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This Orioles reliever has an impressive fastball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:48 AM) LOL, man I hate you. One of the most frustrating umpire blunders of my life.

I'm surprised they didn't call that foul.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:45 AM) our pitching gave up 11 hits in that tigers game And the Tigers starting pitcher left the game after 2 batters.

Holy cow, that ball was blasted!

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:42 AM) if we lose this one, i dunno if i've seen a more disappointing loss for the sox in a long time, except for maybe that 2-hitter Buerhle threw against the Blue Jays a while back The Tigers game last Friday and the A's game on Monday would be worse.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:41 AM) it was off the plate inside...its not a bad pitch...cant really fault floyd too much...maybe they should have just pitched around him, but at least gavin was pitching off the plate Hawk is also saying it was a perfect pitch for a lefty to hit.

He's out of gas...his fastball is down about 6 mph now. Great effort, but time to take him out Ozzie!

f***! Inside fastball right into his wheelhouse.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:37 AM) It's a close game. Those guys don't exactly inspire confidence. Can Linebrink and Jenks pitch 3 days in a row? I'll take the Logan vs lefty match-up any day.

Nice play by Cabrera.....gotta be careful with Markakis here, he's just missed a few today.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:34 AM) I know Floyd was shaky last inning, but I want a few more out of him. He was at 58 pitches to start the inning. His stuff isn't as sharp though, as we have some bullpen guys who haven't gone in a few days. With this particular Orioles lineup, I think Logan could do a lot of damage.

Another bad defensive play to start the inning. PK needs to get his body in front of that.

Floyd's arm is dragging to the last 6 hitters or so. Is Thornton still up?

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 01:27 AM) I was talking about on here, I didn't miss anything. There was some talk about it in the negative thread.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 01:27 AM) I'm sure the Red Sox would happily swap him for David Ortiz. Can we??

Yikes, Konerko looked like a pitcher that at bat.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:24 AM) Thornton up in the pen for the Sox. Good, Gavin looked a little tired last inning. I'm sure he was throwing with a lot of adrenaline to start the game, and that will zap your stamina.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:23 AM) uribe's lack of run production and low average drawing a lot of attention away from Thome's really really low batting average, he's hitting .180 as of right now lol lack of attention? You must have missed the talk of him getting moved down in the order the other day.

Good job Gavin, and nice pitch selection by AJ.

Floyd's going to have to get out of this inning using his offspeed stuff. He hasn't thrown a fastball for a strike this inning.

There's that nice 3-2 change-up again!

Everything is up this inning by Floyd. His pitches don't have the same zip.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 12:06 AM) he was safe. glad umpire made a bad call I wonder if Orioles fans will write a letter to Major League Baseball?

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 18, 2008 -> 01:05 AM) gavin out of the stretch, falls behind 3-1 hmmmmmmm Considering how hard he has to focus on his mechanics, this is something that I'm sure will improve as he matures.