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  1. Time to applaud, I guess. Sox got 2 on (2d and 3d, actually) with one out and not everyone K'd. JDM did, but at least Bogie flied out.
  2. Astounding. Truly astounding the difference between Perez and Valdez. It's like Cora decided to start a reliever and just left him in too long.
  3. Tigers could put it away in the 2d inning. Perez is a lost soul out there on the mound. Can Valdez bail him out with the bases loaded and 1 out?
  4. That's at least two solid hits off what is probably Perez's best pitch, his changeup.
  5. With a man on 3b and no one out, Short with his .157 average easily delivers a sac fly to deep CF.
  6. Whatever Perez is throwing, the Tigers seem to see perfectly and hit hard--a dinger, triple, and double in 3 outs.
  7. Perez pounded in the 1st and lucky to give up just 1 run. Dalbec strikes out, looking clueless yet again, with 2 men on and 2 out in the 2d.
  8. Perez, like almost all Sox starters, loves to go out in the first inning with the intent to "establish his authority" with his fastball. After getting pounded, he then agrees to go with breaking balls, especially changeups to righty hitters. Some culpability also resides with Plawecki.
  9. Thanks for the reminder--this is a Thursday afternoon game and starts at 1:10.
  10. Agree on the hitting and fishing. He had great eyesight and reflexes, ideal for a fighter pilot, but he never really delivered on the fighter part of it. He was shot down--but was still able to "limp" back to his base--by antiaircraft fire while on a bombing/strafing raid in Feb 1953, near the end of the Korean War. He never flew in combat in WW II, which was undoubtedly one of the reasons he was called up for the Korean War, which he bitterly resented because he was an inactive reservist and felt active reservists should have been called before him. He also tried to avoid service in WW II by saying he was the sole support for his mother. Nevertheless, Ted Williams was a rarity in that he served in two different wars while also being one of the very best hitters in MLB. In both wars he was in fact a trained fighter pilot--an instructor in WW II and John Glenn's wingman in the Korean War. Yes, he griped some, but he was unquestionably a patriot.
  11. Jim Brown was the best running back in NFL history and a college lacrosse legend.
  12. ERod threw a ton of fastballs, and by golly they worked. So did the changeup. Not many sliders or curves. Congrats to him and his catcher Vazquez. Bullpen did another fine job of course. All 4 rbi's from dingers by JDM, Renfroe, and Duran. Not sure what to make of that, but it sure was nice to see.
  13. Another much needed win chalked up to the one and only moonslav59!!!!
  14. I remember him in the NFL, where he was incredible. But I never saw him play lacrosse at Syracuse. Kirk Gibson doesn't come close. Bo Jackson, however, was pretty amazing. I did see him play MLB in person at KC. An incredible arm from the outfield and a pretty fair hitter. Also a terrific running back in the NFL, but not as good as Jim Brown.
  15. Ahem. The dinger was opposite field. Duran is not swinging for the fences.
  16. Duran hits a dinger, that goes down looking at three straight fastballs for strikes. With Kike on 3b and 1 out.
  17. He's a 1 inning guy. But this does mean he is unlikely to pitch again tomorrow night.
  18. Obviously, last year is irrelevant because Verdugo was horrible leading off this year. Indeed, he is happier and better nearer the bottom of the order than the top.
  19. I remain astounded. ERod goes 5 shutout innings while relying heavily on his fastball although he did mix in some good changeups and the occasional slider and cutter. Credit too goes to Vazquez.
  20. 3 dingers, 4 runs. Opposite field by Duran.
  21. Finally, the leadoff hitter with a 2 run dinger!
  22. 5 out of 5 innings, the leadoff man has gotten on base. But just one run on a dinger.
  23. Meanwhile, the hitting stinks. That said, Mize for the Tigers has pitched very well at home this year. His splitter is pretty darn good.
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