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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 6, 2012 -> 02:53 PM) Liriano to pitch Saturday, Sale on Sunday. 5 days rest for each, so not unexpected. Let's see if they actually pitch Sale on August 17 with 4 days rest. My guess is another 6th starter game sometime between Aug 15-17.

Hosmer is batting 7th. What the hell happened? He killed it in spring training too.

Walt got diagnosed with cancer a year ago. Seems longer. I lol'd.

Danks surgery...no big damage. See you in February.

QUOTE (Wedge @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) There's 45 games left. We can't afford to piss away 7 of them with a Humber start. Downside is that there's only 3 off days in those final 45 games. 55 games left. I'm not a fan of a 6-man, but the extra day seems to be good for Sale. They don't need a 6th starter until August 15 because of the off day Thursday, but if it's just for Sale, then let's see if they actually go through with Sale starting on 4 days rest on August 17. They say they're not using a 6th starter, but I bet they do to give Sale an extra day.

Astros are 11-46 on the road this year. Two of their road wins....uh...yeah... How bad will they be in the AL West next year? 120 losses?

Charlotte- Shirek http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...chraaa_louaaa_1 Birmingham- Arroyo http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...mobaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem- Bassitt http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...potafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis- Leyer (I think he just moved up) http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...romafx_kanafx_1 Bristol- Yes, it's raining again. Great Falls- Parrent http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...grfrok_bilrok_1

Tigers season in review at the 108-game mark: Sox 7-4 Cle 5-7 KC 7-1 Min 5-4 AL Central: 24-16 Bal 2-1 Bos 5-5 NY 2-4 TB 5-2 Tor 1-2 AL East: 15-14 LAA 3-1 Oak 2-2 Sea 1-5 Tex 2-5 AL West: 8-13 Pit 3-3 Col 2-1 Stl 2-1 Cin 2-1 Cubs 2-1 Interleague: 11-7 Home: 31-21 Away: 27-29 Total: 58-50 What they have left, and the record they should have: Home-Away-Total: Sox 3-4-7 (4-3) Cle 3-3-6 (4-2) KC 4-6-10 (7-3) Min 3-6-9 (6-3) Bal 3-0-3 (2-1) NY 4-0-4 (2-2) Tor 3-0-3 (2-1) LAA 3-3-6 (3-3) Oak 3-0-3 (2-1) Tex 0-3-3 (1-2) 29 home/25 road If they match these records, they go 33-21 the final 54 for 91 wins. It would be good if the Sox win the series in Detroit.

Royals come to town feeling good about walking off the Rangers. Sox have to go 4-2 this week, minimum. Hopefully the Tigers go 3-4 or worse. 3 game lead a week from now would be nice.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 04:31 PM) I'm pretty happy with being up 1.5 after this weekend though. 2.5 would have made for a great day, but like flavum keeps saying, Sox just need to worry about themselves and get to 90 wins. Also, it doesn't hurt to pick up a game this weekend on the main wild card contender. It's basically a race to 20-over .500. The team that gets there and maintains it, wins the division.

Great win, but the Chris Perez implosion still pisses me off. He won't have to worry about begging fans to come.

Tigers at the 2/3 mark with a 58-50 record. They'll go at least 32-22 for 90 wins. Sox have a loong way to go.

Hawk brought some frustration to the park with him today.

Today may be our day.

They will

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) Tribe just brought in Josh Tomlin in the bottom of the 9th? Oh geez If it gets to Cabrera, he'll end it.

Tigers are going to walk off the Indians.

With the lack of black jerseys this season, I think that starting pitcher choosing thing is over....which is good. And yes, all Sunday home games are 72 uniforms.

New pitcher. 72 unis. Nice day. Good day for win. Let's get it done.

Looks like Brandon McCarthy will be coming off the DL to face the Sox next weekend...probably Friday.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 10:52 AM) Actually I think it makes a huge difference. We have a great advantage over other teams if we can win the one-game playoff because we have 3 other #1-#2 quality pitchers ready to pitch in the next series. Say you're facing the Angels in the playoff...you throw Sale at them. You win. You go into the next series with TEX trotting out Peavy, Liriano, Q, and back to Sale. The one-game playoff would hurt us much less than teams with lesser rotations. The thing I keep hearing people say about the 1-game playoff is that teams will use their best pitcher. How the hell does anyone know that? Take the White Sox...what if they set up their rotation for Cleveland to be Liriano, Peavy, and Sale? If that happens, they're going to have to use Quintana or Floyd on Thursday for a 163, or Friday for a Wild Card. Or at best, Liriano starts Saturday in a Game 1 ALDS. My point is, don't assume these Wild Card games will automatically feature team's best pitchers. They may want to set up the rotation to win it in 162 games and not 163 or 164 games.

Floyd had a 1.33 ERA in his previous 3 starts. He's been incredibly durable in his career too. The frustrating part about him is his stuff is top of the rotation quality. But he's a quality #4 starter. Win some. Lose some. At the end of the year, he's around .500 with close to 200 innings. When you have Peavy and Sale doing the heavy lifting, guys like Liriano, Floyd and Quintana are good enough. And if you get a hot streak out of them, they can win a championship.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) We're on pace. Based on win pct., the Sox are on pace for 88 wins. Based on remaining strength of schedule, I think they'll get to 90. They just can't get dominated by the Tigers, like 2-5 or worse. If the Tigers play .600 ball, they win 90 games. (33-22)

Red Sox and Jays under .500. Mariners ahead of Indians by percentage points. Oak 58-49 LAA 58-50 - Det 57-50 0.5 TB 56-51 1.5 Bal 56-51 1.5 It's going to be an interesting and exciting September. --- If you believe in run diffferential in the long run, the Cardinals should get there eventually, which could get the Pirates out. http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings --- Tigers face Nova, Hughes, Sabathia, Kuroda, Holland, Darvish, and Dempster next week. Sox face Mendoza, Chen, Guthrie, and then probably Milone, Parker, and Colon. Sale better be starting Monday and Sunday next week. No Humber please, with the off day on Thursday.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 4, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Doug Fister's going all 2011 Doug Fister post ASB right now. Hopefully he starts getting rocked again. I still expect the Tigers to win 90. The question is, will the Sox win 91?