poppysox

Take Murakami with you.

It was nice to see Wil finally make the lineup adjustment with Colson in the 9 hole. In my view, the whole lineup looked more dangerous.

It would help if Wil would play our best players. I am all for mixing up the line-ups when strugling, but we need to play the guys that got us there in the first place.

Leo Durocher drew the names out of a hat back in the day. Anything is better than what has been going on lately.

Two of my current Sox players among many. They have spunk.

7th or 8th inning with a short leash. Until he stops walking every other batter, he is virtually useless.

Getz should get a lot of credit from WS fans. This team is one of the most entertaining in Sox history. He has missed badly on some guys, but all in all, I'm delighted with this year's product.

Turns out fans will come to see a team that plays good baseball. Who would have thought?

Fans paid good money to see the best the players have to offer...not just go through the motions of finishing a lopsided game.

Reinsdorf sounds like some guys here on Soxtalk.

Satisfied?

Normally, he likes to start things off with a walk.

A closer that can't throw strikes is worthless IMO.

For a part-time player, Beni is frequently quite useful. His salary is the big negative, but that is Jerry's problem, not mine.

Walks can not be in a closer's arsenal.

Agreed...I feel that way about the whole infield and outfield. When our walking wounded return, this is a very good team.

Jerry is not going to push "all in" at this stage of the game. If we make a big move, it will be because Ishiba has more input than we have been led to believe.

They have been unwatchable since 2021, when Tony LaRussa was brought back to manage our team. I am regaining some optimism, but Jerry needs to turn over the managing partner title to Ishiba sooner rather than later.

I hope you keep the honor for a long...long time.

I am as unhappy with this start as anyone, but we should be 1-2 after starting on the road against a good team. We need to take a step back from the edge and take a fresh look after 20 games or so. The first two games didn't bother me, but this one did hurt.

A winning team is key IMO.

I wanted to go 83-86, but 81 is my target win total.

Go with your World Series-caliber team thought. Much more fun to dream happy thoughts.

Same problem.

Do you use it on an actual TV? I put the games on TV using ROKU.