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If Yoan coulda stroked a hit off the softball pitcher in the ninth ... would that have been a Sox record? Six hits in a 9-inning game? Can't believe he blew a chance at a six-hit game by not putting it into play as Sheets did. Too bad Moncada isn't a superstar. I thought he'd be one. Could be injuries.

Very surprised at the reports Tony may be back next week. Sad for Tony and the team. I'm afraid the team is going nowhere with Tony. Sad day if reports are true.

Moncada needs to go. He's a bust. TA playing second isn't an option. I'd move on from Andrus. Go with Romy if he's good defensively.

Is Romy any good? Is he for real?

That;'s what I was wondering LOL. Romy and Moncada have 4 hits each. Is it against the unwritten rules to keep them in the game to try to get 5 hits? So many unwritten rules coming up? Kidding. Sox are raking tonight. No question the Sox are playing 'better' without Tony. That would be so neat if after this horrific season they made something of it with a playoff berth.

I wonder if he even misses the daily grind of baseball.

I wonder if they'll go back to the lively ball next season. If you are gonna strike out 14 times like the Sox, you better lift and pull 3-4 homers a night.

Whiff. Sox can't play modern day baseball. Hitting coaches won't even matter. KKKKK. Oh our Sox stink.

I can't believe Jason and Gordon called that 3-1 pitch a cookie. It wasn't. It was a bullet at Gavin's eyes.

Baseball is so boring when guys strike out this much. Whiff.

At least Lambert did what u supposed to when a guy telegraphs the bunt so obviously. Put it under his chin or at least up and in. That worked to scare Crawford into the pop up.

How dumb to bunt with the 1-0 lead. Players can't bunt.

Disappointing game tonight so far. Don't like Lambert's chances here. No bats for the Sox again. Looks like the excitement of Tony's departure has been snuffed away by Sox lack of talent. You just knew when Jose couldn't score from second on the base hit that the Sox weren't gonna score with hits from Sheets or Pollock. Sox are a .500 piece of mediocrity. Shucks.

But are u and is everyone ok with elvis smashing a grand slam off a position player. Apparently it's against the unwritten rules. If the unwritten rules protect position players on the mound why don't teams start position players all the time? They'll throw no hitters.

Agreed. Sox are the same as they have been all year, .500 is the ceiling. Now can the team possibly have one amazing month, get hot and shred .500? Maybe but highly doubtful. Don't forget just a couple weeks ago Sox lost 4 of 5 to KC counting that funky one gamer in KC. Then Sox woke up and took 2 of 3 from woeful KC at the Cell and finally had a good week under Miguel. I'm all for getting hot for a month, riding the momentum teams usually get when they get rid of a horrible manager.

Good memory. When Elvis hit that granny, I had completely forgotten about what u mention here. My reax was laughter and I thought 'Minnesota gets whatever the Sox can give them here. You put in a position player, too bad, lift and pull time.' What Tony did to Yermin really is indefensible. Why is baseball's unwritten rulebook so stupid in some instances? Is it really an unwritten rule you have to make an out when the other team puts in a position player? Makes me sick if Elvis did something 'wrong' there by homering off some guy lobbing the ball into his wheelhouse. Tony should be ashamed of himself.

I hope when the Sox get a popular hire people scrutinize that guy's moves in games. Most managers in a close game can be second guessed about 2-3 things minimum in a close loss.

Gambling is legal in Kansas now. Which company or two should I go with? Is it safe to give them your CC info? Most of the companies are giving free 200 worth of bets to get started to get one to sign up.

Tough loss. Reminder Sox are quite flawed. Definitely gonna need help from Twinks and Guardians in terms of having a bad month if Sox are gonna win the puke division. Oh well one day happy one despondent. Sox have done that to us this year so I don't feel that bad being a fair weather fickle fan this year.

Sorry to make it a Br Rice thread but I'm a lifelong fan what can I say? ... Was disappointed in the Rita outcome. I forget how BR has done against Rita the past few seasons of the BB era but I think we won regularly over Rita. I watched the Week One game and thought the defense looked good. Are u equally disappointed Harry or is Rita special?

Glad u are OK.

Great win. Cease is so good. Hahn acquired him so there's that in Rick's corner. Well you Tony haters were right. Sox are a different team without elderly Tony. (I wish him good health of course). So as Sox fans at the stadium tonight (what a great crowd) we posters should go all-in again until they let us down if they do. There's reason to believe it's a new team without Tony. This team is capable of playing good baseball the rest of the way. I won't even mention one negative thing tonight. Cmon Sox. Without Tony you are a different team. These guys have a chance to discover how winning is actually fun and Sox fans will cheer a winning team that tries hard. I'm not saying Sox will keep winning but "once again" for the zillionth time we fans should at least give them yet another chance. GREAT WIN tonight and again, this is what the Sox 'should' do against pathetic Central teams.

Sox are four out in the loss column. Still a monumental task for a team that STILL is right at .500. With Tony gone the team has a chance but not a good chance. Four in the loss column is a lot especially for a .500 team.

I disagree. Ballplayers aren't like fans (captain obvious). They realize the second guessing of managerial decisions is basically dumb fan stuff. Except for walking guys with 1-2 counts, which probably made the players shake their heads and laugh inside more than get mad), managers pretty much are all the same. Players are 100 percent different from fans. I would think they love Tony. I'm sorry but you have to dig deep inside. Any second guessing any of us do may make us feel better on here but would make managers laugh their butts off. That's why Stone gets in trouble on twitter blasting people who say 'fan type' stuff. And that's why players probably love Tony.

You deserve credit for optimism. Lynn's ERA is 4.75 I think. He's another guy who needs to move on at the age of 35. Sox are 5 games back which are way too many on Sept. 1. The team would have to awaken and win a boatload of games the final month to take the division. I wonder if Hahn has a plan for next year and the future. You'd think he should build around Tim, Eloy, Robert, Abreu, Cease, Kopech and Vaughn and do what it takes to get way better players around them. Only problem there is because of injuries u can't count on Robert, Eloy or Tim. It really is time to give it to another GM unless Hahn has a plan that makes sense. Team has a lot of work to do to become a contender. ... His quest to start the offseason would be to find a way to get rid of Moncada for starters as well as Grandal, Harrison and Pollock.