121

After a disappointing Memorial Day weekend, the White Sox sit in third place in the A.L. Central, 5. 5 games behind the Cleveland Indians and 3.0 games behind the Detroit Tigers for the Wild Card berth. The Magic Number is 121, down a bit from the last Update. (Travel prevented the Update from publishing since last Wednesday, which is just as well, since there wasn't much good news to report.) Ozzie continues to search for a winning lineup. Going into yesterday's action, he had employed 35 different combos. Many were dictated by injury; some by rest; but a fair number resulted from the hunt for the winning formula. Enter the Update, with the best lineup the Sox can put on the field given the players on the Big League roster right now. (Team record not counting yesterday's game when player bats in that spot listed in parentheses.)

1. Erstad (18-12)
2. Iguchi (11-8)
3. Thome (12-7)
4. Konerko (16-12)
5. Dye (15-9)
6. Pierzynski (7-5)
7. Crede (9-5)
8. Uribe (6-4)
9. Terrero (2-2)

The combined record is 96-64 with this lineup. Not too shabby. The Update challenges you -- and Ozzie -- to come up with a better batting order that covers all the positions.