From the Cubicle: White Sox-Rangers

Alexei Slams the Rangers: Sox - Rangers Game 2

Life In The Cell found this 7/23/2008 on thewhitesoxblog.blogspot.com

Take a page out of Buehrle’s book, Grandpa Jo! I’m already biased in liking Buehrle more than Contreras, but there is a reason why Mark Buehrle got a standing ovation when he exited the game in the 8th. Buehrle had one of his best outings ...

Dirty pool: Sox, Cubs aren't playing by the rules

The Bad News Bloggers found this 7/23/2008 on www.suntimes.com

Jay Mariotti: To this day, the boom of Ken Williams' voice echoes through town: "Stay out of White Sox business!" He was warning a bitterly departed Frank Thomas not to go there, if you know what I mean, and his rebuke was typical of an ...

Should the Indians get involved in the Huston Street talks?

rickg15 posted 7/23/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

After completion of the recent C.C. Sabathia deal, Indians GM Mark Shapiro implied that the team still isn’t far off from contention in 2009. In order to make that a reality, one can reason the Tribe would need to add a right handed middle of the line-up bat (LaPorta anyone?), find at least one starting pitcher who can pitch...

Bold predictions for MLB’s second half

Peter@BaseballReflections posted 7/23/2008 from juicedsportsblog.com

Picks so risky you’ll be saying, ‘did he really just say that?” SCOTT JACOBS The Indians will not be in the World Series as I predicted at the start of the year… so who’s got the best shot?… O, cmon, did you really think I was going to answer that in the first line? No way Jose. The White Sox are my darkhorse pick to win the American League At the

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Baseball Time in Arlington found this 7/23/2008 on rangersblog.dallasnews.com

A source advises me that Dodgers scout Tony Howell and Mets scout Mack "Shooty" Babitt (yeah; "Shooty," about whom Billy Martin said after penciling into the lineup 54 times in 1981 "If he ever plays for me again, please, Shooty me." ) have been ...