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QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 7, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) We went 2-4 in NY and Tex that is not possible He was off by a game, it's been 9 not 10.

Alexei Ramirez just doesn't know how to play baseball.

Scott Olsen with a no-hitter through 7 vs the Braves.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 6, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) Donny Lucy has 4 XBH this year (3 2B, 1 HR) in 7 G (18 PA). Juan Pierre has 0 XBH this year in 27 G (118 PA). You have to go back another 28 games in 09 to find his last double (August 18, 2009). He had 3 triples last September, but no doubles or HR. Over his last 303 PA Juan Pierre has a total of 6 XBH (5 3B, 1 2B).

Referring to Andruw Jones as "AJ" is about as confusing as it gets. Man just looking at his BR page now, JP's numbers are pretty bad since we acquired him in that trade.

QUOTE (gordonventura38 @ May 6, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Probably just because Castro is available now, and Eveland is a lefty. And AJ has played 8 straight days.

Pierre 1/4 w/ 4BB, K Beckham 1/8 w/ 3K Jones 1/3 w/ BB, K Konerko 0/5 w/ K Rios 1/8 w/ 3K Quentin 1/4 w/ HR, BB Ramirez 1/4 w/ 2B Castro 1/1 Nix 0/2 Combined: 7/39 (.179) w/ 2B, HR, 6BB, 9K

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 6, 2010 -> 12:49 PM) So that extra 1.7/2.5 million a year is just eating you up inside, huh? ~$1.17M. The Sox owe Teahen 12.5M over the next 3 years. His 2/3/4 scenario was also an impossibility.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 6, 2010 -> 12:41 PM) Did he get AL player of the month too? That went to Robinson Cano and his .400/.436/.765/1.201 April line.

Alex Rios currently has an .890 OPS; this is the first time his OPS has been this high, this late in the season since 2007. JJ Putz is currently sporting a 2.70 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 12.6 K/9, 1.8 BB/9 and 7.0 K/BB in 10 IP this year.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 5, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) It was only a matter of time. Supposedly he accomplished the feat on March 2nd or 3rd but 2K Sports didn't verify it until now to keep up the illusion that people still had a shot at the million. There were more than a few perfect games thrown within the first week the game was available.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 5, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) Wasn't it the Bears that said it about Hester and Bennett and why they were struggling in their first year's as WR not the media? The Bears' excuse for not using Bennett his rookie year was his inability to grasp the playbook.

Pierre DH Beckahm 2B Jones LF Konerko 1B Rios CF Pierzynski C Quentin RF Teahen 3B Ramirez SS

9 run second for the Brewers chases Clayton Kershaw from the game, his final line: 1.1 IP, 5H, 7ER, 2BB, 3K. His ERA now stands at 4.99 (3.07 coming into today), WHIP of 1.70, 24 BB in 30.2 IP.

QUOTE (kev211 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) Yes, as I was watching todays episode I realized I actually kind of like him for the first time the entire series. Is it bad that I want Kate to die though? Not at all, I'm right there with you on both. I was overjoyed when she was shot, unfortunately it looks like the bullet missed her heart.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) She's with her grandma. Kids become orphans. I don't think Sun had much of a choice whether to die or not. Still her husband is determined to die with her and her daughter doesn't pop into her head? You'd think she'd at least mention it to Jin before the water engulfed them both. Who knows perhaps she invokes the name of her daughter and her husband makes the sensible decision to swim for his life.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) PLEASE keep the spoiler tags if its about unknown stuff, and make it known that you're talking about unknown stuff! I don't want to be tempted to check it out and ruin the surprise. Why in god's name would you read the thread if you haven't seen the show? That's on you. If I Tivo the Sox game and don't want to know what happened before I get a chance to see it then I might just avoid the game thread.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) That was crazy. My biggest problem: their child is now an orphan. You'd think that would cross one of their minds before they decided to die together.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) I agree with your 2nd statement not your first. Having Rio lead off or bat 2nd is optimal. He needs to see more ABs than Pierre or Beckham. But then again we know Ozzie won't do that. At this point I'd much rather have Rios hit behind Jones in Konerko (who are getting on base) than Teahen and Ramirez one of whom's OBP has dropped nearly .070 points over the past week and the other is sporting an OBP right around .240. The 5th guy in the lineup will typically get the most opportunities to hit with men on base since your #3 and #4 hitters are typically 2 of your best (that's definitely true of the Sox's lineup right now) and I want Rios hitting with an opportunity to drive men in.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) There is definite cause for hope. I am just saying I am not sold on 12 innings, just like I wasn't sold that he sucked on a few bad starts. Well it wasn't so much the results as it was the combination of unbelievable stuff and outstanding command that he was featuring yesterday. Sure it was against a bad offense but he proved yesterday beyond a shadow of a doubt that the pure ability that he showed throughout his career in San Diego is still there and if he can continue to throw as well as he did yesterday it won't really matter what offense he's going up against, great hitters are going to have a ton of trouble making good contact against this latest incarnation of Jake Peavy. So it wasn't so much the results (which came against a bad team) as it was the way he went about achieving those results (which translates well against any offense) that was exciting.

Career vs Hochevar: Pierre 0 PA Beckham 2/6 w/ HR Jones 0/3 w/ 3K Konerko 2/10 w/ 3BB, 2K Rios 1/9 w/ 2K (.111) Pierzynski 2/12 (.167) Quentin 1/6 w/ K Teahen 0 PA Ramirez 4/8 w/ 2B, 3BB, K Combined: 12/54 (.222) w/ 2B, HR, 6BB, 9K

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) Some other positives. We are something like 2nd in the AL in homers, and first in all of MLB in stolen bases for the first time in at least two decades...if not longer. We're 3rd in HR behind Toronto and Boston and 2nd in the majors in caught stealing. We have far and away the least strikeouts at 131, the Giants are next at 146, the D-Backs are last at 238 and we're right at league average in walks at 92. This is good. We also have by far the lowest BAbip in the game at .230 our lack of strikeouts way heavily into this. This is also a good sign.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 3, 2010 -> 11:53 PM) Peavy was bringing it. Hit 95 a few times tonight. Saw him as high as 96 a couple of times. Pitch f/x had him topping out at 94.8 MPH with an average fastball around 93.

Gotta ride Rios Career vs Peavy: DeJesus: 0/4 w/ K Podsednik: 4/9 w/ 2BB, K (.444) Butler: 1/2 w/ HR, K Guillen: 1/5 w/ HR, 2K Callaspo: 1/6 w/ 2K Kendall: 3/16 w/ 2K (.188) Maier: 0/2 Betancourt: 1/7 w/ 2K (.143) Getz: 0 PA Career vs Meche: Pierre: 1/1 w/ BB Beckham: 0/3 w/ 2BB Jones: 0/3 w/ K Konerko: 11/35 w/ 2 2B, 2HR, 5Bb, 3SO (.314) Kotsay: 5/31 w/ 2B, BB, 2K (.161) Rios: 12/21 w/ 2 2B, 2 3B, 2BB, 3K (.571) Pierzynski: 7/30 w/ 2B, 2BB, 3K (.233) Teahen: 0/4 w/ BB, 2K Ramirez: 4/14 w/ 3B, 2K (.286)