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If anyone ever needed a change of scenery, it's GORDON BECKHAM of the WHITE SOX. while excellent defensively. beckham has fallen into an offensive vortex and continues to spiral into the abyss known only to a .220 hitter. beckham has lost A HUNDRED points off his average in the past 8 weeks and looks absolutely lost.  six years is long enough.  time to cut ties and move him to a team like the giants who need defense at that spot.

"relief" pitcher DONALD BELLISARIO also needs a bus ticket out of town.  on sunday, the ump says move the bling off your wrist and bellisario admits that he let his anger toward the umpire affect his pitching. after loading the bases off that dolt, the twins rally for three runs and win 4-3.  bellisario has been nothing but a joke over the last month.  see if you can disguise him as a setup man and move him before the deadline. 

i have to admit that i've enjoyed the last week with STEVE STONE doing the play by play and TOM PACIOREK providing the color on the television broadcast and it will continue thru the detroit series as HAWK takes care of personal business in florida. maybe it's time for the hawk to fly south permanently? 

everyone is excited about the bears in july but it does appear as though LAMAR HOUSTON has come to play and was an excellent free agent signing from the OAKLAND RAIDERS. he played in EVERY game for the raiders over 4 years and appears to be a great bookend for JARED ALLEN.

just wondering---the PICK 6 at arlington on sunday paid $42,000.00. and how many tickets did you have on that winning combination?

gotta smile at the pitching records for JEFF  SAMARDZIJA & JASON HAMMEL since they were traded to oakland on the 4th of july. the shark couldn't win a game in chicago but he's 3-1 with an era of under three with the A's while hammel was the best pitcher for the cubs and he's 0-3 with an era of over 9.00. ouch. 

if the cubs go 19-39 the rest of the way, they will once again ring the 0NE HUNDRED LOSS bell, which would make the 17th time in the last 50 years and that includes three times of 100+ losses on the big board. and if they can play .500 ball the rest of the way, they still lose 90. just how bad is bad?

BUT FEAR NOT, CUB FANS: from everything i read, when you add the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN of minor leaguers KRIS BRYANT, ADDISON RUSSELL, ALBERT ALMORA, JAVIER BAEZ, JORGE SOLER, KYLE SCHWARBER & the already rostered ARISMENDY ALCANTARA to all stars VINCE RIZZO & STARLIN CASTRO and a few other veterans, i amazed that there's not a line ALREADY for world series tickets at wrigley. 

Psssst.......has anyone seen a pitcher anywhere on the north side?  oh yeah, EDWIN JACKSON.

adios for now.