According to Chuck Garfein, that is the 4th straight time we have beaten a rookie starter we saw for the first time.

Freddy Garcia 7-3.

 

Gordon Beckham

Gordon with a very much needed 2-4.

 

And Ramon Castro, daymn!

Freddy is the stopper! Who would have thought! Inching slowly to .500. .

Great win.

 

I take credit for Beckham's performance (joke). My second baseman got hurt in fantasy and I had to pick one up and it was either Beckham or some other non producers and I picked up Beckham.

Get hot now, Gordon!

 

Bobby Jenks. Believe in him. He is still the real deal.

Gordon Beckham was Mr. Big Bopper High Chopper.

Beckham's 9th multi-hit game in 56 starts this season, he has no 3 hit games. That's 16% of his starts.

 

Last season Beckham had 28 multi-hit games in 102 starts. That's 27% of his starts. 8 of those multi-hit games were of the 3 hit variety.

Alvarez is being called up by the Pirates, rumor has it he could face the Sox.

Buster Olney reporting Pedro Alvarez WILL play against the White Sox tomorrow.

 

Over/under on RBI is 2. GO:

Buster Olney reporting Pedro Alvarez WILL play against the White Sox tomorrow.

 

Over/under on RBI is 2. GO:

 

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Gordon Beckham was Mr. Big Bopper High Chopper.

 

It's the Pirates (seriously, it's the Pirates) but a win is a win.

Buster Olney reporting Pedro Alvarez WILL play against the White Sox tomorrow.

 

Over/under on RBI is 2. GO:

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He won't get a hit either.

Buster Olney reporting Pedro Alvarez WILL play against the White Sox tomorrow.

 

Over/under on RBI is 2. GO:

Over/under has to be a half number.

Over/under has to be a half number.

Not necessarily you could just push.

I liked what we saw from Beckham today. He got two bizzare hits and then he flew out after making great contact. it was a nice bit of evolution and hopefully an indicator of future results. Of course, the Twins and Tigers had to win too.

This has been long, long overdue.

 

Beckham! :headbang

Beckham has a solid game. Lets see (and I hope) if he can have a few more this week like that.

Good win rebounding from a tough 1-0 loss to those flubbies

I think we need to start making Freddy Garcia Dos Equis ads, advertising him as the most sweaty/fortunate man in the world.

We were all backwards thinking Gordon needed to be sent down to get his confidence back... the NL is basically the Minor Leagues anyway.

 

I think nothing would be cooler than for Gordon to go like 2-3 with a BB on Friday night.

Pirates were 14-15 at home before last night.......although they are 5-1 against the cubs I believe at home