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ChiSox Play Longball in 11-0 Rout of Mariners posted on 07/27/2010

The Chicago White Sox hit last night and Gavin Floyd went 7 strong innings to get the win, as the rolled to an 11-0 rout of Seattle on Tuesday night.  The Sox are hot at home and have won nine in a row.  The White Sox, who turned around its season winning 26 of 31 games after June 8th, are playing solid baseball at the end of July.

Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez, and Andruw Jones, went deep for the ChiSox. Jones' 3 run blast put Chicago ahead 11-0 in the 5th and the game was all but over.  Ramirez collected 3 hits and has been torrid of late.  He ihas been contributing much at the plate in recent weeks.  Konerko hit a home run in his second straight game.  He has 23 for the season.

Floyd, like the rest of Chicago's starting pitching, had a dominant night.  He's been effective and efficient and the offense clicked into high gear.  The Sox scored 4 runs in the bottom of the first to set the tone for the night.  The Sox have a slim lead over the Twins, but look like they are in the hunt for the rest of the season. 

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A-Rod On The Verge for 600th HR posted on 07/25/2010

Alex Rodriguez of the NY Yankees is a great home run hitter. Period.  Ok, he used performance enhancing drugs when he played for Texas 8 or 9 years ago.  Well, a lot of time has passed since then, and A-Rod is still hitting Homers.  He will hit his 600th possibly today at home.  If not today, maybe tomorrow.  But he will hit it.  And,  some years down the line, he will be on the verge of hitting his 700th.  If he is clean, he is randomly tested by MLB, he should be given a pass. 

People should know that this is one great slugger.  He has predetermined ability to hit the ball out of the park. He hits big homers in big spots for the Yanks.  You need a slam, call A-Rod, you need to tie the game in the late innings, bring up A-Rod.  The fans, have finally embraced him. 

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Bears Ready to Rumble? posted on 07/23/2010

The Chicago Bears are about to come out of hibernation and start pre-season practice.  In recent years, the opening of camp has almost as much anticipation as the first game of the year.  This year, the expectations may be heightened more when Mike Martz, the offensive "gurui" takes over the Bears play book.  He will be in charge in getting the most out of Jay Cutler, the QB who wilted for much of the season, then showed how good he was in the Bears' last two games.

Cutler not only has to cut down on a league high 26 intercpetions, but he has to get used to new formations, and a whole new apprach to the game.  It will be learning on the fly, but can he learn his lessons well?  If he does, the Bears may have  a decent to good year.  If he doesn't, then the Bears wion't make the playoffs and exit head coach Lovie Smith. 

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Danks' Gem Paces Sox to 4-0 Win posted on 07/20/2010

Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks pitched two hit ball for over 7 innings and Alex Rios continued his hot hitting as the Sox blanked the Mariners, 4-0 Tuesday nite.  With the win, The Sox pick up a game on both Detroit and Minnesota, who both lost earlier in the day.  The Sox lead increased to 3 1/2 games over both teams, their largest lead of the season.

The Sox rebounded for their tough loss to Minnesota the other night with a 6-1 win in Seattle.  The followed that game with Danks' strong outing.  He is becoming the ace of the staff with a diminishing ERA and mounting wins in recent starts.

Rios had two hits to reach .310 for the season.  Paul Knoerko added two hits also.  Chicago is looking pretty good on this west coast road trip that next moves to Oakland.  The White Sox play in Seattle on Wednesday.  The team is getting strong pitching and timely hitting.  That was was propelled them back into the race and now the team has leapfrogged the Tigers and Twins into the Divison lead. 

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Sox Have To Shake Off Tough Loss posted on 07/18/2010

The Chicago White Sox were close to winning a game up in Minnesota, where gettings wins is as rare as finding gold coins in the street.  They led 6-3 going into the 9th inning and closer Bobby Jenks and Sergio Santos played "Who wants it more?"  The Sox seemed to say "We don't want to salvage a split" and slip away with a 2 1/2 game lead over the Twins, their nemesis in recent seasons. 

The Sox played Santa Claus on this mid-summer day and before you knew it,  the Twins had erupted for 4 quick runs and the game was over.  All you need to know is that Jenks let this one get away.  He walked guys and the Twins' Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer came up with key hits.  Dalmon Young's single drove home the winning runs.  Rios was charged with an error on the throw from the outfield. The Twins had 4 hits in the blink of an eye and the Sox were up to their old tricks.

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