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Dodgers lose again to the Cards, 2-0. :shakehead:

Will they get swept tomorrow? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Hard to believe:

Molina hits for cycle as Rangers beat Red Sox 8-4

Bengie Molina must be one of the slowest players in baseball... To say he lumbered for a triple would be an understatement... Yet he did it. :applaud:

And his home run was a grand slam, to boot. :bow:

Article here: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=300716102

Bet that triple would have been an inside the park HR for most, :beaten: hope Papi took note of it, if Molina can hit a triple... :sweat:

Sox eke out a victory against the Rangers, 3-2 in 11 innings. :victory: Good start by Lackey, an even better one for Lee but both did not figure in the decision. One more against Texas, then it's on the road for a 9 game west coast trip. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:Bet that triple would have been an inside the park HR for most, :beaten: hope Papi took note of it, if Molina can hit a triple... :sweat:

As we saw in in the All-Star game, Papi might have a problem legging out doubles. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
As we saw in in the All-Star game, Papi might have a problem legging out doubles. :mrgreen:

That's why he's in love with the ground rule variety. :crazy:

Sox on the wrong end of the score today against the Rangers, losing to them 4-2, :shamefulcry: plus lost 3 out of 4 to them. Least we can say this year Texas has a solid team, :applaud: but still playing at home they need to score more than 11 runs in 4 games. :beatyou: Like jaysol said, hoped that they could stay afloat until August when most of the injured will return, looking only so-so on that happening now, the Pedroia injury was the key, :grumble: he seemed to make things happen offensively, he's out 3 more weeks. :doh:

EDIT- BMW, I just knew that was going to happen. JB :usuck:

Worthless Broxton blows another save and the Dodgers get swept in St. Louis, 5-4.

What a freaking loser. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:Worthless Broxton blows another save and the Dodgers get swept in St. Louis, 5-4.

What a freaking loser. :grumble:

Wonder what Joe is thinking except praying that he had Mo warming up in the 9th for him. :sweat:

We've had a few freakish injuries this year in baseball, here's the latest one. :doh:
First Russell Branyan(notes) stubs his toe.

Now Mat Latos sneezes?
In a weird and embarrassing injury straight from the Sammy Sosa playbook, the young San Diego Padres ace has worked onto the disabled list after an injurious sneeze.

From MLB.com:

Latos said he suffered the injury attempting to hold back a sneeze on Friday in Colorado, a day after he improved to 10-4 and lowered his ERA 2.45 with a victory in Washington.

"I held my sneeze walking down the [dugout] steps and felt a little pull," Latos said just before a workout at PETCO Park in advance of Friday's game against Arizona, the first game of the second half of the regular season.

Latos sheepishly told teammate and fellow pitcher Tim Stauffer(notes) about the pain and felt a little embarrassed. Latos said that this is the first time he felt pain in his side.

Dodgers looking to get back on track against the Giants tonight, now that they've plummeted to fourth place. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

Dodgers lose their fifth straight, 5-2, to the Giants.

The elevator is still going down... To the basement. :(

bmwracer wrote:
The elevator is still going down... To the basement. :(

They won't hit bottom as long as Arizona is around. But it's going to be hard to catch up with a 3-man (Kershaw, Kuroda, and Padilla) pitching staff. :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:They won't hit bottom as long as Arizona is around. But it's going to be hard to catch up with a 3-man (Kershaw, Kuroda, and Padilla) pitching staff. :sweat:

True.

They shoulda tried to get Cliff Lee. :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:

They won't hit bottom as long as Arizona is around. But it's going to be hard to catch up with a 3-man (Kershaw, Kuroda, and Padilla) pitching staff. :sweat:

I would hate to depend on Padilla for any length of time. :bleh:

Sox snap their losing ways against the A's in Oakland prevailing 2-1. Solid start for Dice-K who went 6+ innings, only walked two, keeps that walk total down he's tough to beat and they sure need him now. :fingerscrossed:

hitomi #1 wrote:Sox snap their losing ways against the A's in Oakland prevailing 2-1. Solid start for Dice-K who went 6+ innings, only walked two, keeps that walk total down he's tough to beat and they sure need him now. :fingerscrossed:

Nice win, we needed to stop the bleeding. :victory:
We're going to play Seattle for the first time this year, figured we had already played them.

Jav_sol wrote:
Nice win, we needed to stop the bleeding. :victory:
We're going to play Seattle for the first time this year, figured we had already played them.

And that's a team in tatters, even Ichiro seems down compared to his other years and luckily they won't have to face Lee. :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:
And that's a team in tatters, even Ichiro seems down compared to his other years

It's just what the doctor ordered. :mrgreen:

Broxton blows another save... Dodgers now trail 6-5 in the top of the ninth. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

EDIT: Dodgers lose their sixth straight, 7-5. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:Broxton blows another save... Dodgers now trail 6-5 in the top of the ninth. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

EDIT: Dodgers lose their sixth straight, 7-5. :shakehead:

Looks like Mattingly helped them blow it too. :puppydog:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ArHK20NmMd4QFVXQZ_cqztURvLYF?slug=ti-mattinglyblunder072010

hitomi #1 wrote:Looks like Mattingly helped them blow it too. :puppydog:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ArHK20NmMd4QFVXQZ_cqztURvLYF?slug=ti-mattinglyblunder072010

That's blown out of proportion: Broxton needed the hook anyways, since he loaded the bases.

Unfortunately, Sherill wasn't the right choice to replace him. :shakehead:

Pathetic. :grumble:

Sigh, last night the Sox jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead before the bats went silent and ended up losing in 10 innings to the A's 5-4. :puppydog: No good news either today for the good guys as Bucholz came off the DL to start but got rocked for 6 runs in 4 innings as the Sox fall again, this time 6-4. :bleh: With the Yanks :usuck: winning today it now drops them 7 behind them, also now 5 behind the Rays. :shamefulcry: