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Tigers and Angels 2-2, going to the 8th.

25 games left. This team looks like they have about 11 wins left in them. Just don't have enough pitching to rely on. And the hitting is homer or nothing.

Bad loss, but this team is mediocre at best.

A good team wins this game at home every time. Mediocre team in a bad division.

Charlotte only draws 1700 for a playoff game? I know it's the minors, but that seems low for a AAA team.

Charlotte- Carroll http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...indaaa_chraaa_1 Winston-Salem- Bassitt http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...myrafa_wswafa_1 Great Falls- Beck http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...grfrok_misrok_1

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 12:52 PM) Haven't been this excited for a 7 game stretch in a long time. Thinking about heading down to Anaheim in my Sox gear to watch the Angels tonight. It's really "put up or shut up" time for the Sox. There's no more complaining about what pitchers we're facing, or anything like that. It's about wins and losses. I don't care how the wins come as long as they do.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) This is the IL semi. There's a best of 5 (I think, could be best of 7) against the winner of the other semi. Then that winner takes on the PCL champ in a one game playoff. Ah, ok thanks.

Yanks and O's tied with 25 left.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) Gary Thorne has been great tonight. Playoff like game in Balt A lot of people don't like him. I think Thorne is very good.

Charlotte wins. Take 2-0 lead in best-of-5. Going back to Charlotte for the rest of the series. So I assume they'll win and have to play the PCL champion next week. Delaying more call ups.

Like clockwork: http://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/243896954185216004

Hawkins homered again. He's impressive.

Charlotte was up 9-0. Now 14-13 Charlotte, going to the 9th. I'll skip the stale joke of converting the team names to NFL teams.

Nick Savio: "This is better than the White Sox winning the World Series". Is that a little weird to say?

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 09:55 AM) Spiegel sounds like he thinks he knows better but can't outright say it because MLB shot it down for the moment, so he's begrudgingly dismissing it. It's the same tone of voice he would use when Cowley regularly guested on his show and said something that he vehemently disagreed with, but didn't bother pursuing it because he felt like it was't worth the trouble, there was no convincing him otherwise. It's one of those things where we probably don't know the whole story, and will never know it. All I know is that I'll be happy if AJ is in the lineup Friday night. As far as rumors, no player is above suspicion. No team is above suspicion. MLB made its bed in the 90's and early 00's, letting anyone do anything. And this is just bi-product of that era.

I'm glad he'll be playing tomorrow night, if it doesn't rain. Rumors are rumors. I doubt the original person made it up out of nothing, but it's better to just let these things take their course until MLB or the Sox announce something.

Yankees beat the Rays. Orioles lose too. That was fun while it lasted.

If this happens, I really hope he doesn't play the, "I took a supplement that I didn't know had X in it" card.

Leesman outstanding. Wish Charlotte would lose and get him up too.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 08:35 PM) We had Pablo 2005* If we knew every member of the 05 Sox that was on something, we'd probably cry. Well maybe not cry, but you know what I mean. It's still rampant. They aren't as potent as they used to be with 55-70 homers, but guys still want to risk it. For me, I still want the Sox to win, but this would take away some enjoyment.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) Tigers breaking it open in the 8th. Looks like it will stay a 1 game lead. They go on the road now for 10 games. 3 at Anaheim (they're heating up), 4 at Sox, 3 at Cleveland. When the Tigers leave Chicago, we need a 3-game lead.

All hell broke loose after Johnson gave up the hit that shouldn't have been. Oh well.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 07:41 PM) What hour? They went on the air around 4. It was within the first few minutes.

Erik Johnson gave up his first hit with 2 outs in the 6th right after the ump missed a strike 3 call.