The wheeles on the bus

Here comes trouble

Sing along kids...

The wheels on the bus
Fall off real fast
Off real fast
Off real fast

Sox Update: Who stole the South Side Hit Men and replaced them with the Charlotte Knights? A 5-1 loss to the Twins. I feel like puking.

Like I said yesterday, this team is in a lot of trouble. Beyond the 4-game sweep of the Indians to start off the post-All Star break, and the other 4-game sweep of the Free Fallin Dead Birds from Baltimore, the Sox are 9-15. Its bad enough that in those 24 games, they've scored a grand total of just 98 runs, an average of 4.08 runs per game. What's worse, is since July 26th the Sox have scored more than 5 runs in a game exactly once (a 9-8 loss at Boston). And in the time since that July 25th 14-6 win vs KC, the Sox are 5-11, they've scored just 51 runs, an average of 3.1875 runs per game. And what may be the most shocking news that isn't really a stat, in the past 3 games, for the first time all season, the Sox pitching - both starting and relief - has failed them.

The Sox better get their shit together, fast. And by shit, I mean hitting, as in scoring some fucking runs. Who are these fucking candy-ass pussies that got swept -at home - by the fucking Twins?

Down On The Farm:

Charlotte (AAA): it was close.. til Columbus had a 7-run 8th inning. Knight lose 14-5.

Birmingham (AA): the Baron win 9-4 over Carolina. Owens was 3 for 5. Young was 2 for 4 with a triple and 3 RBIs. Fields homered.

Winston-Salem (A): The Hog win 10-5. Nanita, Myers and Hinton each get 3 hits, and Hinton also had 5 RBIs. Collaro was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs. Gio Gonzales is not at his best, 3 ER, 3 walks and 3 Ks in 5 IP, but he gets the W anyways.

Kannapolis (A): doubleheader vs Delmarva. Lost game one 14-3. Smith was 3 for 4. They won uneventfully 3-0 in game 2. Egbert goes the distance, giving up just 2 hits and striking out 5.

Bristol (R): a bad 7-0 loss to Elizabethtown somewhere in the hills of Appalachia...

Great Falls (R): no info available from Montana.

Baseball phrase of the day: dust sprayer n. a player who slides a lot.

On another note, the US men's soccer team beat Trinidad & Tobago 1-0, thought it wasn't that close. The win virtually assures the US a place in Germany in 2006. Mexico qualifies with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica. With T&T and Panama out of it, the Ticos will have to fight with the Guatamaleans for the final spot.

Today's music selection: all over the board, but the iPod was kind enough to shuffle in Miles Davis, Buddy Guy, the Kinks, Ween and Fountains of Wayne.

Olde Tyme Movie Review: a double feature.
PCU (1994); This movie advertised itself as a 'slobs versus snobs teenage sex comedy", but its far from classic... I don't buy Jeremy Piven's awful comedic overacting. While there were a few funny lines, and George Clinton, there was no nudity. I'll take Van Wilder or Up The Creek any day of the week over this waste of film.
About Last Night (1986): Generally, Rob Lowe movies from the 1980s do not age well. Though Demi Moore does. This one is an exception. I forgot how good it was. Even with Jim Belushi in it. Its sorta like a chick flick thats OK for a guy to like, thanks to the real abrasive dialogue. Chicago was a different place 20 years ago, are there are some nice local touches in this film - 16 inch softball, a screamin yellow 'No Lights' shirt, and Old Style.

Beer count - 1.