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I agree with this season "feel good stories" are likely to almost seem routine. But this was not decided on a FGS basis. MJ gave up a double & Koch did not give up a hit. If MJ had only given up a single he would have won. Koch's 9th was dominating. He did not allow one solid ball in play. MJ had 5 balls in play, 3 of them were solidly hit. So there's no general rule applied here. Think of it this way, if Koch had surrendered just one more base MJ wins the award. It's a tough decision but there can be only one award winner.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/alp04.htm ALC NPERA rankings: A 2 Westbrook, Jake CLE R 1.56 A 3 Sabathia, C.C. CLE L 2.05 A 11 Schoeneweis, Scott CHW L 2.80 A 12 Loaiza, Esteban CHW R 2.86 A 16 Robertson, Nate DET L 3.09 A 22 Maroth, Mike DET L 3.56 A 23 Santana, Johan MIN L 3.71 A 24 Garland, Jon CHW R 3.83 A 27 Davis, Jason CLE R 3.98 A 29 Lee, Cliff CLE L 4.25 A 30 Buehrle, Mark CHW L 4.29 A 32 Silva, Carlos MIN R 4.42 A 36 D'Amico, Jeff C. CLE R 4.53 A 37 Affeldt, Jeremy KC L 4.66 A 41 Johnson, Jason DET R 4.96 A 42 Bonderman, Jeremy DET R 5.08 A 43 Radke, Brad MIN R 5.10 A 45 Anderson, Brian KC L 5.29 A 49 Lohse, Kyle MIN R 6.18 A 51 May, Darrell KC L 6.92 A 53 Cornejo, Nate DET R 7.20 If CLE can find a closer, look out. That team is loaded with talent. Glad to see MIN starters struggling. Detroit's for real as well. Will this season give us all heart attacks? B 6 Fultz, Aaron MIN L 1.23 B 7 Field, Nate KC R 1.23 B 9 Romero, J.C. MIN L 1.24 B 13 Rincon, Juan MIN R 1.43 B 18 Cotts, Neal CHW L 1.76 B 23 Reyes, Dennys KC L 1.99 B 24 Grimsley, Jason KC R 2.07 B 27 Gobble, Jimmy KC L 2.44 B 38 Jackson, Mike CHW R 3.44 B 39 Betancourt, Rafael CLE R 3.45 B 40 Yan, Esteban DET R 3.49 B 43 Stanford, Jason CLE L 3.57 B 44 Camp, Shawn KC R 3.57 B 45 Levine, Al DET R 3.59 B 46 Koch, Billy CHW R 3.65 B 52 Patterson, Danny DET R 3.98 B 54 Roa, Joe MIN R 4.05 B 58 Wright, Dan CHW R 4.79 B 59 Sullivan, Scott KC R 4.79 B 60 Nathan, Joe MIN R 4.83 B 63 Marte, Damaso CHW L 5.22 B 64 Pulido, Carlos MIN L 5.31 B 66 Politte, Cliff CHW R 5.46 B 69 Cressend, Jack CLE R 5.67 B 74 Greisinger, Seth MIN R 6.74 B 78 Colyer, Steve DET L 7.09 B 79 Durbin, Chad CLE R 8.15 B 81 Knotts, Gary DET R 8.54 B 82 Riske, David CLE R 9.01 MIN & KC dominate the Bullpen ranks in ALC. It's CLE's obvious weakness. CHW is about average. Let's all pray that Wright becomes a 5th starter. C 6 Huisman, Justin KC R 1.41 C 11 Cerda, Jaime KC L 2.12 C 15 Takatsu, Shingo CHW R 2.92 C 17 Mulholland, Terry MIN L 3.44 C 19 Leskanic, Curtis KC R 3.57 C 20 Walker, Jamie DET L 3.62 C 22 Jimenez, Jose CLE R 3.76 C 24 Adkins, Jon CHW R 4.07 C 26 Carrasco, D.J. KC R 4.39 C 27 Robertson, Jeriome CLE L 4.67 C 30 Urbina, Ugueth DET R 5.70 C 31 White, Rick CLE R 6.51 C 32 Lee, Dave CLE R 6.87 C 33 Appier, Kevin KC R 6.92 C 37 Laker, Tim CLE R 7.42 C 39 Stewart, Scott CLE L 8.15 C 44 Tadano, Kazuhito CLE R 11.43 C 48 Anderson, Jason CLE R 16.18 CLE has no BP help to turn too. KC & the SOX lead this class. So in the first month we can now see the obvious strengths & weaknesses of the ALC. Hitting: MIN > CLE > CHW > KC > DET But there isn't a lot of distance betw them. Starters: CLE > CHW > DET >> MIN > KC Considerable distance betw the front 3 & the back 2. Relief: MIN > KC > CHW > DET >> CLE Wins: KC 6, CLE 8, DET 12, CHW 12, MIN 14

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/alb04.htm ALC RPG & NPERA : A 1 Ford, Lew MIN R 12.45 A 2 Belliard, Ron CLE R 11.75 A 3 Beltran, Carlos KC B 11.29 A 5 Thomas, Frank CHW R 9.97 A 13 White, Rondell DET R 8.26 A 14 Hafner, Travis CLE L 8.11 A 15 Konerko, Paul CHW R 8.02 A 18 Jones, Jacque MIN L 7.61 A 22 Rodriguez, Ivan DET R 7.23 A 23 Sweeney, Mike KC R 7.06 A 24 Ordonez, Magglio CHW R 6.88 A 25 Blanco, Henry MIN R 6.88 A 26 Offerman, Jose MIN B 6.84 A 27 Randa, Joe KC R 6.83 A 30 Stewart, Shannon MIN R 6.55 A 33 Koskie, Corey MIN L 6.35 A 36 Lawton, Matt CLE L 6.05 A 39 Martinez, Victor CLE B 5.94 A 40 Mientkiewicz, Doug MIN L 5.94 A 42 Lee, Carlos CHW R 5.76 A 48 Gerut, Jody CLE L 5.47 A 51 Pena, Carlos DET L 5.46 A 53 Vizquel, Omar CLE B 5.42 A 54 Gonzalez, Juan KC R 5.42 A 55 Munson, Eric DET L 5.33 A 56 Guillen, Carlos DET B 5.31 A 65 Guiel, Aaron KC L 4.66 A 69 Blake, Casey CLE R 4.53 A 71 Higginson, Bobby DET L 4.42 A 74 Graffanino, Tony KC R 4.07 A 81 Harris, Willie CHW L 3.54 A 85 Vina, Fernando DET L 3.37 A 89 Monroe, Craig DET R 3.22 A 90 Guzman, Cristian MIN B 3.17 A 93 Crisp, Coco CLE B 2.96 A 95 Rivas, Luis MIN R 2.84 A 96 Crede, Joe CHW R 2.82 Whoever thought the ALC was going to be a weak division don't know jack. B 1 Inge, Brandon DET R 11.33 B 5 Harvey, Ken KC R 8.61 B 8 Ryan, Michael MIN L 7.91 B 13 Uribe, Juan CHW R 7.27 B 15 Stairs, Matt KC L 7.04 B 16 Olivo, Miguel CHW R 6.89 B 18 Broussard, Ben CLE L 6.55 B 19 Valentin, Jose CHW B 6.42 B 23 Gload, Ross CHW L 5.99 B 29 Punto, Nick MIN B 5.19 B 30 Hunter, Torii MIN R 5.04 B 32 Laker, Tim CLE R 4.95 B 35 Sanchez, Alex DET L 4.77 B 36 Rowand, Aaron CHW R 4.76 B 37 Blanco, Andres KC B 4.41 B 40 Santiago, Benito KC R 4.03 B 41 Alomar, Sandy Jr. CHW R 3.91 B 42 Escobar, Alex CLE R 3.87 B 49 Cuddyer, Michael MIN R 2.95 B 50 Berroa, Angel KC R 2.94 B 52 Merloni, Lou CLE R 2.60 B 53 Lopez, Mendy KC R 2.53 B 59 Perez, Timo CHW L 1.49 B 69 Norton, Greg DET B .51 C 1 Mauer, Joe MIN L 94.28 C 3 Young, Dmitri DET B 19.56 C 5 Relaford, Desi KC B 11.55 C 7 Stinnett, Kelly KC R 8.63 C 11 Bowen, Rob MIN B 5.93 C 12 Dransfeldt, Kelly CHW R 5.57 C 15 LeCroy, Matthew MIN R 3.68 C 16 Shelton, Chris DET R 2.79 C 20 Infante, Omar DET R 1.95 Get your pace makers ready because the rest of the games in the ALC are going to more of the same. These teams can flat out hit! All of them.

You're over-estimating Jackson's performance & under-estimating Koch's. MJ took over with NON 12-5 lead following a HR given up by E-LO. He struck KC's worst hitter (Berroa), then a 3-2 FO, followed by a GO. Two balls in play in 3 outs. In the 8th, he produced a PO, GO, & 3-2 double, followed by 0-1 Line out. Again 3 balls in play & 2 TB. Koch dominated the 9th. Technically 2 strike outs, & no hits. The K-out vs Sweeney with 1 on was worth as much as MJ's entire 7th. There wasn't a single hard hit ball vs Koch. If not for his own stupidity & runner never would have reached. It's certainly a close call (a 5pt difference) but let's not forget that wrt to KC this was Koch's 2nd 9th inning outing when he allowed no runs. I think that will mean more in the future then what MJ did.

This gets back to just how much $$$ do the SOX take in each year. Do they make any $$$ on the food sales? The Cell has always been rated in the top 5 in food & beverages. I would have to believe that means the 20K+ fans that on average show up at The Cell spend as much if not more on food & bevs as the 30K+ fans in Wrigley. After all, aren't all the fans of the Urinal spending most of their $'s in the bars & places around Wrigley? Likewise, we know the SOX make $16 a pop on parking & that there is typically an average of 5000 cars parked a night. That's almost equivalent to another 5000 tickets sold. In comparison to other clubs that pay high rent, & don't charge as much for the extras I have to believe that the SOX are still in the top 15 when it comes to total revs. Still that doesn't make Maggs worth 70/5. I'm willing to go 60/5 if he's in the top 10 in OPS in the AL by the all-star break. He's not even in the top 40 right now. What has KW proven to us time & again: finding productive bats in FA is MUCH easier than finding productive arms. Invest long term in your arms & buy your bats on sale. Of course let's not forget the NYY$'s are 9-11 & talk is circulating on dumping Williams or Giambi for pitching. If you can get either of these players at a bargain I wouldn't overlook them.

The main thread will be to hard to navigate for 162 games, so I'm going to break it into months. The current scoring thread will end after April & a new one will be created for May. I would like to finalize the April totals at that time so if there are any more challenges please make them known this week. Thanks

What the first month of the season is showing: 1) Our pitching is slightly better than adequate. That's goes for starters thru bullpen. 2) Uribe is the steal of the year 3) Crede is the most productive 200 hitter in baseball 4) Koney has a hot bat 5) Maggs is a little above average 6) Thomas is Mr OBP 7) Lee is looking better in LF every day 8) The SOX might have the most productive reserves in the majors That's why we're 12-8 after the first 20 games. 142 left. The big question mark going into May: will the pitching improve? I'm not nieve enough to believe that the SOX can pull off 5 come from behind victories a month.

========================================== Wed, APR 28 v CLE W9-8: I knew Sandy would win it. POG: Joe Crede (96, 1B, HR, 1B RBI) AOG: Mark Jackson (2ip, 0R) BOG: Juan Uribe (93, W, 2B, HR, 1B RS) GoG: Carlos Lee Notes: Joe's hits were more valuable, but Juan was slightly more productive. ========================================== SS(51)=22+15+7+204+5+75 ST(5)=0+10 MJ(0)=0+0 JC(96)=10+50+36 JU(93)=2+5+20+50+16 MO(86)=14+2+70 TP(61)=14+2+10+35 CL(54)=30+24 SA(27)=2+20+5 WH(26)=24+2 FT(24)=4+20 PK=5 KD=6 ========================================== CLEVELAND 1ST -R Belliard doubled to deep left. 20 -J Gerut grounded out to first, R Belliard to third. 2 SS=22 CHICAGO SOX 1ST -W Harris singled to left. 10 -W Harris stole second. 10 -J Uribe sacrificed to pitcher, W Harris to third. 2,2 -M Ordonez grounded into fielder's choice to third, W Harris scored, M Ordonez to second on error by shortstop O Vizquel. 12,2 -F Thomas walked. 5 -C Lee singled to center, M Ordonez scored, F Thomas to second. 30,2 WH=24 JU=2 MO=14 FT=4 CL=30 CLEVELAND 2ND -M Lawton singled to left, M Lawton out stretching at second. 5 -L Merloni singled to center. 10 SS=15 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -T Perez singled to left. 10 -S Alomar Jr grounded out to third, T Perez to second. 2,2 -W Harris grounded out to first, T Perez to third. 2,2 -J Uribe walked. 5 TP=14 SA=2 WH=2 JU=5 CLEVELAND 3RD -R Belliard walked. 5 -O Vizquel grounded out to second, R Belliard to second. 2,2 SS=7 CHICAGO SOX 3RD CLEVELAND 4TH -M Lawton reached on infield single to shortstop. 10 -L Merloni singled to left center, M Lawton to third . 20,4 -A Escobar singled to left, M Lawton scored, L Merloni to second. 25,2,2 -T Laker walked, L Merloni to third, A Escobar to second. 9,2,2 -R Belliard doubled to left, L Merloni, A Escobar and T Laker scored. 65,2,4,6 -O Vizquel safe at second on error by right fielder M Ordonez, R Belliard scored. 20,2 -J Gerut reached on infield single to second, O Vizquel to third. 15,2 -C Blake doubled to deep left, O Vizquel scored, J Gerut to third. 40,2,2 SS=204 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -J Crede singled to center. 10 -T Perez grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Crede out at second. 2 JC=10 TP=2 CLEVELAND 5TH -A Escobar walked. 5 SS=5 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -J Uribe doubled to left. 20 -M Ordonez grounded out to second, J Uribe to third. 2,2 JU=20 MO=2 CLEVELAND 6TH -R Belliard walked. 5 -R Belliard to second on wild pitch by S Schoeneweis. 5 -O Vizquel homered to left, R Belliard scored. 65,4 -S Takatsu relieved S Schoeneweis. SS=75 ST=0 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -T Perez reached on infield single to second. 10 TP=10 CLEVELAND 7TH -A Escobar singled to right center. 10 ST=10 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -J Uribe homered to right. 50 -F Thomas doubled to deep left. 20 JU=50 FT=20 CLEVELAND 8TH -M Jackson relieved S Takatsu. MJ=0 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -J Crede homered to center. 50 -S Alomar Jr doubled to deep left. 20 JC=50 SA=20 CLEVELAND 9TH MJ=0 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -J Uribe singled to center. 10 -M Ordonez homered to left, J Uribe scored. 70,6 -C Lee doubled to left. 20 -P Konerko safe at first on error by first baseman B Broussard. 5 -K Dransfeldt ran for P Konerko. -J Crede singled to left, C Lee scored, K Dransfeldt to second. 30,2,2 -T Perez singled to right, K Dransfeldt scored, J Crede to third. 35,4,2 -S Alomar Jr hit sacrifice fly to right, J Crede scored. 5,2 JU=16 MO=70 CL=24 PK=5 KD=6 JC=36 TP=35 SA=5

When I found out it was changed to a single that was the difference maker. What Miguel did with 2 outs was worth much more to the game then what Crede did with nobody out. POG: Miguel Olivo Joe will still get an honorable mention.

As productive as Miguel was do the SOX win the game without Joe making the run saving plays at 3rd as well as his game winning double? I'm going to be changing this to a single because the official log changed it. That's going to knock off 10 more points on Joe. But how many points did Joe save with his D? I don't remember the specific plays he made but I do remember they were run savers with RISP. I changed it to Miguel & gave Joe an hon mention. It won't show up in the totals, but Joe deserves at least that. My decision was based on Olivo haven't a 38 margin over Joe for the BoG. That's better than Rowand's production & Rowand scored.

The BOG was tightly contested in this game because MOL accounted for most of the runs. But Magglio did produce in 4 ab's to MOL's 2, so I will give Maggs the nod here.

=============================================== APR 8 @ NYY L3-1 : Vasquez lethal PoG: Frank Thomas AoG: Jon Adkins BoG: Frank Thomas (scored only run) GoG: Joe Crede =============================================== SS(32)=61+26+0+5+0+80 JA(0)=0+0 NC=15 FT(25)=14+11 PK=25 JC=20 JV=10 MO=5 WH=5 CL=2 =============================================== NY YANKEES 1ST -B Williams reached on infield single to second. 10 -A Rodriguez walked, B Williams to second. 7 -J Giambi walked, B Williams to third, A Rodriguez to second. 9 -G Sheffield reached on infield single to pitcher, B Williams scored, A Rodriguez to third, J Giambi to second. 30 -J Posada hit sacrifice fly to right, A Rodriguez scored. . 5 SS=61 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -F Thomas singled to left. 10 -J Crede singled to left center, F Thomas to third. 20,4 FT=14 JC=20 NY YANKEES 2ND -D Jeter singled to left. 10 -B Williams walked, D Jeter to second. 7 -A Rodriguez walked, D Jeter to third, B Williams to second. 9 SS=26 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -W Harris walked. 5 WH=5 NY YANKEES 3RD SS=0 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -F Thomas walked. 5 -C Lee grounded out to catcher, F Thomas to second. 2,2 -P Konerko singled to left, F Thomas scored. 25,4 FT=11 PK=25 CL=2 NY YANKEES 4TH -E Wilson singled to center. 10 -E Wilson caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop. -5 -D Jeter grounded out to second. SS=5 NY YANKEES 5TH SS=0 NY YANKEES 6TH -J Posada homered to left. 50 -R Sierra singled to center. 10 -E Wilson singled to center, R Sierra to second. 20 SS=80 NY YANKEES 7TH JA=0 NY YANKEES 8TH -N Cotts relieved J Adkins. -J Posada walked. 5 -H Matsui safe at first on error by third baseman J Crede, J Posada to second. 15 -R Sierra struck out swinging. J Posada caught stealing third, catcher to third. -5 NC=15 JA=0 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -J Valentin singled to right. 10 -M Ordonez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Valentin out at second, M Ordonez to first, M Ordonez to second on throwing error by second baseman E Wilson. 5 JV=10 MO=5

====================================== APR 15 v KC : W6-5 Mark Buehrle struggles, but SOX still win! PoG: Magglio Ordonez (Game winning home run in 10th!) AoG: Mark Jackson BoG: Magglio Ordonez (edges Frank, w 2 runs scored) GoG: Jose Valentin (bang-bang plays, including 2 tough DP's) =============================================== MB(38)=60+10+0+55+0+102 MJ(3)=5+0 DM(13)=15+10 FT(77)=7+70 MO(73)=2+16+5+50 JV(64)=39+15+10 AR=50 JU(36)=24+12 PK=7 CL=5 =============================================== KANSAS CITY 1ST -C Beltran homered to left. 50 -M Sweeney reached on infield single to shortstop. 10 -J Gonzalez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Sweeney out at second. MB=60 CHICAGO SOX 1ST -J Uribe doubled to right.20 -J Valentin doubled to deep right, J Uribe scored. 35,4 -M Ordonez flied out to right, J Valentin to third.. 2,2 -F Thomas walked. 5 -C Lee flied out to center, J Valentin scored. 5,2 -P Konerko walked, F Thomas to second. 7,2 JU=24 JV=39 MO=2 FT=7 CL=5 PK=7 KANSAS CITY 2ND -J Randa singled to center. 10 MB=10 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -A Rowand homered to left. 50 -J Uribe singled to center. 10 -J Valentin singled to right, J Uribe to second. 15,2 AR=50 JU=12 JV=15 KANSAS CITY 3RD MB=0 KANSAS CITY 4TH -J Gonzalez homered to right. 50 -J Randa walked. 5 MB=55 KANSAS CITY 5TH MB=0 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -M Ordonez singled to right. 10 -F Thomas homered to left center, M Ordonez scored. 70,6 MO=16 FT=70 KANSAS CITY 6TH -C Beltran walked. 5 -M Sweeney singled to right center, C Beltran to second. 15,2 -J Gonzalez flied out to center, C Beltran to third. 2,2 -J Randa singled to center, C Beltran scored, M Sweeney to second. 25,2,2 -B Santiago doubled to deep left, M Sweeney and J Randa scored. 55,4,6 MB=102 KANSAS CITY 7TH -M Jackson relieved M Buehrle. -M Lopez walked. 5 MJ=5 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -J Uribe walked. 5 -J Uribe picked off first. -5 -J Valentin walked. 5 -J Valentin to second on passed ball by B Santiago. 5 -M Ordonez intentionally walked. 5 JV=10 MO=5 KANSAS CITY 8TH MJ=0 KANSAS CITY 9TH -D Marte relieved M Jackson. -K Harvey singled to right. 10 -A Guiel walked. 5 DM=15 KANSAS CITY 10TH -M Sweeney singled to right. 10 DM=10 CHICAGO SOX 10TH -M Ordonez homered to left. 50 MO=50

I'd like to separate all comments & challenges into a separate thread. It's getting difficult to navigate the scoring thread & I've got over 100 games to do yet. I likewise plan to use this thread to snap shot the monthly totals. I plan to update the totals once a week depending on challenges and such. Please include a link to the post you wish to challenge or comment on, or simply quote it from the other thread. Thanks!

====================================== APR 14 v KC W10-9 : Ozzie nearly blew it. JG in 7th? PoG: Miguel Olivo (hon mention: Joe Crede (BL game winning single)) AoG: Clif Politte BoG: Miguel Olivo GoG: Joe Crede (his D helped win this game too) ======================================================== JG(32)=10+0+5+0+10+71+130 CP(10)=0+20 BK=175 (OUUUUUUCH!) JA=5 MOL(102)=8+69+25 JC(66)=11+10+45 PK(64)=5+25+34 JU(60)=25+25+10 FT(42)=24+11+7 MO(42)=31+11 CL(42)=27+15 AR(30)=17+13 JV=10 WH=6 ======================================================== KANSAS CITY 1ST -C Beltran singled to center.10 JG=10 CHICAGO SOX 1ST -J Uribe hit by pitch..5 -J Uribe caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.-5 -J Valentin singled to right.10 JV=10 KANSAS CITY 2ND JG=0 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -F Thomas walked. 5 -F Thomas caught stealing second, catcher to second. -5 -P Konerko walked. 5 PK=5 KANSAS CITY 3RD -A Berroa walked. 5 JG=5 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -A Rowand safe at second on error by left fielder A Guiel. 10 -M Olivo sacrificed to catcher, A Rowand to third, 2,2 -A Rowand scored, M Olivo to second on wild pitch by J Affeldt. 5,2 -J Uribe singled to left, M Olivo scored. 25,4 AR=17 MOL=8 JU=25 KANSAS CITY 4TH JG=0 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -F Thomas doubled to deep left. 20 -J Crede walked. 5 -A Rowand walked, J Crede to second. 7,2,2 -M Olivo doubled to deep right center, F Thomas, J Crede and A Rowand scored. 65,2,4,6 -J Uribe singled to left, M Olivo scored. 25,4 FT=24 JC=11 AR=13 MOL=69 JU=25 KANSAS CITY 5TH -A Guiel singled to right.10 JG=10 KANSAS CITY 6TH -A Berroa singled to shallow right. 10 -C Beltran doubled to deep right, A Berroa to third. 30 -M Sweeney hit sacrifice fly to center, A Berroa scored. 7 -J Gonzalez walked, C Beltran stole third. 17 -J Randa grounded into fielder's choice to first, C Beltran scored, J Gonzalez out at second. 7 JG=71 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -J Crede singled to left.10 JC=10 KANSAS CITY 7TH -B Santiago homered to right. 50 -A Berroa singled to left center. 10 -C Beltran homered to right, A Berroa scored. 70 -C Politte relieved J Garland. JG=130 CP=0 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -J Uribe singled to right.10 -M Ordonez singled to left, J Valentin to second. 25,2 -J Valentin out at third, M Ordonez to second, F Thomas to first, M Ordonez to third, F Thomas to second 2,5,5,5 -C Lee reached on infield single to third, M Ordonez scored, F Thomas to third. 25 -P Konerko singled to left center, F Thomas scored, C Lee to second. 25,2,2 JU=10 MO=31 FT=11 CL=27 PK=25 KANSAS CITY 8TH -K Harvey doubled to deep center. 20 CP=20 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -M Olivo singled to left. 10 -M Olivo stole second. 10 -M Olivo to third on wild pitch by J Grimsley. 5 MOL=25 KANSAS CITY 9TH -B Koch relieved C Politte. -A Guiel walked. 5 -A Berroa singled to center, A Guiel scored. 30 -C Beltran homered to center, A Berroa scored. 70 -M Sweeney homered to left.50 -J Randa doubled to deep right center. 20 -J Adkins relieved B Koch. -K Harvey walked. .5 BK=175 (OUUUUUUCH!) JA=5 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -M Ordonez walked. 5 -F Thomas safe at first, M Ordonez to second. 7,2 -C Lee walked, M Ordonez to third, W Harris to second. 9,2,2 -P Konerko singled to right, M Ordonez scored, W Harris to third, C Lee to second. 30,2,2,2 -J Crede singled to deep right center, W Harris and C Lee scored, P Konerko to third. 45,2,2,4 MO=11 FT=7 WH=6 CL=15 PK=34 JC=45

====================================== APR 13 v KC : W12-5 HOME OPENER! PoG: Paul Konerko AoG: Billy Koch (just a walk) BoG: Paul Konerko (1ON 1B, 2ON HR) GoG: Olivo (pickoff 2B) ========================================== BK=5 MJ(10)=0+20 EL(40)=5+5+135+50+10+25+50 PK(111)=26+85 JV(68)=59+9 MOL(66_=40+26 CL(54)=24+7+13+10 FT(48)=7+11+30 JC(38)=31+7 JU(28)=21+7 AR(20)=4+16 MO(17)=10+7 AR(11)=11 RG(02)=2 ======================== KANSAS CITY 1ST -M Sweeney safe at first on error by second baseman J Uribe. 5 EL=5 CHICAGO SOX 1ST JV=5 MO=10 KANSAS CITY 2ND -Top of the 2nd inning -J Randa walked. 5 EL=5 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -C Lee doubled to right. 20 -P Konerko singled to right, C Lee to third. 20,2 -J Crede singled to center, C Lee scored, P Konerko to second. 25,2,2 -A Rowand sacrificed to first, P Konerko to third, J Crede to second. 4,2,2 -M Olivo doubled to deep right center, P Konerko and J Crede scored, M Olivo out stretching at third. 45-5,2,2 CL=24 PK=26 JC=31 AR=4 MOL=40 KANSAS CITY 3RD -A Berroa homered to left. 50 -C Beltran doubled to deep right. 20 -M Sweeney homered to left, C Beltran scored. 65 EL-135 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -F Thomas walked. 5 -C Lee walked, F Thomas to second. 7,2 FT=7 CL=7 KANSAS CITY 4TH -A Guiel homered to center. 50 EL=50 KANSAS CITY 5TH -C Beltran reached on infield single to second. 10 EL=10 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -J Uribe homered to center. 50 -F Thomas walked. 5 -C Lee walked, F Thomas to second. 7,2 -P Konerko homered to left center, F Thomas and C Lee scored. 85,4,6 JU=50 FT=11 CL=13 PK=85 KANSAS CITY 6TH -M Stairs walked. 5 -J Randa singled to right, M Stairs to third. 20 EL=25 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -A Rowand reached on infield single to second. 10 -J Uribe singled to right, A Rowand to second. 15,2 -J Valentin doubled to deep center, A Rowand and J Uribe scored. 55,4,6 -M Ordonez hit by pitch. 5 -F Thomas singled to center, J Valentin scored, M Ordonez to second. 30,4,2 AR=16 JU=21 JV=59 MO=7 FT=30 KANSAS CITY 7TH -T Graffanino homered to left. 50 EL=50 MJ=0 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -A Rowand walked. 5 -M Olivo singled to right center, A Rowand to third. 20,4 -J Uribe grounded out to third, A Rowand scored, M Olivo to second. 7,2,2 -J Valentin struck out swinging, J Valentin safe at first on wild pitch by J Cerda, M Olivo scored. 9,4 MOL=26 AR=11 JU=7 JV=9 KANSAS CITY 8TH -J Randa doubled to deep left. 20 MJ=20 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -C Lee singled to center. 10 -R Gload ran for C Lee. -J Crede walked, R Gload to second. 7,2 CL=10 RG=2 JC=7 KC 9TH BK=5

====================================== APR 11 @ NYY L5-4: PoG: Jose Valentin AoG: Neil Cotts (10, 3 ip) BoG: Jose Valentin (96, 1B, HR, 3B) GoG: Olivo (pickoff 2B) ========================================== JV(96)=16+50+30 CL=55 FT=36 PK(29)=5+14+10 MO=23 WH=20 RG=15 JC(14)=9+5 MOL=4 JU=2 DW(43)=55+0+20+97+42 NC(10)=0+0+30 DM=10 ====================================== CHICAGO SOX 1ST -J Valentin reached on infield single to pitcher. 10 -M Ordonez singled to center, J Valentin to second. 15,2 -F Thomas singled to center, J Valentin scored, M Ordonez to second. 30,4,2 -C Lee doubled to deep right, M Ordonez and F Thomas scored. 55,4,6 -P Konerko walked. 5 JV=16 MO=23 FT=36 CL=55 PK=5 NY YANKEES 1ST -D Jeter safe at first on error by shortstop J Valentin. 5 -D Jeter stole second. 10 -J Giambi walked. 5 -G Sheffield singled to right center, D Jeter scored, J Giambi to third. 35 DW=55 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -W Harris doubled to left. 20 WH=20 NY YANKEES 2ND DW=0 NY YANKEES 3RD -D Jeter doubled to deep center. 20 DW=20 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -P Konerko singled to right. 10 -J Crede walked, P Konerko to second. 7,2 -M Olivo grounded out to second, P Konerko to third, J Crede to second. 4,2,2 PK=14 JC=9 MOL=4 NY YANKEES 4TH -G Sheffield walked. 5 -J Posada walked, G Sheffield to second. 7 -B Crosby homered to right, G Sheffield and J Posada scored. 85 DW=97 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -J Valentin homered to right. 50 JV=50 NY YANKEES 5TH -B Williams hit by pitch. 5 -J Giambi grounded out to second, B Williams to second. 2,2 -G Sheffield doubled to deep center, B Williams scored. 35,4 DW=42 NC=0 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -P Konerko singled to center. 10 PK=10 NY YANKEES 6TH NC=0 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -J Valentin tripled to right. 30 JV=30 NY YANKEES 7TH -D Jeter singled to left.10 -A Rodriguez doubled to deep left. 20 NC=30 NY YANKEES 8TH DM=10 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -J Crede hit by pitch. 5 -R Gload singled to right, J Uribe to second. 15,2 JC=5 RG=15 JU=2

====================================== APR 10 @ NYY W7-3: PoG: Mark Buehrle AoG: Mark Buehrle (10, dominant start!) BoG: Magglio Ordonez (RON HR, RON 2B) GoG: Mark Buehrle (really helped himself out) ========================================== MO(100)=65+35 WH(89)=19+34+10+26 JV(70)=65+5 CL(40)=20+20 JC(38)=24+14 SA(27)=5+17+5 AR(24)=24 FT(19)=5+14 PK(05)=5 MB(10)=49+0+10+0+17+0+0+0 BK=37 ====================================== CHICAGO SOX 1ST -W Harris reached on bunt single to second, W Harris to second on throwing error by second baseman M Cairo. 15 -M Ordonez homered to left center, W Harris scored. 65,4 -C Lee doubled to deep left. 20 WH=19 MO=65 CL=20 NY YANKEES 1ST -B Williams safe at first on throwing error by shortstop J Valentin. 5 -A Rodriguez singled to left, B Williams to second. 15,2 -J Giambi walked, B Williams to third, A Rodriguez to second. 9,2,2 -G Sheffield grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Williams scored, J Giambi out at second, A Rodriguez to third, G Sheffield to first, A Rodriguez scored, Sheffield to second on throwing er 20 MB=49 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -J Crede doubled to deep center. 20 -S Alomar Jr flied out to center, J Crede to third. 5,2 -W Harris hit a ground rule double to left, J Crede scored. 30,2 -J Valentin homered to right, W Harris scored. 65,4 JC=24 WH=34 SA=5 JV=65 NY YANKEES 2ND MB=0 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -F Thomas walked. 5 FT=5 NY YANKEES 3RD -B Williams singled to right. 10 MB=10 NY YANKEES 4TH MB=0 NY YANKEES 5TH -D Jeter singled to right. 10 -B Williams walked, D Jeter to second. 7,2 MB=17 NY YANKEES 6TH MB=0 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -J Crede singled to center. 10 -S Alomar Jr singled to left, J Crede to second. 15,2 -W Harris grounded out to second, J Crede to third, S Alomar Jr to second. 10,2,2 JC=14 SA=17 WH=10 NY YANKEES 7TH MB=0 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -F Thomas singled to left center. 10 -C Lee singled to left center, F Thomas to second. 15,2 -P Konerko grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Lee out at second, F Thomas to third. 5,5,2 FT=14 CL=20 PK=5 (He did put the ball in play which got Frank to 3rd. I gave Carlos .5 for the takeout.) NY YANKEES 8TH MB=0 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -A Rowand doubled to deep right center. 20 -S Alomar Jr sacrificed to first, A Rowand to third. 5.2 -W Harris singled to left center, A Rowand scored. 20,2 -J Valentin flied out to center, W Harris to second. 5,2 -M Ordonez doubled to first, W Harris scored. 35,2 AR=24 SA=5 WH=26 JV=5 MO=35 NY YANKEES 9TH -G Sheffield safe at second on throwing error by pitcher B Koch. 10 -J Posada singled to center, G Sheffield scored. 25 -H Matsui grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Posada out at second. 2 -R Sierra flied out to left. BK=37

========================================== APR 9 @ NYY W9-3: BEST in APRIL! PoG: Jon Garland AoG: Jon Garland (14, best start to date) BoG: Magglio Ordonez (137, best day in April) GoG: Joe Crede (ended BL situation) Notes: Miguel Olivo had a key pickoff play, but JC's play at 3rd saved 2 runs. ========================================= MO(137)=2+5+85+45 MOL(53)=19+34 JC(50)=50 TP(48)=15+27+6 WH(47)=22+5+20 PK(32)=22+10 JV(32)=11+11+10 JG(14)=0+52+17+23+7+0+10+0 ST(85)=85 =================================================== CHICAGO SOX 1ST -W Harris singled to right. 10 -W Harris stole second. 10 -M Ordonez grounded out to shortstop, W Harris to third. 2,2 WH=22 MO=2 JG=0 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -P Konerko doubled to deep center. 20 -T Perez singled to left center, P Konerko to third. 15,2 PK=22 TP=15 NY YANKEES 2ND -G Sheffield doubled to deep left. 20 -H Matsui singled to center, G Sheffield scored. 25 -E Wilson walked, H Matsui to second. 7 JG=52 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -M Ordonez walked. 5 MO=5 NY YANKEES 3RD -D Jeter singled to right center. 10 -J Giambi walked, D Jeter to second. 7,2 JG=17 NY YANKEES 4TH -Bottom of the 4th inning -H Matsui walked. 5 -B Williams walked, H Matsui to second. 7,2 Matsui picked off by MOL -5 -E Wilson walked, B Williams to second. 7 -K Lofton walked, B Williams to third, E Wilson to second. 9 JG=23 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -T Perez singled to center. 10 -T Perez stole second. 10 -T Perez to third on wild pitch by J Contreras. 5 -M Olivo walked. 5 -M Olivo stole second. 10 -W Harris hit sacrifice fly to right, T Perez scored. 5,2 -J Valentin walked. 5 -M Ordonez homered to left, M Olivo and J Valentin scored. 85,4,6 TP=27 MOL=19 JV=11 WH=5 MO=85 NY YANKEES 5TH -A Rodriguez walked. 5 -J Giambi grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Rodriguez out at second. 2 JG=7 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -Top of the 6th inning -J Crede homered to center. 50 -T Perez walked. 5 -M Olivo doubled to center, T Perez to third. 30,4 -W Harris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Perez and M Olivo scored, W Harris safe at second on error by catcher J Flaherty. 20,2,4 -J Valentin walked. 5 -M Ordonez singled to right center, W Harris and J Valentin scored. 45,4,6 JC=50 TP=6 MOL=34 WH=20 JV=11 MO=45 NY YANKEES 6TH JG=0 NY YANKEES 7TH JG=10 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -J Valentin singled to right. 10 JV=10 NY YANKEES 8TH JG=0 CHICAGO SOX 9TH -P Konerko singled to center. 10 PK=10 NY YANKEES 9TH -S Takatsu relieved J Garland. -H Matsui doubled to deep right. 20 B Crosby homered to right, H Matsui scored. 65 ST=85

=================================================== APR 7 @ KC W4-3 PoG: Miguel Olivo (accounted for most runs) AoG: Billy Koch (10, day after huge save) BoG: Magglio Ordonez (productive in 4 ab's) GoG: Miguel Olivo ========================================= MOL(85)=70+15 MO(84)=7+22+50+5 CL(50)=50 AR(16)=16 FT(09)=7+2 PK(07)=7 EL(24)= 0+5+39+12+80+5 MJ=27 CP=10 BK=10 =================================================== CHICAGO SOX 1ST -M Ordonez safe at first on error by second baseman T Graffanino. 5 -F Thomas walked, M Ordonez to second. 7,2 MO=7 FT=7 KANSAS CITY 1ST -C Beltran walked. 5 EL = 5 CHICAGO SOX 2ND -A Rowand singled to right center. 10 -M Olivo homered to center, A Rowand scored. 70,6 AR=16 MOL=70 CHICAGO SOX 3RD -M Ordonez doubled to deep right center. 20 -F Thomas flied out to center, M Ordonez to third. 2,2 MO=22 FT=2 KANSAS CITY 3RD -A Guiel walked. 5 -T Graffanino grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Guiel out at second. 2 -A Berroa grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Graffanino out at second. 2 -C Beltran walked, A Berroa to second. 7 -M Sweeney singled to left, A Berroa scored, C Beltran to second. 30 EL=39 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -P Konerko walked. 5 -M Olivo singled to left center, P Konerko to second. 15,2 MOL=15 PK=7 KANSAS CITY 4TH -M Stairs singled to center. 10 -J Randa grounded out to, M Stairs out at second, J Randa to first. 2 EL=12 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -M Ordonez homered to left. 50 -C Lee homered to center. 50 MO=50 CL=50 KANSAS CITY 5TH -Bottom of the 5th inning -A Guiel homered to right. 50 -T Graffanino singled to right. 10 -C Beltran singled to center, T Graffanino to third. 20 EL=80 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -M Ordonez singled to left, M Ordonez out stretching at second. 10-5 MO=5 KANSAS CITY 7TH -Bottom of the 7th inning -A Guiel walked. 5 -M Jackson relieved E Loaiza. -A Berroa singled to left, A Guiel to third. 20 -C Beltran grounded into fielder's choice to first, A Guiel scored, A Berroa out at second. 5 -M Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Beltran out at second. 2 EL=5 MJ=27 KANSAS CITY 8TH -C Politte relieved M Jackson. -J Gonzalez singled to center. 10 CP=10 KANSAS CITY 9TH -B Koch relieved C Politte. -A Berroa singled to left. 10 -C Beltran flied out to center. BK=10

========================================= APR 5 @ KC L9-7 PoG: Sandy Alomar AoG: Mark Buehrle (28, nothing to shout about) BoG: Sandy Alomar (98, HR, 2RBI, 2 RON singles ) GoG: Valentin ========================================= SA(98)=60+12+26 PK(89)=59+10+20 CL(76)=26+50 JV(49)=49 MO(25)=25 FT(21)=16+5 AR(18)=2+16 WH(02)=2 MB(28)=44+10+10+55+10+37 CP(35)=20+15 BK(45)=45 DM(155)=155 ==================================================== CHICAGO SOX 2ND -F Thomas singled to left. 10 -C Lee singled to left, F Thomas to second. 20,2 -P Konerko doubled to deep right center, F Thomas and C Lee scored. 55,4,6 -A Rowand grounded out to second, P Konerko to third. 2,2 -S Alomar Jr homered to left, P Konerko scored. 60,2 FT=16 CL=26 PK=59 AR=2 SA=60 KANSAS CITY 2ND -J Gonzalez singled to center. 10 -K Harvey reached on infield single to pitcher, J Gonzalez to third, K Harvey to second on error by pitcher M Buehrle. 24 -B Santiago grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Gonzalez scored, K Harvey out at second. 10 MB=44 KANSAS CITY 3RD -D Relaford singled to left. 10 MB = 10 CHICAGO SOX 4TH -C Lee homered to left center. 50 -P Konerko singled to center. 10 CL=50 PK=10 KANSAS CITY 4TH -J Gonzalez singled to center. 10 MB=10 CHICAGO SOX 5TH -S Alomar Jr singled to center. 10 -W Harris sacrificed to catcher, S Alomar Jr to second. 2,2 SA=12 WH=2 KANSAS CITY 5TH -B Santiago homered to center. 50 -T Graffanino walked. 5 MB=55 CHICAGO SOX 6TH -F Thomas walked. 5 FT=5 KANSAS CITY 6TH -C Beltran singled to center. 10 MB=10 CHICAGO SOX 7TH -A Rowand singled to left. 10 -S Alomar Jr singled to right center, A Rowand to third. 20,4 -J Valentin doubled to deep right, A Rowand scored. 45,2,4 -M Ordonez singled to left, J Valentin scored. 25,4 AR=16 SA=26 JV=49 MO=25 KANSAS CITY 7TH -J Randa reached on infield single to shortstop. 10 -K Harvey grounded out to second, J Randa to second. 2,2 -A Guiel singled to center, J Randa scored. 25,4 MB=37 CHICAGO SOX 8TH -P Konerko singled to left center. 10 -P Konerko stole second. 10 PK=20 KANSAS CITY 8TH -M Sweeney doubled to deep right center. 20 CP=20 KANSAS CITY 9TH -Bottom of the 9th inning -J Randa walked. 5 -J Randa to second on passed ball by S Alomar Jr. 5 -K Harvey walked. 5 -B Koch relieved C Politte. -B Santiago doubled to deep left, J Randa scored, K Harvey to third. 45 -D Marte relieved B Koch. -M Lopez homered to center, K Harvey and B Santiago scored. 75 -A Berroa singled to left. 10 -C Beltran homered to left, A Berroa scored. 70 CP=15 BK=45 DM=155

Link to version 1 thread: http://www.soxtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=17120&hl= Some of them are close calls (1-2 pts difference) so I will re-do those games under version 2.

I hear you. I can only imagine how far I'll fall behind during vacation time.

I think it's going to normalize after a month or so. If it doesn't then I'll either do what you suggest or carry over the totals from v1. Time permitting of course.

When you feel confident go ahead & vote on which player you think will have the most Arm of the Game honors by season's end. Restricted to pitchers of course. I am not confident to answer this poll right now.