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Here we are one month later and I wanted to leave some time for the White Sox team to speak for themselves. They are two games over .500 at 40-38.

So much for a wasted season. The White Sox going to be "sellers" at the trading deadline. Chicago is still in the race, only three games behind the pesky Detroit Tigers.

The five players I mentioned—Mark Buehrle, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez, Scott Podsednik and Gordon Beckham—have been contributing to the White Sox' success.

Buehrle has gone only 1-1 in the last month, but has kept his status at the ace of the pitching staff and probably will end up being the White Sox lone All-Star this year. For goodness sakes, he even helped his cause in Milwaukee with a solo home run; the first by a White Sox pitcher since 2006 (Jon Garland).

Konerko is below .300, but is still hitting a respectable .290, and leads the team in RBI with 49.

Ramirez has turned himself around offensively, raising his average to .272 from the low .200 range, salvaging what looked like a sophomore slump season. But Ramirez has suffered a huge blow to his defense, since he has 10 errors already this year and his natural position of shortstop, just two shy of last year's total. The defense needs to step up and once again, he will fool his doubters.

Podsednik has been the biggest piece of the White Sox success. Whether it is with stealing bases, infield singles or just doing what Scott Podsednik normally does, he has been the talk of the town. He leads the team in batting at .311 and has played surprisingly well in left field while Carlos Quentin has been on the disabled list.

Beckham has fewer than 100 at bats in the major leagues, but he is batting .278, which is good for fifth-best average on the team. Beckham has shown that he can handle big league pitching and looks to be a spark plug to the White Sox offense in their recent success.

These and other heroes, such as Jayson Nix and Jermaine Dye, have led the White Sox back in the hunt and should keep them there well into September.

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