Beckett pushed back again

I wish Beckett a good healthy quick return to his Ace form.
Ian mentioned Giles, he doing great for my fantasy team.. I picked him up about 2 months ago very rarely has a bad day.

I was wondering if Ian cleared customs and he did. lol. Great too here. I'm not sure if I believe the" I slept on my arm". The inflammation I believe. As Ian said that does explain a lot.

Lester needs to continue what he has been doing. He has been the Red Sox ace ever since his no hitter. He has grown leaps and bounds this year. I expect Lester to go 7 innings today. Boston needs to win this game today because Burnett awaits tomm. and I don't think the Sox will beat him. Burnett has pitched very well lately and seems to pitch his best against good teams. Also with Dice-K going tomm. afternoon, who knows what we'll see from him. He might be done after 5 innings or he could go 7 innings. He is a wild-card for sure.

Litsch the former bat boy of the "Devil Rays" is on the hill.

The first 2 reach and Ellsbury and Pedroia do not score. I'm glad I'm not watching this, lol.

Lester gives up one (plus one on). down 2-0

Things are not going so well for our man Jon.... What the heck??

WOW! $10.5M for this years Bo$$$$$$ton Red $$$$$$ox draft class! A new record!

Korea is now the world’s champion! NOT! Let’s see if they can repeat in the next world competition and unseat Japan.

How much can one girl take?? Down 5-0??? I think the handwriting is on the wall (although right now its in invisible ink). Unless The DEVILRAYS DEVILRAYS DEVILRAYS tank.... well you guys can fill in the rest.

This is brutal. I can't take much more of this. One step forward, two steps back. That's been the story of the Sox this year.

Hey Bosox: You say Burnett pitches his best against good teams?? Well then, we should be okay tomorrow!!! LOL

Last time I looked, the Jays were 7 games behind the BoSox. So as much as Boston has underperformed this year, the Jays have been even worse. They'll kill Boston, and then turn around and get swept by Oakland or Texas.

Ellen....

lol. Quite true. Burnett is having a contract push. He can opt out at the end of the year if he wants to. What happened to Lester today? His worst outing of the year. He picked a bad time to have it.

Ellsbury and Pedrioa got on in the 1st inning. Ortiz, Youk and Bay go down in order. Boston had a chance to jump the Jays early and didn't.

This week, the Yanks won only one of three!

If the Jays played the Red Sox and Yankees all year they would win 120 games. LOL!!

Why is this not on MLBEI anyone?

Maybe it was reserved for Fox. I hope I'm getting Dodgers @ Phillies at 4:00.

I think I'm going to stick my head in the oven!!! oops!! That wont work.. its electric!

Well, I expect to be in Fenway on Friday night. Maybe I'll get a chance to see Beckett. I better get there early in cas he has another flame-out. It sure would rot if this injury is as ominous as it sounds.

Fox has a contract with MLB that says that no other game will be televised before 7pm on Saturday other than their Game of the Week.. sucks but true!!

Just checked in. OUCH!!! 9- zip. Maybe I'll just check right back out!

I think Tek will sign for 2 or 3 years at 8 million per. He's not having a good year at the plate and that will drive down his price a little. It also makes other teams think twice.....hmmm, when has that happened? Maybe Kramer's Yankees will ante up and pay him 15 mil for 5 years. Why not, they love to get old Sox players and pad their retirements, don't know why. Next it will be Schilling for 20 mil.

I have the game on MLBTV and trust me , you're better off not warching it. Sickening. We had opportunities in the first two innings and nothing. Let's hope the DEVILRAYS!!DEVILRAYS!!DEVILRAYS!!!(and the Yanks) bite the dust and go down the tube as well. OK Ellen????

"Sandy Koufax" Litsch tossing a three hitter at the Sox. Jays pound Lester. Looks like I woke up in the wrong universe again! I'm going back to bed.LOL

Scutero jacks one on an 0-2 pitch. Looks like Chris Smith will be the sacrificial lamb today. Go get 'em Chris!!!

It seems lately, with just a couple of exceptions, our pitchers are doing nothing but serving as batiing practice pitchers for the opposing teams..... I'm getting seriously depressed about our guys...

Arnie...

I agree with your opinion on Varitek. A 2 year deal worth 8 million per season. I'm sure the sticking point will be the 3rd year. I assume Varitek and his agent ( Boras ) will be pushing for that. I would be very hestitant to give Varitek a 3rd year guranteed. Perhaps a built in clause for the second year and if makes a certain number of at bats etc. the 3rd year will be picked up. Theo and the front office didn't want to give Lowell a 4th year and I'm glad they didn't. They knew Lowell didn't want to leave Boston and they know Varitek doesn't want too as well.

Koufax Litsch, good stuff. Boston has had some really ugly losses recently. That is not a good sign!!!

Smith has an above average change-up. Other than that, I am not impressed at all.

Wow, two pitchers and they can't get past the 5th inning. Batting practice is right, Ellen.

Thanks Phil!!! I knew I could count on you!!

Brian, I don't know what it is, maybe the attrition with all the weird travel, little injuries, the ZAZU drama, but the roof has caved in on the Sox sometimes lately. 15-4, what was the score in Clay's last game? now this debacle. Something's up and I wonder if it is just all those things added together.

Arnie...

Not too mention the Texas game where Boston won on a late f.g. by Youkilis. When Boston was losing close games on the road earlier, the pitching was there. Certainly not the case lately. Some of these guys are serving up b.p.

11-0................. Not only this but our local Fox affiliate has decided that rather than This Week in Baseball, they will show Obama and Biden as they appear in public for the 1st time!! WHOOP DE DOO!

Ellen....

I beg please no political talk or mention any of those names. I am begging. lol.

There is no way that we will make the playoffs if our pitching , and relief pitching, doesn't hold up--nor do we deserve to. We can't depend on our competition losing. When we face them we have to win and hopefully sweep. We can't afford splits.
DEVILYANKS!!!DEVILYANKS!!!DEVILYANKS!!!.Maybe we can kill two birds---fish---at a time.

Yea, I almost forgot that one. It's like they have these huge lapses of concentration or something and when they look up......ooops, they're 10 runs down. Are they ALL getting divorced?

You'll get no argument from me there BSB... I'm just p'o-d that they have taken all my baseball from me today!!

I would think Jason will not even test the FA waters!Given Kottaras performance this year again, he will not leave Boston, even for more $ or years!
I heard some rumbling that the RSox will go after Saltalamacchia! If the Yanks choose to also (not likely) we could afford a few dollars more. We won't be putting the current longest name in MLB on the back of any uniforms!:P

I wonder if ZAZU could run for Veep? What a team that would be: "ZAZU and The Messia" !!! A good name for a band, comic strip or Indiana Jones movie. But could ZAZU field those tough questions???

I have a question?? If the season were over today and all the division leaders were in the playoffs, who would you pull for... Me, I'm an American League fan top to bottom, but I cant see me pulling for the DEVILRAYS DEVILRAYS DEVILRAYS.... I have always liked Philly, so I guess I would be pulling for them.

Timlin stopped the bleeding for now, but the Sox still have only 3 hits. CMON SOX!!

I wonder if Dave's wife has him in time-out? Where are you Dave??? Could use several rants! We're about a dozen rants behind, here.

Ellen if the season were over today, would the Sox be in? If not, I'd find some hobby. No way I'd root for Philly or any of the others. Just skip a year and focus on '09.

Ellen,
I'll root for the Phillies! They've been my number two since my youth at the Jersey Shore. I'm actually living closer to Phillie for the last ten years. And, with Randolph gone, I'm back to cheering against the Mets.

I'm also "traditional rivalry" and ALEast fan. So, with the Yankees out, I will root for the RSox. Except against the Phillies.

I think this one's ovah! Maybe I'll go to work early. See ya on the 'morrow friends.

Wow Kramer, you impress me! Root for the Sox in lieu of the Yanks? You just upped your stock in my estimation. OK now I'm gone for good, well, for today, not for good.

No, for the sake of argument... Its the Dodgers,Cubs and Phillies- The Angels,Twins And theDEVILRAYSDEVILRAYSDEVILRAYS...

See ya Arnie!! Make me something goood for Dinner!!

I'm going to head over to Zone.com to play some backgammon.... See y'all later on!

GSM,
I have a question for our resident historian: In the days of old......did Christy Mathewson/Bob Feller/Herb Score/Walter Train Johnson etc. have arm problems like we see now? Those guys had to pitch 9 innings every time they pitched no matter if they were getting shelled or not and they were in 4-man rotations. It seems now-a-days no it's an exception when a starting pitcher goes the whole season without injury. And these guys are lucky if they average 6 innings per start. Unless the problems now are more publicized than they were back then.....WTFO???????

Arnie,
Actually, since I know the personnel better than the rest of MLB it's a natural for me. And the Rays lost all chance of support from me with Maddon NOT condeming the collision in the Spring that broke the wrist of a Yankee AA catcher, Fransisco Cervelli. If they make the WS, I may root for the NL!!!

God. I'm sitting here watching Nomar bat with Manny on base!

ZAZU can easily run (Oh! I forgot ZAZU doesn't run ) for VP. If he screws up they will say that'S "ZASU being ZAZU".

Looking forward to Dice-K tomorrow. It took 2.5 hrs to finish the 5th inning today, they may surpass that mark tomorrow with Dice-K pitching. My prediction is that he throws his 100th pitch in the 3rd inning. Tito should probably get action going in the bullpen when the game starts.

All that was missing from today's game was a pointless solo homer from Youkilis or Pedroia in the 8th inning.

Tampa Bay falls behind in early innings, comes back in late innings, wins.

Boston falls behind in early innings, falls behind more in early innings, falls behind more in middle innings, empties the bench in late innings, lose miserably.

5 1/2 back. This team is doomed. If we're lucky Chicago or Minnesota will tank worse than us (and NY or Toronto doesn't sneak up the middle). But even if we make the wild card, we're out in the ALDS. This team hasn't a prayer against the Angels or Rays.

Looking forward to 2009.

The bull pen will be up and throwing as Dice K warms up!! If nt THEY SHOULD BE!!!!

You guys all know me and my dedication and thru and thru "Bleeds RedSox Red and Blue" attitude. With that type of "Rose colored glasses" outlook, the past month has been incredibly hard for me. I'm finding it harder and harder to keep a positive outlook, and easier to throw around the negative thoughts. I need a favor from you, my fellow RedSox Nationers, to help me find my inner Pollyanna and keep on shining through this cloudburst that we are experiencing. If I start getting negative PLEASE get on my case and call me a fair weather fan or something. PLEASE??

Hey everyone,

Sorry I've been so busy lately. We've had a lot of social engagements and I've been repairing and prepping the deck for winter and repairing some tile in the bathroom and repainting the living room and I've also got some frames to make in cherry and a coffee table and gutters to clean and shop work to do and etc, etc, etc.
On top of that the Sox have not pulled me into games as of late. Tampa Bay has been like 200 wins and 1 loss while the Sox find ways to lose no matter how hard they try -- and I am convinced they are trying. It's just depressing. I've not even had time to generate a lineup or rant.
On top of that my daughter's school semester begins and I want to plan for that since I try to be that involved Dad type of guy. Whew...does it ever end!
incidentally, anyone want to help me with some of these projects will get all the pizza and beer they can handle (LOL)

Dave...

Oh ya, we're also going to be replacing the kitchen counter tops and I'll be doing that once I'm done with the kitchen cabinets and then I have to start on the bathroom cabinets.

Whao! I've got to take these one at a time.
Ellen, you first; You just need a little bit of perspective, just a little. Do you remember how you felt when you saw that baseball flying into the stands in Yankee Stadium on the last pitch by Wake in 2003? You remember that? If you are like me, your heart was crushed, yet again, and you felt that no way, no way, will I EVER see the Sox win the last game of the year. Did you do what I did and just lay on the floor unable to move? Just once, God! Can't we win just ONCE??? Fast forward one year later. Down 3 games to none. Weren't you tempted to cash it in? How are they gonna win 4 straight?? Remember how you felt after the fifth game??? Elated!!!! Two dramatic come back wins! I knew then that they were going to the Series. But it wasn't until I heard Joe Buck say, "What Red Sox fans have longed to hear....." Those words are etched in my brain. I get teary eyed just remembering that! And I wish my Dad could have been there. He was a fan his whole life and never saw what I got to see. So try to get a bit of perspective. All you have seen from the Sox over the years, this is nothing. What's a few losses? Buck up and don't let it get you down. As a friend of mine always says,"Don't let the b/a/stards get you down!" Take heart Ellen. We've seen what many Sox fans never saw! Two championships!!!

Dave, you need to prioritize!!!! What's most important? Probably your deck, winter is coming fast. So get a list going and do what I do. Blow things off in their proper order. First thing; ignore the deck. DONE! See how easy that was! Now, your caulking can't be forgotten so easily, so make a cup of coffee and space it out after two days of agonizing.DONE! Just go down the list and put things off in the order of importance. It's so simple!

Good to see Aardvark going to be on the 90 day-- I'm sorry, 15 day -wishful thinking- disabled list. He's joining our beloved Lugo. If he has something that is catching maybe he can sut close to Lugo and pass it on. Hopefully, Pauley can bring something with him when he comes up- even if it's some life. The DEVILYANKS won again. We've got to turn things around or we will "be waiting for next year".

Hey Dave. What happened to your @ LOL!The only good thing that happened today was that the White Sox are still a half game in behind OUR sox. Pffft! Like that matters this very day. All that we can hold the WILD CARD for another month. 2009 looks alot better, with maybe signing Mark Texeira to a contract, getting BETTER relievers, and even though if we re-sign Varitek and he might have the same offensive numbers, he still is the leader of the clubhouse and pitching staff, and also we will get a better back-up. So if you look on paper the sox will be a muck better team than this year

Hey Dave come on down to Fort Lauderdale, I can put you to work for awhile.. you sound very accomplished at so MANY things!!

Wow.... Arnie, I think that is EXACTLY what I need to hear...
To answer the question.. No.. I didnt lay there on the floor and do nothing.. I sat there on the white tile in a 4x6 tile area and pounded my fists and actually cried .. and cried and cried... the neighbors heard me... ( i found that out days later) In 2004 I also sat on white tile (a new house) and pounded my fists and cried.. But it was a COMPLETELY different kind of CRYING.. more like shrieking, LOSE YOUR VOICE KIND OF CRYING...
Arnie.. My dads dad played for the Yankees.. you can't hold it against me.. but my dad stepped out of line and became a very early, if unofficial, member of The RedSox Nation and I followed him. He died the October before Ted Williams threw out the 1st pitch at the AllStar Game at Fenway (I cried then too!!, for my dad), Ted was his ALLTIME HERO and the reason he NEVER gave up on the REDSOX.. He never got to see Fenway in person either..
You definitely have given me the perspective that I needed to stand up and declare.... I AM A MEMBER OF THE REDSOX NATION... and It aint over till Grady Little leaves Pedro in too long!!!! ARNIE, THANK YOU!!

Arnie,
You have no idea how OCD I am. Believe me when I say a project is going to get done -- it gets done (LOL) I love doing this for the family though -- gives me a sense of pride.

Ellen,
I do know enough to be dangerous in a lot of things but I do know woodworking and I'll give myself that credence; however when my wife said to me "I almost want to buy a fixer-upper' I knew I had gone too far! (LOL)

Everyone,
The fact that the Sox are where they are is amazing -- injuries, bad relations and he-who-must-not-be-named smearing the entire attitude of the team. Right now if the Sox don't make the playoffs I'm OK with that. Next year though -- watch out. The Sox will be on a tear, I guarantee it. This will be sweet revenge for 2008.

Ellen, who was your grandfather? When did he play? My father was also a Ted Williams fan. I was a Yaz fan and my Dad would say,"Ted Williams would have hit a homerun" if Yaz struck out. But he would also tell me stories of Ted W being cranky, spitting at the fans after his homeruns and being a pain in the you-know-what. I got to go to Fenway with my father one time, in the early 80's, and he was so excited. We brought a pair of binoculars and he's looking at the players and he says,"Hey, these guys all look like kids!" Then he thought for a while and says,"I guess they ARE kids , to me." Now I'm looking at Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz and Jed Lowrie and thinking the same thing.

I missed the game today since there was no way to watch it here in Jacksonville. It's 3:00 AM and I'm up watching the Gold Medal Basketball game. Spain is hanging tough here in the 2nd quarter. US is up by 10 but it's not easy.

Cfarnham: To answer your question about pitchers and arm problems ............ Pitchers of the Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson era would complete between 80 and 90 percent of the games they started. More amazing, these guys were their teams' best pitchers and often pitched in relief between starts. Through the 60's and 70's, most teams employed a four man rotation and pitchers starting 35 to 40 games and approaching 300 innings was not all that uncommon. I really think there are four major differences between the pitchers of yesteryear, and the sissies of today.
The first is attitude. Pitchers took the mound expecting to pitch a complete game. Note I didn't say nine inning, I said a complete game, however many innings it took. You didn't get tired, and if you did, you never admitted it. You were expected to pitch a complete game.
That attitude led to a conditioning conducive to pitching more innings. There was no such thing as weight lifiting for pitchers. The name of the game was loosey goosey and flexibility. Arm strength was derived from throwing, not from weight. Today's pitchers are bigger and stronger and can throw harder, but they are conditioned athletes, not conditioned pitchers. Throwing a baseball is a violent, unnatural motion and I truly believe the only way to be conditioned to do that is to do it over, and over, and over. A 100 pitch limit is a joke, but very few of today's pitchers are conditioned to do any more than that.
Money is a huge factor in the way the game is played today. Pitchers are like farmers. They get paid a lot of money not to pitch. The investment is so huge in these guys, that management, agents and pitchers would rather them not pitch if they are experiencing even the slightest bit of pain. They set a 100 pitch limit on starters, and won't pitch closers more than two days in a row so as not to take a chance on their health. Of course, you have the fact that these huge contracts are guaranteed so you have the Carl Pavano and Matt Clement problems.
Finally, all pitchers have arm or other physical problems. That's not unique to pitchers. If I didn't pitch every time my arm was a little sore, or my back was a little stiff, I would have missed half my starts. Pitchers had sore arms, and blisters and other issues and they didn't miss starts. The reasons pitchers didn't miss starts, and players played hurt because they were afraid of losing their jobs. Baseball has evolved into a different game which is driven more by money than anything else. Performance, pride and even winning is now secondary to protecting the huge investments in players and all parties, management, players and agents are all guilty.

Wake says Yankees taste like chicken!

Arnie, His name was Al "Coalyard Mike" Handiboe (played only a few games, but still... He did make into the Hall of Fame when the entire team was inducted.. he played on the 1911 Highlanders (the next year they changed the name to the Yankees). One of the things that made my Dad love Ted so much was that he served in our Armed Forces twice and still posted huge career numbers. ( My dad was Army-Air Corp, a flight instructor). You know its funny.. I look at Lester, Masterson and Buchholz and I swear they look 12....
I have a question: When did the Mets collapse start to happen last year and how many games ahead were they when it started.. I think you know where I'm going with this.

That is cool though even though he played for Yankees(Sorry, HighlandersLOL), Ellen. Only 5 games, huh. I guess he was a September callup. His first game was on September 5, so i'm just taking a guess

Yeah, but still I think he's probably spoinning in his grave at the thought of his grand daughter being a member of the RedSoxNation....

spinning

Its almost game time and I want to say that I am going to think POSITIVE thoughts today... Everybody on the team is going to have a great day!! Let's Go REDSOX . Woooo woooo chugga-chugga chugga-chugga... No I haven't been inbibing early today!! We'll save the Bud Light for later when I make my World Famous BBQ Hot Wings (well they're famous in MY WORLD)!! LOL Today is my trial run for College Football Saturdays. Every Saturday during College season I make about 5lbs of wings... some go to the neighbors, my brother (only if he's been nice to me) but most are devoured by my better half, David.... I also mix up the blue cheese dipping sauce by whipping up a little Hellmans and then Maries Super Blue Cheese salad dressing and blue cheese crumbles. Last I had a teaspoon or so of celery seed to it!!! AWESOME!!! Then CHOW DOWN!!!!!

Burnett has been one tough customer as of late. Burnett certainly has #1 stuff but concentration is his problem at times. The Boston hitters have there work cut out for them.

Dice-K needs to step it up today. His numbers look great but this game of baseball isn't played on paper. Dice-K needs to go deep into this game today. Enough of this 100 pitches after 5 innings. I would like too see 100 pitches after 7 innings!!!

Wells goes deep again...

How bad are the Red Sox... let me count the ways. I had a strange feeling recently that our only bright spots would finally crash (Dike-K, Lester) and it looks like its happening... at least in Toronto. Miracle we even took game 1. Vernon Wells can stink up the league all year long, but he's just about 1 HR per game against us.

Watching the game on N.E.S.N. ( Amen ) and they just showed Jesse Barfield. Barfield had a great arm!!! The Jays for some reason have turned out alot of solid outfielders over the years.

Wells continues to smoke Boston pitching. If it isn't Rios it is Wells crushing Red Sox pitching. A rare H.R. allowed by Dice-K. Can't fall too far behind Burnett, Boston is asking for trouble.

Dike-K is giving up a line drive every single at bat. Is there any possible way we can turn this thing around?

Dice-K mostly pitched in domes in Japan. He should be very comfortable out there today.

I do believe, I do believe, I do believe... Ido Ido Ido Ido!!!!

Way to go Petey Boy!!! 3 run dinger!!

Pedroia is one tough customer!!! I'm glad he is a member of the Red Sox and should be for years to come. Remy is dead on with Pedroia looking for that pitch. That is the only way you hit that pitch that far. Walks always will get a pitcher.

HOMERUN DUSTIN PEDROIA! WOO!

Remy also is dead on about that roof. Roof open Boston is winning. Can't get anything by Remy. lol.

Very surprised too see the Boston swinging the bats well against Burnett. Bottom of the order getting on with the walks.

I hope Ellsbury is alright...

This is good command by Dice-K even though he is getting hit. 7 strikeouts, 0 BB's

Great play by Cora. Goes to the bare hand. When was the last time Dice-K didn't give up a walk. Definitely not this year

Didn't give up a run in a game

Vernon F'ing Wells.....

What were we waiting for Tito- he pitched his five innings. Gte him out before it's too late. Don't blow another one.

I know it's only August....but this is a big game. Just the whole way it is going. Sox need to come back and win this game just to prove they can do it to themselves if nothing else.

Wells continues to beat down Boston pitching. I watch him play against other teams this year and he doesn't do much. Go figure!!

Somehow I think Dice-K pitches better when he walks half of the line-up.

Who to go to in the bullpen? Timlin? Lopez? Delcarmen? Probably best to stay with Dice-K or perhaps give the ball to Cora.

This game is lost. They can't get to the 8th inning with a lead.

Big K for Dice-K against Overbay. If Dice-K can strand Wells at third, Boston has all momentum on their side. The bats will come alive and get some runs.

Garry (GSM),
Thanks for the great explanation on the difference between yesterdays workhorses vs today's wussies looking for the all important $$$$$. It wasn't that long ago when Mickey Lolich, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Ferguson Jenkins, Steve Carlton, the 4 Orioles starters and many others were out there chewing up innings... the whole year.

At least another run didn't score. Now they have to wake up and score more runs

Use the three you used the other day- Masterson, Oki, and Paps. They certainly earn enough $$$ to pitch at least every other day.

Atta way- Coco. Let's keep it going!!

Now that was what I was talking about Coco!

Every once in a while Coco will surprise you. Glad it was today. Talk about staying with a starter too long....Gaston should have pulled AJ but I'm glad he didn't. The Yankee announcers were whining about how the Red Sox hit AJ so well and they can't seem to do anything against him.

Ells and Papi have to contribute more to the offense. They look way off. Ells is not taking strong cuts at good pitches- he looks like he is just trying not ot strike out. Papi is way off stride- doing more guessing and is not able to hold back on his swing at balls outside the strike zone.

Let's hope Masterson can avoid any bases on balls. They will kill him.

Dice-K gets off the hook again.

C'mon Masterson- throw strikes. Don't keep getting yourself behind batters and get yourself in a hole.!

They hit some good shots but his good defense came through. Let's get some runs!!!!

C'mom Oki- keep the pitches down!! No Walks!!!

How 'bout Tek lately?

I DO BELIEVE, I DO BELIEVE, IDO IDO IDO IDO BELIEVE!!!!!

The Sox look like they are back in their "road rut". Waiting for the other team to score and then go home.

Ellen,
Is that like the Wizrd of Oz believe?

WHAT A PLAY BAY! OH MY GOD! Manny wouldn't have caught that. Hahaha

Taht's the first time I've seen anyone catch up to that ball when Pappelbon throws it up that high!!!! Nice catch buy Bay....ZAZU would have been watching that one!!!!

# 2 for Jed...and none bigger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a time to get your 2nd career homer in the time of Jed Lowrie

IDO BELIEVE, IDO BELIEVE, IDO IDO IDO IDO BELIEVE!!!!!

Del Carmen--suicide!!

Everyone say a prayer.....Is this the DelCarmen of '07 or '08????

Ellen...you better crank up your I DO BELIEVE"S

Oh no

If Tito blows this game he ought to get on the bus with DelCarmen!!

No control whatever!!!

He should have left Paps in!! Pitchers today are babied!!

Get the damn ball over!

Tito do something!!!

2 out. Come on Delcarmen!

No Walks!!!

Come on Manny.....reach back and give us what you got....

I DO BELIEVE I DO BELIEVE I DO BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

STRIIIIIIIIIKE THREE! Exciting AND a great game today. Maybe that will be momentum. And the white Sox tied it against the Rays.

yayyyyyyyy!!!