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Clones and Knights squaring off in MSG in a few minutes... Should i starta gamethread???

That should be expected. You're never going to see the ball hit behind the runner to advance him to third, so that he scores without a hit. The sox may have won the game going away, but didn't have a homer, and that's about all you're going to see for a ST highlight on ESPN. In ESPN's eyes: Barry Homer > Go ahead double by Mags > solid pitching by MB > anything willie Harris could ever do((unless he is talkin about all those ladies waiting for him in the hotel lobbies ))

Clearly Izturis is the answer --- Batting Last 3 years Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2001 TOR 46 134 19 36 6 2 2 9 2 15 8 1 .269 .279 .388 .667 2002 LOS 135 439 43 102 24 2 1 31 14 39 7 7 .232 .253 .303 .556 2003 LOS 158 558 47 140 21 6 1 40 25 70 10 5 .251 .282 .315 .597 Career 339 1131 109 278 51 10 4 80 41 124 25 13 .246 .270 .319 .590 He had a career high OBP of .282 last year. WOW.

Announcers are Sample and McRae again -- Yep, they're terrible

I'm gonna take Coop's side on this one... for now... I posted this in another thread:

Top 9th -- Danys Baez pitching ------------------------------- R. Sierra (0-3) - K's swinging E. Wilson (0-3) - Lines out to left K. Lofton (1-3, 3B) - Walks D. Jeter (0-4, K) - Lofton takes second(indifference? ), grounds out to third. ------------------------------- That's a D-RAYS WINNER D-Rays win 8-3 The Yankees will obviously rally to go 161-1 on the season

Bottom 8th -- Heredia pitching ---------------------------- C. Crawford (0-4, K) - grounds out to Jeter, 6-3 D. Rolls (1-4) - Doubles to center R. Baldelli (1-4, K) - Walks A. Huff (2-4, RBI) - K's looking J. Cruz (1-3, HR, RBI) - Lines out to right ---------------------------- End of 8th, D-Rays 8-3

Top 8th -- Lance Carter pitching ---------------------------- H. Matsui (1-3, 2B) - Fouls out to third A. Rod (1-3, 2B, 2K's) - Pops out to short J. Giambi (1-3, HR, 2RBI) - Doubles off the wall in right center G. Sheffield (2-2, 2B, RBI) - Walks J. Posada (0-3, K) - K's swinging ----------------------------- Middle 8th, D-Rays 8-3

Bottom 7th - Quantrill pitching ------------------------------ R. Baldelli (0-3, K) - Bunt single, ARod & Quantrill collide Qauntrill leaves the game with and injury Felix Heredia pitching Pick off throw gets by Giambi, Baldelli advances to third A. Huff (1-3) - Drives the ball to right center, Baldelli scores - Huff is crushing the ball J. Cruz (1-2, HR, RBI) - Flies out to DEEP center T. Martinez (2-2, 2B) - HOMERS TO RIGHT, Huff scores J. Lugo (1-3, 2B, RBI) - Grounds out to short T. Hall (2-3, 2B, 3RBI) - Ground ball base hit between Arod and Jeter R. Sanchez -- Grounded out -- I missed it ------------------------ End of 7th, D-Rays 8-3

Top 7th - Lance Carter pitching -------------------------------- E. Wilson (0-2) - Lines out to first - Martinez with a nice grab. K. Lofton (1-2, 3B) - Fouled out behind third, SS Lugo makes the play D. Jeter (0-3, K) - Ground out to second ------------------------------- Middle 7th, D-Rays 5-3

Bottom 6th -- Mussina Pitching ------------------------- J. Cruz (0-1, SB, BB) - HOMERS DEEP TO RIGHT!!! T. Martinez (1-1, BB) - Doubles down the right field line J. Lugo (0-2) - Doubles to center, Martinez scores T. Hall (1-2, 2RBI) - Doubles down the left field line, Lugo scores P. Quantrill pitching R. Sanchez (2-2) - grounds out to Quantrill C. Crawford (0-3, K) - Grounds out to second, Hall to third D. Rolls (1-3) - Grounds out to short ------------------------ End of 6th, D-Rays 5-3

RAWK Cruz Homers -- Tie Game

Top 6th - Zambrano still pitching ------------------------ A. Rod (0-2, 2K's) - Doubles into the right field corner J. Giambi (1-2, HR, 2RBI's) - Swinging bunt fielded by Zambrano, 1-3 G. Sheffield (1-1, BB) - Check swing "excuse me" double down the right field line, ARod scores J. Posada (0-2, K) - Grounds into 4-3 FC, Sheffield to third R. Sierra (0-2) - Broken bat popout, lugo makes the sliding catch, collided with Baldelli. Both seem OK ------------------------ Middle of 6th, Yankees 3-2

Bottom 5th - Mussina still on the hill -------------------------- R. Sanchez (1-1) - Singles to right center C. Crawford (0-2) - K's swinging D. Rolls (0-2) - Singled to third, ARod throws to second, sanchez safe. R. Baldelli (0-2, K) - Flies out to center, Sanchez advances to third A. Huff (1-2) - Lines out to Right -- He is smoking the ball, hit it hard all three times ------------------------- End of 5th, Yankees 2-2

Top 5th ---------------------- K. Lofton (1-1, 3B) - Flies out to DEEP center D. Jeter (0-2, K) - Grounds out to short, 6-3 H. Matsui (1-2, 2B) - Grounds to second, 4-3 ----------------------- Middle 5th, Yankees 2-2

Bottom 4th Mussina still pitching -- 40 Pitches, 21 for strikes, 3H's and 1K so far ------------------------------------ A. Huff (1-1) - Flies out to center J. Cruz (0-1) - Walks T. Martinez (1-1) - Cruz steals second, Walks J. Lugo (0-1) - Ground out to third, Cruz & Martinez advance T. Hall (0-1) - Singles to right, Cruz & Martinex score, tagged out by jeter at second trying to stretch it to a double ----------------------------- End of 4th, Yankees 2-2

Top 4th - ========= Zambrano still pitching -- 60 Pitches, 30 for strikes, 4H 4k's and 2ER --------------------------------- Sheffield (1-1) - Walks on 4 straight pitches Posada (0-1, K) - fouls out to 3rd. nice catch by Rolls R. Sierra (0-1) - fouls out to catcher (T. Hall) E. Wilson (0-1) - Lines out to right --------------------- Middle 4th, Yankees 2-0

Bottom 3rd ------------------ R. Sanchez - line drive base hit to right C. Crawford (0-1) - Pops up to short left center - Jeter falls on his ass making the catch D. Rolls (0-1) - grounds out to third, ARod ranged far to his left to make that play, Sanchez advances. R. Baldelli (0-1, K) - grounds out to Jeter -------------------- End of 3rd, Yankees 2-0

Top 3rd, --------------- Matsui (1-1, 2B) - Grounds out to the Zambrano, 1-3 ARod (0-1, K) - K's looking - Giambi (1-1 HR 2 RBI)- Flies out to left ----------------- Middle 3rd, Yankees 2-0

He's on pace to strike out 600 times

Bottom 2nd, Yankees 2-0 -------------------- A. Huff - Singles off the wall in right field. you can cancel the post game showhawkism> J. Cruz - flies out to left, Matsui brings it in on the warning track T. Martinez - lines a ball to right, Huff to second. J. Lugo - flies out to center - Huff tags, and advances to third. T. Hall - ground into FC, 6-4 -------------------------- End of 2nd, Yankees 2-0

Top 2nd Yankees 2-0 R. Sierra grounds out to second, 4-3 E. Wilson pops up to shallow right K. Lofton triples down the left field line -- it rolled all the way to the left field corner D. Jeter K's swinging D-ray's catcher T. Hall made two good saves on bad pitches in the dirt to prevent Lofton from scoring. Middle 2nd, Yankees 2-0

Mussina pitching Crawford out on a bunt attempt, 2-3 Rolls grounds out to second, 4-3 Baldelli K's swinging end of 1st inning

Victor Zambrano pitching.... Jeter grounds out to second. Matsui doubles into the Right center gap AROD strikes out looking in his first official AB as a Yankee Giambi Homers to left center, Matsui Scores Sheffield swinging bunt infield single Posada K's swinging middle 1st yankees 2 - 0 There's no announcers actually at the game, Reynold, Ravech, and Gammons are announcing from a studio in Bristol. I don't like it... It seems like I'm watching baseball tonight. There's relatively no crowd noise and you can't hear the sounds of the game, the bat hitting the ball, a hard fastball snapping into the catchers mitt, etc. It's odd.

I was looking at the Yankees schedule, and they still have one "spring Training" left. They play two in Japan, and then come home and have a ST game vs. the Tigers, before they head back to tampa.