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QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 05:47 PM) Win 2 of 3 in KC somehow and I'm gonna feel really good about the rest of the season. Plus, the Tigers are on the road and have the tough out against a white hot A's team. If we can bump up the margin to 4-5-6 games after this weekend, that REALLY would put a lot of pressure on DET and they would probably fold the way they've played recently. Scherzer, Verlander and Cabrera/Fielder/Jackson are the only thing keeping them viable as a playoff team. Sox get Hochevar (must-win Tuesday night to take the pressure off before facing...), Mendoza and Chen. THANKFULLY, no Guthrie at least. Division would OVA if KW would have picked up Jeremy, lol. Have the Sox announced a starter for Thursday's game yet?

Make Paciorek stay with all the broadcasts until the Sox lose another game. Maybe he can break the KC jinx, lol. Wow....so nervous in the last 3 innings. Had the feeling that the Wise play would come back to bite us, but Ventura's management of the pen worked 100% beautifully today. Phew.

If Cabrera comes up this inning against either Reed or Crain, I'm just going to turn off my computer.

Thornton with the adrenaline going. One of the few pitches he has thrown this season at 96 or 97. Reed vs. Jackson...season on the line, possibly. Wise better be thanking his lucky stars that the relievers are bailing him out or he could go down in history like Brant Brown or Jerry Dybzynski.

Beckham should have busted his butt, but he had no reason to think there would be any kind of play at home or that Wise would be going for 3B on a ball hit to LF. Harrelson about to have a heart attack there. Just unbelieveable brain cramp in such a big situation.

OMG. That play might define the season. ZERO REASON FOR WISE to tag up and to go 3rd base. ZERO.

C'mon Dunn....CONTACT CONTACT CONTACT. Don't get down in the count 0-2.

Great curve! Myers with the most emotion we've seen out of him all season with the Sox. That leaves Garcia/Laird (maybe Avila against Thornton?)/Austin Jackson Probably wouldn't put Thornton out there knowing Infante and Cabrera are following. And Avila's been bad enough this year you probably don't go batter by batter there even in the 9th. That might change, though, if Garcia gets an XB hit. Don't want to see Crain in the game against Cabrera, though. We saw that show last year.

Interesting no Thornton here. Guess he's holding him back for a possible match-up with Fielder in the 9th.

No Cabrera and Fielder again in 2012 please. Rinse, repeat.

Looked like Tanks was safe again at 1B. Would like to see a replay.

Young 2/7 with a double against Crain, but Peralta only 1/18 against Jesse.

0/24. Fathom's guy still untouched on the season against lefties. If not for Young's presence, you'd be tempted to leave him in there against Boesch, but they'll go Myers or Crain in the 8th against Young. Crain has the better stuff, so I'd probably go with Jesse against Young/Peralta, then Thornton...for Boesch. Although Ventura very well might choose Myers over Crain. Don't have their career averages against those guys.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) I would have left him in to face Fielder. 0/23 is hard to argue against. But yeah, Nate's been tougher on lefties this season than righties, flying in the face of conventional wisdom.

Tailing action at the last minute just bore into his hands enough to jam Miggy a touch. Feels like a miracle to get him out in the 7th/8th/9th. Then you turn around and pray you don't see him again in the final inning. Veal for Fielder. Rematch.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Great reaction, hand speed there.

Crap. Seems like that inning lasted half an hour and nothing happened in the end.

Getting a 2 out base hit from Paulie here would be absolutely huge.

Had a great pitch to hit there and missed it. Just a bit higher than where he normally likes the ball.

Huge blocked pitch there by Laird.

.392 average for Coke against RHBers. OHman-esque. 15 more hits given up than IP.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) It's rosh hashanah. Delmon must be PISSED. I doubt he even knows what it is, to tell the truth. He's nothing like his brother, who has always seemed like a pretty stand-up guy.

Coke to face Dunn. PH Lillibridge, lol.

It's okay. Still don't like the bunt there. That slider's hard to pick up, a hard biting one. YOUK needs to get hold of a 95 MPH fastball. Slider=death to YOUK.

CRAP. Let him swing.