Vacation

Pronk, it seems, may be forced into a couple vacation days while his knee heals up. Apparently, he jammed it sliding into second base on his gift double Tuesday night. More will be known after an MRI administered by team doctor (I am not making this up) Mark Schickendantz. Hey, you gotta have both knees in fine working order to do the Schickendantz, especially after you've had a few.

Meanwhile, here at Pronk Needs You, we're also going on vacation to northern Michigan, near Harbor Springs. We will have minimal Internet access - just enough to set my pitching rotation in fantasy baseball a couple times, but not enough to craft the snarky drivel you've come to expect from Pronk Needs You.

Mark Buehrle is bipolar when he faces the Tribe - either we mash him like a potato or he's dominant. Last night, he was a spud. The Tribe put up a 5-spot in the 4th inning, and then held on to get a 7-5 victory. Kelly Shoppach and Josh Barfield both ended oh-fer streaks of 17 at bats in that 4th inning, with Shoppach mashing a 3-run tater.

Aaron Laffey went 5-2/3 for his first major league win, giving up 4 runs. Lewis, Perez held the White Sox down for the next 2-1/3 before yielding to JoeBo, who gave up another dinger (this time to Uribe) in notching his 32nd save.

Tonight - battle of the rookie phenoms - Carmona vs. Hughes - to lead off the big showdown vs. the Evil Empire.

Pronk Needs Us all now that he's on the bench. He's counting on all of us to rock the Jake this weekend with the Evil Empire in town.

And, oh yeah, Tampa Bay beat the Motor City Kitties in Motown last night. AL Central lead - 1.5 games.