Game 140: White Sox (59-80) @ Tigers (74-65) -- Buehrle vs. Durbin

        Name             AVG    HR      RBI     SB
1. J Owens, CF          .244    1       11      23
2. J Fields, LF         .238    18      54      1
3. A Pierzynski, C      .264    13      43      0
4. P Konerko, 1B        .262    27      73      0
5. D Erstad, RF         .260    3       28      7
6. S Podsednik, DH      .259    2       10      10
7. J Uribe, SS          .219    15      53      1
8. A Cintron, 2B        .224    1       16      1
9. A Gonzalez, 3B       .209    2       11      1

        Name             AVG    HR      RBI     SB
1. C Granderson, CF     .298    19      67      19
2. P Polanco, 2B        .339    8       57      7
3. G Sheffield, DH      .279    24      71      20
4. M Ordonez, RF        .353    26      120     4
5. C Guillen, SS        .300    19      92      11
6. R Raburn, LF         .313    3       20      3
7. M Rabelo, C          .262    0       13      0
8. M Hessman, 1B        .171    2       7       0
9. B Inge, 3B           .237    12      60      8

Slightly off topic - I was at a work function (they call it a Leadership event in the Land of 1MM Dreams) and sat on a shuttle with a Sports and Rec guy with a Braves golf shirt on.  Turns out he used to play baseball at the minor league level.  We talked about the Sox and he assumed correctly that this is one agonizing year for me and all Sox fans.

The bit of perspective he brought (the reason for this meandering of mine) was when he said "You've got basically the same team this year as in 2005, don't you?"  Well, yeah.  "It just goes to show how much luck and timing are involved."

I stuffed his copy of "The Black Swan" up his arse and left the shuttle.

The horror...the horror.

Hey...the best-hitting guy in the line-up is A.J. with a whopping .267 average. Go team!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Autumn upon us
Bat swings fall upon deaf ears
Drink beer to ease pain

Cue circus music (again).

Thanks Bobby!