300 Club...Sox Bash Tigers 10-6 Behind Dye and Konerko's Historic Homers
Being a member of the 300 club for home runs might not seem like such big a deal with all the 500-plus home run hitters in the game past and present, but I have never seen, nor likely will ever see two guys hit their 300th home run in back-to-back at-bats. When I saw Paulie's celebratory reaction with Dye in the dugout, it was surprising because Paulie is not usually that expressive. But this was a special occasion, an event which may never again happen in baseball, and most importantly, the Sox had enough hitting to win behind a shaky Gavin Floyd. Today, the offense bailed out the pitching after several strong starting pitching performances. That is what the Sox failed to do so often last year. Konerko clearly refuses to have his traditional slow starts, now hitting .346 on the season, and going 4-for-5 with 4 RBI, and was a triple short of the cycle. Quentin seems determined to get back on track with his MVP calibur performance last year, crushing another ball over the wall, and batting .333 on the young season. I'm glad to see such a good offensive start in such cold weather for these guys. I look forward to seeing what happens when it heats up.

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