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Charlotte- Shirek http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...chraaa_lhvaaa_1 Birmingham- Hernandez http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...jaxaax_biraax_1 Kannapolis- Jaye http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...augafx_kanafx_1

Mariano Rivera was helped up off the ground and put on a cart. He may have blown out a knee shagging BP.

10 game winning streak starts tonight. Enjoy it.

W-S http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...wswafa_potafa_1 Trayce Thompson came out in the 8th inning. Not sure if it means anything after his 0-4.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 3, 2012 -> 10:27 AM) That's 3 wins that Heath Bell has now cost Big Z. I'd watch my back in the locker room if I were him. I'm not big on the ins and outs of WAR, ERA+, and whatever, but at some point, they just need to ditch won/loss record altogther. At the end of the day, teams know how good you are without looking at your win/loss record. Zambrano won't lose a dime because of this. Might as well just discontinue the practice of assigning decisions. I like quality starts but know that not all of them are equal. I go--quality starts, IP, WHIP, K/BB ratio, and ERA. The way I look at it, if you make 33 starts and 20 are quality, with 210 innings, you've done your part on the team. The rest of the numbers take care of themselves.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 2, 2012 -> 01:27 PM) If Humber stinks tonight, I hope his wife goes into labor between now and Monday, so he can go on paternity and skip a start. Then just go with Stults and Molina next Monday, who both started today. Well, she had the baby last night, so I guess that answers that. I just didn't want Humber to get to Cleveland, get ready to pitch Monday, and then have to turn around and the Sox have nobody to pitch other than Stewart. I'll just assume it's Humber and Axelrod next Monday, and Stults gets the call up as backup if either gets shelled early.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2012 -> 01:29 PM) And sacrifice two games? No matter how Humber does tonight, he's still gives us a better chance to win than anyone in the minors. If he's bad again tonight, I'd like him to catch his breath baseball-wise, skip a start, be with his new kid, and we'll see him May 13th. The Indians will have to bring up somebody too, so it's not like it's a lost game before it even starts.

If Humber stinks tonight, I hope his wife goes into labor between now and Monday, so he can go on paternity and skip a start. Then just go with Stults and Molina next Monday, who both started today.

Junior Seau. Probably self-inflicted gunshot.

What's got into Beckham? Who is this guy?

Brady Shoemaker is almost 25. High-A? Really?

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 08:15 PM) E: Martinez, O 4 (8, fielding, missed catch, fielding, fielding), Kuhn 4 (4, fielding, throw, fielding, fielding) Hahahahahahahahaha. Holy s***ake mushrooms.

Tigers/Royals rained out. Verlander will still pitch Wednesday, so the Sox will miss him.

QUOTE (baseball17 @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 06:25 PM) what in the world just happened for charlotte? Sloppy game it looks like. Martinez and Kuhn with 2 errors each.

Charlotte- Leesman/Carter singled to death http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...chraaa_syraaa_1 Winston-Salem- Buch http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...wswafa_potafa_1

That's AL Player of the Week, Paul Konerko.

Realistic goal this month: Cle 2-1 Det 2-1 Cle 2-2 KC 2-1 Det 1-1 LAA 1-1 Chi 2-1 Min 2-1 Cle 2-1 TB 1-2 17-12, 13-8 in the division.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 01:14 PM) DKnobler ‏ @DKnobler Angels are 7-15. Marlins about to go 8-14. Only 3 of last 27 teams to start that slow finished season over .500. I didn't think the Marlins would finish .500 when the season started, or much better than .500. If the Angels pitching is healthy, I'll still take them to win upper-80's wins.

If they won the two games they blew, even with a s***ty offense, the Sox would be 13-9, and I would have taken that. I wanted 30 wins by June 1, so they have to go 19-10 this month. I'll settle for 17-12 in May with 3-2 vs Det and 6-4 vs Cleveland. Yes, we have 10 games vs the Indians this month.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) Triple for Saladino, Drew Garcia 2/2 with the RBI. 16-39 last 10 games. Wonder if they would do something with him if Beckham goes down.

Rain looming? May only have an hour left in this game.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 02:12 PM) My guess is he has all of May to show SIGNIFICANT improvement otherwise he'll be sent down. They were talking on the Score this morning that there's a date coming soon that Beckham would have to be sent down, otherwise he'd have to clear waivers. They said May 5th, but weren't sure. I know his 3 years in the bigs would be June 4th, but maybe the date they were speaking of is sooner. Anyway, I hope it's soon, because he can't hit a fastball. Send him down until he can.

Charlotte- Zaleski http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...chraaa_syraaa_1 Birmingham- Bayne http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...biraax_monaax_1 Winston-Salem- Arroyo http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...wswafa_wilafa_1 Kannapolis- Casey http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...kanafx_romafx_1

De Aza CF Lillibridge 3B Rios RF Dunn 1B Pierzynski C Ramirez SS Fukudome LF Viciedo DH Escobar 2B Konerko was originally in the lineup and was scratched with a stiff neck.

Beckham has played 200 games at USCF and is a .222 hitter at home. Get rid of him.