He's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!

Crazy Z!!

What about the Cubs?!!

Are the Cubs going to do anything prior to the Trade deadline?

Ted Lilly to be traded? The Riot?

A trade that D Lee would approve?

MORE DEALING FROM KENNY WILLIAMS?!

Latest rumor has newly acquired Edwin Jackson going to the Nats as part of a package for Adam Dunn followed by the Sox making a move for P Brett Myers.

Something to keep in mind from a post about the Sox trade for Edwin Jackson:




QUOTE:
Van on July 30, 2010 12:34 PM

As a Twins fan I would like to thank Kenny Williams for todays move.

Okay.

Need to Take a break from all the Baseball trade rumors

and all my concerns over whether or not Brett Favre will play next season!! Will he? Won't he? Even he doesn't know!! Ah..ah....ah...

Your Starting Pitcher for Tonight's Game....

Lucas Harrell, who was 9-9 with a 4.24 ERA in 22 starts for Class AAA Charlotte. He has been in the Sox farm system for seven years.

More from espnchicago.com:


Harrell to make ML debut with White Sox

By Doug Padilla
CHICAGO -- Since newly-acquired pitcher Edwin Jackson won’t be able to arrive to U.S. Cellular Field by game time tonight, right-hander Lucas Harrell will come up from Triple-A Charlotte to make his major-league debut.

Harrell, a second-round pick in 2004, is 9-9 with a 4.24 ERA, taking half his starts in the hitter-friendly ballpark in Charlotte. He moved himself up the pitching depth chart last year when he went 12-4 with a 3.27 ERA in 25 starts between Double-A Birmingham and Charlotte.

The 25-year-old will wear uniform No. 58 when he faces the Oakland A’s tonight. In seven seasons in the White Sox’s system, Harrell is 42-37 with a 3.79 ERA.

Joe Cowley Says its Official, so it must be.

But Cowley also tweets:



Deal is official, but day is not over ... Trust me.

BTW, that's not a picture of Joe Cowley.

White Sox Get Edwin Jackson?

SI.com and, more importantly, Dueling Couches are reporting that the beloved White Sox have acquired Edwin Jackson from the Diamondbacks for pitching prospects Daniel Hudson and David Holmberg

http://duelingcouches.blogspot.com/2010/07/breaking-news-edwin-jackson-traded-to.html

Hudson was scheduled to pitch tonight, so we will have to wait and see. Nothing official from the White Sox yet (or even from Joe Cowley on his twitter account).

Morning White Sox Trade Rumors

1. P Edwin Jackson

2. 1B/DH (and UIC Badger look-a-like) Lance Berkman

Tigers Acquire Jhonny Peralta

The Tigers needed to make some type of move, because they have been nose-diving lately with injuries piling-up. I doubt that Peralta is enough , but it should put some pressure on Kenny Williams to make a move. Adam Dunn? Fielder? Lilly?
Will the Twins make a move?
Hot rumor has Cubbie Ted Lilly going to to the Twins Cities, but Minnesota is one of the teams on Lilly's no-trade list.
The next few days should be interesting, if nothing else!

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/tigers-acquire-indians-third-baseman-peralta.html

My New Mission in Life: To Find This Bar!!

D Lee Blocks Trades Better than He Blocks Punches

Cubs 1B D Lee apparently blocked a trade to the LA Angels of Anaheim California West Coast and has told the Cubs that he will block any other trades!

He states that he wants to stay a Cub!

Why (besides living in the Greatest City in the world!!)?

Will he still want to stay a Cub after Big Z, Carlos Zambrano returns to the Cubs, later this week?

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/report-lee-tells-cubs-he-wont-agree-to-a-trade.html

With another lose to the Astros today, the Cubs are done and should trade away they can outside of Castro, Colvin and Cashner. But Lee, at least for now, is having no part of that.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!

Tampa Bay Rays Finally on the Good Side of a No-Hitter!!

A Good Nite for Ex-Twinkee Pitchers.

Matt Garza with the no-hitter and even Carlos Silva got a win for the Cubbies!!

World'sTallest Couple!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38378269/ns/today-today_people/?GT1=43001

John Calipari has already signed the 4 year old to a letter of intent with Kentucky

Something to Think About.....

Lou Pinella!?

I Withdraw My Previous Apology To Bobby Jenks!

From My Tuesday, July 06, 2010 Post:

I Guess It Is My Turn to APOLOGIZE To Bobby Jenks!

From Chicago Breaking News.com

Sox's Jenks honored; first-half comparisons
July 6, 2010 3:21 PM No Comments
By Mark Gonzales

White Sox closer Bobby Jenks was selected as Major League Baseball's Delivery Man of the Month for June.

Jenks led the majors with 10 saves in June and had an 0.75 ERA in 13 appearances. Jenks has converted 12 consecutive save chances dating back to May 11.

Here's a statistical 81-game comparison of the Sox in 2009 and 2010:
Year record batting average runs home runs ERA
2009 42-39 .260 362 96 3.94
2010 43-38 .252 355 88 4.19

From my post on May 26, 2010:

Despite Joe West's and Bobby Jenks' best/worst efforts, the White Sox hold on to a 5-4 win over the Tribe.
I thought I would be posting about Joe West but Bobby has taken away some of that thunder.
Jenks' enters the 9th with a 5-1 lead.
And this is what follows:
double, walk, single, walk (run in 5-2), base hit (2 run in, 5-4); STILL NO OUTS, sacrifice bunt (1 out), intentional walk, strike-out (2 outs), flyout!!
Badger and I debated whether or not the Sox should have gotten rid of Jenks during the offseason. I said yes, while you could have still gotten something for him. Sadly, it looks like I was correct. Sox have other options at closer- Thornton, JJ Putz and even the rookie Santos (Bobby Jenks was not the Opening Day roster in 2005, so why not try Santos!?).
Yikes!!!
Back to Joe West. He has now tossed Ozzie three times. Watch the replay of him tossing Buerhle. Joe West should not be allowed to ump any Yankees, Red Sox, or White Sox games.

Retirement Announcements!

For Some reason a big day for retirement announcements in Chicago Sports today.

1. Lou Pinella

2. Jennie Finch

3. UIC Basketball Coach Jimmy Collins

Lou Pinella To Retire At the End of the Season

Common reaction: "You mean Lou is still managing?"

Well technically,yes.

The Greatest Reality Show Ever?!

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9917167&topic_id=9991168

Will JJ Redick Be a Bull? NO!

It was a long-shot, but when the Magic signed Richardson, I thought that the Magic would not match the Bulls' offer sheet and JJ would be joining Dukies Boozer and Deng on the Bulls.

At least the Magic look poised to stand up to that other NBA team in Florida.

I'M REPEATING MYSELF- SOX WIN! NINE IN A ROW

(Best I could do picture-wise, HM)

This one wasn' t easy.

A real pitchers' duel!!!!

CHICAGO BASEBALL- TIME TO GET READY FOR THE SECOND HALF!!

PAM ANDERSON PETA AD BANNED IN CANADA

as too sexy!?

My problem- PETA again stretches the truth. "All animals have the same parts."

Animlas have saline/silicone implants?

Does Pam Anderson have a tail? (You know what I mean!)

Did You Watch Yesterday's All-Star Game?

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/baseball-all-star-game-gets-record-low-tv-rating.html

Probably not! Lowest ever TV ratings

Ignore My Last Post

My bad!

ALL STAR GAME PREDICTION

While the NL has some damn good starting pitchers, I am partial to the AL's bullpen, including White Sox Matt Thorton.

AL 5-4

RIP, George Steinbrenner

One of the all time great sports owners (alot of fans would have loved to have him as the owner of their baseball team).

Cleveland Loses A True Native Son

and I am NOT talking about LeBron!

RIP, Harvey Pekar.

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/harvey-pekar-rip

With no baseball on tonight (the Home Run Derrby doesn't count), I may jut have to watch "American Splendor."

RIP, Harvey

Bad Time for the All-Star Break

Not happy with the All-Star Break coming right now. When your team is on a 8 game winning streak and 25 out of 30, the last thing you wnat is to stop playing for 3 days.

Hopefully the rest will not stop the hot streak

Jason Whitlock calls out Jesse Jackson

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/Jesse-Jackson-LeBron-James-Dan-Gilbert-slavery-comparison-071210

Great job, Jason!

Will JJ Redick Be a Bull?

Bulls signed Redick to a 3-year $19 million offer sheet. All indications are that the Magic will match the offer for the restricted free agent.

Meaning the Bulls still need a shooting guard.

UPDATED: It now looks like the Bulls may in fact get Redick
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/magic-sign-richardson-redick-to-bulls.html

Sox Win Eigth in a Row!!!!

ChiSox enter the All-Star break in First place!!!! A month ago the Sox were 91/2 out and close to falling into fourth!

Mea culpa, once again, on my part, as on June 9th, I wrote- "season over."

Amazing run.

And the Cubbies......hahahahahahah

http://k-line.blogspot.com/2010/06/chicago-tonight-we-are-losers.html

Another White Sox Victory! That's Six in a Row

Sox Win! That's Five in a Row!

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/sox-game-day-going-all-out.html
Danks Pitches a 2-hit Shutout!!

I Guess It Is My Turn to APOLOGIZE To Bobby Jenks!

From Chicago Breaking News.com

Sox's Jenks honored; first-half comparisons
July 6, 2010 3:21 PM No Comments
By Mark Gonzales

White Sox closer Bobby Jenks was selected as Major League Baseball's Delivery Man of the Month for June.

Jenks led the majors with 10 saves in June and had an 0.75 ERA in 13 appearances. Jenks has converted 12 consecutive save chances dating back to May 11.

Here's a statistical 81-game comparison of the Sox in 2009 and 2010:
Year record batting average runs home runs ERA
2009 42-39 .260 362 96 3.94
2010 43-38 .252 355 88 4.19

From my post on May 26, 2010:

Despite Joe West's and Bobby Jenks' best/worst efforts, the White Sox hold on to a 5-4 win over the Tribe.
I thought I would be posting about Joe West but Bobby has taken away some of that thunder.
Jenks' enters the 9th with a 5-1 lead.
And this is what follows:
double, walk, single, walk (run in 5-2), base hit (2 run in, 5-4); STILL NO OUTS, sacrifice bunt (1 out), intentional walk, strike-out (2 outs), flyout!!
Badger and I debated whether or not the Sox should have gotten rid of Jenks during the offseason. I said yes, while you could have still gotten something for him. Sadly, it looks like I was correct. Sox have other options at closer- Thornton, JJ Putz and even the rookie Santos (Bobby Jenks was not the Opening Day roster in 2005, so why not try Santos!?).
Yikes!!!
Back to Joe West. He has now tossed Ozzie three times. Watch the replay of him tossing Buerhle. Joe West should not be allowed to ump any Yankees, Red Sox, or White Sox games.

Vote for Paulie! Or else!!

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!

Reds 12, CUBBIES 0

Pisses me off- I had the Reds in my 13 run poll this week.

2 hits for the Cubs (good thing that went out and got a new hitting coach in the off season), but only one error.

At this rate, tickets for games at Wrigley are going to be pretty cheap!