Game Time: 1:20 pm EDT

THE GAME WILL BE ON FOX

Scheduled Starters: Josh Beckett (10-4, 4.59) v. Freddy Garcia (10-5, 4.72)


Chicago weather: 10 am CDT observation at ORD: Wind out of the south at 12 mph, visibility greater than 10 miles, few clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 77F, DP 58F

Forecast: The high that has been dominating Chicago weather for the past few days is moving to the east, and will be off the Atlantic coast by tomorrow. The wind is now becoming southwest on the back side of the high, so it will be warmer than it was yesterday when Chicago had a lake breeze. A cold front moving toward the area may create some instability tomorrow, but today should be a decent day for baseball. It'll be in the 80's, with a south/southwest wind at 12-15 mph. That's blowing in from right to across from right toward third.

Anni

Finally I get a Sox game on FOX that I can watch. Thank God the Braves are playing a night game tonight or I would have been screwed. One week from now I'll be in that beautiful city.

Argh, I won't be able to watch it, this sucks.

The streak continues! 50% of the country gets our game today. Including DC. Yes.

Can't watch it here in South Florida. Marlins/Mets is on instead.

[codebox]Boston Chicago WSox
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
1B Youkilis, Kevin 10 42 .303 LF Podsednik, Scott 2 32 .268
2B Loretta, Mark 3 34 .304 2B Iguchi, Tadahito 9 38 .291
DH Ortiz, David 30 84 .280 DH Thome, Jim 29 75 .296
LF Ramirez, Manny 24 65 .305 1B Konerko, Paul 21 67 .315
RF Nixon, Trot 6 42 .323 RF Dye, Jermaine 22 63 .318
3B Lowell, Mike 10 43 .301 C Pierzynski, AJ 6 29 .324
CF Crisp, Coco 4 14 .260 3B Crede, Joe 16 57 .296
C Mirabelli, Doug 2 9 .169 CF Mackowiak, Rob 2 14 .299
SS Cora, Alex 0 9 .304 SS Cintron, Alex 2 19 .292
P Beckett, Josh (10-4, 4.59) P Garcia, Freddy (10-5, 4.72) [/codebox]

Thanks for the blackout, Fox and MLB.

you suck.... we're getting another titanic giants/dodgers tilt.....

Monster asshole + Senile Jeter-blower? Goddamnit.

... 3 hours from now...

WHERE is everybody?

Damn - that was close.

And Youk Ks.

Loretta out 6-3.

I live in Northern Pennsylvania. My local netowrk is FSN Pittsburgh. I think there are probably a grand total of 3 mets fans in the entire area, probably way more Boston fans.

and we get....

Florda vs. NYM

Not even a good ****ing pitching matchup, 2 4-5 era starters. This makes me want to pull my ****ing hair out!!!!!! AGGGH!

Papi out F7. Inning over.

Does anyone know who I should complain to over this? This is just completely unacceptable.

Great matchup and two championship teams and we get this shit. Not even my market team.

Ummmm....emailing Fox nationally and locally (channel wise website wise) will get you nowhere. I got no responses.

Cora backtracks into CF and catches the pop-up - nice play. Iguchi up.

Iguchi GOs to Lowell on the 1st pitch. Thome up.

Let's get Thome in about 3 pitches to end the inning here with a very low pitch count to start the game.

Or not.

You're saying you're not intrigued by a matchup between the second and fourth place teams in the weakest division in baseball?

Not even tempted by the possibility that this will be the day Barry Bonds finally goes 48 for 48 with 48 HR, thus putting an end to the "Chasing Aaron" ticker?

Really?

The programmers at Fox will be stunned to hear this.

Konerko flies out to Manny.

TIME TO DO DAMAGE BOYS!

Quick inning for both pitchers.

That catch by Cora turns out to be big, followed as it was by Thome's double and the long fly by Konerko.

STFU Buck + McCarver, you pieces of shit.

2B into the LF corner for Manny.

Wow. My MLB Audio is a good 30 seconds behind.

"Podsednik bobbles it"...man, is he the most overrated player in the game right now?

So how long do we get to listen to these two scumbags piss on Manny? Ooo, he's playing for the Sox, but not in the All Star game. Hey assholes, maybe because the Sox write his checks. Did you think maybe he needs the All Star break to rest his knee? I hope they break their jaws and can't speak for six weeks, losers. Screw Rosenthal too.

Trot Ks.

Rosenthal has gone to total shit since his HoF offseason.

If Jack Buck was still around, he'd tell his son to go **** himself.

Now according to Rosenthal he's disrespecting the fans. Let's take a survey and see what the fans who voted for him would rather see. Manny with a bum knee all year, but playing in an "All Star" game that features Mark friggin Redman, or Manny taking a few days off to rest his knee for the stretch run. See who wins that.

If Manny were a member of the White Sox they would be praising him for not going to the all star game.

Two abslolute pricks.

Seriously, this is the first time I have ever heard people bitch about a player playing through an injury, oh wait, it's Manny, so that means its just Manny being Manny and he must be lying about his supposed injury...God they are annoying

Lowell FOs to deep right - nice play by Dye. Manny tags up to 3rd.

Let's go Coco.

Eh. Whatever. They need something to talk about.

Of course, if they're talking about the All Star team, they should spend some time praising those All Star performances by Mark Buehrle the last few times out.

Crisp FOs to Mackowiak in CF. Inning over.

Buck and McCarver, kill yourselves.

*MOJO* - BOS @ CWS - Lawmen Day 3

Upholding the law isn't always collecting clues and reading people their rights. Sometimes you have to go and take it to the bad guys. No one knew that better than Wyatt Earp.



Ozzie Guillen and the White Sox are a menace to society, and it will be up to Josh Beckett to go and set things right at the US Cellular Corral. Lucky for him, he doesn't have to do it alone, as he'll have a whole team standing by his side. He knows that if there ever is a fight, Jason Varitek and the rest of the team is is there to be his huckleberry.







The White Sox of course.... not so much.



Go take the field and show it isn't Lawlessness that rules the AL. If the White Sox were looking for a fight, they got one.

The bad news is that coco stranded the runner at 3rd.

The good news is that Coco is swinging the bat differently. He's getting some motion and hips into his swings. At last he's starting to look like a guy who could put up the kind of numbers he did the last few years.

Not this shit again, Beckett...

Dye homers, 1-0.

Well, I guess we should have expected that Beckett needs to keep his record for most homeruns intact...

How about Buck + McCarver get thrown into the Allegheny Tuesday?

Dye homers - 1-0 Scum Sox. I hate the fireworks for those Metallica jacket-wearing pieces of shit.

And THAT was close...

Beckett owes Coco a beer!

WTF, Bexkett is back in his "I only have 1 pitch" syndrome.

This has been his problem all year. He doesn't know how to change speeds.

I hope the White Sox collapse in the second half and miss the playoffs.

I really, truly just don't like them. At all. I even tried rooting for them in the playoffs last year after they beat us, figuring, you know, 1917 and all. Didn't work. Couldn't do it. They just aren't likable.

We must, therefore, sweep this series. F them.

Imagine what Boston's lineup would be like if they had a 5 hitter with power like the White Sox do.

Nice job Dougie.

Mirabelli looked like Roger Dorn on that HBP. Nice hustle by Cora.

Cora grounds into FC, 'Belli erased.

SB for Cora.

Youk Ks looking.

Loretta pops out to short. Inning over.

Tough pitches by Garcia. A slider on the outside corner at the knees to K Youks, and a fastball in to jam Loretta. He came up with the pitches when he had to.

Pods Ks on a 3-2 FB.

Imagine what Chicago's lineup would be like if Podsednik was better than league average OBP, or if he didn't get caught stealing 1/3 of the times that he runs.

Josh really needs to mix some other pitches in with his fastball..Throws way to many.... when he throws curve balls I rarely see a hitter get a good swing on it....

Wow Buck and McCarver, where was all that junk you talked about Manny when you just had Tito on mic? Cowards.

He did date (is he still?) Lisa Dergan, so his life aint too bad.

Manny had no clue that was the last out.. pretty funny