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QUOTE(HeGone33 @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 03:04 PM) Well everyone keeps talking about him outperforming Erstad to this point, so I would think if he is told to step it up, he would need to seperate himself more from Erstad. And if all he is doing is matching him for hits, I don't think that is going to cut it. BA will make the team!! Don't worry. In his last 5 plate appearances, Anderson is 3/4 with a home run, a walk, 2 hits, and a couple of RBI.

Vidro Lines out to CF. Bloomquist tags and scores as Anderson hits the cutoff man. Tie game.

Leadoff walk starts the 4th. Bloomquist to 1st. AJ struggling catching the ball. Beltre singles to right. Bloomquist to 3rd.

AJ singles, Dye goes to 3rd. Anderson hits a ball to the 2nd baseman. Anderson retired. Dye scores, RBI anderson. AJ somehow gets caught in a rundown and is retired. Sox lead 6-5.

Dye singles to right. Konerko goes to 3rd. Crede flies to the LF wall, Konerko scores. Tie game.

Konerko doubles to the LF wall. Iguchi scores. Thome beats throw home. 2 run double, 5-4.

Thome walks.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) Nothing would be better then Anderson ending the season on a hot streak. Considering Guillen said Brian has to "step it up" in the newspaper, and he's already responded with a single, it'd be hard for management to justify sending down Anderson if he's hitting better than Grinderstad. He's been hitting better than Erstad for the last 2 weeks or so, and we've still gotten Erstad declared the starter and getting 500 at bats. Iguchi sends the first pitch to the warning track. Another leadoff double.

Another strikeout ends that inning.

I for one will say that I have never had a couple of drinks and then gotten behind the wheel of a car. And if you want to argue that a .08 BAC does not significantly impair most people, you are simply wrong. Whether or not they even realize it, they are many, many times more dangerous than an average driver. Even a BAC of .05 is dangerous.

CHarlie goes 3-0 on Sexson (how do you miss that strike zone high?), 2 3-0 counts in a row, then walks Sexson. Charlie follows up 2 3-0 counts with an 0-2 count on Morse, Morse grounds to Iguchi, takes the out at First, 2nd and 3rd, 1 out. Johjima grounds to Crede, Crede misses it, Uribe fields, throws to first, can't get him. Run scores, infield single. 4-2 bad guys. Passed ball, runners move to 2nd and 3rd. Lopez grounds to Iguchi. Sexson scores, 5-2 Mariners, 2 outs, Johjima to 3rd.

Charlie goes 3-0 on Ibanez, Ibanez doubles to the Left Center wall.

Uribe strikes out looking. Erstad up, tying run @ 3rd, 2 out. Erstad one hop out to Bloomquist. Strands 2. Inning.

Crede drives one to CF off the wall. Leadoff double. Would have left the Cell. AJ strikes out swinging on 3 pitches. Good grider ball there. BA Up. Anderson singles to LF. Crede to 3rd.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 02:20 PM) He'll have a good season IMO. Farmer added that Reed has been having some injury issues of late. Charlie gets up 0-2 on Vidro, close pitch, then a strikeout swinging. Good finish charlie.

Beltre strikes out.

Lopez 1 hop single to right. Jeremy Reed up. Ball in the dirt but not too far away. Reed base hit up the middle. 1st and 2nd, anderson quickly up with the ball. First pitch single by Bloomquist. Run scores, 3-2 Mariners. 1st and 3rd, 1 out.

Johjima lines hard out to short.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 02:10 PM) Farmer likes Danks and Anderson to make the team..... I am vastly more passionate about that last spot in the OF than I am that 5th spot in the rotation right now, because I think the difference there is gonig to be a lot more pronounced than the difference between the options in the 5th starter spot. Although, if Logan hasn't earned a spot in the bullpen, KW ought to just resign. Brad Thomas on for relief of Ramirez. Dye first pitch GIDP. Inning over. We waited 45 minutes for that? Haeger in fact on to pitch. Hey, Mike Morse up to the plate. And the 2nd pitch flies out to left. Tie game, 2-2

Charlie Haeger is up for the Sox in the bullpen. That may be all for Contreras. Ball about to resume.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 01:56 PM) Its just hard for me to believe that we place so much value on closers. In the past 25 years or so, how many long term successful closers have we seen? 5 maybe? How many long term successful starting pitchers? Closers come and go, starters are just more valuable and more consistent. I think that the value of most closers is quite a bit over-done. Think the White Sox in 05, the Cardinals in 06, Marlins in 03, D-Backs in 02, none of them really had a single dominant closer for the whole season IIRC.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 22, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) So papelboner back to closer, mistake or good idea? All depends on his shoulder. If he can't stay healthy working 80 games during a seasons, it's a bad idea. It does fit their needs better, but that's the whole key. Ground crew is back out...gradually starting the tarp removal process. Tarp = off.

Supposedly the sun is starting to peek through.

Thome Boom. 2-1 Sox. Konerko reaches 1st on an error by Bloomquist. In fact, lots of errors. Rain Delay theater time