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Robin had to get the lead down to 3 runs so he could showcase Reed in the 9th.

Yes, and now I'm having problems with ESPN Gamecast. The Sox get a lead on Detroit and it blew up the internet.

It's a well-known fact that left-handed people are awesome at everything.

Detroit Lineup: Jackson, A, CF Hunter, To, RF Dirks, LF Fielder, 1B Martinez, V, DH Peralta, Jh, SS Kelly, D, 3B Pena, B, C Santiago, R, 2B Verlander, J P

Some team that is desperate for relief pitching could still trade for Crain. The offer would be a lot lower than if he had made 2-3, or even 1 appearance after coming off the DL, but it's not out of the question that somebody could still take a chance on him. Unless the Sox have plans to re-sign him, there's no reason not to take a lowball offer if somebody makes one.

Most likely the claiming team will either just agree to pay his full remaining salary on a straight waiver claim, or ask the Sox to eat 90% of his remaining salary in return for a minor leaguer that will have very little chance of every making it past AA.

How long until it crosses the line from 'scouting' to 'stalking'?

It's not really fair for the US to use Donovan in this tournament. Would have been much more interesting if the US tried to win without him.

If the Sox suddenly reel off 10 wins in a row, we'll know where to place the blame for the first half of the season.

Is that why he has a 16,000 square foot house--so it can include a testing clinic?

Haven't seen anything from him in a while--perhaps he has lost his source.

I"m available.

I would like to point out the relative uselessness of this graph. It is specifically tracking movement from the bottom 20% to the top 20%. I'd be much more interested in seeing a graph tracking the movement from the bottom 20% to the other three quintiles. I'd rather be first in that graph than this one.

I'd really love to see Alexei gone and Beckham get a tryout at SS.

I had forgotten him on purpose, but now you've reminded me. Jerk.

Yes, and don't forget he can still be traded in December.

If Hahn doesn't get a Garza package or better for Peavy, he shouldn't make the deal, and he should tell those teams that are coming up short with their offers that he's going to text them a photo of Peavy every time their #5 starter is out there getting shelled in August and September.

If balance in the rotation was more important than being good at pitching, Axelrod would be in the rotation instead of Santiago.

Even the punters?

I know that's what you want to happen, but do you actually believe that it will?

Every player I knew in college drank, though most drank none or very little during the season.

Everybody would love to see Paulie retire in a Sox uniform, but if by some miracle there's a team that would actually give up something valuable for him, the Sox would be stupid not to do it, though right now that seems incredibly unlikely.

I have to point out that it's at least a little bit ironic coming from somebody who just took the first six keys on the keyboard as his screenname.

Does being a Packer make you a jackass, or is it the other way around?