While I was watching the bottom of the 9th yesterday, I was looking at the score, and saw it change a couple of time during the inning. First it changed to 7 - 7, then it changed to 7 - 6 with Boston leading before changing back to the correct score. Maybe someone in the TBS production truck was hoping if they changed the score on the screen it would change the outcome of the game?

Did anybody else notice this?

I was pondering recently what would be the best result of the Wild Card Race, as it pertains to the Angels chances for advancing in the playoffs to get to the World Series.

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I was reading AngelKeith's fan post about what other teams do you root for besides the Angels, and it got me wondering, do people still root for teams the way that they used to, or do people root more for specific playes. Before the advent of free agency, you knew players were going to be on the same team for their career unless they were traded. You knew Mickey Mantle was going to be a Yankee for his entire career, and Stan Musial was going to be a Cardinal.

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Monkeyspanked's Fanpost about bringing Brandon Wood up got me thinking.

What type of lineup does everybody want to see? With rotation weakened due to the injuries of Lackey, Santana and Escobar, would you rather put a more offensive lineup out  there (sacrificing some defense) going with the thinking that we need to try and outscore everybody,or would you rather put a more defensive lineup out there, (sacrificing some offense) trying to limit the # of runs the other teams score.

Will your thinking change when the 3 injured stsarters return? Does your thinking change from pitcher to pitcher

My lineups would probably look something like this:

Offense inclined lineup

Figgins - 3b

Kendrick - 2b

Abreu - RF

Guerrero - DH

Hunter - CF

Rivera - LF

Napoli - C

Morales - 1b

Wood  - ss

Defense Inclined Lineup

Figgins - 3b

Kendrick - 2b

Hunter - CF

Guerrero - DH

Morales - 1b

Matthews - RF

Mathis - C

Aybar - ss

Willits - LF