PERFECT #56: Mark Buehrle

Jake Peavy and the Twins Deny the White Sox

TALK ABOUT A DOWNER OF A DAY, it doesn't get much worse for a team to get thumped by a division rival and then turned down on a trade approval, but that's exactly what happened to the White Sox today. The Twins had been struggling, especially after those three consecutive walk-off losses to the Yanks, so they pretty much took it out on the Sox, crushing them 20-1. Then the Sox get the news that Padres ace Jake Peavy rejects their trade offer. It makes you wonder how it all unfolded. Was Peavy sitting in the clubhouse watching Sportscenter replay highlights of the Twins/Sox blowout and taking a sweet-talk call from White Sox GM Kenny Williams? Probably not, but today's news was nothing short of comical genius.

Touchdown Toronto!

NOBODY LIKES TO GET SHUTOUT let alone getting thumped by a football-like score of 14-0, but that's what the Toronto Blue Jays handed the Chicago White Sox on friday. Granted it's a long season, but the Jays (13-6) have been mighty impressive in what may be the toughest division in baseball.

NOTE: The Jays were thumped by the Sox, 10-2 today, which could theoretically be a football score.

Dye & Konerko: Back-to-Back to 300

THE SAYING WILL ALWAYS REMAIN TRUE: go to the ballpark and chances are you'll see something you've never seen before. No, not just back-to-back homeruns, but back-to-back 300 milestone homeruns by Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko for the Chicago White Sox yesterday. What are the chances of seeing that?! Needless to say, Zach Minor, the victim of both milestones just became a trivia answer. And, yes, the Sox did wind up beating the Tigers, 10-6.

There were some other big headlines in MLB yesterday and not all were fun. The great Harry Kalas left us as well as Mark Fidrych. There's just been way too much death in baseball lately. Orlando Hudson, the 92% discount, hit for the first cycle ever at Dodger Stadium.