Jim Thome Delivers Severe Damage

Thome and Floyd ruled tonight… I just wanna get out of the way and enjoy the ride right now

It was great to see Thomer hit some dingers. It was great to see Gary Floyd pitch so well. I may or may not have been drinking for the entire night, but I definitely made it hell to be an angels fan around me (sorry to the dumb ass angels fan 2 rows in front of me, actually, maybe not sorry to her).

Sloppy defense was overcome by the awesomeness of Jim Thome and Gavin Floyd.

After playing to a 2-1 lead, Thome delivered the big blow for the Sox in the 6th. After Beckham took yet another outside fastball to the fence in right-center, Dye worked the count nicely and walked on 6 pitches.

Mike Scosia played the percentages and brought in the lefty Oliver — a full two months younger than Thome — but Big Jim was not to be trifled with. He took Oliver to deep left center and broke the game open giving the Sox a 5-1 lead.

The rest was mostly academic, as Floyd worked into the 9th and Kong added a solo shot in the 8th for some insurance.

The biggest complaint with this game (you’ve heard this before) was the defense. Dye did something in the 1st inning that I did more than a few times during my playing career, misjudging a hard line drive — sticking the glove out at the last minute only to come up empty. With two outs the runner on first scored on what should have been an out, giving the Angels the quick 1 run lead.

It’s a hard play for a corner outfielder to judge a slicing line drive hit right at him, but it’s a play a major leaguer should make 99% of the time.

Hawk thought Dye lost it in the lights, but Dye didn’t make any excuses and it looked like he just misjudged it.

More egregious though was Nix yet again failing to get an out on a ball hit to his right, this time throwing well wide of first in the 5th. Kong had a play but rushed his tag and couldn’t come up with the ball. A double play thankfully ended the threat, but not before (again!) Nix left Paulie to make a pick on the throw in the dirt.

Nix has got to get it together if Che has to miss another week.

Floyd didn’t need much help though as for the most part he worked ahead and had a good cutter to go along with his always dangerous curve. He seemed to lose focus or just lose command a few times, but it was mostly with 2 outs. A pair of twin killings helped much in the latter innings.

Oh, and Thome homered in the 4th and Thorndog quickly put out the small brush fire in the 9th.

Good win overall with more than enough offense and solid pitching all around.

Sox haven’t really needed Bobby the last week, and if comes back strong after some time off they will be the better for it.

Thornton is piling up the pitches, but I worry about that every year with him and he never seems to fall or rise above 95-96mph. He’s never too amped up or too tired.

After the perfect game, I was convinced this team would win the division.

After the 1-6 road trip, I was convinced this team would finish 3rd.

After this 5-1 stretch and the acquisition of Peavy, I’m once again convinced this team will win the division.

I guess I should calm down.

Not bad, all things considered, but they have more than a few wins slip through the cracks.

I bet the cubs wish they had seriously taken his offer when he was begging to come to Chicago their loss is white sox gain

that have me thinking the sox would miss either dye or thome next year greatly. since they are both producing- no reason not to bring them both back.

we will win the world series

Dammit, his bat speed sucks. Trade him before he’s 40.

Oh, and he did NOT hit one after the 7th. So they only count for .8 runs each. Do the math. We still win 5.6-2.

since they bottomed out at 28 – 34 on 6/12…i can’t expect they can carry a .640 clip the rest of the way, but 0.6 ~ 32 wins…could a tally of 88 wins win this?

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so I called MLB and suggested they play during the day today

i’ll let you guys know

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Cynical Angels fans will point to this sudden slump coinciding with Tuesday’s return of Vladimir Guerrero, who was inserted into the cleanup spot after sitting out nearly a month because of leg injuries.

Some thought Guerrero would drag down the offense with his free-swinging approach and penchant for hitting into double plays, and Guerrero did bounce into a double play to end the sixth inning Wednesday.

But Guerrero has also supplied 18% of the Angels’ offense the last two nights — two singles — and smashed a first-inning liner that right fielder Jermaine Dye misplayed for a three-base error, allowing the Angels to score a run Wednesday.

I remember being 14 and in Florida for baseball training at the Expos complex in Fort Myers. We practiced with some of the Expos minor leaguers and instructors, and we met the scout that had signed Vlad. Heard some great stories of his throwing arm, legendary tales of ropes from the fence to the plate.

And now look at him.

Don’t look for Bartolo Colon to pitch for the White Sox any time soon.

per merkin.

apparently the white sox again don’t know where colon is.

Man, the last two pitches to Abreu were big, hairy, AND delicious.
Thome – what a worthless old sack of shit. How is he still in our lineup?

I like the number 3. Such as, 3-run (T)homers and a 3-bagger by Pods.

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