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Ridiculously important run there.

Will Pinella get tossed for this one?

Important batter here, get him and the next inning starts with the pitcher.

You know? I just realized that this game thread has the wrong date in it.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 12:00 PM) Yep Anderson, Crede and Dye. What is the Sox average with 2 out RISP as compared to the rest of the league? cub took advantage of their one opportunity Sox are blowing their's. Coming in to the day the Sox are hitting .205 as a team with RISP and 2 outs. That's 26th in the league, the league averages are around .233.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 12:00 PM) This is shaping up to be either an efficient victory -- just enough home runs, good defense, good pitching. Or it is shaping up as a dramatic loss late. We've had some bad at bats with two outs and men on and Cubs are within reach for late dramatics. Those "Late game dramatics" we keep seeing from the Cubs have happened against teams that don't have Linebrink, Jenks, Thor, Dotel, Logan, and Masset waiting on them.

77 pitches for the flower girl through 5.

Something tells me Q is feeling better.

QUOTE (ChiSox35 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) Some very curious things being said about Soto by Farmio and Stonio right now. LOL yeah, in this environment after all we've heard the last few years, that's a whisper campaign.

68 pitches for Lilly through 4. That inning gave him a shot at going 6.

Ok guys, if nothing else please make him work for it...

41 pitches for Danks through 3. That I like.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 11:39 AM) made up for it with Fukudome That's what they get for not liking our dome.

Danks learned a little, didn't give Fukudome anything to hit on the first pitch this time.

Still more pitches than you want to throw to the pitcher.

60 pitches for the flower girl through 3. That was a 27 pitch inning even with the free out from the pitcher's spot. Work him hard for 2 innings and we can keep their bullpen from getting any rest after the big work it hit last night and set ourselves up for the next 2 games.

Be ready for the high fastball this time Joe

OK Joe...BREAK THEIR SPIRITS NOW.

Groundouts/Flyouts Ratio. Danks: 4-1. Flower girl 0-5.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 11:29 AM) It's hard to tell of of gamecast, but with the locations and speed difference between changeup and FB, it doesn't seem Lily has a lot today Everything hit almost has been in the air and he's getting everything up.

Lilly's struggling and now JD is coming up again...muhahahahahahahahaha...

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 11:27 AM) I bet most people who boo A.J have no idea why. Maybe at some ballparks...but not when we're playing the Cubs. Well maybe some of them don't know why, but they're too drunk to know what a boo means anyway.

Anthony John!

Ok OC...now let's get a rally going.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jun 20, 2008 -> 11:24 AM) The Cubs are a bad matchup for Danks to begin with. They take a ton of pitches, and battle. Danks just needs to keep it close while he is in the game. If he does, the Sox will be fine. Interestingly though they haven't had success by taking a ton of pitches or battling, their best success has been on the first pitch.