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Santos has thrown 4 bad change-ups in this AB to Tabata. I hated the way Castro called that AB.

I hope Matt Thornton is ok. Williams is warming up.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 02:03 AM) False, as he is not pitching against Jayson Nix. Nix doesn't make millions though

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:02 AM) 25 line drives actually. We'll never know how hard he's hitting those grounders, but truth is, once the sample gets large enough, it'll even itself out. There's always the luck factor in all of this. We know there is a good amount of ground balls that go for hits even though they're nothing but little choppers. Look what Beckham's done today with those. Good stuff

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:00 AM) Get Freddy out of there. One of the worst players in baseball almost homered against him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 12:59 AM) His LD% is barely lower than what it was last year and he's got a .250 BABIP. That's bad luck. Plus, he's hitting far more ground balls this year, and those usually go for a higher average than fly balls. And that's why that stat can be deceptive. Beckham has hit just a million weak choppers to the pitcher and right side this season. He probably hasn't hit more than 20 line drives all season.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:55 AM) Should have pinch hit for him...sigh. Agreed, best chance of winning was going Santos/Thornton/Putz/Jenks for an inning while trying to add more runs in the top of the 6th.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:52 AM) Beckham's been getting some really lucky hits this game. He needs it, he's been having just terrible luck all year. He has? When you don't hit the ball hard, it's not really bad luck. Rios is definitely our tough luck hitter.

Yep, ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL BUNT! Terrible baseball by the Sox.

Hard combination to bunt here with Castro on 2nd. Good try with the quasi-butcher boy

Beckham swinging a magic wand tonight! 3 RBI and hasn't come close to hitting a ball hard.

Someone really should be batting for Garcia this inning. Pen should be extremely fresh.

And we're tied. Get him out Ozzie, this is an awful performance. Pirates will have the lead shortly if Garcia stays in the game.

Come on Freddy, one more!

Wow, steals 3rd also. Garcia, do you feel like actually competing tonight?

Wow, this is just terrible by Garcia. He continues to hang every offspeed pitch he throws. 4-3 now, and I'm sure McCutcheon will steal shortly. Get the pen up Ozzie if you want to actually try to win this game.

Every lefty is getting great swings against Garcia, which is weird considering Garcia's splits coming into the game.

Izzo turning down the Cavs is great news for the Bulls. To me, this means he learned enough about LeBron likely going elsewhere that it wasn't worth his risk to go to Cleveland and get stuck without him.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:22 AM) Amusing but he went too far throwing all that crap on the field. Agreed, the only thing that was missing was wishing the other team luck and telling them he hopes they make the playoffs.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 01:06 AM) I didn't name it ..someone else did!! LOL What don't you believe about it?! Chase black wood is something rich girls did at my high school in order to piss off their daddy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 12:12 AM) Pierre can't even execute the squeeze! What a pathetic bunter. He got that one down, thankfully they didn't call him out of the box when he bunted.

Pierre can't even execute the squeeze! What a pathetic bunter.

Gordon with a nice cheap double, and Castro showing his speed!

Nice range by our outfielders so far tonight.

This is painful watching Garcia pitch tonight.