7/10: Hold that line

July 10th, 2009 by Josh Lacey


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21 Comments to “7/10: Hold that line”

  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    Geez, strike zone’s the size of a peanut tonight.

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  • Tessie's Dad says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:39 PM

    I see our boys have discovered yet another inventive way to get a runner to third with only one out and not score. Just when I thougt they’d run out…

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  • Bob says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM

    yeah getting 1 hit by Bannister at home is always good, this is definitely a 3rd place team

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  • Bob says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    Trade the Farm for VMart or Gonzales NOW

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  • Bob says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    considering that the one guy who got a hit got thrown out I think it’s doubtful that the Sox will score, setting the stage for another bullpen loss

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    If anyone wants to explain to me what Mark Teahen was thinking trying to tag-up on the fly-ball, I’m very interested to hear the explanation.
    It’s 1-0 KC if not for the blunder and a nice throw by Rocco.
    Now…offense, por favor

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    And a nice little 9 pitch, 1-2-3 inning for Bannister. Awesome.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM

    Just thought this was worth mentioning…
    In his previous three career outings against the Sox, Bannister was 0-3 with an 8.22 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, and .354 BAA. He’d allowed 23 hits (4 homers) in 15.1 innings.
    And now … this.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    Ummm, is it just me, or is Aaron Bates slower than Mark Kotsay? If so, why pinch-run him?

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  • Tessie's Dad says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    The only surprise there was that Drew swung at strike three.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    PEDEY!!!

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  • Tessie's Dad says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    A win is a win, no matter how pathetic, I guess…
    Go Angels!

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM

    Can I root against the Yankees without rooting for the Angels?
    Yuck. Any series involving any two of the Angels, Dodgers, and Yankees is lose-lose for me.
    Nonetheless…Go Angels

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  • Tessie's Dad says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    Ditto, actually. It’s games like that where I usually cheer for a meteor to hit the stadium.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    Yeah, Giants fan first, Sox fan second.
    I mostly grew into a diehard Sox fan because I was a diehard Yankees hater basically from the moment I started watching baseball.
    I’m a Giants fan first…one of the weird ones who hates the Angels more than the Dodgers because of 2002.

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  • Evan says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    Dan,
    Kotsay’s been struggling with his back and legs, so he can’t run. In this case, they’d rather have a slowpoke who CAN run as opposed to someone fleet of foot who is creaky.
    We really needed this game; provides quite the mental boost. The Sox struggled all night, but got it done in the end.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    Makes sense, I suppose…just thought it was a curious choice to pinch-run. (I would’ve expected Lugo, with Bates then taking over at 1B…but simply pinch-running Bates for Kotsay didn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.)
    Of course, knowing Lugo, he would’ve gotten picked-off. And, in any case, it worked.
    I agree, that was a huge win. Hopefully Smoltz can turn things around and get us another tomorrow.

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  • Evan says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Plus, Lugo can’t really run, either. That’s why he’s not playing — no more range.

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  • Tessie's Dad says:
    July 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    Two wins in a row: dare to dream!

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  • Gerry says:
    July 11, 2009 at 12:40 AM

    I really like a pitchers’ duel. Nerves of steel (not!). Had Ellsbury been correctly called safe, it would have been a different game. This was beautiful. Is Teahen available?
    Is Bannister back? Lots of redemption going around this year. Including Rocco’s arm, Mark Kotsay’s single, everything about Nick Green, Jason Veritek and Big Papi. Lot’s to like.
    Lester really is awesome. He just keeps getting better. I hope all y’all saw his Nike video on never giving up that was posted on bottomline. What a great season this has been so far.

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  • Bob says:
    July 11, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    Winning was nice, but something does need to change with the offense, another bat would definitely be a welcome addition and since the Sox clearly have no confidence in Buchholz why not make him the enterpiece for a VMart deal? This is a good team on the cusp of greatness, it’s really just one premier player away whether its a pitcher or hitter VMart or Halladay, add one of those two and a ring is there for the taking

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