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Well, if Jackson wins this game, he's definitely earned it. Hard to pitch under pressure like this the entire game. Should be at least 4-0, maybe 5-0.

Shouldn't the coach shout "GO!" at the moment of the catch? According to Farmer, Beckham didn't leave early. Wrong call. They watched the replay a bunch of times. Umpire was also out of position, had the wrong angle there. You have to be in line with 3B looking to the OF. You can't look back, can't just guess or speculate.

What is Jeff Cox doing over there?

Dammit, Beckham left too early. Crap. Son a b----. That sucks.

Looks like Morel has lost his job for now. They should just bring up DeAza and add to the outfield mix...let Morel play everyday in Charlotte.

By my count, we're 1 for 6 with RISP. But that one with Alexei/Pierre last inning hurt. I guess it's "even" because you almost expected Guillen to drive in those 2 runs last half inning. Jackson has stranded quite a few runners as well. Another sellout, 40,000+. I really hope they don't get Jose Reyes and move Peralta back to 3B. It might cause KW to make a desperation countermove. The only question is whether they have the minor league pieces to get it done. Jacob Turner?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) No low fastballs to Guillen here. Or no fastballs at all...even though that first slider was a ball and a hanger, it got his timing off the FB.

Konerko did a great job with the bad hop. Great to see Jackson finally earning his paycheck against a dangerous line-up in our division.

Ramirez has to get rid of that ball faster. Needs to catch and throw in one smooth motion...

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 16, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) Or Mark Kotsay. Or Luis Terrero. Or Brian Anderson. Or a gorilla. Luis Terrero actually hit fairly decently for us that one year. Showed a bit of pop, his average wasn't anywhere close to below 200, I remember that much. Now Julio Ramirez might be a better comparison. Or Brian Simmons.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2011 -> 04:42 PM) 1 for 15 for the 2nd half boys so far? Yet somehow Dunn has 15 more RBI's than Rios. That 2 RBI single off Verlander last night was the key to the game....and his last homer should have keyed a Sox comeback victory but we frittered it away. Rios hasn't done ANYTHING to help us win a game in weeks.

Dunn should be in the 150's now. Good God, that's hard to do. Even for Rob Deer or Dave Kingman.

It's pretty amazing when you think if we hadn't played the Indians this season yet, we'd be 5-15 against the AL Central. Still, we're right there in the thick of things, despite everything's that gone wrong.

Wow, Alexei has really struggled with those runners on 3rd with less than 2 outs. Pierre froze...thought the pitcher was going to snag it and then it was too late to go. Peralta was going to 1B the whole time. Dammit. That third run would have looked mighty nice on the scoreboard. Oh well, let's get 'em, Edwin.

You're not going to get Michael Young for Alex Rios. Not unless you include a significant sweetener to that deal going to the Rangers. Pierre getting quite lucky. Would have been out by a mile with the bad jump but Avila couldn't handle it. 15 SB's.

Because we'd be wasting $43 million dollars, and JR/KW will never admit defeat on that big a contract. They definitely should try ANYTHING different. Lillibridge against lefties, DeAza/Milledge/Danks, just DO something. As long as that something's not overpaying for Beltran with Viciedo. In retrospect, you can say that Ozzie deserves some credit for sticking by Pierre. But this thing with Rios is just illogical. And hitting Dunn 3rd/4th against LHP.

2-3 years ago, it looked like Peralta's major league career was nearly over. Horrible defense and not enough power, too many K's with the Indians. Good thing there are 2 outs. Why is Peralta not at third? Peralta just jogged to 2B. Jackson's taking a page from the Verlander book. Getting beat on change-ups and sliders but really popping the fastball now, got up to 97. If he gets that ERA back under 4.00, his value goes up quite a bit psychologically...especially if you look at his other peripherals.

Even Aaron Rowand has a 646 OPS. Funny that Juan Pierre is now beating him in this category, too. Love DJ describing Victor Martinez as an "average" catcher. Not quite!

Juan Pierre, 648 OPS Alex Rios, 560 OPS Just wow. Hard to imagine that even Brian Anderson could be doing much worse than that. Heck, Kotsay/Erstad/Mackowiak would be beating it. He's on a pace for 30-35 RBI's. How is that even possible hitting where he does in the line-up?

Quentin now 5/7 after the Break, back up to 873 OPS. That's a ton of hitter for the Braves, Giants or Phillies. Thanks Rios. Please put yourself on the PUP list. BTW, wonder if the DBacks would like to undo that Joe Saunders for Haren deal?

If Danks is starting WED against the Royals, when is Peavy going? Santiago back to BIRM to start?

Gotten beat on 2 change-ups so far this inning. Need to get Boesch/Ordonez b4 Cabrera comes up. Keep pumping those fastballs on Boesch's hands, thanks. Nice recovery from Edwin. Always seems to pitch pretty well against his former team. Getting that ERA into respectable territory again, and limiting his pitch count.

2 out hitting with RISP. Nice. Hanging slider spinning up there. Good to see us piling up some singles and moving the line.

Wow, a rare Pierre stolen base. Great slide by Juan, missed the tag. Looks like he tagged the sleeve/jersey....we got a break there.

Nope, they'll give it to Cano for his hitting and for being a Yankee. It's always the most difficult to win your first. If Gordon was hitting like he did in 2009, he'd get a lot more publicity.