We've had 13 walks in the last 19 1/3 innings of play.

Remember that discussion here years ago (last millennium) about whether it was better to give up a solo home, or give up a walk?

I thought that strike three was legit too....didn't see the other one...was a bit busy

J.R. wrote:

Never root for the Red Sox....... never !

So you would rather see the CWS win?

If they are playing the Red Sox, hell yeah !

So the Red Sox losing is more important to you than the Indians losing ground in the standings? What if it were the last day of the season, and we needed the Bosox to win for the Indians to make the playoffs?

Are you serious ? Don't like the Red Sox or their fans. They waste a lot of time making up silly questions.

I also sort of liked the Boston Red Sox as a kid. I read the biography of Ted Williams, and really liked the players on the 1967 club. I had no problem with the Red Sox at all, and actually attended double digit games at Fenway when in Boston over the years. I was there the night Mike Greenwell hit for the cycle.

I was at Fenway in the stands with the players wives when we blew the 2 game to none playoff lead, which I normally think of as "the curse of Pluto."

I haven't cared for the Red Sox a bit since 1999.

Santana hit by a 98 mph pitch and is hurting. Looks like the back of the elbow or tricep of his right arm.


Good news is that he is on first, and the tying run can come to the plate.....


But Shelley Duncan swings like Sandy and breaks his bat sending a soft line to the pitcher who doubled Santana off.


And now we have another base runner on the Kotchman single....


And Hafner PH's and hits the first pitch to the right fielder on the fly to end the game.

Win tomorrow.

Lets go Pronk.....crap

Not very often a team can win a game on the strength of four singles which was our very offensive production tonight.

We were lucky to end up with two runs.


If tonight's game was scored as a fight, we won more innings than Tampa, 2-1.

husker wrote:http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligen ... t_bat.html

A great updated performance of Casey at The Bat.

The poem reciter was superb.

Warning: the content might not be comfortable for all viewers.......

The reticer was the love baby of Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges.

TAMPA STEVE: Are you there?

Brantley, our cleanup hitter!!, with a leadoff triple in the second.

Regrettably, however, no one else in the lineup is a major league hitter, until we get back to the top of the order. As you'd expect the following ensues:

Santana struck out swinging.
Hafner grounded out to second.
Duncan grounded out to first.
Brantley heads back out to CF.

This team does not belong in the major leagues. Antonetti and Shapiro and Dolan deserve all the credit.

You know you are in trouble when the leadoff man (Brantley) triples, Santana strikes out, Hafner grounds out to second, and Damon grounds out to first resulting in zero runs.

Beat me to it Civ! Whatever happened to Carlos Santana on his way to Cleveland?

Since I don't get to see the games anymore, does Santana still have that toe tap going on?

We are down, 2-0

Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st SCORE
Justin Masterson pitching for Cleveland CLE TB
B Upton grounded out to shortstop. 0 0
C Pena grounded out to first. 0 0
B Zobrist walked. 0 0
M Joyce singled to right, B Zobrist to third. 0 0
M Joyce stole second. 0 0
J Keppinger grounded out to shortstop. 0 0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors

Cleveland - Top of 2nd SCORE
Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Tampa Bay CLE TB
M Brantley tripled to deep right. 0 0
C Santana struck out swinging. 0 0
T Hafner grounded out to second. 0 0
J Damon grounded out to first. 0 0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors

Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd SCORE
Justin Masterson pitching for Cleveland CLE TB
L Scott singled to center. 0 0
D Jennings reached on infield single to third, L Scott to second. 0 0
J Lobaton grounded out to shortstop, L Scott to third, D Jennings to second. 0 0
E Johnson singled to right, L Scott scored, D Jennings to third. 0 1
B Upton hit sacrifice fly to right, D Jennings scored. 0 2
E Johnson stole second. 0 2
C Pena popped out to shortstop.