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Jenks just has to stop piping the first pitch fastball to lefties. He does that so often, and everyone is looking for it.

Even though we all probably wanted to see Thornton in to face Griffey Jr., Ozzie made the same move every other manager would at this point in the season. If he pulled Jenks there, you run the risk of losing him mentally for a while. If Jenks blows 4-5 saves in a short span, then maybe Ozzie would have pulled him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 02:26 AM) It's funny. But Greg has a point. I've never been less impressed with a 3-game sweep by the Sox in almost 20 years (yes, I know I can't recall every sweep of the last 20 years). But you get the point. I just don't feel like we're playing any better now than we were before Friday. BUT I'll take the wins anyway we can get them. The thing is, our offense is still playing about as badly as possible. We could easily be 4-15 right now, etc. I'll take 3 games under .500 considering how much has gone wrong. I'm thrilled with the weekend sweep, and it's nice to have some excitement and energy with the team.

I love that we went 4-2 on the home stand and got outscored by like 15 runs.

Danks is our ace! Didn't even have good command, and he dominated Seattle. Great having a sweep to keep us happy with tomorrow's day off.

Finally, got that location up in the zone!! Gotta love facing Sweeney and Griffey in the last inning. Fantastic sweep, and any win is nice when you're not clicking.

Missed his spot big time on the first 2 pitches.

Ugh....why even have Thornton warming up then?

DO IT OZZIE!

Ugh...why can't we just have Thornton come in and get Griffey out easily.

Ugh, awful throw by Pierre. Jenks has got to stop throwing that fastball right down the plate to lefties.

Very nice change-up there, as Sweeney was doing everything he could to gear up for the fastball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 25, 2010 -> 08:54 PM) Bad omen. Jenks at only 89 and 91 on first two pitches. Tired after consecutive outings? He's throwing cutters.

Wow, wasn't sure that had enough on it!!! Way to go PK!

Two straight near home runs for the Sox.

Whew...made some nice pitches to Franklin. Who pitches the 9th if it's tied?

Jeez, Danks staying in. I hate this move.

Wow, two very cheap hits here for Seattle. Time go to the bullpen. This should be Santos coming in.

Might as well focus on Figgins here.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 25, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) So... Why can't Gordon hit? He's thinking too much at the plate, and he's pushing his bat through the zone.

Like I said, I was fine with not bunting. But Alexei not even trying to hit the ball to right field is inexcusable.

Hopefully Beckham can bang some slumpbusters tonight and find his bat speed.

While I'm happy we didn't bunt, I can't be the only one shocked that Ozzie didn't? You bunt with Beckham to get a runner to 2nd with 1 out, but not with your #9 hitter to get a runner to 3rd?

Wow, that's just brutal. Played right into Seattle's hands this inning. Pierre should just never get to bat with a RISP.

Wow, that was a dreadful at bat. If you have to move the runner over, why are you so in front of it?