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Classic Lou and Oz.

I fully expect the White Sox to get some sort of revenge at U.S. Cellular field this upcoming weekend, after being decisively swept by the Cubs in Wrigley. The Cubs will throw Gallagher, Dempster, and then Marshall. Not ideal, but with they way Aramis, Lee, Edmunds, and others are swinging the bat, the Cubs may be able to keep it up in a homerun field. Everyone on the Cubs is playing well. Soto is struggling a bit at the plate, but already looks like a veteran behind the dish. He calls a great game, and pitchers seems pleased to have him.

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I took my daughter to the pool today and noticed I had left my copy of "Lonesome Dove" in the city. Damn! I pulled out the old reliable Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract revised, published in 2001. Great book to have lying around to learn about each decade of baseball since 1870. He also rates the top 100 players at each position, gives history, opinion and analysis. The analysis is not something I'm crazy about. Gimmee the plain stats. No sabermetrics, win shares and other goofy mathematical formulas. I don't need to think about it that hard.

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Those west coast games can kill a 34 year old like me.  Anyone who has a child knows staying up past eleven-thirty on a Monday night is out of the question.  Heck, up after ten is not good, but I actually bit the bullet and made it until the top of the eighth.  Looks like Kerry Wood had to earn his 15th save after Carlos Marmol gave up 3 earned runs.  That guy needs a break.  Our pitchers just can't go past  6 innings most the time, and it seems anything past that is a bonus.

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