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Luckily the AL east hasn't been that good either, otherwise the Sox wouldn't be one game out of first.

hitomi #1 wrote:Really weak division

As long as the Angels are bottom-feeding, it's all good. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
As long as the Angels are bottom-feeding, it's all good. :victory:

Wasn't for the M's last year they would have been cellar dwellars then too. :hehe: Actually that division has some really good pitchers but the hitting leaves something to be desired, actually maybe the hitters make the pitchers look better than they are. :bleh:

Sure all who bleed blue have pre-ordered this. :hadoken:
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Way-of-Baseball/Shawn-Green/9781439191194

Dodgers lose to the Phillies, 3-1.

Dodgers beat the Phillies with a couple of rookies (pitcher, shortstop), 6-2.

Sox move back into a first place tie with the E.E. :twisted: by upending them in the Bronx 6-4. Another good game for AG plus a HR from Ortiz, he just loves playing there, with that short right field he'd 50+ HRs every year. :hehe: Another shaky outing though from Papp, luckily they had a 3 run lead going into the 9th but he scares me too much if they have to bring him in only up by one. :sweat:

Although the draft happend a few days ago, this caught me by surprise. No wonder he's sticking with college, it's the Cubs :hehe:

The Chicago Cubs on Tuesday selected high school first baseman Trevor Gretzky in the seventh round of major-league baseball's June draft out of Oaks Christian High School, in Thousand Oaks, California. Gretzky, 18, is the son of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.

Trevor Gretzky had signed a letter of intent to attend San Diego St. University and would play for Hall-of-Famer, Tony Gwynn. The 6-4, 188 lb. lefthanded hitter stated in April his goal of becoming a major-league player, but his father seemed to favour him going the college route, especially when linked with a former major-league icon like Gwynn.

Gretzky had upped his draft value dramatically with a dominating nine-RBI high school performance in mid-May. The deadline for players making a decision, either signing a pro contact or passing and deciding to attend school is August 15.

Rev wrote:Although the draft happend a few days ago, this caught me by surprise. No wonder he's sticking with college, it's the Cubs :hehe:

Can't blame him, can you? :shakehead:
The Bronx has been like the second home for the Sox as they run their record to 5-0 there with a 11-6 pasting of the E.E. :twisted: Another HR for Ortiz and their other 2 lefties Crawford and Drew went deep too, now a one game lead for them with one whale of a duel coming up tomorrow, Beckett vs. Sabathia. :sweat:

Dodgers get shut out by the Phils, 2-0. :(

hitomi #1 wrote:Another HR for Ortiz and their other 2 lefties Crawford and Drew went deep too, now a one game lead for them with one whale of a duel coming up tomorrow, Beckett vs. Sabathia. :sweat:

It's nice to see the offense when it works.
It's been a nice rebound season for Ortiz.

Dodger bullpen does their usual crash and burn, giving up eight runs in two innings to the Rockies, so they lose, 9-7. :shakehead:

Jav_sol wrote:
It's nice to see the offense when it works.
It's been a nice rebound season for Ortiz.

Worked again last night and another big game for Ortiz as the Sox improve to 6-0 at Yankee staduim by beating them 7-3 to open up a 2 game lead. :woot: After 2 batters Beckett was down 2-0 but only allowed 4 more baserunners in going 7 innings for the win. Couple more RBI's for AG, Ellsbury seems to be the key, he's really having been on fire the last month, getting a ton of hits and not just singles, second in the league in doubles plus leads the league in SBs. :applaud:

hitomi #1 wrote:
Worked again last night and another big game for Ortiz as the Sox improve to 6-0 at Yankee staduim by beating them 7-3 to open up a 2 game lead. :woot: After 2 batters Beckett was down 2-0 but only allowed 4 more baserunners in going 7 innings for the win. Couple more RBI's for AG, Ellsbury seems to be the key, he's really having been on fire the last month, getting a ton of hits and not just singles, second in the league in doubles plus leads the league in SBs. :applaud:

That game got underway very late. :sweat:
Yeah, Ellsbury's offense has come from nowhere. He took a lot of heat last year, even though he was injured, people thought he was faking the injury.

Jav_sol wrote:

That game got underway very late. :sweat:
Yeah, Ellsbury's offense has come from nowhere. He took a lot of heat last year, even though he was injured, people thought he was faking the injury.

Yeah, 3 hour rain delay, why do they do that, :usuck: sure most fans have left or won't stay for the whole game, plus the Sox still have another visit to the Bronx, probably got over at 2:00 am and at $9.50 a beer one would go broke real quick. :drink:

Dodgers lose to the Rockies again, 6-5. :(

Sox offense continues to roll in blasting the Jays in Toronto today...16-4! :woot: Lackey got the win, sub par effort again, seems when he pitches the offense knows they need to score runs, :hehe: Ortiz continues his hot streak with another HR , one more game against the Jays tomorrow, Sox latest streak is now at 8 games. :victory:

^ Wow, BoSox are rolling. :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:^ Wow, BoSox are rolling. :applaud:

Yeah, luckily their hot streaks are longer than their cold ones, won 8 in a row, before that lost 4 in a row. :nut: Padres and Pirates coming up soon on their interleague matches so hopefully that'll help the hot streak going, end the month with what could be a WS preview as they visit Philly. :sweat:

Dodgers beat the Rockies, 11-7.