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The best is yet to come.(My Turn)
As I look ahead to the second half of the baseball season, I giggle with the anticipation of tight races and major deals that will get the sports world looking forward to October the way it used to.
As I look back at the past few weeks, I am struck by two deals that will make one team and break the other. I admit that I have not seen a lot of Carlos Beltran, so my evaluation of his worth to the Astros is warped. Yet I am convinced the Astros will rue the day they traded Octavio Dotel for an outfielder they admit is only a rental. Houston's bullpen went from deep to shallow, solid to shaky. After losing Billy Wagner in an off season trade with Philadelphia, the Astros and their fans pointed to the two-headed monster of Dotel and Brad Lidge as a tandem that could work the final two-plus innings and put the clamps on wins all season long. Even though Lidge has a power arm and is coming off a great rookie season, it seemed wise to ease him into the setup role Dotel occupied when Wagner was around.
Now Dotel and Wagner have gone the way of Enron, and Lidge is left as the man (with fewer than 10 career saves) to get Out No. 27. Now, don't get me wrong--this guy is nasty and is going to be an elite closer someday, but, in my opinion, the Astros robbed Pedro to pay Revere. Beltran gives the Astros a lineup that rivals Tony La Russa's in St. Louis, but the bullpen, which manager Jimy Williams works over anyway, just lost a big piece of that tough late-inning puzzle.
The other deal is the Freddy Garcia-to-the-White Sox number. This deal makes all the sense in the world to me. First of all, the White Sox should get credit for adding a pitcher the Yankees definitely wanted. Usually when the Yankees want something, they get it. More important, however, the White Sox asked themselves the question I am sure many of their fans asked themselves: Why not!?! Why not the ...
- White Sox need to keep their edge on Boston.(Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Downey, Mike August 12, 2005 700+ words
...Ortiz wore out the White Sox with a six-RBI night and the Red Sox wore down a man...the year for the Red Sox, who still have...to overhaul the White Sox in this category...to make sure the Red Sox_or A's, or...t overtake the White Sox for ...
- Goose bumps at the Cell-ebration.(White Sox vs. Red Sox in the playoffs)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Morrissey, Rick October 5, 2005 700+ words
...Twenty minutes after the White Sox had dispatched the Red Sox 5-4 in Game 2 of...helped turn a 4-2 Red Sox lead into a 5-4 White Sox lead because it allowed...challenge awaits the White Sox. You beat the Red Sox there, you have every...
- Red Sox prepare for White Sox.(Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Rogers, Phil October 2, 2005 700+ words
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- For White Sox, it's Mission October.(Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Downey, Mike October 1, 2005 700+ words
...way Tuesday for the White Sox. "I never thought...instead? Will it be Red Sox vs. White Sox _ an old-school fight...even worse than the Red Sox's and harder to reverse...else your 2005 Chicago White Sox have, oh, ye of little...
- White Sox beat Red Sox 10-4.(The Providence Journal)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Krasner, Steven June 30, 2000 700+ words
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- White Sox-Red Sox caught in the rain.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Gonzales, Mark August 14, 2005 700+ words
...away a potential victory from the White Sox, leaving them with soggy and helpless...of those teams are the Angels and Red Sox, but Guillen doesn't read much...newscom.com. Use search terms: "White Sox'' For information on republishing...
- White Sox outlast Red Sox in 19 innings, 6-5.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) July 9, 2006 700+ words
...the 19th, the White Sox had persevered to beat the Red Sox 6-5 in a 6...effort that the White Sox put into not...the powerful Red Sox, whom they...third inning. White Sox starter Jose...Schilling and the Red Sox's deep bullpen...
- White Sox grab 99th victory, await Red Sox.(Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Dyck, Dave van October 2, 2005 700+ words
...CLEVELAND _ The Chicago White Sox will begin their...Series champion Boston Red Sox on Tuesday afternoon...Cellular Field. The White Sox personally made sure...since 1959, the Red Sox present a unique...we got, just play White Sox baseball...
- Iguchi ends White Sox-Red Sox 19-inning marathon.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire July 10, 2006 700+ words
...in the bottom of the 19th inning for the Chicago White Sox to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in the longest game by innings in U.S...the loss. Cliff Politte (2-2), the eighth White Sox pitcher, worked the top of the 19th for the win...
- Big series, bad start for White Sox.(Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) McGrath, Dan July 21, 2005 700+ words
...bigger issues for the White Sox than the American...with the Boston Red Sox. The Sawks are...Lafayette and the Red Sox as Oklahoma...as the BCS. The White Sox need to be competitive...13 fewer than the White Sox's 3-through-6 men. The Red Sox ...