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<blockquote data-quote="iceteebone" data-source="post: 3982521" data-attributes="member: 549344"><a href="http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080124&amp;amp;content_id=2354706&amp;amp;vkey=n" target="_blank">http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080124&amp;amp;content_id=2354706&amp;amp;vkey=n</a> ews_cws&amp;amp;fext=.jsp&amp;amp;c_id=cwsRival awareness: Curtis Granderson made a stop in the Chicago area this past weekend to visit family, help out during a baseball clinic at South Suburban College and receive an award last Sunday night from the Pitch &amp;amp; Hit Club of Chicago.In an ironic twist, the Detroit superstar also had to talk down a few distraught White Sox supporters who already had given the American League Central to the Tigers while mingling at the dinner in Rosemont.&quot;Fans are coming up to me and saying, &#039;Our team is done&#039; and &#039;We are going to lose out to you guys,&#039;&quot; Granderson said. &quot;But the only thing I can say is look at 2006 for us. We went from 2004 and 2005, where we were not too good, and boom, in one day you can turn it around.&quot;It all can happen in a blink of an eye,&quot; Granderson added.Granderson was surprised by the offensive struggles for the 72-90 White Sox from 2007, but he believes the proven veteran hitters will bounce back and perform as they have previously.&quot;[Nick] Swisher in there also mixes things up a little,&quot; Granderson said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iceteebone, post: 3982521, member: 549344"] [URL="http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080124&content_id=2354706&vkey=n"]http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080124&content_id=2354706&vkey=n[/URL] ews_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws Rival awareness: Curtis Granderson made a stop in the Chicago area this past weekend to visit family, help out during a baseball clinic at South Suburban College and receive an award last Sunday night from the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago. In an ironic twist, the Detroit superstar also had to talk down a few distraught White Sox supporters who already had given the American League Central to the Tigers while mingling at the dinner in Rosemont. "Fans are coming up to me and saying, 'Our team is done' and 'We are going to lose out to you guys,'" Granderson said. "But the only thing I can say is look at 2006 for us. We went from 2004 and 2005, where we were not too good, and boom, in one day you can turn it around. "It all can happen in a blink of an eye," Granderson added. Granderson was surprised by the offensive struggles for the 72-90 White Sox from 2007, but he believes the proven veteran hitters will bounce back and perform as they have previously. "[Nick] Swisher in there also mixes things up a little," Granderson said. [/QUOTE]

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