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I shouldn't say this. When I saw it was Adam and there would be a play I assumed the throw was going to be there. Just assumed. ;) It's all about what happens at the plate.

AJ has had a tendency to airmail his throws. I was bracing for him to tweak his shoulder and send wide right.

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Same play as us sending Rickard on Eaton. This one was even more of a bang bang play. If Adam's throw is 12 inches off he is probably safe. Next batter's chances of a base hit are still <50% so it is a good send and better play by the O's in my opinion.

I disagree only because Mike Wright was obviously struggling and they gave up an extra AB against him by testing Jones. It's a bad send from my perspective. The Orioles were up 3-1 when they sent Rickard in an inning

where the defense enabled those runs to score. The Sox were down one and had the bases loaded against a struggling pitcher. Bad send for Chicago.

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Wieters is much better then Joseph on the catch and tag.

Not much better. The other night when he totally gacked the play. CJ had another chance a couple innings later. He caught it a little to the 1B side and swiped farther than Matt just did. Made it incrediblt close at the plate. Runner literally got his toe in ahead. That was in Texas?

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Can you DH Bonds?

I had a friend in college who played his own version of fantasy baseball on sheets of yellow legal paper. I was shifting through them one day and noticed that Bonds was hitting .800. When I asked him how that could be, he said that he had figured out the random number generator on his calculator and cheated.

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