crucial updates

despite my long absence, there are some crucial updates to be made:

1. i have been granted an opportunity to contribute to a popular baseball blog. the editors of "more hardball", gm_carson and burton, have invited me to contribute articles to their blog. since theirs is an all-around baseball blog, i can't do the in-depth analysis of my white sox that i normally engage in over here at cell's bells. however, i can contribute some of my more quirky items, like "the dugout" (which hasn't been working since i've returned from vacation), and random quotes by my loudmouth manager ozzie, the latter of which should prove useful talking materials.

my point is, do not fear that i will abandon cell's bells. i will continue to post enteries here, but now you can catch me elsewhere.

2. the entire reason for this blog's existance: THE WHITE SOX!!! i've all but neglected them!

things have not been well for my boys in black-and-white as of late. they played well against the angels while i was in CA, but upon arriving home, things just dropped off. though john danks pitched the game of his career against seattle on tuesday, and got the win, but they split the series with the mariners. today, they played the As. contreras was due to pitch today, and did, but blew a 6-run lead. last i checked the As and sox were tied at 7 in the bottom of the 8th. since mark kotsay used to play for the As, i wonder if they gave him a happy homecoming.

in light of jose contreras' return to rock-bottom, i wonder when diva jake peavy is due to begin pitching for us...

thats all for now. i returned an hour ago from the dodgers-diamondbacks game here in AZ. d-backs won and dan haren pitched very well. so well, he had the balls to hit andre ethier with manny ramirez coming up in the 7th. both men got out. the snakes lit up starter clayton kershaw in the 2nd, putting on 4 straight runs. if they'd scored 2 more, the taco bells down here in AZ would have given away 3 free tacos with the purchase of a large drink and showing your ticket stub. but alas it was not to be. you could smell the tacos, but the taco bell was closed :(.

as for that diva manny, chase field got especially noisy when he came up to bat. i booed, LA fans cheered. its a damn shame manny had to get busted for taking HCG, cuz i really think he would have looked nice with the boobs he aquired from using that hormone. it would work well with his disgusting dreadlocks.

and despite the obnoxiousness of dodger fans, todays game was a reminder as to why i love baseball so much. there was great pitching, spectacular catches, a defense that knew what it was doing, steals that required balls of steel to pull off, a charged atmosphere, and the fans behaved themselves for the most part.

thats all for tonight.

GO WHITE SOX!!!
tamtam

wild wild west

as usual, jose contreras did not get his win. HOWEVER, kenny and ozzie may want to hold off on demoting him for now. by all accounts, contreras pitched a good game, but scott linebrink, another no-name pitcher on our staff, lost it and made contreras' outing a no-decision.

tonite, the mariners pay a visit to the cell. this means that our old friend griffey is back in town!! i remember seeing griffey play last year. he wasnt bad, but he's clearly getting old. i guess returning to your old team is a nice way to end your career. the sports hernia had a really funny post about griffey's famous backwards hat. you can read it here. the mariners are in 1st place with a 12-7 record, and our miracle man john danks is set to take on their pitcher, chris jakubauskas (sp? thats a heluva name). expect a good game.

unfortunately, the game is broadcast on a local chicago tv station tonight, so i cant watch the game. however, wednesday's game is on WGN, so i can catch at least 1 game. im at the mercy of the cable company. if you're wondering why i dont get mlb.tv, its because its too expensive, and if the guys at south side sox are right, theres alotta kinks that still need to be worked out.

thats all for today!
GO WHITE SOX!!!
tamtam