"Even though the Indians lost, I guarantee you they felt like they won." -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen

reading this quote cemented the fact that i would be posting tonight even if it is just the above quote. based upon seeing ozzie in the 8th, i bet he also feels like cleveland won tonight. the final was 11-10, bad guys. but we were down 11-2 halfway thru the sixth, thanks to a 9 run top half of the inning.

"He feels like he lost and so did I," Guillen said. "He told me to keep my head up and keep managing."

guillen was talking to GM kenny williams, who has publicly stated this road trip will determine whether or not the break up the vastly underachieving roster.

lee was left in a little too long. then cabrera threw a nuclear bomb on the fire. much talk is made of the horrors that are chicago's bullpen. but a horrible appearance by one of our guys lost the game for us. this game was an aberration. it was the doppelganger of a game played in chicago played as the sunday night game. we had a huge lead going into the 9th. chicago then scored 6 or 7 runs before we finally closed the game out. it went from a laugher to a hold your breath type of game, very unexpectedly. i believe it was in 2005, but might have been last year. this will count as a 1 run loss, despite the 21 total runs scored. but it was thrust into this category thanks to an amazing sizemore 'catch' and an unrelenting offense.

the thing about chicago, slumping or not, tomorrow's game could also be a 1 run game, this time 2-1, either way. paul byrd has had success against the white sox. garland has had a few good games against us. but both could be rusty. our other four starters seem to have been so far.

but they are under heavy pressure. will they fold? garland has also had some real bad games against us. regardless of their record, they are recent world series champs. they are the white sox. they won game one, but they took some major shots themselves.

cleveland must prevail.

wedge was also given an extension. i think i am glad. the players seem to be, so how can i not be glad.