Thunder

He'll boost the morale of the whole staff regardless of how he does.

Does this really need to be a thread?

Overall, Demp's looked pretty good tonight.

I know that. I was kidding too.

I said that you could if you were able to wake me up.

So much for that no hit bid. BTR jinxed it.

True. I am on Long Island right now, and I was sitting in the very same spot I am now on September 1, 2007, watching Buchholz's no-no on Gameday.

Well, it is the White Sox.

Was Papi smiling after that hit? He deserves it.

Gameday is slow boring sometimes.

I'll take that, but we need hits.

Come on Nap!

Sox need runs here. This Santiago guy is nothing.

I agree completely. Last year, the Jets didn't give him a chance. What was the point of signing the man of you weren't going to use him?

Looks like Dempster is picking up where he left off.

Game starts in 15 minutes. Whaddaya expect?

Nevermind: WHITE SOX (56-76) De Aza CF Beckham 2B Ramirez SS Dunn DH Konerko 1B Garcia RF Keppinger 3B Viciedo LF Phegley C Pitching: LHP Hector Santiago (4-7, 3.25). Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Santiago: Ellsbury 1-3, Napoli 0-2, Nava 0-4, Gomes 0-2, Middlebrooks 0-3, Ortiz 1-3, Pedroia 1-2, Drew 0-2, Salty 0-2. White Sox vs. Dempster: Dunn 5-17, Keppinger 13-29, Ramirez 7-17, Beckham 3-14, Konerko 2-12, De Aza 2-4, Viciedo 2-3, Garcia 0-1. Stat of the Day: Shane Victorino has a 5.3 WAR. That's first among American League right fielders and third among AL outfielders overall behind Mike Trout and Jacoby Ellsbury. Victorino is 19 of his last 44 with five doubles, five home runs, 13 RBIs, 12 runs scored and four HBPs. He is hitting .294 with a .799 OPS for the season. Notes: The Sox have won four of five as they continue their homestand against the downtrodden White Sox, who have the second-worst record in the American League ... Dempster is pitching for the first time since Aug. 18, the night he hit Alex Rodriguez. That earned him a five-game suspension from Major League Baseball. The Red Sox then pushed him back a little further. Dempster is 1-1 with a 6.81 ERA in his last seven starts. He is 2-5, 5.03, in 14 career appearances against Chicago, seven of them starts ... Santiago is 0-1, 4.00, in two career appearances against the Sox. He started against them May 22 and allowed two runs on three hits over six innings and struck out nine ... Red Sox hitters are 3 for 23 against Santiago with 10 strikeouts ... David Ortiz is 0 for his last 22 with eight strikeouts, his last hit coming Aug. 18. His batting average and OPS have dropped from .327 and .996 to .310 and .947 ... The Sox have allowed 17 runs in their last nine games and their starters have a 1.90 ERA. Song of the Day: "Local Hero" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

I'm behind enemy lines this weekend. Damn boston.com won't load.

Make sure the picture is of the Sterling Shake.

Well, sacrifice or not, I'm going to bed. Wake me at 12 AM if I am to be sacrificed. My phone number is....

Not exactly something I tell a lot of people.

Good luck waking me up.

Pretty crummy night to be a fan of my teams: Red Sox lose a tough one UConn football loses to FCS Towson Jets... WIN! What? I couldn't care less about preseason though.

Well you can't win 'em all.

Here we go J-Rod