Baseball

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It's a good night to be a Boston sports fan! First, the Bruins win in the 2nd overtime, and just now, the Red Sox just won their second walk-off in a row. Tonight, it took 12 innings, and the hero was Kevin Youkilis. But we'll take wins however they come!

Oh, and by the way, Darnell McDonald (see post just above) started for the Sox in center field, and hit another homer.

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Originally Posted by smc

It's a good night to be a Boston sports fan! First, the Bruins win in the 2nd overtime, and just now, the Red Sox just won their second walk-off in a row. Tonight, it took 12 innings, and the hero was Kevin Youkilis. But we'll take wins however they come!

Oh, and by the way, Darnell McDonald (see post just above) started for the Sox in center field, and hit another homer.

It looks like the tonic to cure their ails was a series against Texas.

I wish the Jays had taken some of that remedy! They actually came back to tie the game at 3 but Downs left a pitch right down the middle in the top of the 10th and the Jays ended up losing 4-3 in 10 innings. Dang.

I really wish the Yankees would stop winning. At least Tampa Bay is giving them a run for their money(1/2 game back of first).

I really miss Halladay and his 4-0 record and 0.82 ERA.

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Inner thoughts of an outfielder.

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New uses for PEDs that Mark McGuire can try out.

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Woohoo! The Jays beat Tampa Bay 6-5! I was a little worried there near the end, but the Jays prevailed!

They beat a very tough team(the Rays are now 12-5)! I hope they can at least win one more in the series.

The Red Sox are playing the best possible team to face at the moment, the Baltimore Orioles. It isn't a stretch to think that Boston can sweep the series, as Baltimore is the worst team right now in all of MLB! Baltimore is 2-15 for the season. That is putrid!

David Ortiz got a dinger, but that was his only hit on the evening. It helped them to win, which is the main thing.

The Yankees lost their second game in a row. Niiiiice!

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I have just heard that Fenway Park may host a pre-season football friendly on 21st July 2010 between Scotland's Old Firm rivals Glasgow Rangers and Celtic.
It'll be war and Boston needs to be prepared for the fans' post-match fighting.

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Originally Posted by dauls

I have just heard that Fenway Park may host a pre-season football friendly on 21st July 2010 between Scotland's Old Firm rivals Glasgow Rangers and Celtic.
It'll be war and Boston needs to be prepared for the fans' post-match fighting.

Yes, this was reported yesterday by The Boston Globe. According to the president of the Fenway Sports Group, Sam Kennedy, "The reason why we are so interested in this game is because of the matchup ? Celtic and Rangers is a rivalry like the Red Sox and Yankees, a 100-year rivalry, and the unique thing is they have never played off Scottish soil. We wouldn't be interested in just any soccer match or event. When we go after games, we are focused on the blue-chip nature of events."

Also, said Kennedy, the Fenway Civic Association (the association of neighborhood residents and businesses) "received the proposal very, very well" during a meeting Thursday night. Apparently, the post-match fighting Dauls mentions didn't come up.

From my perspective, this is yet more proof that baseball is the greatest sport humans have invented. The evidence this time is that the football (soccer) teams are interested in "trading up" to play in a Temple of Baseball, but you don't hear any baseball teams expressing interest in playing, say, in Wembley Stadium.

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Thank you Jonathan Papelbon for not allowing the Yankees to win for the second night in a row(you had me worried for a moment there!)! You allowed the Jays to finally gain a game in the Wild Card standings(they are only 2 games behind the Yankees now) as Tampa Bay won....again!

Toronto beat Minnesota 11-2(clubbing 4 home runs)! With those 4 homeruns, Toronto now has 65 for the season so far, by far the most in the Majors!

Even if they don't continue to play good baseball, I am impressed with the way the Jays are playing this year. They have had 13 come-from-behind victories so far this season(something they could rarely do in the past few seasons) and are an entertaining team to watch. The players actually look like they want to play!

Ortiz had another couple of hits in the Red Sox victory. It looks like he has found his swing again.

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Originally Posted by shadows

Thank you Jonathan Papelbon for not allowing the Yankees to win for the second night in a row(you had me worried for a moment there!)! You allowed the Jays to finally gain a game in the Wild Card standings(they are only 2 games behind the Yankees now) as Tampa Bay won....again!

Toronto beat Minnesota 11-2(clubbing 4 home runs)! With those 4 homeruns, Toronto now has 65 for the season so far, by far the most in the Majors!

Even if they don't continue to play good baseball, I am impressed with the way the Jays are playing this year. They have had 13 come-from-behind victories so far this season(something they could rarely do in the past few seasons) and are an entertaining team to watch. The players actually look like they want to play!

Ortiz had another couple of hits in the Red Sox victory. It looks like he has found his swing again.

This is the earliest in the season I can ever remember anyone mentioning the "wild card standings."

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Originally Posted by smc

This is the earliest in the season I can ever remember anyone mentioning the "wild card standings."

I have to have dreams, right?

Besides, the way Tampa Bay is playing right now, there is no point in hoping for a AL East victory for the Jays.

Toronto beat Seattle 3-2 and are only 1 game behind the dreaded Yankees, who lost 10-6 to the Rays.

Boston beat Minnesota 3-2.

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Time to do the happy dance as the 20th perfect game in MLB history was pitched tonight by the Phillies way to go Roy

Philliefan Jen