FINALLY!!!

I can rest easily tonight as I now know that the White Sox finally managed to pull off a victory and throw us out of our little skid.

I happend to miss the game on the radio because my batteries died... yeah... so I missed a great victory.

• Notes
• Jon Garland got his first win of the season.
• Erstad stole his 5th base off former teammate Jose Molina.
• Ryan Sweeney got his first double of the season.

Fianl score, Sox 6 -- Angels 3

You Know...

Another loss to the Chicago White Sox comes the way of a Kelvim Escobar gem, and a score of 5-1.

I don't even feel like writing because we're so bad, but I want to since I have so many things to write about.

• Why in the world can Rob Mackowiak not get the job done with runners on?
• At this point, I could field better than Ryan Sweeney.
• I need Podsednik back.
• Erstad gets standing ovation in first AB back at the Big A.

That's really all I feel like writing. But on the flip side, Jose Contreras pitched well! When he dropped down sidearm he hit his spots, which is good. And I can tell A.J.'s defense behind the plate has vastly improved since last year. Joe Crede is still the #1 third baseman in the AL Central. He makes every play look easy and the only other contender would be Detroit's Brandon Inge.

I like the fact that our defense is playing well, but I would like to see more 'pen improvement. Other than that all I can say is

GO SOX!!!

Sox Lose!!! Sox Lose!!!

Why is it that thats all the real news we're getting now? All thanks to nobody getting on base for John Danks. It's the fact that we don't have a legit leadoff hitter that may be the problem. Darrin Erstad is good, now don't get me wrong, but after my last post you can see how much I enjoyed having Pods at the top of my lineup.

I'm thinking of starting a new little updater for after the games. Something like...

• Dye and Konerko both homer off of Mariners' righty, Batista
• Danks KO's 4 in loss

And stuff like that.

But anyways,

[Game Info]

Tomorrow the sox will take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in LA. The game is set to start at 9:05 PM, so join Chris Rongey at 8:35 PM tomorrow night for the Sox pregame show. Then join Chris Singleton and Ed Farmer for the lineups, first pitch and the rest of the game starting at 9 eastern time on AM 670 The Score.

After Sox loss, Danks Going for Game 2

John Danks needs to win a game! He's 0-3 but has pitched well enough to get the win in all 4 of his starts. The offense just hasn't performed well enough to back him up and win him a game. Come on guys! Get Danks a win!

Apparently my lineup idea went unnoticed. Mainly because no one really reads this. But I can still post! Luis Terrero played left field last night and hit a homer in his first Sox at bat. Congrats, Luis!

I've been hearing on ESPN 1000, actual names will go "not named" so lets just call them... Silvy and Waddell, ok? Anyways. They think that Jermaine Dye may be getting too old and is falling off the map offense wise. He still has a great arm and can roam right field with the best of them, but the fact that he has 5 home runs and 14 RBI proves them wrong.

We haven't yet gotten Scott Podsednik back to our leadoff slot. As soon as he gets back into our lineup I can see some more wins for the Sox. More stolen bases are needed. We need to get some runners on second and third via the SB, and thats what Pods brought to us! Erstad has contributed with a few swipes, but just the left handed presence at the top of our order is what we need again.

What if we put Erstad first? Ozuna could bat 7th or 8th...

Oh well!

Today's pitching match up: John Danks 0-3 against Miguel Batista 2-2.

Lineup Idea

So, since everyone is freaking out on the Sox's lineup, I came up with an idea to fix it all.

Jim Thome is out with a leg injury. So what do we do with our DH spot? Heres what: We take Paulie and put him at DH, move Erstad (who has played at first in LA) to first base, then either call Anderson back up or put Ryan Sweeney in center! And there ya' go!

Erstad and Sweeney could switch time in center, and when Erstad is in center Paulie would be at first a Ryan (Sweeney) batting in DH.

Problems solved.