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He had one great one yesterday, 11 pitches I think.

Nice Os fans representation there behind the dugout

Will be hard to overturn it

Safe!

Ugh. Love his aggressive baserunning but that was pretty poor judgment. Oh well.

Here we go!

Also, probably should've said "premier attention-getter" rather than "star player"

Perhaps it was that game. It was definitely that season.

I'll never forget Markakis coming to Bowie when Hayden Penn was the star player of that time. The two of them doing pregame sprints, then walking back toward the stands. It was this huge contrast between a guy who was so obviously a Major Leaguer, and a guy who couldn't get his head out of his a$$. They difference in the way they carried themselves, side-by-side, is something I'll never forget. Will also never forget meeting his Aunt from NJ in the ladies room one of his first ML callup games; we were both wearing Markakis jerseys, and that was rare because no one knew about minor leaguers back then. She ended up giving me a handful of his rookie cards from various teams, and we cheered for him from the same section all game long. I sooooo couldn't stand that Jay Gibbons was still in LF while Nick sat on the bench. He was everything I hoped he'd be, and more. Really well deserved.

Hmm. I just found that we had a copy of 2112 and it's like pristine. Never been much of a Rush fan, but will listen to it again to pick this up.

Yes. We agree.

I can't understand why Santander suddenly stopped having his wonderful long ABs this series.

It's important to understand - as I'm sure you're aware - that in the playoffs each year, your offense has to outperform the best pitching in the league. If your hitting suffers against a "really good pitching staff, top to bottom," and your aim is to make it to the promised land to end the season, you've got issues.

Need some runs! as Palmer would say...

Yes. I was wrong. And am glad. Thanks for the comment, tho, I was counting on someone coming through.