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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 03:02 PM) Sacrifice bunt in a barn burner? Wtf!?! No idea. Indians did that in a similiar type of game against the Yanks earlier this season with Shoppach.

QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Jul 9, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) Clayton sucks. Crappy pitch gets hit down the line for the leadoff single. According to DJ...it was another roller. This could be a long game. We could see DJ Carrasco by the 3rd.

2-2. Indians poor defense helps us out. Thanks Peralta!

Just by looking at some of the posts it appears I am in the minority that think this could be a good trade for the Sox. I look at it 3 ways: 1. Yeah, we probably gave up too much in Allen, but it helps us in the long run because of Pena's age and salary. This pretty much shows us that Dotel won't be back next year, and could possibly be even traded. (I think I saw some mention the trade possibilities) I am not positive of Pena's arbitration status but I am sure he is going to be at least half as cheap as Dotel but will not have that much drop off in performance (price over performance). 2. I am not saying the Sox would have signed Dotel, but to either sign him or get someone close to his ability would have cost considerably more than Pena. With Linebrink already signed $5M in 2010 and $5.5M in 2011, Jenks up for arbitration, Thornton salary jumping to $2.2M in 2010 and $3M in 2011 our bullpen would be REALLY high salary-wise. 3. We seem to have a glutton of 1B/DH types in the minors and Allen must have been lower on their plans. The Sox might have seen enough of Beckham at 3B to leave him there, move Viciedo to 1B or Flowers to 1B/DH. Who knows. One thing that does concern me is the left-handed bat issue. Outside of Jor. Danks most of our best minor league players are all right-handed. We will see what happens, but I usually trust KW.

I really like the makeup of this team right now. Everything is clicking offensively, timely hits, a little running and some homers. Big weekend series with the Tigers and Twins, hopefully we gain some ground on 1 of them as we take 3 of 4 from KC!

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 26, 2009 -> 12:12 PM) Nothing special about Wells' stuff. Command good, though. That is what scares me. We struggle against 88-90 command guys, but can hit Bills, one of the best starters in the NL.

How short of leash does Floyd have? 1 baserunner?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 02:53 PM) CUBAN MISSILE!!!!! 2-RUN MISSLE!!!! Let me fix that for you.

Alexei!!! Woo!!!

2 sac bunts in this game for Floyd. Nice work.

On a side note, Ed Farmer should never say, "Got a little something something."

BA said a big FU....for walking someone in front of me.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 02:12 PM) That's only his 2nd of the season. That is pretty amazing considering he hit like 25 or so last year.

Another DP. Lee is good for these.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 01:52 PM) pods looks bad vs. Bozo Which is weird because I thought in the pregame they said Pods had good career numbers against him.

Lets get some runs on this over-caffeinated fool.

Danks! Sox lineup!! Taking pitches, drawing walks, good baserunning? Not sure what got into them today.

That was the most complete victory I have seen this team have in awhile.

Bradley is just not good right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 03:38 PM) Ha, reminds me of Mark Reynolds homering off of him in the 2007 NLDS. Even funnier was Young's homer off Lilly. Could be the greatest reaction to a home run EVER.

Fox scares me here a little.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) BA moves paulie over, DLEE saves yet another infielder from an error. D Lee may have lost his power, but he made Aramis look like a gold glover over there scooping his bad throws.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 02:54 PM) Let's hope we only see Danks and Jenks. A Matt Thornton sighting wouldn't be bad either.

Danks has 7 K's through 6 innings and only throwing 82 pitches. Have the Cubs been watching the Sox offense the last 5 years on tape or something?

Milton Bradley seems to be swinging at a lot of 1st pitches. I watched some of the Twin's vs. Cubs games and Bradley had 3 AB's and saw 3 pitches.