poppysox

Well stated. You make some good points.

My sentiments exactly.

That's hard to work with in any roll.

You can only imagine what's going through his mind.

He seems to hit a wall at 5 innings.

Let's put a 7 spot on the board in honor of the 7th inning stretch. Should be doable against these guys.

I know that's an exaggeration.?

Sad but true.

He would look much better with Francona as his manager. When he starts to lose it he need a fast hook.

One has to wonder.

IGAS

Up against the fence is hard enough for me. Happy?

Yeah...right.

Jimenez...how do you like them apples? Seems every time Lopez goes 3-2 the ball gets hit hard.

He slows up with men on base. Loses his command.

Well now we know why he's batting sixth. Gotta get up pretty early in the morning to keep up with Ricky.

OK...good job of minimizing the damage.

Cordell made that play look easy.

Lopez has the same 6 outs and used less pitches to do it.

Lopez has gone through 2 innings with 20 pitches of which 15 have been strikes. I like it.

So far Lopez is getting it and throwing it like we talked about. Looks good.

I would imagine learning what he can from McCann is part of the equation.

Like a hot knife through butter.

What I would like to see is the Sox avoiding the Bryant situation. The Cubs organization is now in a position of needing to trade Bryant rather than end up empty handed.

He is just fine. Catches the routine stuff and once in a while makes a real nice play. His arm is the only concern for me.