The media circus surrounding Ozzie G. doesn't help the Sox focus either.

It's about time! I've been waiting for the ChiSox to melt down since June of 2005.

I wonder what will happen to the Tigers? BTW, I'd like to see the Tigers win. I'm also pulling for the Twins as a wild card.

GO CUBS!

We get credit in purgatory.

Sandy: Amen!

I wouldn't be so quick to count the Sox out. I counted them out last September when they started to fold and the Tribe were coming on strong. Then they pulled it out and rampaged throught the playoffs losing one game.

they just aren't that good.

Sort of like the Sawx team that visited Seattle this past weekend. (Inside the park homerun? More like two two-base errors.) Sure they've got one of the better winning records, but seeing them on the field, you have to conclude that that's only because of all their games against the Tampa, Seattle, first half Los Anaheim, Kansas City and the NL East.

Besides, folding in August is a Chicago baseball tradition, one the Northside team hasn't shown any desire to uphold this year, which leaves it to the WhiteSox again.

Go Blue Jays! ... (Starting tomorrow...)

Meanwhile Anibal Sanchez is sporting the following line: 4-0, 3.0 era, 1.19 whip.And he just set the rookie record for most consecutive scoreless innnings.

Jeez even if that trade had been Sanchez for JB straight up it would be looking real real bad. Add in Hanley, who'd even today be an immediate upgrade at ss and well, wow, just wow.

Hanley Anibal Shoah Judd has a nice ring to it.

Raoul: The Cubs patented the phrase "June Swoon," I believe.

But with a name like that, would he throw like a girl?

As previously mentioned, I've been waiting for this slide since June 2005; however, I'm still not convinced it is here to stay. As Jim pointed out, the last three weeks of the season, they almost choked real bad (I recall hearing on Mike & Mike about how monumental their choke was). I still fear the White Sox and will only be happy when they are officially out of the race.

Q: "How can you tell it's June in Chicago?"

A: "'cause the Cubs are in first place."

They would start out strong, then blame their inevitable decline to their reserved spot in the cellar on the hot weather associated with all their day games. So, true, it is more of a WhiteSox tradition to fold later in the year.

Raoul, The Sox had a history of "June Swoon" in the fifties, if my ancient memory holds true. The Sox would start out strong and then the Yankees would take seven out of eight and the Sox were done. Happened about every year except '59. I associate the term with the Sox, since the Cubs were as crappy then as they are now. I remember watching games on WGN with about 5,000 people in the stands. People were smarter then, I guess. I was a Cubs fan then and haven't apparently gotten any smarter myself.

After a brief period of adjustment, A-Gon is not just the best defensive ss in baseball nbut has emerged over the last six weeks as the best offensive one, except maybe Tejada.

Sanchez would be an ideal 5th starter on this club, if they didn't want a dominant #1.

oh c'mon oj. Now you're being ridiculous.

OT: Am I missing something or have there been no new posts since 8 am this morning? What'd you do, take the kids to Disneyworld again? How am I supposed to find out what's going on in the world, what the Darwinists are up to, etc.?

Not at all. Over the past month plus he's upped his numbers to elite territory. He's not that good historically, but he is in '06.

He's done nothing of the sort. His ops is a subpar .734 for the season.

His monthly splits in ops are .518!, .695, .896, and.833. His good months are balanced out by his poor ones.

He's had very good 6 weeks stretches in his career before, but he always goes back to being the same old awful player. Six weeks don't make a season.

Indeed, I suspect before the end of this month that ops for July will be back under .800 given that he's been hitting poorly for the past week or so (that's if the Sawx play him, they sat him today, and seem to have been sitting him against tough righties for the past few months, hardly the way to treat such an elite player.)

The Sawx would've been a better team with Hanley, and probably with Dusty What'shisname who's been doing well at Pawtucket. Assuming they haven't moved him to 2nd permanently.

Sorry, I drifted off after you posted the monthly splits tha demonstrate my point.

Best SS in baseball right now is Bill E. Hall of the Brewers.

Bill E. is my favorite player, but he's not a great fielder and strikes out too much to be considered better than a Tejada or Carlos Guillen.