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Why would it be a miracle that a team with a 1½ game division lead and the second best record in the league still be in playoff contention in September?

Trading Gio for Swisher didn't work out. Somebody who is as aggressive as Kenny is going to miss sometimes. The same attitude that made that trade also netted Gavin Floyd and John Danks for Freddy Garcia and Brandon McCarthy. Oh, and Matt Thornton for Joe Borchard. So I'll live with the few bad ones and not spend my time asking 'What if . . .'

So Texas' obscene run differential will come back down to earth a bit.

Someone else probably knows the answer for sure, but I believe team flights are chartered and the only people on the flight are those traveling with the team.

Game ending DP in CLE, Sox guaranteed to remain in first!

Assdribble walks to load the bases for Cleveland.

Yet Robin wasn't ejected until after he argued for a while so it was not an automatic ejection, therefore no warning was given. f*** YOU WEGNER!

He is growin' up in the Heartland.

The arbitration hearing wouldn't have happened until February, and if he wasn't 100% healthy by then he wouldn't have gotten $15 million. Plus, the Sox could have filed a grievance against Maggs/Boras for withholding information.

I always thought they should have called his bluff and offered him the arbitration. They should have known he'd never accept.

Everybody reached base tonight except Konerko. Would be nice if he'd start pulling his own weight.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7983960/...oit-tigers-game

You don't have to watch the Cubs. They give the bobblehead out at the gate. Just grab it and turn around and leave.

Pulled Estimates Completely Out of Thin Air

I think the Cubs are the worse team but the Twins will end up with the worse record, if that makes sense.

You're not allowed to shift the defense out on to Waveland Ave.

Not if it's 90+ degrees at the Cell and the wind is blowing out

Very. Yes.

Too lazy to look this up, but anybody know the last time a player finished May batting over .400?

90+ degrees and the wind blowing out, I'm going to give the pitchers a pass this weekend.

So it's a case of good news-bad news then.

Sox still have better road than home record, so hey, why not volunteer to move that series?

I've seen that before. That's why you don't make up dumb rules for tournaments.

I was thinking the same thing, but the umpire clearly signaled for an out. Maybe as long as you take off in the field of play it's an out.

Those are MLB ranks.