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Very impressive by Sale there...huge fastball, and then a great change-up.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:45 AM) Congrats Fathom. Now, teach that boy to never support Scott Podsednik, and we're set. I watched some of the Cubs/Giants game on Monday night with him, and I talked to him about how I'd never throw Juan Uribe a 3-2 fastball.

It's really amazing that our first round pick from a few months ago is pitching in a meaningful game in August.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:39 AM) Congratulations, Fathom! Glad to hear everyone is healthy and happy. Prepare for no sleep. The 2nd night was great, as he got circumsized and was tired. However, night 3 was DEFINITELY a different story, as he was up from midnight to 5 AM.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:38 AM) He really only gave up 1 "real" run and I think giving pitcher a chance to get a win is a good thing. Obviously, results were horrible, but retrospective decision making without any responsibility is easy. Well, Gardenhire pulled Liriano before Ramirez batted, while Ozzie let Floyd stayed in. Right or wrong, Gardenhire is the huge winner in the managerial game tonight. I like the match-ups vs the Tigers, but would be nice to see Teahen called up for Viciedo with those 3 righties on the mound.

QUOTE (Allsox @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:37 AM) He struck out the other two guys with them, what can one do? Doesn't mean they were good pitches, and it's also a pretty good sign his arm was tired.

QUOTE (Allsox @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:35 AM) Agreed. Unfortunately, his curveball just fell over the heart of the plate and not into the ground. No blame on Ozzie from me, Gavin just hung it. The 4 or 5 other curves he hung that inning didn't worry you?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:32 AM) Is it just me..........the more I see Sale, the shorter I think his career is going to be. I think he'll be fine...he's doing a great job as a lefty reliever brought in to face righties.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:31 AM) One batter too late. Mercy. Stone called it too. Admittedly, I just started watching 20 minutes ago. However, the pitches I saw from Floyd in this inning were the worst I've seen from him in months. Every pitch hung.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:31 AM) we seriously need an Ozzie tirade after this game to spark us, haha. Only if it results in him saying something bad in getting fired.

Wow Ozzie, you deserve all sorts of bashing for that move. Gavin was hanging every pitch he threw this inning.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:26 AM) Birmingham in 2029? As long as it's not the Cubs organization. I did watch the top of the 9th with my son last night so he could see a Sox win for the first time in his life.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:25 AM) Congrats, that's an awesome day to be born. He'll love it growing up. Doctor was going to wait until 11:12AM in the morning, but mama had a different plan.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:22 AM) What's the latest from the hospital? Our baby boy was born on the ever popular 8/9/10. Everyone's doing good. Tons of pictures taking of him wearing Sox attire, which surely pissed off the in-laws.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 03:21 AM) difference with MN is they'd a found a way to get a "stick the bat out flare" to float over the second basemen's head It's been that way for a decade, and one of the main reasons is that all of their guys aren't necessarily swinging for the fences.

Hahah, gator arms for Omar there. Maybe it was more fun not watching games all this week.

How did Sox give the Twins the run besides for Gavin's balk?

Wow, what a choke job. Lots of booing at the park. Alexei tried way too hard to pull the ball in that AB.

I wish a different former Sox pitcher, Gary Glover, was pitching here.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:12 AM) We seriously didnt score on that throw? AJP "bluffed" going home, but for some reason, he sprinted back to 3rd when the throw was in the air. At least Kotsay would have tried to score on it.

Alexei with maybe the biggest AB of the season here.

How about another HBP to Juan?

Also, what exactly did Gavin do to balk in a run?

Sure looked like Omar was trying to do exactly that with the swing he took.

Just got back from hospital, how close was Viciedo's fly out in the first to being a home run?