MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Keith Foulke (right shoulder inflammation) was placed on the disabled list on July 4. 

The Chicago White Sox have grown accustomed to winning at U. 

Joe Blanton entered Friday night fresh off a loss that made the A's starter the American League's first 11-game loser. 

It's easier to pick an All-Star team without steroids on our minds. 

The Oakland Athletics placed reliever Keith Foulke on the 15-day disabled list Friday with inflammation in his right shoulder. 

There is little doubt now who the A's All-Star representative will be when the teams are announced Sunday. 

--OF Ryan Sweeney returned to the lineup after sitting out Wednesday with a sore ankle. 

MEDICAL WATCH: SS Bobby Crosby (strained left hamstring) did not play July 3 and was expected to sit out the July 4 game as well. 

The Chicago White Sox were unable to extend a pair of winning streaks their last time out, but having one of baseball's hottest starters on the mound could help them begin a new one. 

Huston Street would shrug or roll his eyes, not that it would stop Justin Duchscherer from launching into his sermon. 

Huston Street would shrug or roll his eyes, not that it would stop Justin Duchscherer from launching into his sermon. 

The Chicago White Sox have been tough to beat lately, and especially so at U. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Ryan Sweeney (sore left ankle) missed the July 2 game and is day to day. 

--3B Eric Chavez was placed on the disabled list because of continued soreness in his right shoulder. 

With Eric Chavez going back on the disabled list on Wednesday, will the A's now try to find a third baseman? Or could Chavez's latest injury trouble cause Oakland to retreat, the way December's announcement that Chad Gaudin would require hip and foot surg