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Nice play Mendick.

Good to see Engel get his SB after all those pick-off attempts. Robert looks pretty laid back at the plate. Is it me or does Pito look leaner than he did a month ago?

Visited relatives in Chicago in cold late March 1986. I was wearing my brown leather bomber jacket as we made a family get-together at the Ballpark Inn where *everyone* was wearing black leather jackets/surcoats/coats. When finally seated one of my aunts asked me, "OK, so what's up with the brown leather? You were born in Chicago for cryin' out loud. This is Bear-Ditka season." I think everyone made an exception of me, in a good way. The brown sheep of the family.

French Post-Modern philosophy much? Or just some good old fashioned 'To be or not to be?' I really like my coffee. My cat too - even when she walks across the keyboard ad56sckjb$^%#&dfbHUL--.=-fgn\0432W.................!....

As much a fan of Thome as I am, to this day I still don't see the sense of Rowand for Thome. For all purposes, you were trading the heart of the team for a new heart and I still don't get it.

'85 Bears Defense still a solid describer of NFL/CFB defenses. "Well they're not the '85 Bears, but they're still really good." 2005 Sox, not so much. Around the country, the Sox were considered something of a fluke. They weren't, but that was a general impression.

Wasn't Don't Stop Believin' on the jukebox when Tony Soprano flashed to black?

Trout in career worst slump.

He got all of it. Don't see much of that from the Sox this year.

Whew

Bottom third of the order - go after them. Except Zunino - keep an eye on him.

Geeze what's up with Pollock?

Got him with a sweeper.

whew!

I guess it's possible that TLR doesn't know what inning it is.

Gio wasn't losing arm speed with the increasing PC, but he was losing control and movement. Pretty plain to see. And yeah, if the Sox could've thrown some glove out there it would have helped.

And Gio was doing so well...

Gio is up to 93 PC.

Is hitting a sac fly in the rule book? Didn't know that was allowed.

Pito not quite the RBI machine he was - even from last year.

I started going gray early, was solid white by 62. Full head and beard - hair darkener for men is for pussies. At least for my generation.

Most Tampa people don't really identify the Rays as a Tampa team. They almost always point out that the stadium is in St. Pete and too out of the way to get to. i think it's a bit weird, but you see a lot of that in comments around the web.

Gameday/Statcast has Gio's 4-seams at 93-95.

Gio under 60 PC in 4 innings. Nice

Gio didn't throw anything in the zone on Choi.