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Pena's play in the hole shows the Royals are up for playing the Sox again this year. Sox need to get act together and score 4 runs for Mark B.

Gil Meche isn't bad, but are any of you getting sick of our feeble at bats? What is wrong with the Sox offense???

The Sox are going to continue to face those good pitchers. Thank goodness Kenny Rogers has been out.

Understand the sarcasm, but does anybody really believe this team is anything but a .500 to .540 type win percentage team?

As mad as everybody is, isn' this one all Aardsma's fault? Was Jenks not useable today?

I like the fact a lot of guys are contributing. That helps build a real "team." i.e. Mack got the big homer the other night and Erstad even a big contribution as well. Then the studs, Dye and Konerko get the winning hits in the 10th. Lots of contributions which is key to building a winning team. I feel a lot better than when our bats were totally slumbering. GO SOX.

Wow what a post by Kid Gleason. Amazing post. You got it right. Now I'm assuming you haven't made a post like this ever before. What a prediction! Great game, mark B.

Anderson is not the answer. Nor is Mack. Nor is Ozuna.

It is embarrassing to hit the ball like this. It's pathetic.

Funny how things can change in 2 years. Hopefully it's the cold weather but we just suck. I'd simply release Erstad. He's over the hill. He's done. If our boppers don't start hitting home runs in bunches we could be out of it early this year. Our only hope is the long ball. How bout this lineup the rest of the year Uribe ss Iguchi 2b Thome dh Paulie 1b Dye rf Crede 3b AJ c Sweeney or anybody from minor leagues cf Mackowiak or anybody from minor leagues lf Our outfield has to be the worst in baseball production wise. The worst.

I don't have a good feeling about this team. The pitching has been good, but the offense is just like last year's. Sub Erstad for Anderson (this year's automatic out). Pods has a better batting average, but I feel is not a great option on offense and especially defense. Iguchi is hopeless where he is batting in the order. Oz might be too proud to move him back to No. 2. Crede is off to a horrific start and the big boppers aren't hitting the ball out of the park and AJ has been so bad at the plate it is laughable. I'm hoping it's the cold weather. I really think that is a legitimate possibility, but I'm not high on this team.

I'm sick of BA talk. I wish we'd send him down, out of sight out of mind. That said I think he's a better option than Erstad but I'm no dummy. Oz dislikes him and won't be playing him much. Why don't we all accept that and move on? Anderson is not going to play much this year. And Erstad is a crummy hitter.

Iguchi can only bat second it's pretty obvious. Erstad is good on defense but a pathetic hitter. Move him on down, down, down. He's an older version of BA.

Bring back Olivo. Just kidding. I still don't know how to make that the color green.

Exactly. Why don't they just send him down if they hate him so much. I'm finally getting sick of the BA saga. OK ... he's a woos or a prima donna and doesn't care. Get rid of him and let's move on. And get rid of Erstad too while they are at it. Play the younguns in the minors. Bring em up.

That might not be a wise foursome to build a team around.

I am thinking you are right. Even though Anderson has yet to hit, I would prefer playing him over Erstad. I don't know why KW went the Erstad route this offseason. The only hope is that like somebody on here said, offense is down all over the league. Soriano has yet to get a big hit for the Cub. Let's just assume it's the weather. Oh yes and Iguchi must be moved to the No. 2 hole ASAP or trade him. His is disgracefully bad deep down in the order.

AJ may be hitting horribly, but this Molina guy hasn't shown signs of being able to hit even .200 has he? Does the guy even have a hit yet? Rock ... I agree the name players you mentioned have to have decent seasons but I would not include Erstad in there. I'm pretty convinced he is going to have a horrible offensive year at least as far as batting average.

Are the Sox going to lose to Sabathia and Sowers and Santana every time we face them? Kenny Rogers must be so sad he can't win 5 games against the Sox this season unless he gets well soon. It's going to get to the point where fans might start eating their tickets when the schedule shows a lefty is going to work at the Cell. This is getting ridiculous. Hope it's the cold weather. I know it's early but our offense looks putrid. Are any of you actually optimistic about the season? Can we blame it all on the cold weather? Maybe we can.

Capn12, Oz deserves a free pass for a while because of the Series title. I just think when people criticize Oz it should be Oz/KW both. KW works closely with Oz, no?

That has to be our lineup. It's the only option. Play Erstad once in a while instead of BA in the nine slot. Play Ozuna once in a while for Pods. I wonder what scouts thought Erstad was still a productive major league hitter. I realize it's cold out and it's possible he could heat up but he's brutal right now and the Sox lineup has been totally lifeless.

Obviously Oz hates Brian. If we keep Oz, we need to dump Brian. Oz is soon gonna hate Erstad as well if he continues to hit like this. Hopefully we can keep playing .500ish ball until it gets warm and our home runs start coming from Dye, Konerko, Crede, AJ, Thome and Uribe.

Time to move Iguchi back to the two hole. Now. Erstad is really really over the hill. Does anybody actually envision him hitting .240 this year? You are right. We are a station to station team and are going nowhere unless the weather heats up soon and we start knocking the ball out of the park. We are a home run hitting team, nothing else.

Of course no need to panic but I am not impressed. Erstad looks worse at the plate to start the year than BA did a year ago. Or just as bad. And Iguchi is pathetic right now. Crede has been bad and our big bats are doing nothing with the exception of Dye of late. No need to panic, but we're not exactly playing good baseball. Today we got some guys on base and not once could anybody pick up the team and knock in a run. I'd give us a C about now.

I hope the Royals aren't competitive against the Sox again this year like they were last year. Once again they look like a horrible horrible team. I didn't realilze Randa was that hate-able.