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• stix

  56 seconds ago
  Time to shorten the leash on Lester. Running low on bullets although he’s pitching a fine game.
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• stix

  7 minutes ago

  In reply to Denizen Kane:
  White Sox also being no-hit through 5. Must be something in the Chicago water.
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• Denizen Kane

  17 minutes ago
  Unless I’m wrong, in order to get a hit, you have to actually swing a baseball bat.
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• Jonathan Friedman

  1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  In reply to Jonathan Friedman:
  We dodged a run there–Braun swung at ball 4.
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• Jonathan Friedman

  1 hour, 27 minutes ago
  Lots of traffic and pitches in the first inning for Lester. IF Bote would have fielded that Lester wouldn’t have…
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