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The Twins lost, but White Sox squandered the opportunity to gain ground by falling 4-2 to the Orioles, the team with the worst record in the American League.  Mark Buehrle twice gave up what Hawk Harrelson refers to as "the dreaded leadoff walk," and twice paid the price as those runners came around to score.

Speaking of dreaded, Kenny "The Trader" Williams continues to talk with the Dodgers about the (literally) dreaded Manny Ramirez.  The holdup in the acquisition seems to be what the Sox will give up -- if anything -- in return for taking Manny's contract off L.A.'s hands.  Maybe Ramirez is what we need.  After all, the team cranked out a grand total of five hits last night, and the big guy can still hit.

Speaking of late additions of big guys, I checked yesterday and Ted Kluzewski played only 31 games for the Sox after joining the Go-Go Sox in 1959.  He hit two homers -- I've been remembering it as a lot more than that, but apparently, incorrectly.  Klu did hit three homers in the six World Series games, though, so maybe that's what's burned into my memory bank.

Speaking of memories, I think we'd all like to forget the recent lackluster performance by our guys, but the immediate future looks bleak too.  The Sox have to play the Yankees and Red Sox in two of the next three series after finishing up with the O's.  The Good Guys are still 3.5 games behind the Twinkies.  The time is now to start gaining on them.  Go Sox!