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As jphat says, let's hope it's not one of those games. That was a fantastic play by Ellsbury.

I didn't now this, but Marmol has allowed 2 hits in his last 17 innings pitched. How come he throws all sliders and can stay healthy, while Linebrink throws all fastballs and can't?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 10:03 PM) how about the 3-1 call to kosuke and the howard play at 1st? cubs really getting some help from the umps...they are more vulnerable in the playoffs than they look right now, theyve been pulling games out of their asses lately...and i dont think their starters (particularly dempster and the august version of Z) are going to match up against good offensive teams in the postseason too well.... That Howard call was just awful at first base, but the way things are going, I'm sure Cubs would have found a way to win anyways. They're so much better than every other team in the National League.

Rich Harden's ERA for the full season is now under 2. Great trade Billy Beane!

It's Palin, according to Fox. You have to wonder if this move was made with the focus on getting Hillary's voters to vote for McCain.

Great job by the A's.

Denard Span is freaking awesome.

I think CNN is going to interview that crazy Clinton delegate again.

The relievers in the National League are awful! Cole Hamels dominates the Cubs at least, which is promising in case they face each other in the postseason.

I'm really beginning to wonder if Caleb Hanie is the best QB on the Bears roster. His ability to allude the rush is impressive.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 03:08 AM) This. Tonight he was leaving his pitches up and just didn't look sharp. But I really haven't seen anything else that speaks to a "wall" he has hit. I don't know where someone would be getting that idea. Ok, "wall" reference aside, what type of schedule should Danks be on the rest of the way? Keep him on the normal 4 day rest rotation?

It happens...we've been playing close games for a long time now. I was thinking yesterday that we could have easily been on a 12 game win streak.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 01:37 AM) In his last 4 starts he has a 2.42 ERA. What wall are you speaking of? Well, I know I'm not the only one who believes in this. Quality posters on this site have made mention of his high inning totals (compared to last year), as well as his inability to keep the ball down in his past few games.

OC's going to be very pissed about that final play. Not going to lie, I was hoping they'd make the play.

Any chance that OC doesn't homer here?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 01:48 AM) I meant Broadway, but whats the difference, really? Russell at least seems like he could be a bullpen arm down the road. Broadway sucks, plain and simple. How many more years do we have to keep him in the organization?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 02:45 AM) Russell blows. huh?

Please take Griffey off the field before he tears both ACLs like Wendell Davis did.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 01:21 AM) I was just irritated when Broadway was picked, but he had good enough stuff to be acceptable. Kyle McCulloch was the pick that had my blood boiling. Meanwhile, Matt Garza never seems to allow runs now.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 02:18 AM) Massage and a happy ending should do the trick. From what I've been told by the office skank, Danks has absolutely no game with the ladies.

To be honest, lots of teams liked Broadway in the week leading up to the draft. Someone at BA told my brother that they've never seen more scouts at a game that close to the draft as they did when Broadway was facing a top team in CUSA (Tulane maybe ?).

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 02:14 AM) the O's are a bunch of scrubs and we re about to split the series in our chase to the division....nice It's ok, but going to play the Red Sox and facing Beckett and Dice-K is not a fun weekend outlook.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 02:13 AM) I really hope our previous scouting regime has some rough days in front of them because they really did a number on this franchise with picks like McCulloch, Broadway, Ring, etc. Do you consider jail to be rough?

Lance Broadway is a very bad pitcher. Thankfully he pitched well against the Royals a few weeks back.

What do you think the Sox should do with him the rest of the way? He seems to have hit a wall basically since the 7th inning of that great Red Sox start, and his stuff has been mediocre since then. I haven't looked at the schedule in terms of days off, etc., but I really don't want to "rest" him while we let Broadway pitch in crucial games.