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Not bagging on the team. I loved the comeback today, but why is it so tough to close when you are named THE CLOSER? Matt was amazing at times last year when he was not the closer.

Good comeback ... bad bullpen (so far in 2011)

Good comeback ... bad bullpen (so far in 2011)

Great comeback no matter what happens. Time for Matt to earn his new title ... closer.

When's the last time we actually got a run off Soria? Moral victory?

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) That IS a rule around here. Oz will be gone if we have a s***ty first half. disappointing road trip if we don't rally to win. Same ol s***. Can't win in our own divisional games.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:57 AM) You win tomorrow and you're 3-2 on the first road trip of the season against lesser competition, that's a perfectly fine trip to start the year. Calm down. That'd be OK as you say. But if we lose tomorrow. The first road trip is a fat grade of D, considering the competition.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:52 AM) When you are up 2 in the 8th- you need to shut down the opposition. This game shouldn't of even sniffed extras. This is a terrible loss overall and hopefully it doesn't carry over into tomorrow's ballgame. QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:53 AM) He's the closer...you save him for a save opportunity. If you're carrying 11 pitchers and 3 of them you can't trust, your team is going to be in huge trouble. Yes, yes, yes. Up two in the eighth, gotta win. Sucks to be 2-2 vs. Cleveland and KC. Gotta do better than that. Still early, though.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:46 AM) watching games into scoreless extra innings, feeling the inevitable road loss is like groundhog day, over and over again The Sox definitely were pathetic in extra innings tonight. If we lose tomorrow we're off to a somewhat depressing start considering the opposition. Yuk.

So we are 2-2. Blah.

Take out Sergio and we revert to s***. I'm amazed KC has a guy who can bunt. Unlike us.

Some teams can bunt. It was called for there and they got it done. f***.

If he walks this guy I will cry.

QUOTE (peanut33tillman @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:35 AM) Send Lillibridge down right now. QUOTE (WinorDie88 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:35 AM) This ball game is ova I'd have to agree with both of these statements. We all know what's coming.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:20 AM) I don't get why you don't like it. Why can a righty get lefties out but not the other way around? I just feel like throwing a lefty closer in there has righthanded hitters licking their chops and there are a lot of righthanded hitters out there. That's why I asked if I was a moron or if anybody else shared the same concerns.

I don't like lefty relievers going more than a batter or two. Does that make me a moron? Sale ... starter. Sergio ... closer. Thornton ... set up. Crain ... set up and sometime closer with Sergio. Fixed.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:07 AM) Part of the problem with the bullpen is having a lefty as the closer. It means you have to carry a guy like Ohman. Our performance here in extra innings is sucking big dog.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 03:00 AM) One thing that I really tire of is what appears to me to be this mentality in the late innings that someone has to be a hero and hit a dinger to win the game... rather than simply try to just take the normal approach and string some its together. Yep, it's definitely frustrating when guys just don't get on base.

Baseball is a weird game. Paulie bashes in first at bat, then nothin the next 4.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 02:53 AM) GAMES IN APRIL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS GAMES IN SEPTEMBER Nobody can dispute that. I think most of us want a great April and May.

One more out please Mr. Crain. Nice job on the first two hitters.

Huge crowd of 12,000 on hand for this competitive game.

That 3-1 pitch actually looked hittable.

Yes, it's early, but six runs shoulda been enough to beat the KC's tonight IMO. We still might win, but Soria is nasty.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 02:40 AM) In games like this, I really wish we still had Bobby Jenks on the roster. I'll resist any temptation. Go Sox!