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I have been waiting for this moment since September 26, 2008, when he hit his 98th home run.  Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Pierzynski has hit triple digits in home runs.  I included the RBIs because that's pretty awesome that his 100th homer was also his 500th RBI.  The home run was hit in the bottom of the second inning on a 1-0 count with none on and no outs, giving the White Sox a 1-0 lead at that point.  It also snapped streak of 14 at-bats without a hit.
In addition to hitting his 100th home run, AJ had an amazing day at the plate.  He went 3-for-4, scoring another run in addition to the one scored on the homer.  AND!  To top that all off, he threw out Adrian Beltre trying to steal second in the top of the seventh on a strike 'em out, throw 'em out play.  I'm sure you're all well aware that the White Sox are not known for throwing out would-be base-stealers.  So AJ throwing out Beltre is unexpected and incredibly wonderful.  In an interview with Hawk and Stoney after the game, he said he might be more excited about throwing out the runner than the home run.  In an interview with Carmen, Jurko, and Harry on ESPN1000, he said he wants to get to 114 career home runs so he can have more than hitting coach Greg Walker.  AJ, no worries.  Unless you plan on retiring, like, tomorrow, you've got that in the bag.  Listening to the ESPN1000 interview, he's pretty much hilarious.  I love it.
There were highlights other than AJ in this afternoon's game.  Gavin Floyd was our starter, and he was a little bit off still.  It didn't seem like he had control of his curve ball.  Despite that fact, he still only allowed 3 runs in the game, all coming in the fifth inning.  Matt Thornton came on in relief and pitched a shutout inning, securing the win.  Scott Linebrink also pitched a shutout inning, and Bobby Jenks came in for the save, his fifth of the year.

Offensively, there were highlights too.  AJ's home run started off our scoring in the second inning.  The Sox didn't score again until the sixth, when Wilson Betemit drove in Paul Konerko on a double to right.  After Brian Anderson struck out, Alexei Ramirez hit a sac fly to center, which scored AJ.  But the offensive brilliance came in the seventh.  Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye hit back-to-back jacks after Josh Fields struck out to lead off the inning.  Our final run came on a Carlos Quentin single, which scored Alexei Ramirez.  Final score 6-3 Sox.  Yay.

There was a little downside in today's game other than Gavin being a little shaky.  In the seventh inning while checking a swing that was called a strike (booooooooooo), Brian Anderson injured himself.  Hawk was saying it was something with his right oblique.  Hopefully this doesn't mean any time on the DL since we're running low on center fielders.

Shout out to Melissa of Life and Indians Baseball through the Eyes of a Clemson Girl for correctly naming the song yesterday's blog title came from.  It was in fact Jewel's "Foolish Games."  Yay Melissa!

Finally: what's the significance of the title of this blog?  Sto means one hundred.  In Polish.

Photo Credits: Jonathan Daniel, Getty images