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Carter showing he has retained something from his time in the Sox system by failing to get a runner home from 3rd with less than 2 outs.

More amazing baseball-throwing by Tigers fielders.

Sure, if you only have two lefties, you should space them out in the rotation. That doesn't mean you go out and get second-rate righties in order to avoid having good lefties pitching on consecutive days. I also think the four lefties the Sox might use all have better stuff than Chen, so I'm not too worried about that.

Why does trotting out four lefties spell disaster? That's a purely arbitrary statement based on no facts. Teams don't avoid having four lefty starters because it's a bad idea--they do it because four good lefty starters are hard to find. You start the five best starters you can get your hands on.

I hope he hits about 10 more.

Solo homer for Oakland ties the game at 2.

The American League has a .727 OPS vs LHP and a .733 OPS vs RHP, so there's no basis at all for saying that teams are going to be happy facing all those lefties, except for maybe some mythical division-winning Kansas City team.

Finding an alternative solution would be preferred, but if it boils down to having Brent Morel as the starting 3B or paying Youk $13M, then pay Youk $13M.

No, the runner was nowhere near him this time.

Omar Infante-the gift that keeps on giving.

But honey, the McDonald's isn't real--we'll have to go to a strip club for lunch.

Liriano has walked 17 batters in his previous 4 starts. Hopefully he can find the strike zone tonight. Guthrie has walked only one Sox hitter in three starts against the Sox. Hopefully the Sox hitters can be a little more patient.

AL Best Record: Texas NY Yankees -3 Baltimore -3½ AL Central: SOX Detroit -2 AL East: NY Yankees Baltimore -½ AL Wild Card: Baltimore +½ Oakland LA Angels -3½ Detroit -5 9/20 Games: OAK @ DET 1:05 TOR @ NYY 7:05 SOX @ KC 8:10 TEX @ LAA 10:05

Going off memory from my college theology classes, around 300 is when the Catholic church prohibited priests from marrying.

Anybody know what other games FOX is carrying, because if any of the other games involve the Reds, Cardinals, Braves, Yankees, or Rangers, there's no chance I'll get the Sox game.

Anybody ever tried using, "You can put it on the booooard, Yes!", during an, um, intimate, moment?

There is a Kansas City in both states, but the one that is larger and the one that has the baseball and football stadiums is the one in Missouri.

I've never succeeded in getting Sox or Bears playoff tickets via online general sale.

Paulie may have been bad against him this year, but lifetime he's hitting .220 with 5 HR. Gotta have him in the lineup. If you want to think outside the box, though, let AJ DH and put Dunn in RF and shift Rios to CF. DeAza has been awful against Chen.

It actually is impossible. If you are a Wild Card and win the WC game, you then do not have home field advantage for the Division Series and thus can only play two home games. Only way to play three home games in Division Series is to be a division winner with one of the two best records, in which case you aren't playing in the WC game.

OK, no manager would do this, but if you really want to maximize your chances vs Chen: AJ Viciedo Dunn Konerko Youkilis Rios Ramirez De Aza Beckham Get your three best bullets together in the order and maximize their opportunities to bat.

Clinching at home would require heading to Cleveland with a 4 game lead, and frankly I'd be ecstatic with a 2 game lead at that point. 4 game lead is a tall order.

So the Sox are making you buy tickets to four games even though it's impossible to host both a WC game and 3 DS games? Sounds about right.