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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) 5-3 Tampa Bay on a single by (Anything you) Cantu (I Cantu better) Excellent. If Tampa gets 15 runs, that might be enough tonight for them to win.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) I can immediately think of one at Oakland earlier this year where we actually had a guy out at home but the ump called him safe. Yep, me too. Podsednik made a great throw. Cost us 2 very big runs in that game.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:47 PM) Now 1 out, same situation. Mr. Double Play (Cantu) is facing W'Brook, who throws a ton of grounders. I'll hope for the best in that AB.

Here's a question I was thinking about today: How many times have one of the Sox outfielders thrown someone out at home this year? There's nothing that really comes to mind. Help?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:39 PM) Note to self...whenever those 2 agree on something...immediately disagree. I wouldn't worry about us agreeing too often

Wow, that's a great play by Mueller there.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) WHoops. BTW, we're not meant to agree on things. I think the one time we did all season, was on Tuesday where we wanted Cliff to walk Sheffield to get to ARod. Well, we got Sheffield out, and then ARod hit a bomb off of Cliff in the bottom of the 9th!

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) WHoops. I was going to delete it right away, but figured I might as well leave it up and open myself to even more criticism.

Not likely our chances here. Haha, way to go Everett! Keep these 2 out hits going.

Time for a big knock by Everett. I think he's 3-20 in his career against Wells.

Is Uribe tripling off of Mariano Rivera the single most shocking individual play of this season for the Sox? One of the worst everyday hitters in baseball against the toughest pitcher in baseball.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:28 PM) You better get used to it. THey are probably going to win 90-93 games. Hopefully that will be enough to get the wild card. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not rooting for the Indians like a lot of other people on this board. I'd be happy if they lost the rest of their games this season. BTW, I heard that the A's were down 12.5 to the Angels this year, and came back to catch them in 60 games....is that correct?

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:27 PM) I think Iguchi will do well today. He seems to do well against guys that don't have a lot of bite. Wells' curve is a big lollipop, but I think Tad can stay with it and go the other way with it. Iguchi looked to be thrown off by the slide-step of Wells. The one pitch Iguchi has trouble consistently putting into play is the high fastball. Wells seemed to have a good gameplan against Iguchi, and then had him off-balanced with 2 strikes.

Another s***ty team bending over for the Indians....they're up 3-0 in the first inning, and still are up.

Great job getting the Sox right back into the dugout by Buehrle.

Nice to see that outside corner get called there.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:23 PM) Anyone think that Iguchi should've sat today because of his inability to hit a curve? No

This ump seems to have a small zone, which will be interesting tonight because these are two of the best pitchers in baseball at hitting the corners.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:20 PM) It was the last couple of days without our ace on the mound. Boston's offense is better, but not THAT much better. Though I would agree that 2 runs won't be enough. Boston handles Burly pretty well. Of course, stranger things have happened than the Red Sox scoring less than 2 runs. However, with the way they've been hitting at home, I don't think it's irrational to say they'll score more than 2 runs.

First time through the lineup, and some of our guys are way out in front of that curveball. We cashed in on the error to get 2 unearned runs though....very good start for the offense.

Rowand just hammered that ball. Lets keep it going, as 2 runs will not be enough tonight!

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 09:17 PM) The team that worries me most about claiming Griffey before the Sox is the Angels. They might want him for the same role we do--DH and occasional OFer. Let's hope we hear something soon. I think if the Angels don't grab him, he's ours. You do know that the Reds have to agree to the trade, right? Griffey Jr. passing through waivers is about 1/100th of the problem. Unless the Reds ownership has a trade of heart, he's not coming here.

I thought the Yanks only paid for some of the contract this year, and not next year.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 06:19 PM) Maybe Marte, but I don't see them trading Count. I don't think BMac will be ready next year. I think they'll just let Count and El Duque ride out their current contracts and then when they're up, BMac will at least take Duque's spot. Considering that we were offering Contreras to any and all takers before the trade deadline, and Ozzie's preference of Duque over Contreras....I think it's very likely we try to trade him in the offseason. He's going to be making a lot of money next season, and with only one year left on his deal, some teams around the league might be very interested in trading for him and hoping for the best.

QUOTE(beck72 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 06:04 PM) Esp with the sox probably locking up guys like AJ, Garland and crede, payroll should increase. I don't think Sox will lock up Crede to a multi-year deal. Also, I fully anticipate the Sox trying to trade Contreras and Marte this offseason.