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Uh-oh. Well, that's not so good.

Dammit. C'mon Tyler, throw him out. Span's 9/15 so he's not running as well this year.

Dammit. C'mon Tyler, throw him out. Span's 9/15 so he's not running as well this year.

An addition to the Scottsdale house. Or annex. Or whatever. Cespedes with 3 K's and a huge single, 3 RBI's. 7-1 OAK, will go to 8 games over .500, season high point.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Cespedes is a beast. And Reddick. He has 21 homers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) Let's face it, we need Beckham's parents to visit the team again Or at least his g/f. Scott Scooter Fletcher's daughter. http://score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=70876 Now I understand why he's hitting in the .230's. But she'll dump him when his career ends. And why doesn't Kate Upton have an adverse affect on Verlander?

I thought Chisenhall was on the 60 day DL... Aaron Cunningham was supposed to be hitting then for the Indians. At any rate, it's 3-2 Indians now, bottom of the 7th. Cunningham's on 2nd because there was an error by Fister on the play. Pestano, then Perez.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 08:13 PM) Gameday says batters hitting .205 off Quintana first 45 pitches, .365 after. That's usually true for every pitcher in baseball except Verlander. Pretty common splits the 2nd/3rd time you see the same starter.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 08:14 PM) Well, to Marty's credit, it would be nice for Viciedo to start doing damage at the plate again. Or Beckham.

Joe Smith, you suck. OAK up 3-1 now over TOR.

Morneau was safe. Great throw from Juan Pierre to Alexei Ramirez to Beckham. LOL.

By the way, 3 years ago was the Buehrle/DeWise game.

Ramirez always comes to play big-time D behind Quintana. We've got a man there.

0/5 with RISP so far tonight. Thankfully, Dozier threw that one away. Viciedo and Beckham (3 for his last 29) both scuffling.

Greinke's pitched a good game against the Phils. Cubs taking it to the Pirates, surprisingly. That old axiom of teams with nothing to lose playing spoilers in the last 60+ games of the season.

Crap. Why can we never ever seem to give Quintana a comfortable lead to work with?

Thanks Gordon, great at-bat. Tigers threatening, 1st and 2nd, only one out, top of the 6th.

Is Ventura going to put in Reed AGAIN if Quintana has a shutout going into the 9th?

Please hire the Twins' batboy to go on the road and take out Michael Young and Ian Kinsler. Thanks.

Oak out early over TOR, 2-0. Cespedes and Reddick with OPS numbers in high 800's. Quite impressive with half their games at the Coliseum. Chris Carter, 5 homers, 9 RBI's, 1.111 OPS in the early going. Cue Phil Rogers article. Don't think I've ever seen this in my life. Lind, .237, Arencibia, .238, Kelly Johnson, .239, all batting in that order. Weird.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 05:25 PM) You make sense. No way Sox will keep Peavy. Sox are way to cheap to do that. I don't know why they'd give up any young pieces in a deal that involves Greinke as well. Odds are very low that Zach will pick Chicago as his destination in free agency. No way Sox are going to give him a long term deal for enough money to get a contract done. I'd rather take Buerhle back if the Marlins eat 25-35% of his remaining contract. I'm sure JW would be more in favor of that than $100-112.5 million over 5 years to Greinke.

Thankfully, CLE is 5-1 against DET this year and playing them at Progressive. Although Jimenez is averaging as many K's and BB's per 9, he's pitched 3 very good games against DET at home. Ooops, had first and second, no outs, Fielder made a great stop for a forceout, then Kipnis inexplicably got picked off 1B. Indians are scuffling. Brantley K's, stranding the runner at 3rd. 0-0, top of 2nd.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 24, 2012 -> 06:09 PM) What's more insane, taking on the $18 million (the marginal cost) for an ace or trying to replace said ace for less in free agency or via trade? Depends where the Sox finish. No way Peavy comes back if we don't make the playoffs or he/the team fades in August and Sept. What about the cost of replacing Youk, AJ and Floyd?

Hawk..."You're darn right, I had an oblique pull for six years, kept me from making the Red Sox Hall of Fame."

Still not clear. Is it 45 appearances or 45 games where he is the last pitcher in the game, save situation or finishing the game one way or the other? The way I would read it is that it would automatically vest at 45. If he doesn't get the 45, then the team holding the contract would still owe him $3 million for the buyout. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense. He can't get to 45, only for the Astros to cancel or void it with the $3 million.