Yes, today s a gorgeous day for baseball, finally coming out of the oppressive heat we've had...

And the day starts before the game started, as the White Sox unveiled two new status out on the centerfield concourse, around the Fan Deck in a pre-game ceremony.

The statues were of Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox, posed as if working together on a double play (Fox flipping a baseball to Aparicio, who was depicted with his glove outstretched, waiting to catch the baseball.).

The statues were unveiled simultaneously, by Aparicio and Joanne Fox, Nellie's widow. I actually broke down sobbing behind my sunglases as I watched Joanne pull the black cloth from off her husbands statue.. because the first thing she did upon seeing it.. was reach out and carress his cheek with her open hand... so sweet. That's five statues out there - following Charles Comiskey, Minnie Minoso and Carlton Fisk.

Aparicio threw out the first pitch to Ozzie Guilen - 2 All-Star Venezuelan shortstops.

The Sox wore throwback uniforms representing the 1908 World Series champions, which, if i remember correctly, didn't go over very well last time.

The game was SOOOooo much better than the last few, ending our 4-game losing streak. Jon Garland is finally coming around.

Unfortunately, after Alex Cintron was drilled by the pitcher Vicente Padilla in the bottom of the third, we all knew that Garland would be instructed to go after somebody (n his last outing against the Sox, Padilla hit A.J. Pierzynski twice in a way that Ozzie thought was intentional). Sure enough, i nthe top of the 4th, threw behind Ian Kinsler. Throwing behind is not the same as drilling someone, so Ozzie came out and was yelling at Garland on the mound. After the inning, Ozzie layed into garland in the dougout, throwing water bottles. (We couldn't see that from our seats, but it looked bad on TV).

Scot Podesdnik gets a homer, his 3rd of the season.. already surpassing last year's count of zero.

With the win, we are still 6½ games behind Detroit.. which sucks.

Afer the game, the Sox designated backup catcher Chris Widger for assignment... wonder what's up?

Update: The Sox get Sandy Alomar Jr. from the Dodgers for his third stint with the team.

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