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...and a double play ends it......sigh.....FINAL SCORE ROYALS 5 GOOD GUYS 4.....

Graffy attempts a bunt on 2-0....what??????.....oh well, takes the count to 3-1....and try's to bunt again for strike 2......hmmm.....try's to bunt with 2 strikes and strikes out.....yikes.....why can't we f***ing bunt the ball????? Now its Franks turn....one down man on first...

Graffy up....takes a first pitch ball....a second pitch for a ball....and now the pitching coach comes to the mound......nice to have Graffy up there in this situation....

Okay, its onto the ninth.... D'Angelo up and takes the first two pitches....nice....now its at 2-2 after two balls fouled off...ok, count goes to 3-2 after a close pitch.....come on!!!!! BALL FOUR!!!!!

1-2-3 for Koch in the eighth....nice to see...geez, he really does have a lot of mevement on his fastball and it just looks like his 96 is coming alot faster than Colon's 96....anyone else notice that?

...quickly one down in the bottom of the eighth.... ...just a reminder...we've got the top of the order in the ninth....

Rios with a base it to right which drives in a run!!!! Nice job.....and the Sox cut the deficit to 5-4!!!!

Paulie up to lead off the 8th down 5-3....and quickly strikes out.....sigh.... That brings up Carlos....he takes the count to 3-2, fouls a couple of tough pitches off...nice....but.........whiffs swinging....f***!!!!!! two down.... Crede hits the first pitch over the right fieldsers head for a double.... Rios now is gonna bat for Rowand...

Pretty easy, CW....we worked to tie the game up at 3 just to watch White give up a masive 2 run homer to straight away center....NOW, JM decides to bring Marte in.... ...and he proceeds to whiff the guy he faced.....s***ty s***ty decision by JM......

...just curious....and don't take this the wrong way, but are we going to have to listen to your negative vibe all year???....are you the type of guy who gonna complain cause we're only got a 10 game lead in sept??...it's a really long season to start whining so early, isn't it? Sometimes I can control it but sometimes I cant. Watching my team play so poorly really pisses me off. Especially against such weak teams... Yeah, they are starting to look like the 27 Yankees, aren't they....

...just curious....and don't take this the wrong way, but are we going to have to listen to your negative vibe all year???....are you the type of guy who gonna complain cause we're only got a 10 game lead in sept??...it's a really long season to start whining so early, isn't it?

Maggs up with runners on 2nd and 3rd...wild pitch and Graffy heads to third.....come on Maggs!!!! s***!!!!! Maggs pops up to end it.... 3-3 after 6 and a half....

Albie Lopez in for the top of the 7th... Rowand pulls a weak grounder to third...one away....sigh.....where is the f***ing offense???? Sandy up....base hit to right!!! D'Angelo next..... line drive to second base and back to first, but Sweeney drops the ball and Sandy stays alive at first...2 away... Graffy up...as Olivo comes in to run for Sandy... Graffy pokes one to left center for his third hit of the game....man on first and second for Big Frank......... Frank takes the count to 2-0......3-0...and now a discussion on the mound....this seems to be a similar situation to the game the other day with the opportunity happening in the seventh.....come on Frank!!!! BASE HIT!!!!!! up the middle....!!!! Game tied at 3!!!

Bottom of the 6th...Colon still in there with White and Wunsch warming up in the pen... ...fly to center, one away... Desi Arnez Relaford thrown out by Graffy for a quick two outs.... Bartolo's pitch count up to 102... Mayne up....quickly 0-2..pop up to Konerko to end it... Still down 3-2 heading into the seventh....

You're a f***in moron. I agree...this is the 2nd game of the season.....take it easy, will ya?!!! Maggs grounds to third, one out in the top of the 6th... Paulie next up....in the hole 0-2...boy....Aflac looks like f***ing Cy Young out there.....Paulie grounds out for out number 2.... Carlos at the plate...takes the count to 3-0...and there's ball 4....... Grimsley starts to work in the pen.... Crede up....come on, Joe....let's poke one out of here.....well.....Pena pulls Aflac after the walk and brings in Grimsley...thank God he's out of there.... You have to give Pena some credit for putting together what appears to be a very improved Royals team...they appear to take our pitchers deep into the count, they run well and their pitchers have been throwing strikes....so far after a 19-10 spring and a 1-0 season, they appear to have gotten themselves on track.... Two down for Joe.....quickly 0-2......and a called third strike..... we're off to the bottome of the sixth down 3-2....

ok, bottom of the 5th ...... Bartolo nails the batter on the wrist on an 0-2 pitch.....yikes....one on... Tucker up....fly ball to left, Carlos makes the catch... Randa next....good player....an unselfish vet....he takes the count to 3-0....come on Bartolo!....walk.....f***... Sweeney up......yikes.....man on first and second....ball hit to right, and the wind keeps it from being trouble...Ordonez makes the catch...two down.... Ibanez up and takes a 98 mph fastball for strike one....man on first and third....second strike at 99 mph...f***!!! he hits a 99 mph fb down the rightfield line for a double...a tomahawk job.....one in, man on second and third.....we're down 3-2 Brown up....wondering why these guys are getting around Colon's 99 mph stuff..never remember ANYONE getting around Nolan's 99 stuff....hmmm....anyway, Brown fly's out to right for the third out....only one run given up.... down 3-2 going into the sixth....wonder what Colon's pitch count is.....

D'Angelo, Graffy, and Frank go down 1-2-3.....sigh....come on Colon!!!!!!

a nice 1-2-3 inning for Colon.....good to see a pitch count around 10 this inning...

I also wondered about Graffy's lack of movement on that ground ball last inning....hmmm.....

...our bats are beginning to wake up.....Pauly with a shot in the left center gap for a stand up double.....let's add a few more!!!!!

man, Colon is bringing it 99 mph on a regular basis.... Quote from Hawk: "Graffy with a little ducksnourt double last time up......" gotta love it, even if you heard him say that 10,000 times by now OUR FIRST RUN OF THE YEAR....YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

hey guys....would love to be watching the game if MLB.com would SHOW TYHE f***ING SOX GAME!!! Seems like those of us who dish out $15 bucks a month to catch the games on the web aren't able to catch the game today.....sigh.... :fyou MLB!!!!!!!!!! Anybody else having problems? I can get every other f***ing game but the only one that matters....sigh...let me know if you guys are interested in play by play of the any of the other games on (note my sarcasm.....) Actually, I must admit, watching the Tribe playing the O's in Baltimore is actually quite intersting since they seem to be playing in a blizzard....can hardly see the ball....oh this is great.....some guyt just hit a ball down the line and NOBODY can see whether its foul or fair....the umps are idiots for not stopping this game....looks like Colt-Browns weather!!!

I think he's really at a crossroads in his career....I've seen a ton of kids hit this early stage in their careers and are unable to, for whatever reason, be able to mentally get over the lack of confidence once reaching the major league level...you hear it over and over again....there's a whole bunch of fellas who can fire it in the mid 90's, but only a handful who can actually pitch....I think, for Jon, this is a very critical year in his career for him to figure out whether he is just a thrower and whether he is a PITCHER. Let's hope for the best.

God damn it!.....why can't Rauch get his s*** together????????? Talk about opportunities.....geez, what a disappointment ......I mean, he was basically given the #5 spot in February and all he had to do was throw it over the plate like he did in September and well, no, he can't do that now.......sigh....we just need him big time right about now....at some point you gotta grow up and be a man....I would think its Jon's turn right about now.....

I think this was a sound decision.....let Wright get himself back to 100%....there's a long season ahead of us... AS for Stewart, I'm sure he's gonna do a great job, but it'll be interesting to see how JM handles a JoshS who f***s up his first two starts....do they give up and send him packing or does JM fight thru his impatience and let Josh fire a 3-hit shutout on his third start? I've seen many pitchers lose a bunch of confidence being promoted early and not given the chance to develop..(ie: see Jon Rauch)...let's hope that our biggest problem come May is that we've got 6 legit starters and only 5 spots.....because we will be well ahead at that point.....no question...