field advantage to higher seed team. AL1 – Bye AL2 – Bye AL3 vs. AL6 – 3 game series AL4 vs. AL5 – 3 game series The debate here in my opinion is how do you handle the 3 game sequence. 1st two games @ higher seed and a Game 3 at the lower seed? 1st game @ lower seed and last 2 at home for the higher seed? Divisional Round AL1 vs. AL 4/5 AL2 vs. AL 3/6 5 game series – 2, 2, 1 League Championship Divisional Series winners in a 7 game series as usual and then onto the World Series as usual with 7 game series. This only pushes the postseason 1 week out. Last year’s WS was played October 19-28th. If played out as mentioned above, I had the WS projected from October 28 - November 4th.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 11, 2012 -> 11:26 AM) It's not as easy as you might think. If you want to group division based on close location (I call it Hyper Regionalism), it falls apart pretty quickly. You end up with uneven divisions of 3,4 and 5 teams. The only way to do smaller, evenly number divisions is to add 2 expansion teams... which is a VERY bad idea. I actually have a Google Doc over about 5 different realignment scenarios and they all suck. Divisions of 5 each are actually easier and the fairest arrangement. Care to share that document with us? I'd be interested in reading. Thanks! Knox Sox

I look at it more as them wanting to be in better shape for the White Sox than for an inning or two. It is difficult to make an impact in an exhibition game like that unless its perhaps Dunn hitting a HR, but even the best one that he could hit at that point in the game would have just cut the game in half at 8-4. They made the All-Star team...whatever the criteria and guidelines to get in may be...and for that I'm sure they'll be rewarded with a bonus. Good for them. Good for us that they were recognized and more importantly get some rest for the 2nd half.

Just find a way to get Youkilis up to bat with these guys on base please!

Anyone else hoping that we get Youkilis an AB this inning? Yeah....I am.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 05:08 PM) If AJ isn't pinch hitting after this AB by Viciedo, Ventura needs his head checked. Absolutely correct

QUOTE (Knoxville Sox @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 04:38 PM) Good start to the inning here! I like bringing Youkilis to the plate with men on base! Good things have happened so far. Just like that was planned or something! :-)

Good start to the inning here! I like bringing Youkilis to the plate with men on base! Good things have happened so far.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) To put things into perspective a bit: -They just won 5 of their 6 before the ASB against the AL's best and a team that they always lose against. -They finally figured out how to win at home. -This was winnable with Sale on the mound, but him pitching in September is more important than today's game. -They can do no worse than being 3 full games in 1st place past the halfway mark. And all the talk is about Detroit. All the ESPN guys etc... are saying that Detroit will turn it around in the 2nd half. NOBODY is hardly talking about us at all. Ventura got the mid-season AL manager award from some of those guys on TV the other day, but still I like being the unknown and just quietly keep doing what we've done the past 2 weeks!

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) Welcome to SoxTalk! It's always good to see another Knoxville Sox fan! Wow...I thought I was the only one around town here that pulled for our beloved Sox. Everyone seems to ride the Braves bandwagon.

Hey everyone! Its tough for a man here in Knoxville, TN to get much coverage on the White Sox. Any suggestions for a good Droid App to follow things? Thanks!

Here's to hoping the bullpen can help close these games out.