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Current Video: Bowden breaks down the A.L.

Jim Bowden breaks down all the latest news in the American League. Hear his thoughts on the Rangers' injuries, Boston's pitching issues, Scott Kazmir and more.

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" I'm Bryan -- pleased to be joined by the former big league GM our base Ottawa Jumbo jet -- you don't get -- Harriet I've dwelt on coming to the Youkilis -- about the American League the Rangers trying to make that playoff push but Josh Hamilton Michael Young hurt. Do you think the Raiders can make."

" oh boy significant blows can they make yeah obviously a lot of it's only play but these are two injuries. -- I like the Red Sox losing that Youkilis or J. D. Drew was going to be tough to overcome look. Josh Hamilton had an -- girl last Thursday it didn't work on Sunday they flew back to Texas. They get another cortisone shot but even have that work is back is not going to be healthy and hitters can't produce with a bad back they just can't do it. Michael young's hamstring look it's getting better when he does return -- lineup though he's not going to be a 100%. The Rangers lead those bad but look they're -- to do what they've done all year which is to -- the pitching indeed that was my question do you believe in the rotation. Com they stretch run in the last weeks of that well because who they're playing their rotations. Good enough to win because they're currently don't have games against the Yankees and Tigers down the stretch but that being said they need a little more offense. How about the pitching and bought him wear the Red Sox number four and then five dollars struggle can die in whole or give them live in September now they can't look they've got a real problem of their sport and the starters. There's no concern about Daisuke they have making another rehab start on Wednesday. Further a ball club kind of embarrassing. -- Paul Byrd one good start one awful start the only good thing is his next start will be against the Orioles have been the worst team in baseball and the All-Star break. Bottom line is they're just glad that they have an off day on the tenth and the fourteenth of September and they're hoping for rain. Because after Beckett Lester and buckled the Red Sox are hurting all think about praying for rain gone back to that no break but yeah myself here's your followed about law and presumably going to win the wild card they play the Angels. Will they continue to -- he's dominant. You know he's going to be really close that Angel lineup is the best lineup Mike Osha's thrown out there. I think the cavs -- acquisition would help against a Red Sox had post season success. This will be a really evenly matched playoff okay let's move on the Mariners and Ken Griffey junior will not going to play us what are you hearing about junior's future well I think juniors want. To come back for one more year out of likened to come back as he's really reinvigorate that franchise but the bottom line is I was hoping he would've gotten traded to a contending team so maybe could have pinched hit like Jim Thome is going to look he's never gotten a World Series -- like his -- he really wanted to. But his fifth and swollen knee limited to a 218 average this year only had fourteen home runs he's probably getting one more surgery if not a lot of injections. They get there one more year but this future hall of Famer deserves the comeback for one more years we can megabyte dollars baseball fans and the got a chance to finish. The 615. I won't get in but it is -- healthy when junior got to 800 home runs he certainly economically and and ordered on north of -- to -- legitimate home run king and we can talk about how are no question another and never did their we can hear that with Clint thank him. We appreciate the FI don't get foxsports.com that you covered throughout the pennant 34 Jim O'Brien next."

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