July 23, 200916 yr Nice scramble for the win. I always hope the Sox win on my birthday, and they did. What a nice present. Props to Ozzie for leaving Thornton in.
July 23, 200916 yr Nice spot-start by Torres. Not overwhelmingly awesome, but he kept us in the game. And big ups to Thornton for the two-inning save. The Rays announcers are such whiners. They wouldn't shut up about the missed 3rd strike call on Alexei, as if they were the only ones who've been getting screwed by poor calls this series.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 10:01 PM) Nice scramble for the win. I always hope the Sox win on my birthday, and they did. What a nice present. Props to Ozzie for leaving Thornton in. Happy Birthday Mike!
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 09:01 PM) Nice spot-start by Torres. Not overwhelmingly awesome, but he kept us in the game. And big ups to Thornton for the two-inning save. The Rays announcers are such whiners. They wouldn't shut up about the missed 3rd strike call on Alexei, as if they were the only ones who've been getting screwed by poor calls this series. Was Hawk announcing for the Ray too?
July 23, 200916 yr Thanks to MLB.TV I missed the entire 9th inning. Can anyone tell me what happened with the Thornton/Longoria battle? Was that the final out?
July 23, 200916 yr Beckham, Alexei (thanks Upton/Diaz) Dye, Torres, Ozzie's managing. Great all around game.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 09:02 PM) Thanks to MLB.TV I missed the entire 9th inning. Can anyone tell me what happened with the Thornton/Longoria battle? Was that the final out? Huh, my mlb.tv worked fine.
July 23, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) Thanks to MLB.TV I missed the entire 9th inning. Can anyone tell me what happened with the Thornton/Longoria battle? Was that the final out? Matt went 2-0 on Evan, grooved him a fastball and he popped it up weakly to LC.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) Thanks to MLB.TV I missed the entire 9th inning. Can anyone tell me what happened with the Thornton/Longoria battle? Was that the final out? First 2 pitches inside, then on 2-0, Longoria popped it up to short center and Pods made the catch.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 08:02 PM) Thanks to MLB.TV I missed the entire 9th inning. Can anyone tell me what happened with the Thornton/Longoria battle? Was that the final out? Mr. Tony Parker popped out to Pods in shallow CF.
July 23, 200916 yr Happy birthday, TheBigHurt. Very solid start by Torres. And you just saw our eventual new closer tonight. Trade Jenks while you can still get a pretty good haul for him because we have his replacement already.
July 23, 200916 yr I'd also like to thank Maddon for pulling Shields. I'm going to miss tomorrow's game, and I think my blood pressure will thank me.
July 23, 200916 yr Great victory. Wow on Matt Thornton. Nice job. Obviously Longoria coulda gone deep and made it a nightmarish loss. He didn't thanks to Matt. ps. I love Pods and his contributions tonight and almost every night, but do you guys feel a lot less comfy with him out there in the ninth in vast centerfield? I really think there is a need for a defensive cf specialist in baseball. And that's you know who in our ogranization. Maybe I'm wrong, but are you guys a little queasy with Pods out there, especially late in the game.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 08:10 PM) ps. I love Pods and his contributions tonight and almost every night, but do you guys feel a lot less comfy with him out there in the ninth in vast centerfield? I really think there is a need for a defensive cf specialist in baseball. And that's you know who in our ogranization. Maybe I'm wrong, but are you guys a little queasy with Pods out there, especially late in the game. That's a good point. I have no idea why Pods was out there in the 9th this evening. Unless Ozzie has completely lost his faith in his 'pen, and was thinking about the possibility of Wise batting third in the bottom of the inning.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) I'd also like to thank Maddon for pulling Shields. I'm going to miss tomorrow's game, and I think my blood pressure will thank me. Getz and Beckham had a big hand in that--they worked the count at the end.
July 23, 200916 yr great win, with a great AB by Beckham and Alexei to hit it hard. Thorton with a great job too. I wonder what's up with Dotel, either Ozzie has lost faith in him, he's hurt or the Sox have him involved in trade talks.
July 23, 200916 yr That's a good point. I have no idea why Pods was out there in the 9th this evening. Unless Ozzie has completely lost his faith in his 'pen, and was thinking about the possibility of Wise batting third in the bottom of the inning. Not having BA anymore is going to make those 1 run leads in the 9th very scary.
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:01 AM) Nice spot-start by Torres. Not overwhelmingly awesome, but he kept us in the game. And big ups to Thornton for the two-inning save. The Rays announcers are such whiners. They wouldn't shut up about the missed 3rd strike call on Alexei, as if they were the only ones who've been getting screwed by poor calls this series. But, in that case it really was a ball
July 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:16 AM) great win, with a great AB by Beckham and Alexei to hit it hard. Thorton with a great job too. I wonder what's up with Dotel, either Ozzie has lost faith in him, he's hurt or the Sox have him involved in trade talks. or it just wasn't the right spot
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