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How many times would Strasburg strike out Branyan if he faced him 10 times? I'm saying 8.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 05:35 PM) But major league pitching might. He did homer off of Stammen yesterday, who's been in the majors all season.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) I hope all you Flowers boosters are right. I'd love to eat crow on this one and see Flowers excell at Catcher for the Sox for many years to come. But I don't see any sense in getting rid of AJ just to save a few million bucks just because Flowers has been hot for a couple of weeks in Charlotte after struggling for the first couple of months. Gordon Beckham was supposed to be the savior and we've watched him struggle to adjust in the big leagues. And we've seen Brian Anderson, Joe Borchard, Josh Fields, etc., fall flat on their faces in the majors after tearing up the minor leagues. I'm not too anxious on seeing AJ dumped just to go through that again. I'm by no means a Flowers booster. AJP has been absolutely nothing special this season, and you have to worry about him getting older. There's been no one that rips on our development and inability to produce young players more than me, but with the ways things look, if guys like Beckham/Viciedo/Flowers/Hudson all don't pan out, this organization is screwed.

I've never seen a more similar home run to that of Geoff Blum in Game 3 of WS

Hafner hits a home run off of him

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 06:24 PM) LOL! That reminds me of the time in I think 2006 when Ross Gload was finally recalled after publicly stating his disappointment of being left in AAA even though he was hitting well down there. He comes in as a pinch hitter and on the first pitch hits a ball deep to the opposite field which was caught on the warning track in LF. Hawk announcing the game comments, "Well, I guess that's a home run in Charlotte." Anyway, hitting in a band box in Charlotte against AAA pitching is not quite the same as hitting at the Cell against Major League pitching. I do remember that quote as well. Flowers is also a home run hitter, while Gload is a line drive hitter. I don't think the dimensions will hurt Flowers as much.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) Thank you fathom for pointing out the game is on TBS. Has Cleveland got a hit off him yet? Nope, 2 k and a fly out. Fastball has been between 99 and 100 mph.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 06:22 PM) 16/0 K/BB ratio to this point. And Carlos Santana is one good lookin' ass player. The Indians have a really nice future ahead of them. Seriously, the ball flies off of Santana's bat. Probably already at least the 2nd best player on the Indians.

Dare I say his stuff looks better today? It's on TBS, FYI.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 06:14 PM) .....In Charlotte. Well, it's too bad the Cell plays big then.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) Or pencil him in as the 2011 starting catcher and save a little money because as of right now we're going to have next to nothing to spend in the offseason. agreed! Flowers is hitting for huge power this season...a HR every 14.5 ABs

Two other comments about yesterday's game: - that might have been the best called game by a Sox catcher that I can ever remember. 3-2 offspeed pitches are extremely effective against an offense pressing like the Cubs - it was cool seeing the emotion from Peavy after Santos' strikeout in the 7th.

With Castro likely to start tonight, it will only lead to rumors.

BTW, who's excited for the second day of Strasmas?

I'm shocked the Bucknor, West, and Hernandez are on this list! http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5281467

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 08:11 AM) Jenks had the K to win the game twice, and got f***ed on both of them. He pitched a great 9th that should have continued to lower his ERA. I wouldn't say he pitched great, as there's no excuse to walk the leadoff man. With that said, I give him credit for pitching on 3 straight days. He didn't have his best fastball, but he found a way to get 3 outs without losing the lead. I will say though that greg thinks that we like Jose Paniagua more than Jenks, and that's just not true.

GREAT PITCH! AJP with amazing pitch selection today.

No fastballs here!

Ugh, he's going to steal 2nd also. We should try a pitch out.

Damn, he wanted to call strike 3!

Beckham, play close to Konerko here.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 11:59 PM) You have some of the oddest beliefs for someone who's not baseball retarded. I do believe in jinx, but even if I didn't, I wouldn't talk about "throwing strikes" in a close game.

Much better change-up there.

Get Thornton up, as Jenks looks awful

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 11:54 PM) I don't believe in your jinx talk; the statement stands. They're real good at throwing hard strikes. Seriously, stop!