Milkman delivers

I'll take 8 IP, 1 ER. It's no CGSO, but it'll do. Game.

Montero coming in? Great job, Garland. Absolutely awesome. He had quite a few pitches going into this inning, but Ozzie had to give him the chance to close it out.

Hehe, Dye padding his stats. This is a really fun game.

What a f***ing performance from Garland today. Man, he put on a show.

I actually felt bad for Yan when they showed him after the homer. It's like he knew he sucks. That was still one of the best moments of the season, though.

I asked a question like this in the game thread. How many pitches did Wood and Clemens throw in their 20-K games?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:55 PM) According to Baseball Prospectus if he keeps up his current pace he will have the greatest year defensively for a CF since 1887, yes 1887. From Baseball Prospectus: Last week, responding to the struggles of rookie centerfielder Brian Anderson, who is hitting .163/.263/.296 in 157 plate appearances, the ever-unpredictable Ozzie Guillen announced the team was going to stay the course in center. Bolstering Guillen's support was his belief that no one else in the organization "can play center field [well enough] to win a championship." Usually, such proclamations are based upon a misguided understanding of the dynamics of winning baseball, in that run production is inherently far more valuable than defense, and also easier to accurately evaluate. Last year's White Sox team, however, revealed just how powerful elite defense can be, and thus Guillen's words can't be simply laughed off. Anderson has indeed been horrific at the plate, with a negative 8.8 VORP. Through his first 54 games in center, though, he has saved 10 runs more than the average center fielder by RAA, and 15 more than a replacement glove. Anderson is producing on defense at a RATE of 124, meaning that if he keeps up his current play he'll have saved an astounding 24 runs above the average centerfielder (think the once-spectacular Andruw Jones since 2004) over 100 games. Since 1900, no centerfielder has kept up a 124 RATE for a full season--not Willie Mays, Tris Speaker, Curt Flood, or Jim Edmonds: I wonder if there's a way to make this such common knowledge that Anderson will have a chance for the GG.

I thought we decided last year that using the sweep icon wasn't allowed until an actual sweet. Damn, I'm so superstitious.

Hell yeah Oh man, I'm spent.

Melissa, please never do that again.

THANK GOD, I CAN HARDLY BREATHE.

Nice play by Pablo. Need one more out.

Feels like the longest at bat of the year.

Dear God, full count.

3-1 now. f***... Holy s***, bases loaded.

Alright, tying run comes to the plate. I'm glad this game is already over.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) HAHAHAHA cmon no one can hit bad bobby jenks. >but yet its ok for u guys to say GAME a few weeks ago when the sox were losing buy a run or ttwo in the 8tth whatever. That's the absolute reverse jinx.

Mack in CF?

QUOTE(beautox @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:03 PM) lol i was thinking the same thing

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jun 17, 2006 -> 08:02 PM) GAME Seriously, don't do that s***.

Dare I say, en fuego?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS CATCHING A BREAK!

Took a fastball right down the middle. C'mon, Crede. In a hole.

Crede, get one run in...PLEASE.

Woah, what just happened? It looked like JD was out by a mile. Please, AJP, don't suck this one time with RISP.