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Run run run on Crawford. Smart by AJ, knew that he's dealing with a very sore arm...which already sucks in the first place. Brightest guy in baseball, arguably.

As long as Jimenez isn't on the Tigers, that's the one thing that would be almost impossible to overcome...and could also cause KW to trade away Viciedo. Seems like Furcal deal to STL is being held up a bit longer than expected.

Pomeranz or Alex White, Chisenhall and Kipnis for Jiminez??? The Indians are insane I think. At least they're going for it. Pressure mounts on KW to make a move or he plays the hand he's dealt himself?

What did the Indians have to give up? Their entire minor league system? Alex White, Chisenhall, Kipnis?

Kuroda has refused to waive his full no-trade rights. Even though his contract is ending this year and the Dodgers suck. Weird. Morel earning his playing time. Pierre robbed him last night. Poor Youk.

Usual problems seeing the ball for hitters and glare in the OF the first couple of innings.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 05:18 PM) And yet we show up against good teams more often than not, while slapping around the Red Sox. We have a 3B? Ramirez actually looked like he was trying for a walk there. Aced him with the 94 MPH heat.

71-29 Lester for his career. One of those losses against the ChiSox this season. Rare 3 Pierre K's in the first 10 innings of play this series.

Oh, I just was briefly listening and they had him warming up...guess they didn't end up using him after all. Let's hope that awarding Humber with an official spot in the rotation for the remainder of the season injects Phil with rejuvenated confidence in his stuff.

Another move making the Matt Thornton trade market less and less likely... 25%?

Game over in DET, 5-1 LAA. Jesus, they use Walden in every game it seems. 2 1/2 GB, 1/2 behind CLE....Minnesota I think the closest they've been to 1st place seemingly all season long Let's make it 2-15 and 8 in a row. Do we get our own "Nation" if we sweep both Sox series this season?

I'm sort of falling in love with Peter Bourjos as a defender and baserunner. He'll never have a great OPS, but he's a winning baseball player. And I'd make CF at USCF the same exact dimensions as Tiger Stadium with him patrolling out there.

Is there any way to isolate the hitting with RISP just from that 26-5 streak? Versus the other 130 games? It certainly wasn't very consistent across the entire season...and certainly was missing in August/September. Can it be broken down on a monthly basis for 2010? And our on-base percentage hasn't been great either, since being 26 games over .500 at the 2006 ASB. Surely, we're in the bottom half for AL OBP on a consistent basis from July 2006 through today.

If you want to give the Braves Quentin AND Thornton, you MIGHT get them to take Rios' entire contract. MIGHT. That's how abysmal it is right now. As fathom and many have suggested, just take your chances flipping him for Chone Figgins and cross your fingers. Stick Chone at 3B and bat him and Pierre back-to-back. Or bat one of them 9th, doesn't matter. Or play him in CF, either way.

Poor plate discipline with RISP except for 2008. Very poor plate discipline against Minnesota (especially in the 2nd half) in nearly every important game.

Interesting. Never heard that one, but facially...before the steroids, definitely a resemblance. Too bad his three sons that played baseball seriously never came close to making it to the majors. At least the Sports City and youth camps vision took off to an extent....maybe not quite as amazing as Clemente envisioned it in the early 70's, but the plane crash kept him from realizing his ultimate vision. Tiger Woods always talked about being Mother Teresa/Gandhi (well, it was more his dad pushing that on him) but it was Clemente who was the closest any athlete has ever come to being a saint off the field of play.

Do they give student (with ID) and senior citizen (60+) discounts on ticketing? Curious. I used to go to a ton of KC Royals game....$7-8 for outfield reserved bleacher seats, maybe the same for parking, pretty fair prices on food/concessions. Upper deck reserved seats were bargain-priced pretty consistently, too. Basically, the same upper deck as USCF, but no fountains/outfield backdrop to rival KC. If I was feeling extra cheap, I'd just chow down at the Taco Bell across the street and spend no more than $15-16 plus gas. And you could park across I-70 and walk not so far and save the parking fee.

Well, I remember when he came up with the Sox after the Baines deal, I was convinced that Sosa was the next Clemente....I even wrote to him in Spanish and asked him to change his number from 25 to 21, haha. Probably we'll never see that combination of speed, arm strength, grace, agility, wrist strength, batting style and off-field humanitarianism. Vladimir Guerrero was the closest (that I've seen personally), but nowhere need the speed or joy/reckless abandon that Clemente displayed with the Pirates.

Heck, you can stay at a really nice hotel in Bali for $50-75 per night. Rent a car for $10-15 per day. Gas for 3-4 days, $10. Eat 4-5 star food for $7.50-12.50 per meal. If it wasn't for the flight from the US ($250 for me to fly Manila to Jakarta, $50-60 Jakarta to Bali each way), it would be a great bargain. But spending it on this White Sox team is a tough cost-benefit for everyone in 2011. If Greg went to Bali and posted here less often, his blood pressure would decrease. $7.50 per hour for hot stone/Thai/Balinese massage....he'd like that.

You're welcome. See, I'm even defending your boy Rios today, lol.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 30, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) I'm gonna go ahead and believe the reporters that say Danks/Matt would get it done rather than your silly opinion that it would take Quentin too, lol. Why would Daniels do this? Holland's already arguably a better pitcher (and yes, Danks has been VERY good recently), and has clearly better stuff than Danks. He's 10-4 with 4 shutouts already. Yet you're going to pay Danks 80 million for 5 years instead? When you can pay Holland $20-25 million? Because you don't trade for Danks unless you can extend him. And Matt Thornton isn't a bargain contract for a team that was recently bankrupt. If this was Jackson/Hudson again, and that was clearly a horrible trade according to everyone, why would including Matt Thornton make it a great deal? If anything, I'd be happy to get that contract off the books since he's never going to be a closer for the Sox and we already have Sale/Ohman/Santiago from the left hand side.

610 pm cst That's 5 stolen bases already against Avila/Jacob Turner.

When the Twins finally get back Span, Morneau and Kubel, they won't be a AAA team any longer. Still think their bullpen is too shaky to go on a consistent winning streak, and Nishioka/Casilla up the middle has been hugely disappointing compared to Hardy/Hudson. And Valencia's REALLY been up and down both offensively and defensively this season. And the Sox aren't bad in the 2nd half, they're just bad against the Twins in the 2nd half. We did hold them off in 2008. 2006 wasn't anything like choking...the whole team just faded, but the Tigers/Twins were simply better teams. The only times they really dominated us head-to-head down the stretch were 2003 and last year. 2009 team never really was in it down the stretch.

Lillibridge has also been a much better hitter during the day compared to at night. 900+ OPS in day games, around 700 during the day. Yeah, yeah, small sample size. And only 12/64 since June 1st. Ordonez with a sharp line drive to CF for the first Tigers run. Only 17th RBI of season for Maggs. 1-0 Tigers heading to top of the 5th.

So many variables could change between now and 22 hours from this exact moment in time. 5 Jacob Turner strikeouts. No runs surrendered through 4 IP.