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There's a start. Now let's get some runs.

Price should be out of the game by now. We haven't punished him enough.

And that one was almost gone... Gavin might be done.

Damage control Gavin, come on. 3 hits, 3 homers. Man that sucks.

I have a bad feeling about this game.

Paulie was fooled on that one.

Just foul. Damn.

Gotta love the MLB At Bat app. Watching the game on my iPod touch in high quality.

I'd take a Freddy Garcia who can throw strikes and get his fastball up in the high 80s than an ineffective Clayton Richard throwing 95 any day.

You forgot to update Buehrle's line.

I can't stand the Red Sox and I can't stand Cubs fans. I also naturally hate the Twins, Tigers, and Indians. Well hate is a strong word, so I'll say I hate the Twins.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Well, he threw like 85-86 against us last year in game 162 and we only got him for one run in 5 innings.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:49 PM) We have to see if we can count on him the rest of the year before we hit the deadline. I'm only talking about tonight though. If you're not going to play Thome, there's no reason to have Carlos running around out there in his first game back.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) Pods8, Alexei6, JD9, PK3, AJ2, TCQ7, Beckham5, Nix4, Fields dh. Floyd pitching. QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ!!!! Let's hope nobody pulls the ball over his head too many times tonight. I still think the logical choice might be to DH him and play Nix or Fields in LF since you're not going to play Thome.

Two years in a row now where we have made an exception for Wise. And yet he hasn't really rewarded us with much of anything.

If the Sox take the Carlos Marmol approach to Price, we should be fine. David Price is very similar to Marmol this year. Mid 90s fastball with a slider that's wicked but usually outside of the zone. But if he's got the good slider that stays in the zone tonight, we might be screwed.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 12:33 PM) Stick a fork in Bartolo. He done. Yeah that's absolutely horrible. No strikeouts...?

Over the last 5, it's Johan. But over the last couple, it has to be either Lincecum, Haren, or Halladay.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 05:37 PM) They still need pitching, not of the Halladay variety, but a guy like Harang would be a decent pickup for them . Gallardo is fine as a #1. But yeah, they need a solid #2. They basically have one #1, 2 #3s at best, and 2 5th starters. I don't know if you can even call Parra a fifth starter.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 05:19 PM) Brewers just got Felipe Lopez for Two prospects. Fantastic pickup by the Brew Crew. He's been a decent leadoff hitter this season.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) Atta boy Getz. Crushes a homerun. He made up for his boneheaded defensive play.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) Im just curious why you picked 2005? How did he do the last 3 years as well? Because 2005 is the only year that they released their entire stat sheet for plus/minus to the public for free. You have to pay to see any other year.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) Everyone okay with T-Pain as a nickname for Tony Pena, or is it back to the drawing board? T-Painya?

Guthrie came into this game 0-3 with a 6.00 ERA against us lifetime. Where did he find this magic all of a sudden?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) Let me ask this question: does anyone on here think Poreda should actually be in the majors right now? If no one objects, can we just talk about more fun things like Quentin returning and the invention of the peep hole video camera? He should probably be off the roster once Colon comes back...