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I really would have preferred someone other than Bergesen to come up. No location, getting homered on by a "finished" Ortiz and some random guy, pitch count through the roof, continuing the J. D. Drew renaissance. They're gonna get pecked to death thanks to him until the floodgates open...maybe it's this inning.

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Thorne is a lifelong Red Sox fan (seriously).

Yea, he really ruins the game for me. The guy peppers us with Red Sox info that I could care less about. His Franconna tribute after the catch had to be planned in case Avery made a good play.

That H&R with Youkilis is the same exact situation as Wiggy. Youkilis and Wiggy are similar in speed. Theirs worked ours did not.

BB is shaky again tonight.

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Jones is such a crappy CF. I hoped that last year was just a down year and he'd bounce back to as good as he was in 2008, but that doesn't really look to be the case.

You've gotta be able to catch that ball.

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He sure is shaky, which is why I figured he could've stood at least another turn or two down in Norfolk. The organization craps the bed about service time and Super Two crap, though (concerning Arrieta). If it's so much about wins and losses then get someone in who might have a better chance, or spot start someone else if you don't want to do that. Sometimes the business aspect really gets in the way of the game, and it shouldn't.

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