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With two outs, Shelby walked. Retherford singled to move Shelby to third, Flowers struck out. On to the 9th.

Retherford is due up 4th in the bottom of the 8th. Just get a runner on. He'll do the rest.

Brandon Allen 0-1 at Charlotte.

Birmingham is tied 2-2 in the 8th. First game of a doubleheader, so this is extra innings. Homer for Gartrell tied it in the 5th.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 19, 2009 -> 03:02 PM) Is he OK, who do we get? Jack McDowell.

Just to be clear, that 4-4 was the score in the 9th. CJ tied it up. Viciedo won it. 5-4 final.

Viciedo wins it with a basehit. This team is awesome.

CJ does it again. Double to knock in a run with two outs in the 9th. 4-4. Flowers intentionally walked. Viciedo has a chance to be the hero.

Bad defense by Gartrell and Viciedo led to four unearned runs for Harrell. Barons trail 4-3 going to the 9th

Nice start for Charlie Leesman. 6.2 innings, no runs. Jon Gilmore made his 19th error.

Somebody should tell Flowers to get some new walk up music. Your Love is Beckham's. He made it to the majors first. It's his.

Perfect Game for Carlos Torres. Game called after five innings.

Solo shot for Flowers. 3-0, top 4.

Rain delay in Pawtucket. It's going to be a long one. There goes Torres' 9-inning perfect game.

15 up, 15 down for Torres.

And then Josh Kroeger hit a grand slam. 5-0

Charlotte is leading 1-0 in the 5th at Pawtucket. Carlos Torres perfect through 4 innings.

You see where you are in the standings at the All Star break. If they're within 5 games at the break and a .500 team, you go for it, especially if the starting pitching is putting up consistent quality starts until then. You can't sell off right now.

QUOTE (whtsox13 @ Jun 16, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) If they make it up Sep 3rd they go 3 weeks without an off day. I think there are rules in place regarding the number of games between off days. The rule is 20 days. It would be 20 days for the Sox; 16 for the Cubs.

If they make up this game on September 3, the Sox will have a nice 11 game road trip Aug 24-Sep 3: 4 at Boston 3 at New York 3 at Minnesota 1 at Wrigley Then come home for 4 more against the Red Sox. Yikes.

Danks vs Dempster tomorrow.

I also think Beckham is going to have his coming out party. He's due, and I think he'll rise to the occasion. I think his first career homer will be planted on Waveland.

Ken Griffey Jr played 54 games in the minors as a 17 year old. Didn't hurt his career. When Harper actually signs with a team in August, 2010, he'll be 17 yrs. 10 mos. old. Griffey's first professional game, he was 17 yrs. 7 mos. old. As long as the team that gets him (probably Washington) doesn't rush him as some kind of drawing card, I don't have any problem with this. It's out of the ordinary, but if he's being looked after by people that care for him and he's mature enough, I don't see what the big deal is.

QUOTE (DaveBrown85 @ Jun 14, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) sign dye for dh and bring up jordan danks? If Jordan Danks plays for the White Sox this year under any circumstance, I'd be very surprised.

I'm happy for Egbert. He's bouncing back since moving back into the rotation.