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Very nice pitch to Cuddyer

This isn't the NL where the pitcher is batting. Swing away, we had 9 hits and 8 swings that resulted in outs up to that point.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:46 AM) Nick Punto has taken a few days off of my life. The fact that he continues to kill us despite having absolutely no talent is so frustrating. He plays like the smartest player in baseball when we face him.

THANKS TWINS FOR GIVING UP FIRST OUT VIA BUNT

Jeez, do we even scout Punto? He does that once a game against the Sox.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:42 AM) Well first of all youre assuming that Ozzie called for the bunt and it wasnt Pierre's own doing. If Pierre was a better hitter, Id agree completely. But most of his game is speed and hitting the ball to the left side. When you have a runner on, those plays arent nearly as hard. Taking into account Pierre's skill set, I think that butning for a hit is just as likely to have a successful outcome as swinging. And you would be wrong with your last sentence, as he's around .140 on bunts this year, which would make him in the .275 range when swinging away. Bunting is also dumb to get a runner into 2nd with Vizquel up, as he'd have a tough time driving home a run with how shallow the defense plays him.

Good job bunting, that really worked out well!!

Worst AB of the season for Rios.

Wow, not a good 2-0 swing by Alex

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 01:38 AM) Bunting with Pierre is always okay. You expect he moves the runner over, but he also has a chance to get a hit. Mauer made a great play, could have easily been a hit. He has like a 15 pct chance to reach base, based on his bunting stats this season.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 01:35 AM) Why bunt there.... Ozzie has Burnett on his fantasy team

I hate the bunt...no reason to give up the first out.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 01:33 AM) Has Gordon always had that Morganesque twitch of elbow ? yes, RockRaines pointed it out during ST last season.

Sox still need to be aggressive with the hit-and-run if Pierre/Vizquel are up.

Excellent, nice break! Make them pay now.

Nice start to the inning by Alexei.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:27 AM) A lot of over reaction for 1 bad inning. You know what's nice? If if we lose, we're still tied for first!

Nice inning for Danks...still wish he would have pitched to Mauer from the wind-up.

Nicely turned DP...but I still contend that Thome is faster than Kotsay.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 01:24 AM) Like our last game. Very quickly, it seems like our starting pitching is a question mark. Damn Peavy! If Hudson struggles next outing, people are going to start freaking out about finding a replacement.

I'm excited to watch Beckham bat next inning.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 02:22 AM) I have a feeling A.J. is going to hurt himself while trying to slam his bat down one day. He's gotta stop doing that. Does that mean more at bats for Castro??

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 16, 2010 -> 01:16 AM) Sox are losing. Time for the Hawkaroo to bit.ch about the umpires! The ump has been awful

I guess Nick c***o gets a different zone than everyone else.

Wow, that wasn't even close to a strike to Kotsay. Can we just go back 25 minutes ago when everything was right with the world?