Too close

too close

4:30 am. Its raining, and I'm wide awake.

Sox Update: Monday, El Duque pitched well enough to win, but got no run support. The ump blew an interfference call at firstbase with A-Rod. I won't go into details, as the guy over at South Side Sox examined it in-depth. Tuesday was a great pitcher's duel. Contreras pitched his best (or 2nd best) game of the year. This time the Sox gave him (barely) enough runs to win, 2-1. Homers from Iguchi and Konerko were the difference. Garcia in a matinee today, then a train ride up to Boston.

The defense has been outstanding the past few days. The offense, on the other hand, has been almost non-existant. The Sox still won on tuesday, but at some point they really are going to have to hit.

There is a lot of speculation out there that the Sox will buyout Thomas for 2006. Based on the info as I see it, it appears Big Frank has played last game in a White Sox jersey. When you look at the money at stake, its a no-brainer. I wish him the best...

Down On The Farm:

Charlotte (AAA): off day monday. Lost to Norfolk 9-4 on tuesday. Cassanova collected 3 hits.

Birmingham (AA): lost to Miss 6-2 on monday. Rogo was 2 for 4. Beat Miss 3-0 on tuesday. Young homered. Haigwood struck out 7 in 7 IP.

Winston-Salem (A): on monday, lost 5-4 to Wilmington in 11. Daigle and Lee each homered. Beat that same team from Delware on tuesday, 8-2. Collaro finally finds his bat, and goes 2 for 4 with a homer. Daigle also had another homer. Liotta strikes out 7 in 5 IP.

Kannapolis (A): rained out the past two days.

Bristol (R): lost 4-2 to Danville on monday. Some relief pitcher named Day struck out 3 in 1 and 1/3rd IP. Tuesday the explode and beat JC 17-1. Carter leads the way - going 3 for 5 with 2 homers and 5 RBIs.

Great Falls (R): monday beat MIssoula 6-5. Sharp was 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Rodriguiez strikes out 8 in 6 IP. Tuesday was an off day.

Baseball phrase of the day: catbird seat n. a position of control and mastery.

Beer count - monday - 0 (but I had 2 glasses of wine). Tuesday - 2.