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QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 05:00 PM) same problem the rest of major league baseball has Napoli hitting 8th says, not me.

Gas. Notice he went to the change and screwball before the FB. Makes the fastball look 100 MPH.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) Really, no we didn't. Uribe had a vastly better 2004. Podsednik had a great year in 2003 and was still well down from there, and was almost worthless in the 2nd half. The Bullpen and rotation...yes...but not anyone in the lineup other than the Captain. And Dye, if you look at where he was in his career. Iguchi, nobody knew what to expect, he probably outperformed, technically. Of course, if you remember, Jermaine was supercold the first couple of months that season, then really took off. AJ was pretty good that season, too. Crede was his normal self, Rowand also didn't have one of his better years offensively.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 04:49 PM) I know you have Extra Innings as well...I haven't seen anyone I'm afraid of other than Texas... The Tigers are going to be supertough, though....if Smyly keeps pitching like he has so far. Other than Hamilton's ability to hit anyone's fastball, pretty much untouched. Still, that Tigers line-up has a few more holes than the Rangers or even the Yankees...and Valverde's been much more vulnerable already season...not to mention the fans have completely turned on Brandon Inge. He used to be a cult hero there, now he's a goat/villain.

Great day all around so far for the Sox....this whole weekend overall. Humber no hitter, these two games, Axelrod and Simon Castro both pitched great games today, and Mitchell looks like a top prospect again (16 RBI's).

22 k's for Morel, both of them on called strike 3's. Yikes.

Morel will probably be bunting here. Just don't like Gordon's chances, but who knows with how this game has gone.

Fukudome getting into the act. Don't stop now, boys!

Wow, Rios at a sizzling .333 and a homer away from the cycle. 7 RBI's now on the season. Speechless.

Pleasure to watch AJ and Konerko hitting these days. Reminds me of a Tony Gwynn or Wade Boggs or Ichiro hit...flipped out to LF.

Crain and Thornton warming. God, Konerko is ungodly slow. Great throw by Casper Wells, throw definitely beat him. Dunn and Konerko both not sliding in key situations. That ball he pulled off his right foot seems to be slowing him down even more than usual.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) on Rios maybe. you hang onto Dunn. Especially if Mitchell keeps showing rapid progress down in AA. We have the potential to really have an exciting outfield in the future.

That's the best Reed has looked all season long. Dominant. Of course, it is the M's and not the Yankees, Rangers or Tigers he's facing.

Reed painting the outside corner, with a bit of help from AJ for 2nd out.

If you said Danks would have a 5.11 ERA at this point in the season and that we were still on the verge of 9-6, nobody would have believed it coming into the season. Best Addison Reed heater I've seen all season.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 05:18 PM) of course it's very low. but if the odds are 1 in a 100,000 (or whatever you decide the number is) and Adam Dunn had the worst season ever, then he WAS that ONE wasn't he? Rios was terrible, but i'd say his season wasn't as much a statistical anomaly based on the fact that he's always had streaks of awful. But nothing close to 2009 and 2011, if you look at his entire body of work in Toronto, he was always pretty consistent, overall....in terms of his numbers. And then when you include 2010 as an overall season to that whole...and the fact that he's not that old at all.

That looked almost like a forkball/slider....almost impossible to hit. Delabar is such an amazing story. If they make THE ROOKIE 2, it will be about him, surely. Pitching guru Tom House (the one who caught Aaron's 715th HR in the bullpen) deserves a ton of credit for his rehab/recovery.

5 sb's for Lillibridge, great slide...playing in front of all his friends and family in the Pacific NW.

Beckham back down in the 160's, Morel at .140 for now.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 05:08 PM) At one time the Sox supposedly had their sights set on Figgins KW doesn't ALWAYS get his man. Thankfully we didn't end up trading Dunn or Rios for his contract, just for a change of scenery type of trade.

Now be CAREFUL with Ichiro, Danks. You don't have to groove one right over the plate or it will be tied. Danks at 92 pitches. With the money he's making, Danks should be responsible for getting this out. Talking about walking him to get to Montero with Addison Reed coming in? Doubt they'd do that. Okay, please take Danks out of there now. Montero's going to be a dangerous match-up for Crain or Reed, though.

Meanwhile, Alex Rios is all the way up to a .318 average. Who'd have thunk it? Manto has to get some credit there for stabilizing both Dunn and Rios from career freefalls.

Morel, 21 K's in 50 AB's, Cespedes 19 in 54. Don't freakin' walk Ryan to lead off the inning Danks. Dadgummit, this is ridiculous. You can argue he didn't deserve to give up at least one of those runs, but you absolutely can't walk the leadoff runner after you take the lead, especially on the road. Reed warming up.

Great professional at-bat there by Fukudome, knew he had to get the ball up in the air. Those Japanese players are so fundamentally skilled in executing in those situations.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 22, 2012 -> 04:54 PM) Looked like he got a terrible jump and wasn't exactly running hard. The biggest thing is with Konerko hitting, I think Adam assumed once it got past the pitcher that the SS would go for the double play or over to 1st for the sure out. But it needs to be cleaned up, and I'm sure Ventura will talk to him. Guess you can only say that Adam didn't have so many chances last year to practice his baserunning skills, lol.