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By the way, for those not watching, that was a real nice pitch Javy made. Got to tip your cap on that one.

Tie game. And yes Kalapse, he's became my boy since everyone has ridden on him.

He gawn...gets him on a relatively ugly changeup but since he changed locations and had nice velocity difference he got away with it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:32 PM) 2-0 in the 6th....deja vu? BTW, was there any chance for Anderson to tag up on Iguchi's blooper? It's amazing how awful Singleton is doing PBP. It would have really been pushing things. Javy's fastball is just exploding up in the zone. I got faith in my boy.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:30 PM) This is it, the defining moment for one; Javier Vazquez. He needs to go out there and shut down the 2-3-4. This is huge. Yep, he gets through this and he goes 7 plus. Bad news is Punto just had a leadoff single and my guess is we'll see the Twins try to put him in motion (maybe a hit and run considering Mauer's bat control).

QUOTE(tealeafreaderii @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:29 PM) did the bat break on the homerun swing? Which I don't recall ever seeing before Or did he break his bat get a new bat and then hit a homerun (ala the natural) Broke on the swing. I've seen it happen and its happened more in recent years.

QUOTE(spiderman @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:27 PM) I have a hard time believing that McCarthy was ever involved - how could it have reached the point where it was considered close to happening if Williams had no intention of moving McCarthy ? Surely, he would have rebuffed Washington right away, correct ? This leads me to one of two conclusions - Williams dangled McCarthy out there to spark Washington's interest, and then leaked the info that a trade was close to get other competitors to step their offers OR ESPN just jumped the gun on this story. I think his name was involved, doesn't mean he was part of any deal. The nats I'm sure asked and Kenny probably bantered back and forth, maybe saying we give him up you give us Cordero (not saying the Nats would do it, but just typical negotiating tactics trying to lower the value). And no I don't think Mac was involved, but if Soriano signed with us immediately it would be about the only way I'd really accept him being moved in a trade for Soriano (if thats all the club is getting in return). I think its much much more likely for prospects to get moved unless Kenny gets blown away for any of our major major league parts.

Thome crushes it to right center but Tyner makes a fantastic running grab. He got a serious jump and used his speed to just get to it.

Jim's got himself a count

First off, welcome aboard, great to have another Sox fan in these parts. I'm going to move your post to the trade winds into the Soriano thread (since it involves trade talk). However, I'll leave it in here for a few minutes so you see that. In terms of that lineup It will never happen. Podsednik is a poor defensive left fielder and the Sox will not move him to CF. If we plan on keeping Soriano (something I'm not against) it would mean Pods is either a part of the trade or is on his way to another team for prospects or another major league piece. Once again, welcome aboard

Scotty did a nice job dragging that bunt all the way towards the 2nd baseman and now Tad needs to come through here. BA really is looking more comfortable at the plate and Ozz's patience has paid off. Guchi just misses a double down the line (goes foul) and now he's in a hole.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:13 PM) Could someone just give me the latest? I have been gone since 4:30, so if someone could just tell me what the news is now I would appreciate it? 42 pages is just too much. Latest is that Kenny has said he won't trade any of his starters and that includes Brandon. Talks have cooled and its believed that the Sosx are interested in Soriano, but only want to give up prospects. One persons source (Fathoms) mentioned that the deal may have broke down because of contract talks involving a no trade clause (Sox not wanting to give it). There has also been other talk the Kenny would get Soriano and than spin him off (of course if we were in fact negotiating a contract, that would dispell those talks).

Juan Uribe breaks a bat and hits a HR

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) is he available to pitch then? i assume not but... still Could he, yes, but he isn't expected to throw.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) I've been away most of the day, so will someone fill me in: is there some major trade rumor about Mac? Earlier today it was reported taht Mac was on his way to the Nats for Soriano but that rumor has cooled down a bit. Kurkijian originally reported it and since than Kenny has said he will not be dealing any of his major league starters and that he has told Brandon that he won't be going anywhere. However, the Sox are quite interested in Soriano.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:12 PM) Hi, where is JD? Day off.

Gload tied up and pops it up.

AJ gets in to 3rd after Crede had a nice AB. Crede is working RF a bit more as well (letting the ball get deep into the count). I'm real confident having Gload up right here.

Paulie uses that RF swing and clobbers it to Right center making it 1-0. That day off sure worked. I saw his first AB he was working right field as best as he could as well (he was waiting on the ball).

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 06:00 PM) That's such a beautiful 2 seamer, he just doesn't utilize it properly. He's doing a much better job today throwing his FB all over the zone and his changeup is looking good. He just needs to really work on consistency with his breaking balls as he has a tendency to get too quick which leads to him rolling breaking balls. For the trivia question I'm going with Carew and Puckett. One pitch, one out.

Threw another down an in that ate Kubel up.

Javy's fastball is looking real sharp and crisp tonight. Of course it was against Detroit as well. He's also throwing it inside and moving the location of it real well.

Morneu crushes a double.

K, 2 down.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) He's the Head Grounds Keeper, his job is to make sure bunts placed perfectly down the thirdbase line stay fair. Gotcha.