riverside sluggers

thank you tito

f*** homerun, hes done boys

niice K, wake

gonzalez

ok this rain delay has f***ed with wakefield's routine

f*** leadoff homer

yeahhh but two other times, he's hit a bses clearing double, then a two-run single

both of white so's intentional walks have helped them tonight, thats only thing they got going for them in first 6 innings

papi 3 for 3 with intentional walk, 7 for 8 thus far against white sox in first 2 games

just 70 pitches thru first 6 innings, undoubtedly he will stay

yessss nesn just reported it will start in a few moments, papi will be up to bat with 1 out and edgar on 1st base

nesn showed tarp is bing taken off and people are starting to file back into their seats.. fingers crossed here!!!

as long as the game goes into the 5th inning, the game can be called as is--besides that, why are they playing the theme song from "Halloween" haha

make rent having 2 hits and a RBI--helping the cause to get the best pitcher of the AL, earliest ever this season he has had to leave the game

wake is about to hopefully get his 12th win and push his ERA below 4, making the top starting pitcher for the Sox--and edgar is playing like his gold glove self, got a good infield single showing speed, and moved kapler to second with that great bunt of his

75 pitches in first 3 innings, in which he averages around 30--sox batters are doing what they should especially to garland, be patient and make him thow a lot early on

wake is doing his job, 3 innings pitched just 29 pitches throwin with 3 Ks---niice infield hit edgar

petagine is perfecting his swing since minnesota, finally getting to see what they were talking about first buehrle, now Sox batters are making Garland work, best pitcher in AL League, having him to throw 50 pitches in 2 innings, largest ammount he's had to do this season

he also called the Red Sox Nation fans as "ignorant fools", so I was very much happy when I heard it was officicial that he was off the team

for some reason they sent him back down to their triple A team where in 12 games he did bad ther having an ERA of 11.93, which I think was just a fluke for him in this season

he's the obvious odd man out, he really needs to get his pitching mechanics down, every pitch he threw was either fouled off or the ball was hit

very true this season in indoor stadiums, 3 games he is 2-0 with just a 1.69 ERA

Eckersley number retired by A's August 13, 2005 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A year after his election to the Hall of Fame, pitcher Dennis Eckersley had his number retired by the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. "This is the topper,'' Eckersley said before the Athletics' game against Minnesota Twins. "This is a feeling unmatched because this is my hometown. It's as special as anything that has happened to me.'' Eckersley wore No. 43 with Oakland, and became the fourth Athletics' player to have his number retired. The others are Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers. Surrounded by former teammates who helped Oakland to three consecutive World Series appearances between 1988-90, Eckersley recounted the worst and best moments of his career. Kirk Gibson, in his only plate appearance, hit a two-run homer off Eckersley to end Game 1 of the 1988 World Series in Los Angeles. "It's one of my worst memories,'' Eckersley said. "I never knew it would come to this; a commercial with a guy crawling to the plate. I've seen the real deal a thousand times. At the time it was devastating but now it's easy to look back and realize it was a great moment. I just got the raw end of the deal. "Meanwhile Kirk Gibson is a coach with Detroit and I'm in the Hall of Fame.'' The best moment occurred a year later in an earthquake-delayed World Series in San Francisco. "I was lucky enough to have the ball in my hand after the last out,'' he said. "That's the most incredible moment of my career.'' A 20-game winner with the Cleveland Guardians in 1978, Eckersley was converted to a reliever -- reluctantly -- when he arrived in Oakland in 1987. He recorded 320 of his career 390 saves with the Athletics. He also has 197 victories, despite spending 12 years in the bullpen. "I didn't think I was finished starting,'' he said. "Luckily they thought I was.'' A sellout crowd of more than 41,000 stood and cheered for over three minutes when he was introduced to the strands of his signature song, "Bad to the Bone.'' "Our theory was get Eck in the game,'' former Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson said. "You knew the game was over.''

Matt Perisho, let go by the Florida Marlins in which Sox signed him right away and put him in Triple A I believe should get the call up to add more depth in the lefty dept of the bullpen. The time he was with the Marlins this season in 24 games had just a 1.93 ERA. Down in Pawtucket, in 5 games pitching 4 2/3 innings hasnt allowed any runs, with 2 hits and 3 Ks in that span---just a thought really

Konerko would bring a big bat for the Sox to add onto at Fenway, this season thus far he is up to 29 HRs and 76 RBIs