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He was out.

A win tonight would please greg. Please win.

Cordell coulda easily rolled into a DP so I guess Ricky deserves credit for knowing his team.

He was out folks.

I guess skipper deserves credit but I wasn't fond of a bunt there. Good speed all around.

No reason to screw with a bunt there. Just let him bat and the chips fall where they may.

I'm starting to become fond of Tilson. Looks like he has a clue.

That wasn't a bad play at all. Nice defense there. Wasn't worth 3 replays but a nice play.

As expected, we're not gonna score many tonight.

Hit 'em where they ain't, Cordell. Lotta space between first and second but not where u hit it.

I kind of like Charlie but that's not the way to advance the runner.

Nice job Yolmer. I love hustle.

You'd think with all the time these guys have in spring training and the offseason they'd all work on bunting against the shift. Baseball is bizarre. Bunting against the shift is not embraced really, yet the walk is embraced. You plop a bunt down when there is a shortstop on the left side of the infield and nobody else it's an automatic hit. Yet it's rarely done and people clamor for walks.

Trade him to Tampa for scraps so they can make him an "opener."

Why is Delmonico a prospect? I don't despise the guy but DFA seems in his future.

Yonder reaches on an error. Big break after hitting into shift. Nice to see Castillo come through. 1-0.

Man, I missed that interview rant. That is so offensive it's insane. This organization is cheap beyond belief. It's almost like they get the payroll over a certain amount to not be completely embarrassed. How else can you explain the wasted millions on Alonso, Jay, Nate Jones, and that starting pitcher we already cut. Without Alonso and Jay the payroll is really down there for a club worth $1 billion. (Please sell, Jerry).

Man, you are a great Sox fan to remember those guys. They weren't exactly superstars by the time they got to the Sox.

I hope they release Covey soon. Q: If somehow Covey made it through the lineup once without allowing a run, would you take him out? As much as I despise openers, he stands no chance getting guys out a second time.

I disagree. This is all mumbo jumbo cliche talk. You get enough good players in a lousy division, you contend. Even this year. We have about half very good hitters in our lineup and 4-5 who are ridiculously bad. Our rotation is overacheiving and the bullpen is hot and cold. Even with all that, we are near .500. If we had Avi (in my opinion) in the lineup it'd be that much better and you make a couple free agent pitching signings and voila ... Sox are competing. Look at Minnesota's roster and their "plan." You tell me why they are excelling. Stuff happens. It's up to the front office to do its job and win without 5-7 years of "tanking." Makes me so mad. As far as how you end up trading Tatis for Shields. Just a bad bad call by the talent evaluators. You didn't need to trade Tatis to get somebody like Shields. That was just poor work by the front office and IMO had nothing to do with trying to compete now. Again, go ahead and acquire Shields for crap. Not a fine prospect.

I don't call you crazy. When I see this flawed roster so close to .500 and I realize once again our division blows, I want to WIN. This tanking thing is against everything I stand for. Can't believe I'm still a Sox fan but it's in the blood, though the blood is thinning. You aren't crazy. In my opinion you are right as am I. Win and win every year!

The Sox are swimming in money. Sometimes it's just the right thing to do to keep a player who actually has proven he's a big league hitter. And Fathom said he's now a good fielder. The Sox signed John Jay and Alonso for gosh sakes. Arguably one Avi is better than both of those stiffs. Just.Pay.Avi.

The Tatis deal eventually will get Hahn fired. Unless perhaps it was KW who demanded the deal. You can't make a trade like that and survive. Just as taking Oden instead of Durant eventually felled the GM that took Oden. Can't overcome such blunders even though all GMs wanted Oden.

Think Banuelos needs surgery or anything? I don't wish that on him.

Great post. I am a huge Avi fan and get too defensive at times.