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1st and 3rd, 1 gone. Tons of speed on 1st and at the plate. 1-0 count on Podsednik. Willie...take 2nd. See if they even make the throw.

Slightly off topic, but Rob Neyer just gave the Gooch some props in an EPSN chat.

Runner on 3rd, 1 gone. Me likey. Willie...do your job please. Just a sac fly works just fine.

AJ! LEADOFF DOUBLE!!! Get him over, get him in boys!

Ok, the singing hot dog vendor is driving me nuts after like 3 seconds.

Ok question... IF there are any West Coasters here, or just folks well outside of Chicago...is DirecTV carrying the game on anything other than ESPN? If so, are they carrying the Sox announcers or the Tigers announcers?

Ahem...I'm gonna enjoy saying this. 1...2...3 go the Tigers in the first. GREAT START ALL AROUND!!!

Come on Freddy, it's afternoon and your'e on the road. You've even got a lead to work with. Do your thing.

2 TRIPLES IN 2 DAYS FOR CARL!!!! THANK YOU CARL!!!

All right Pauly, let's start this thing off right.

s***, that steal didn't sound very good.

Let's do this boys!!!

Greasy...f*** that's beautiful.

The press is starting to catch onto the "How many #2's can they have?" line.

Worse and worse...

*edit: And damn it sounds good.

Damn, no Crede yet.

If anyone wants to read the actual paper, it's freely available online.

Well, they do have a zoo. Although...their quiz bowl teams weren't much to write home about, at least when I was playing them.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:09 AM) Huh? I hope that you don't think I really believed what they were saying? No, I don't think that...but I mean man come on...it'd be so easy for me to sit here and say that you're really grasping at straws.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 12:19 AM) I'm not usually one for bumping, but it seemed appropriate given the stakes of today's game. If he pitches anything like last time in Detroit, this division is as good as ours. Day game. On the road. Freddo pitching. I don't think we could hope for a better scenario.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:05 AM) I think Joe has a great "I just killed that ball" look. He doesnt flip the bat as much as he just lets it fall out of his hands. Yeah, I love that look even more. Oh wait, I'm saying I love a home run more than a popup out. Yeah, that's to be expected. In terms of looks...I personally am partial to the emotionless Jon Garland "Walking off the field after f***ing destroying a team because I've done it before and I'll do it yet again" look.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 07:02 AM) I think he is either getting some confidence back, or he is healing up... maybe both. When he started bunting again, it made me feel really good about Pods well being. The two steals only seals the deal IMO. Hopefully he can get another 3-4 days of rest, plus the occasional pinch running spot, this weekend, and he can get back even closer to full strength. He gets on base and starts moving in the playoffs, and watch out.

The only thing I'm concerned with about what Ozzie did in Spring Trainign, and this will stand for the next few years too...is that he might not have gotten all of his pitchers enough work. We saw at the beginning of the year a rash of last year's best closers struggling, and it may very well have been due to them not getting enough innings in the spring. Shingo, Rivera, Nathan, Foulke, Kolb, all started the year blowing saves. Some of them never recovered. Dah well. As long as we got off to a good April.

I'm going to start off this game sitting in my office listening to Rooney and Farmio over MLB Radio. If DirecTV is carrying the Sox broadcast, I may bike home if we get a lead in the 6th inning or afterwards entirely to watch the show. This would be helped if DirecTV was carrying Hawk and DJ out here. If not, I plan to run up and down the hallways of my building screaming.