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This is the best defense of Walker I've read. We do have too many guys who are not big leaguers.

And speaking for myself, I DONT want Beckham to fail. I'm frustrated he is 0-for-10 and that's all I can say about that.

Five hits vs. Cleveland's s***ty starter and relievers TOTAL. Inept hitting performance again. Season going down the drain versus easy teams at home. It's JUNE. Time for some panic button move. Somebody's got to get the axe. Mr. Walker? Oz? Walker has to be the sacrificial lamb to wake this team up.

If the team needs a shakeup this year, I'd fire Walker before Ozzie. Fire Walker, hire Big Hurt as PH/hitting coach. He might spark the dugout. Then if we keep sucking, Oz would probably resign cause he'd be pissed Walker got the ax in the first place.

We ought to hire Big Hurt as pinch hitter/interim hitting coach if Walker has to go.

I'll stand by my arguments. Colon is a joke. His line today versus a bad team again is a joke. I also believe my other two comments, but I respect those who differ in opinion on those topics. To play this badly at home against pissant teams is disgraceful. To have four automatic outs in the lineup on a given day is ridiculous. At least Lexi got two more hits today.

Why would you want Colon around? How can you argue Beckham has not been rushed up? How can you argue our veteran bats are inconsitent? None of our veterans are capable of carrying this team for a period of time.

Colon must be released. Beckham is not ready for this. Our veterans are inconsistent. Fields, Castro, Nix, Beckham, Anderson were today's automatic outs. We usually have at least four automatic outs in the lineup in a given day. Playing this badly at home vs. .the A's and Indians is not good. Will Detroit win all five and put us out of our misery in mid June?

Yes but the lineup is not. I just hope if Fields can stay reasonably hot, we let him play a lot. Like somebody said in an earlier thread, it's kind of an odd time for the Beckham callup with Fields actually hitting reasonably well. I wish Lexi would pull his ass out and be the Lexi of old.

If Buddy Bell said that, then why isn't he on the big league club. Our cf situation is s***.

Give me a break. What do you want Oz to say? It's part of his job to talk to the media. He's a damn fine leader. And how do you expect him to have a set lineup with this collection of players that include many who don't deserve to be in the league, combined with many injuries? Our team has not had an outspoken leader forever. Paulie I guess came close in that article during our last slide when he pointed out some team problems in a calm tone. He said a lot, but really nothing. Oz is the team leader; always has been. He's the only leader.

I recall being moderately enthused about his signing at the time. He was horrible.

Detroit lost again; pull your head out, Sox. Other Central teams losing means you are still in the "race."

Yes, that was odd. Maybe our brass was fed up, though, with a singles hitting third baseman. No power from Josh. I think it's worth an explanation, though. It's almost as if you'd rather see Beckham replace Lexi at ss and move Beckham to second and leave Fields at third.

Exactly. Even Anderson can be added to that mix. We need a healthy, productive CQ to go with a productive Beckham to turn this lineup around. We've got too many guys who are reserves.

I actually haven't seen him bat yet. I know he'll be fine, but as fans when a guy goes ohfer two nights in a row and team gets blanked twice, it's natural to fret a bit. Nobody's quitting on him. It'd just be fairytale to see him do something right off the bat.

I'd love to see a study on Sox newcomer debuts. It'd prove once and for all if Sox newcomers suck out of the gate before producing.

I'm not down on him, I'm just adding him to the list of Sox newcomers who never get off to a good start. I think Thome or somebody whacked a homer on Opening DAy in his first appearance. There have been exceptions, but it seems our debut guys always struggle out of the gate.

Tizzle is right. It's sad we can't have a prospect do that for once.

I feel the same way. I bought in.

Sox should just shut up. After we crept back to .500 there were stories about how good a team we have.

Beckham 0-for-6 ... another ohfer and it's gonna get interesting. Wonder if Sox will decide quickly whether they rushed him or not.

After that road trip, did anybody expect this ineptitude? Sox are so bad it's laughable.

Who finishes last: us or the Royals?

Yes, but those who think one specific guy is the answer are crazy. The guy was stating some stat that there's not a 200 game winner among all pitchers drafted No. 1 overall and only a handful who have won 100 games. I will never want my team to lose a game in August or September while happy we might get a better draft pick. I want to win every game even if we are 15 out. The guy was even saying some people don't like the pitching delivery of this year's consensus No. 1 pick. And they talked about Mark Pryor (Prior? sp) falling apart. I don't care about the draft. Give me proven players.