...and the Indians drop out of first

[Warner2BruceTD]

I thought they would make it to the All Star break, but the inevitable collapse came sooner.

Somehow, Jim Leyland, despite his insistance on batting OBP black hole Austin Jackson leadoff (he's fast! he's a CF! he's black!), and refusal to bench Magglio Ordonez or Brandon Inge, finds himself in first place.

C'mon White Sox, the postseason deserves better than this.

[Mogriffjr]

I thought they would make it to the All Star break, but the inevitable collapse came sooner.

Somehow, Jim Leyland, despite his insistance on batting OBP black hole Austin Jackson leadoff (he's fast! he's a CF! he's black!), and refusal to bench Magglio Ordonez or Brandon Inge, finds himself in first place.

C'mon White Sox, the postseason deserves better than this.

yeah between jackson not showing any improvement and still striking out a ton, and Maggs being a blackhole in that lineup, the Tigers have stayed the course...they need some bats though.

What are the sox doing with their rotation, is it still 6 man?

[EmpireWF]

LET'S GO ROYALS!

[bcransom]

yeah between jackson not showing any improvement and still striking out a ton, and Maggs being a blackhole in that lineup, the Tigers have stayed the course...they need some bats though.

What are the sox doing with their rotation, is it still 6 man?

Not after Peavy got injured.

[Cody]

I hope we get back in stride when Hafner comes back. Also hope Alex White gets back into the rotation, really like this kid

[Blick]

The Moose/Hos era Royals are 3-1. We're coming.

[Rudi]

lol at the indians.

[killgod]

I hope we get back in stride when Hafner comes back. Also hope Alex White gets back into the rotation, really like this kid

lol you won't.

[Guest]

yeah between jackson not showing any improvement and still striking out a ton, and Maggs being a blackhole in that lineup, the Tigers have stayed the course...they need some bats though.

What are the sox doing with their rotation, is it still 6 man?

Speaking of their rotation, who would have thought Philip Humbar would be their best starter this season? He is pitching lights out so far, showing no signs of slowing down.

[FedEx227]

They'll go back to six-man once Peavy comes back. It's more about keeping some of the guys in the rotation fresh, mainly Mark Buehrle who consistently wears out around August.

Humber has been awesome, he's finally relying on his awesome curveball and making it his primary pitch. He's also added a slider to his pitches which he never really had before.

The one red flag is he's striking out far less people then normal and his BABIP is a really, really low .220 so it's possible he's getting lucky, but he has a lot of guys taking really bad swings. So we'll see, but at least for THIS year I think he'll be fine.

[Mogriffjr]

They'll go back to six-man once Peavy comes back. It's more about keeping some of the guys in the rotation fresh, mainly Mark Buehrle who consistently wears out around August.

Humber has been awesome, he's finally relying on his awesome curveball and making it his primary pitch. He's also added a slider to his pitches which he never really had before.

The one red flag is he's striking out far less people then normal and his BABIP is a really, really low .220 so it's possible he's getting lucky, but he has a lot of guys taking really bad swings. So we'll see, but at least for THIS year I think he'll be fine.

he learned how to pitch because he was nowhere near this with the mets. He always had that hammer curve though. He's throwing what 88-90 with sink...but he's locating...we'll see if he can keep it up.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Cleveland has gotten nothing out of Sizemore or Choo all year. I have no idea how they were 30-15.

[spiker]

he learned how to pitch because he was nowhere near this with the mets. He always had that hammer curve though. He's throwing what 88-90 with sink...but he's locating...we'll see if he can keep it up.

Don Cooper

[Slateman]

How far will they drop come the trade deadline?

[Rudi]

Cleveland has gotten nothing out of Sizemore or Choo all year. I have no idea how they were 30-15.

I wondered the same thing when the Reds played them. Not one person in their lineup was hitting over .300 at that point yet they had the best record in baseball. Clearly just a fluke.