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Points Bet has to stick with the girl with the legs for their commercials.

Hambone swiped third base twice in the last few games.

I think the LaRussa bashing incorporated Billy Hamilton in there.

Keuchel pitched well enough to win, but he really struggled through this one.

Cruz was looking fastball as well. Yaz is calling forsliders and getting K's when we need them to close this out. One more slider and we go for the sweep tomorrow.

Phew...

Good thing the Vulgarian from down under sh1t the bed in a game with a big lead than in a close game. Get the bullpen up and going just in case.

LOL. Maybe try to get over it and move on.

Twins could beat us with a home run or two, even in a relatively well-pitched low-scoring game. That is what worries me. Vaughn has to start hitting home runs. I think Mendick might have another home run for us in this series. He looked hungry. Mercedes looks like he is going to go on another tear.

Some posters have mentioned Tony's age on numerous occasions implying that his mental capacity is compromised. I guess some people here may not know much about Alzheimer's disease, have not had a loved one who suffered and/or died from it. Those of you who have know that is nothing to take lightly. Even short of that, there is no reason to throw someone's age around like it is a pejorative. We have had Justices sitting on the Supreme Court who have served into their 80's and three current Justices are over 70. These were and are people that had to grasp concepts that were far more complex than who's on Second. I want to believe that even the most aggressive criticisms directed toward Tony simply lack perspective, however, some of the repeated attacks begin to look like they are motivated by things like anger, arrogance and disrespect, and no one wants to be viewed that way. Ironically, Tony has the respect of his players and all of them appear to be following his leadership. I am not beyond criticizing a Sox Manager (or GM) and did so with Robin Ventura and Rick Hahn who sat back as the practice field and the Sox clubhouse spiraled out of control. I don't think anything like that is going to go down with LaRussa managing this team. The current Sox players respect him, believe in his abilities, and are playing well for him.

Well stated.

"TLR exercises the same level of moderation with his fringey bench players as he does with his alcohol." A personal jab that does not lead to any useful discussion.

The subjective accumulation of stats does by that fan does not say" realistically." It says "luck." "Power rankings" is something of a misnomer. The Sox have to be close to the bottom with HRs and xtra base hits.

LOL about the NL nuance of the foolish ghost runner rule, the hyperbole, and the lack of perspective by those who still rail about Tony not knowing who could be the ghost and not choosing the speedy Jose Abreu instead. The fact is that Tony has done an amazing job with a team that has a starting catcher hitting .113 and a starting outfield that now features the vaunted Vaughn hitting .262 with no home runs, Leury, who is hitting .212, and Mendick just up from the Minors. LaRussa will win Manager of the Year if he keeps this ship sailing with all the holes it has in the hull. First place but I get it...rats only jump off sinking ships but now I know what they do in the meantime.

Take him deep TA

Take another one.

Gio fighting his way through. Tony has to get ready to warm up the bullpen though. Let's sweep these Mofos.

HUGE out!

I hope Gio trys to pitch around Perez.

Yasmani looks bad now.

A 92mph high fastball worked after two outside off speed pitches.

Nice RBI for Leury.

Anything but a GIDP. Take a few pitches Leury.

Vaughn has to get contact and get an RBI here

Score some runs and give Gio time to gather himself in the dugout and figure something out.