The Good:

• Clayton Richards:  He not only may have earned a playoff start somewhere down the road, but made it clear who the fifth starter will be next year.  That and he gave the Sox pen another day off.
• Octavo Dotel:  He'll give you an ulcer, but after falling behind 2-0, he struck out the only man he faced and kept the Sox in the game.
  
• DeWayne Wise: For a career journeyman, hitting a three run bomb must be the highlight of his career.
• Paul Konerko.  An epic at bat off of Dan Wheeler in the bottom of the ninth resulted in a home run.
  

The Bad:

• Leaving the bases loaded in the seventh:  Can't do that and win a trophy, boys.
• Junior's at bat in the ninth:  After watching Paulie work Dan Wheeler for eleven pitches and finally going yard, Junior swings at the second pitch and flies out harmlessly to left.
• Wheels Down: The Sox owned Dan Wheeler in the 2005 World Series and I don't think he's much better then he was with the Astros.  Yet, outside of Paul Konerko, the Sox made him look pretty good.
  
• Domes: Enough said.
  

The Ugly:

• Javy Vazquez:  His team stakes him to a two run lead and he can't even hold it for a half inning.  You'd think the second time around against Evan Longoria he'd be a little more careful, but no, not Javy.  He throws him a room service change up and the White Sox fall behind and never recover.  The most telling part of how  things are for Vazquez were the shots of the Sox dugout after Ozzie hooked him.  Nobody was anywhere near him, leading to me believe that if the Sox were Amish, they would have turned their backs to him when he left the game.  Can't say as I don't blame them.
  
• Aki's Triple:  Aki Iwamura's triple proves what Sox fans have been saying since July.  Junior can't come in and he can't go back.  I believe that if Brian Anderson were out there he would have made the play or at least limited Iwamura to a double.
• Say What Orlando?  If you are going to talk the talk (or yell the yell) then you need to walk the walk.  Orlando Cabrera's theatrics were silly, especially since pitcher Grant Balfour got the last laugh.  You'd think Columbia and Australia were at war with each other the way those two went at it.  Balfour wasn't even good enough for a wretched Milwaukee Brewer bullpen so the Brewers sent him to Tampa Bay.  The Sox made him look like Mariano Rivera's brother.
• Most of the Sox Lineup: A quiet day for Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, The Cuban Missile and Oooh Oooh Uribe.  The boys will need to step it up this evening.

Lightning Round

• Don't be throwing yourself off the Sears tower after this loss.  Besides, there is a four hour wait to get up there behind Cub fans (and some people who have driven down from Milwaukee.  That's because if you jumped off the tallest building in Milwaukee you'd just sprain your ankle.)  This series is still very doable.The Sox have Buehrle, Floyd and Danks at full strength ready to go.  Compare that to how Brewer fans must feel knowing their last line of defense from a playoff exit is Dave Bush.
  
• If this series goes five games, Mark Buehrle gets the ball for game five.  And if they win game five, Ozzie may have to go with a three man rotation or Buehrle, Floyd, Danks and Clayton Richard.  I think the rest of the way, Javy becomes what El Duque was in 2005---The long guy.
• Delight in Cub fans misery.  That will surely get you through until 5pm tonight.