I don’t like the guy at all, and it has nothing to do with the Phillies. I think that he’s a real Prima Donna and hope that he gets his brains kicked in come playoff time.

The White Sox didn’t capitalize on their opportunities because Gio was “effectively wild”, in that the batters had even less of an idea as to where the ball was going than Gio did. It also doesn’t help that Alex Rios and Adam Dunn have been mired in year long slumps.

Rios though is showing signs of finally breaking out of it and Dunn just hit a 2 out 3 run homer off the A’s that went half way to Indiana before it finally came down.

Anyway, just watched some film (do they still call it that?) of the Iron Giant’s bomb last night. For distance, not extraordinary – a measley 450 feet or so – but the damned thing flew completely out of the upper range of the camera and must have reached apogee well above the roof of Joeprodolsharklife Stadium. I’ve sent up Estes rockets that didn’t get that high. Sheesh.

I suppose the three home runs the Feesh wasted trying to clean up after Javy Vasquez wilted in the pulse and melted down like a one-man Chernobyl were a hopeful sign for a reawakening offense after the slap in the face of the Mallee firing (and incidentally, according to a couple of local Feesh blogs and comments on radio talk shows, there is continuing underground rumbling in the clubhouse about that firing – which indicates that perhaps Logan Morrison had checked with his teammates before he made his negative comments about it three days ago). But those late homers after the shellacking Javy and Brian Sanches took from the Snakes would be kinda like Harry Truman playing with firecrackers after Mount St. Helens began to erupt. (Sorry for the extenuated analogy – the OJ Simpson discussion on an adjacent thread has me walking down memory lane this morning. I haven’t had by liquid pacemaker yet.)

The Phightens are back on track, baby!!! Now, we have ace #3 going today for the series win against the Cubbies.

Roy Oswalt, don’t let us down today, baby!!!!

I’ll just give you one feel good story of the year that makes the Colon story pale in comparison and this is the one about Phillip Humber. Humber was the 3rd overall pick in the entire MLB draft in 2004, underwent TJ surgery in 2005 and then was the cornerstone key to the Santana trade to the Mets by Minnesota.

Minnesota gave up on Humber and KC signed him as a free agent late last season and brought him up for a cup of coffee in September, only to then turn around an put him on waivers. Then Oakland claimed him on waivers, but put him back on waivers about a month later and the White Sox claimed him.

This season he’s gone from being a top prospect gone bust to be the anchor of Chicago’s starting rotation. ‘Nuff said.

Their pitching on the season is still only okay overall, but it could improve with Dice-K out, and Lackey looked very good yesterday in his return from the DL. More importantly, the offense should be enough to get them to the playoffs, at which point the front of the rotation is all that matters. And Beckett/Lester/Buchholz is a very strong front three.

Of course, we’re also still only 40% of the way through the season. There’s a lot of baseball to be played.