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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) Link Jays suspend Escobar for 3 games

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 02:20 PM) I just don't want to anger their spirits... Good point. We don't want Jeremy Guthrie reading any posts and deciding to pitch on 2 or 3 days rest just to spite the Sox!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) No joking about the Royals until we can beat them? I thought about that before I pressed "Add Reply", but in my world a 14 game lead in the standings speaks way louder than a 10-5 season series advantage.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 02:06 PM) But what about the terrible farm system? We'll never recover. [insert Royals #1 farm system joke here]

QUOTE (IowanSoxFan @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 01:41 PM) Amen. I'll totally forget about the struggles with KC this year if we manage to sweep them here. The season series would end 8-10 which isn't awful.

STFU D.J. Moore

It's not Mendoza. It's not Chen. It's not Guthrie. Hochevar is bad at baseball. Destroy that man! I read yesterday that the game got moved to regular CSN, the Cubs got pushed to CSN+.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 10:56 AM) Cubs fans. ha That's hilarious. I love that they caught security catching him on camera.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 10:35 AM) 82.3 + 21.6 = 103. 9? Those are the percentages to make the playoffs via AL Central or Wild Card. For the division, Sox are at 81.6 (82.3-0.7) and Tigers are at 18.4 (21.6-3.2)

Alexei

Youk

QUOTE (Special K @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 09:54 AM) Does anyone know when they will start selling playoff tickets? Not meaning go on Stubhub and buy a season ticket holders anticipated tickets. There is no specific date, you just have to keep your eyes/ears open when it gets announced. Doing a quick Google search, in 2005 playoff tickets went on sale Sept. 15, but obviously that team was in a different position. Tigers playoff tickets actually went on sale last Thursday, so it just depends on the team.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 10:12 AM) Face values for ALDS games (per my season ticket holder info): Premium lower box and lower box: $60 Club level: $60 Lower reserved and bleacher: $55 Upper level box and premium upper box: $55 Upper level reserved: $42 Full season holders get a discount to about $5 lower for each. ALCS prices face range from $75 to $120 WS tickets range from $110 to $250 Special seating areas like Scouts and Jim Beam seats aren't listed, but I am sure they are very high. Good to know, thanks!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 08:32 AM) The price is down to $119 after last night. Cheapest tickets now going for $66. That's not a bad deal actually. I would imagine the face on those would be around $40-50 for a playoff game.

A "ref" told LeSean McCoy, "Come on, I need you for my fantasy team"

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 08:03 AM) Ruth: 94 wins, 46 losses, 1221 IP. Vizquel: 0-0, 0 IP. Ruth: 2.28 ERA, 1.16 WHIP DeWayne Wise: 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP

Michael Turner is an idiot

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 12:37 AM) I don't see how that's a problem at all. I submit them one week at a time, obviously I can change them leading up to each game, but since you can only pick a team once per season, you need to stratigize when is the right time to pick a certain team. I picked Philly in Week 1 because that, to me, was their most obvious win and now I don't have to use them the rest of the year. The fact that you picked Philly in week 1 shows you why mapping out all your picks is a dumb strategy. Picking a road team in a survival pool is a very risky move, home teams are 23-9 this year. You worry too much about future weeks, next thing you know you are knocked out. (I realize Philly won, but barely)

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 11:39 PM) Cubs game started at about 11:00pm. I'd think there'd be some code that you can't play baseball until 2:00am in the neighborhood, but apparently not. According to the game recap, they weren't allowed to play the organ after 11 PM, except for Take Me Out to the Ball Game, which happened after midnight. They also played the P.A. advertisments in between innings and would have played Go Cubs Go had they won. I'm all for the loud noise. All those neighborhood people have dollar signs in their eyes as their property values skyrocket, yet b**** about Wrigley, which is the reason why their property is worth so much.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 03:38 AM) That said, he threw a roller or two up there against Jackson, very hittable pitches that you never want seen thrown in a one run game. If Jackson wasn't banged up a little, you gotta wonder if he would've made it a 5-5 game. At least he attacked the strike zone though- but that rolling slider he threw to Jackson yesterday is bound to go a long way more times than not. I thought those 0-2 pitches were brutal. Right in the middle of the zone. At least throw one pitch down and away, hope he goes fishing for it. It worked out in the end of course.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) There was just an advertisement against the Union. Pretty shocking. Was Robert E. Lee in it?

How about these replacement refs? What a joke. They are doing the best they can, but they obviously are not qualified. This game is gonna take 4+ hours.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 07:11 PM) Plus, the Tigers are on the road and have the tough out against a white hot A's team. If we can bump up the margin to 4-5-6 games after this weekend, that REALLY would put a lot of pressure on DET and they would probably fold the way they've played recently. Scherzer, Verlander and Cabrera/Fielder/Jackson are the only thing keeping them viable as a playoff team. Sox get Hochevar (must-win Tuesday night to take the pressure off before facing...), Mendoza and Chen. THANKFULLY, no Guthrie at least. Division would OVA if KW would have picked up Jeremy, lol. Have the Sox announced a starter for Thursday's game yet? The Oakland/Tigers series is in Detroit, not Oakland. No official start for Thursday yet, but sounds like it will probably be Liriano.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 07:02 PM) it'd be nice if the Sox could go on a winning streak and be able to put detroit out of the hunt with about 4 games left, we could rest our starters and set up the rotation against presumably baltimore ugh i hope we dont play baltimore in the first round, that would be awful Well right now we would be playing the Yankees who have a one-game lead.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 05:51 PM) I think the season should be called and the Lombardi trophy handed to SF. They can display their trophy next to the Tigers' 2012 AL Central crown.