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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.

Interesting stuff. Can't argue with anything really. Our power outage sucks.

El Rockin, I just can't believe how weird a team we have. Some nights/weeks we actually hit the ball a bit. Then all those shutouts are maddening. Crazy team we have this season.

You draft lovers are killin me.I assume you are kidding but it's not in green. I just listened to a 30 minute interview from Baseball America draft expert and he said of about 10 guys they could go anywhere from 2 to 25. It's a crapshoot.

Why? He would have been a legitimate pickup. And if Beckham is good like everybody says, that would have been 2 significant upgrades to our lineup in a week. Let's hope Pods keeps doing OK in the days leading up to Danks.

Why don't you make this a positive thread and give me your expectations for him the next 7 games on this homestand. I want eight hits in his next 24 at bats and him to enliven our s*** offense.

I don't mind him calling out the emailers once in a while. It's funny and I'm not big on anonymous emails. I doubt many of them sign their real names. I could be mistaken on that. At least he gives reasons for what he does in his rants against the fans. Sometimes people don't care about his reasons, though.

I've always hoped in the back of my mind we'd get McLouth. You are probably right that it's because Danks is coming soon. But cf is what we need and he was there for the taking.

Who are the good hitting coaches in baseball? Who is a good hitting coach? I mean I wouldn't mind a change but I don't think it would matter a bit. We have a lot of veteran players who do what they do and a lot of young guys who probably have hit the same way all their lives. From what Guillen says, Walker puts in the time, etc. What the f*** is he supposed to do? What hitting coach do you want here? I agree our offense sucks and wouldn't complain if we fired him, but I still don't think it'd matter much.

It would be nice to see him do something positive in the next 7 games on this homestand, however. He'll probably play in five or six of the seven. Lets say he gets 24 more at bats. Would nice to see him get eight or more hits and cause some Beckham-mania rather than more of the Sox snooze attack.

Many of you had lower expectations for this team as i learned in the chatroom last night. I need to now copy you and officially lower my expectations. I thought we could be a .600 type team. To lose 3 of 4 to the As at home is a disgrace. It simply is a disgrace. Boy Wonder Beckham continue to follow a pattern with Sox newcomers in never getting off to a sizzling start. (I'm not down on him after one game, just saying we never get a new piece to our team come in and go 3-3 with 4 ribbies or something like that. And for all of you who say it's a marathon not a sprint and way to overreact after one series and what do you expect with all the injuries ... I realize it's just one series and it's a marathon and yes we've been f***ed with CQ out. But you can't deny the Sox have been disgracefully bad to start this homestand after a GREAT road trip. It doesn't compute except to say you with the lower expectations were right. Several in the chatroom said we're a .500 team at best and that is apparently the case.

How can anybody argue with that? He's right. Count is not a good option in that DH. Two losses to Detroit in one day would really suck with the Tigers in first with a fairly healthy lead already.

You guys that complain about Wise ... Oz answers all your questions in the story by Merkin. Why don't you respond to what Oz says rather than the same tired arguments/complaints about his use of Wise.

Has anybody in the Sox organization even hinted Lexi might ever play cf?