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QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:25 PM) Bobby has always been terrible with 3+ inning saves, stick with Bobby at this point... any word on Thorton? I know he was retroactive, so he should be eligible this week. Any chance of seeing him soon or does he need more time? I thought he was always terrible in 1+ inning saves. Maybe you mean 3+ outs? Especially the next outing after a save attempt when he's been extended over multiple innings, it's almost always a disaster.

Don't you mean tracking Manny Ramirez CHRONOLOGICALLY...? Or you're implying Manny smokes the chronic, lol?

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:25 PM) Bobby has always been terrible with 3+ inning saves, stick with Bobby at this point... any word on Thorton? I know he was retroactive, so he should be eligible this week. Any chance of seeing him soon or does he need more time? SATURDAY

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) I thought they changed Manny's premiere to Wednesday? He will definitely be in uniform tomorrow night. I think Ozzie will want to get him into the line-up as quickly as possible, especially with Beckham likely to be out for at least one game and maybe two since Wed is a day game and then we have an offday on Thursday.

LOL at the post-game callers.... "Will Manny Ramirez provide some protection for Paul Konerko in the middle of the line-up?" What kind of inane question is that? You hit Ramirez either 5th or 6th, I think Ozzie will go with 5th for now and bump Quentin behind him with how Carlos has struggled so mightily on the road.

QUOTE (SexiAlexei @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) He shouldn't get any credit. If it wasn't for his horrible throw there may not have been a need for extras. I still don't think Jenks would have gotten out of that inning with anything other than a tie ballgame. Guess we'll never know. But at least he made up for it.

Where's Lillibridge on your list? Well, that was definitely the most surprising/unexpected victory of the entire season. Everyone is so beyond Jenks sucking that we don't even care that much anymore. Thankfully, it seems at least Thornton will be back by this Saturday.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:17 PM) More than anything, happy to win this game so there's more excitement for Manny's debut tomorrow. Amen to that. After the 2-8 roadtrip the same time last year when we were only down 2 1/2, we had to have this game and somehow managed to pull it out. It feels like the most important victory of the year...even though our odds of getting to the post-season are probably about 20%.

QUOTE (elgonzo4sox @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) Didn't know he was down...bummer...who might they bring up for another infielder? He's played through it, and his hitting hasn't been affected, although I can't imagine it would help his power numbers. One of those situations where they said it wouldn't get worse, as long as he could tolerate the discomfort.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:11 PM) Shake and Bake? You must be thinking of Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly in Talladega Nights or Bake McBride.

QUOTE (elgonzo4sox @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:09 PM) Thank goodness rosters expand on Wednesday...maybe we'll see Morel for some additional infield help. Who is that girl? Christina Ricci's sister from Black Snake Moan? I don't think we'll see Morel with the labrum problem...but it certainly is a possibility.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:08 PM) I heard the other day she's going to be on Californication next season. Given their great use of Eva Amurri this past season, I'm excited to see her in a scandalous role. She was the best when she was on that show with Michael J. Fox about the NY mayor's office...what was its name?

Bruised right hand, the ubiquitous "day to day" tagline appraisal for all those situations.

Sign Greg Walker to a contract extension. This is the game where the tide turned, leading to the first ever 32-0 stretch to end a season in baseball history, twin fueled by Lilli-elf and Manny The Predator Ramirez.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Someone needs to call Delonte West...he'll be there in a few minutes with his guitar cased filled with guns....that's of course if he's not banging Gloria. Like Il Mariachi, Once Upon A Time in Mexico and Machete combined into one DEA, CIA, FBI, ATF bada**. Rios is now 5/6 with 4 RBI's after almost becoming one of the goats of the game with the DP ball (first career five hit game). Of course, we still have to close this game out. Strange that their best pitcher since May has absolutely gotten hammered. That's what is so great about baseball.

I always thought Lillibridge looked more like Elijah Wood's character in SIN CITY. Which still, basically, is elfin...or has elfine features.

Duncan, Hafner and Valbuena in the bottom of the 11th. Linebrink? Pena? They can't actually send out Harrell or Torres, can they?

WHAT THE HELL?!? You've got to be kidding me! Duncan turned around twice on that ball...the announcer was shocked that ball went out. 3rd homer ever in the majors.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) That would have been hilarious if Alexei nailed the car. Quentin just missed it. They said it has been hit only 2 times (I'm assuming they don't have it there during BP).

The thing that sucks is we absolutely had this team dead in the water and could have had the knockout blow early.... Then Pierre was thrown out stealing and AJ hit into that DP ball and you just had a sense we were going to let the Indians back into it with how poorly we've played against them all season. And of course Rafael Perez has something like a 1.5 ERA since the middle of May.

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:45 PM) Just tuned in after turning the game off in the 6th. Can someone describe what the hell happened since then? Bobby Jenks happened. Somehow, he managed to not completely blow it, they had the winning run at 2B with no outs after a classic Lillibridge bonehead play and survived to fight on into extra innings.

Suffering prolonged. Can we please get Ramirez to the plate? I don't understand why he couldn't make it for this game. JR should have chartered a freaking private plane if he's already spending $3.8 million for 31 games.

Just don't let Choo hit one out. If Travis Hafner's going to get 4 hits in one night and a walk off homer, then I'm okay with that.

It would be insane to leave Jenks out there for the 10th... Linebrink in.

Of course.... Start the marketing campaign for 2011...Chris Sale and Gordon Beckham (These First Rounders Actually Don't Suck for A Change)