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He's a bit older, 25 (turns 26 on the 10th of March), and did miss all of last season, but this kid is a hitting machine. He's hit throughout the minors and I firmly believe if given the chance, he could turn out a lot like Magglio. I'm not saying he'll be as good cause thats hard pressed, but he hasn't been hyped, neither was Mario and both have been hitting machines. Mario and Maggs both hit the ball hard and have "live" bats. He killed the ball last spring then got hurt.

The person who got caught dealing at my school was expelled from the district.

Diaz stays in to pitch the 11th inning. -Groundout to Willie Harris -Diaz strikes out Jason Hart and made him look silly -Ryan Christensen singled up the middle; not a hard hit ball -Ruben Sierra gets out SOX WIN SOX WIN Diaz gets the Win and pitched two scoreless innings. Mario Valenzula and Joe Borchard had the big days at the plate.

-One out single by Scott Morgan -Miguel Olivo (Pinch Hits) rips a grounder to 3rd and he's robbed of a double on a great play by Mark Textierra. Morgan advanced to 2nd on the play. -Mario Valenzuala crushes into the gap for another rbi double. This time it puts the Sox up 9-8. -Jamie Burke grounds out. 9-8 Sox going into the bottom of the 11th.

Diaz was sharp getting through the inning quickly.

-One, two, three inning for the Sox in the top of the 10th. Felix Diaz should be pitching.

- Scott Morgan will now play first base. This takes Aaron Miles (Who Pinch Ran and Scored the Tying run in the top of the ninth) out of the game. -Ruben Sierra leads the inning off with a hit -Donnie Sadler gets out -Someone flies out to Willie Harris -Burke guns down Ruben Sierra who tried to steal a base. -Felix Diaz is warming up in the bullpen and will likely pitch in the bottom of the 10th.

-Daubach starts things off with a leadoff double; Aaron Miles pinch runs -Aaron Rowand (DH) sacrifices Miles to 3rd. It appears that Rowand's hand took a bit of the ball on the bunt. -Mario Valenzula hits an RBI double into the gap, tying the game at 8. -Borchard grounds out to 3rd. Wunsch is going to come back out in the bottom of the ninth. The game is tied at 8th.

-Wunsch walks the first guy he faces, so there are 2 on with nobody out. (Runners on 1st and 2nd) -Wunsch strikes out Jason Hart (One Out) Wunsch retires the final two, ending the inning. We now go to the top of the ninth.

The key stat that has baffled me is how much his stolen base numbers have dropped. This guy was a threat to steal every time he reached base before the injury and I don't think he really lost any speed. Last year, he wasn't running much at all, although he did have quite a few triples, which shows he's got some speed. I'd like to see him really work on getting more steals.

Kelly Wunsch is entering the ball game now. I got to say, even though this announcers suck. Listening to a game while typing up some homework is more relaxing then simply typing up some homework.

8-7 Now. Ginter gave up a leadoff single and then Mark Textierra doubled the guy in. Ginter was hit on the leadoff single and now doctors are checking him out; They just pulled him.

Good News; Sox have re-opened talks for a Long Term Deal with Mark Buerhle.

Its now the bottom of the eight still tied at 7. Tim Hummell has came in. Matt Ginter has came into pitch.

This is more then ridiculous. How do I get a job to do the Sox games for Spring Training?

Thats it, the two of them are obviously so good. How bout we just trade Magglio Well, I hope they both kick butt. I'd love to have Rowand, Borchard and Maggs all playing real good.

Willie Harris, Mario Valenzula, and Brian Daubach are playing now. Daubach may of already been in, not sure. Also, Stewart did give up an earned run, it wasn't un-earned.

Rowand had an RBI Single in the inning and was on base for Borchards homer.

Brian Cooper is now pitching. Josh Stewart threw 2 innings giving up one run. He had a 1-2-3 3th and gave up one un-earned run in the 4th.

Rowand and Magglio Ordonez each had run scoring singles in the inning, before Borchard's homer. The inning is over though. It was a 6 run inning.

Borchard Kicks Ass Were tied at 7!!!!!!!!! 2nd Homer of the Season!!!!!!!!! It was opposite field too.

Not sure, the radio went out. You just heard a big buzz. Frank Thomas is up right now.

I'm exactly your age, 19. I think there is a valid point though on this whole age thing. I see things exactly like you do Koch. I think that Prior is going to live up to the hype. My big reason behind it isn't from what the scouts say, but what my eyes say. Watching this kid pitch he's just phenomenal. Look at that motion and tell me anyone in the majors that has as fluid a delivery. Its just beautiful. I know Van Poppel was labeled with all that hype, but I don't think he was considered the best college pitcher ever. Prior does some amazing things, and the most amazing thing about him is his CONTROL. Most of these guys that recieve all this hype don't have good control and control is probably the easiest way, aside from injuries for a pitcher to fail. If you can't throw strikes and spot your pitches, you'll never be a great pitcher. Prior is so stinking young and already has pin point control. Then you look at his stuff and he has an exploding fastball, made so much more effective with his pin point control. He also throws a plus change and curve and can spot all 3 of those pitches.

Lol, so true so true.

Yep, it was 15-1 (I just checked to confirm it). And yeah, it seems like it was against Washburn. I went with a friend of mine who's a quasi-Sox fan, and he kept wanting to leave early when the game was no longer in doubt, but I refused. I was enjoying the beating far too much, and it was my only chance to see the Sox play that year, so I wasn't going to miss a minute of it. When Mags hit his 2nd HR of the game in the 8th or 9th inning, I remember standing up and clapping and how quiet the rest of the place was. Definitely a great moment for me. I wasn't going to leave either. I had just sat through so many losses agains the Angels. Every year they kick the crap out of the Sox. Usually the Sox take early leads and then would blow every game and end up giving up a ton of runs. It was one of the rare times that I could really see the Sox just pummell the Angels and I loved it.