Here are some earmarked takes from the on-air baseball analysts TBS is using for the American League Division Series between the Angels and the Red Sox. Pretty standard stuff, including Cal Ripken telling us "that you can't steal first" but not telling us that you "that you can steal money" as a TV analyst.

Added bonus: TBS has smartly supplied all of their on-air talent with Twitter accounts, so now you can check in on all the Eck-isms and caveman grumblings from David Wells. You can follow Eckersley at @MLBonTBSEck David Wells at @MLBonTBSBoomer and Cal Ripken at @MLBonTBSCal

Hopefully Boomer finds time to get in a gratuitous shot or two at his favorite target, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Here are the quotes from TBS's talking baseball heads:

Eckersley on Boston Red Sox’s John Lester’s pitching performance: “(Lester) has so many weapons to work with. He has a major fast ball, a change up and a curve ball that he uses occasionally.  But he’s absolutely dominant; a dominant left-hander. After the line drive to the knee, it still remains to be seen if he has fully recovered.  It remains to be seen if he is the Lester that he was before he got hit in the knee.”
 
Wells on Red Sox pitcher John Lester: “John Lester got lucky. He got hit right on the outside of his knee. You can’t go out there thinking you are going to get a line drive back at you.  You have to just go out there and pitch your game.”
 
Ripken on the Angels' overall performance for the series:  “They have a little bit more power in the middle of the line up now, believe it or not. They score runs really well. They do run the bases extremely well. The problem they are going to come into is that they can’t steal first. It all hinges on (Josh) Beckett and (Jon) Lester if they have shutdown stuff. If you start peppering them a little bit and they get on base, they can score runs."

 

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