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What a horrible crowd. Sox should never play a day game til the weekend.

QUOTE (almagest @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 09:05 PM) Avila with no chance there on 97 mph. He looks really bad so far this year. Can a team make the playoffs with the current Avila/Nazarro combo? they are washed up IMO.

Why is Johnson warming up? If we need a reliever it should be Danks relieving and Johnson starting IMO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:24 PM) If I am supposed to believe that Donald Trump is supposed to be this incredibly smart business man who is going to rescue us from our government with his understanding of complex mechanisms used to reform them for the betterment of the people, why can't he figure out how to run a campaign staff that won't keep losing him delegates to candidates with way less of that business experience? To keep losing delegates to the system means he either isn't as good of a manager as he keeps telling us he is, or he isn't as smart as he keeps telling us he is. If he can't keep Ted Cruz from stealing his delegates, how in the hell is he going to keep Vlad Putin from stealing back Eastern Europe? Trump vs. Hillary is probably the worst election ever in terms of quality of choices. I sure hope we give Trump a chance in this scenario. But Hillary, for whatever reason, is the choice of women and African Americans and their vote is way more than enough to give her the title. I'm frankly surprised Trump wants to stay in and get embarrassed like he's going to get embarrassed.

Great win. With Latos and Sale pitching like aces we should have this type of record.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 03:10 AM) Seems as if you got Spring Training Avi in your game. Must be some kind of bug. Yeah, Avi's not going 4-for-5 anytime soon.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 02:56 AM) I was just thinking...you know who would be an excellent addition to this lineup...Bacon. Where is he these days? Thank goodness he's gone at least. I'm sure a lot of you are glad my boy, Flowers, is gawn as well.

Good to see the Sox win a blowout. I said yesterday we never blow anybody out so I must give props where it's due.

Another good opening on SNL this weekend. They've got Hillary down pat I tell ya. That skit two weeks ago on her trying to get in the subway was priceless also the background people. It was obvious they filmed it without shutting the subway down which is cool how New York is too busy to cooperate with a mere national TV show.

I don't have the energy to think Frazier will be another bust from the NL who joined the Sox. I prefer to agree he'll rake in the Cell this year. I just can't believe he'd pull a LaRoche and completely suck. I bet Frazier heats up. Lots of guys can't hit on the road.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 09:36 PM) Offense oh offense where for art thou offense? 12 games played, seven games three runs or less. Mark People get mad when me and Caufield compare the Sox to KCR, but the Sox and Royals have had an almost identical season so far. Both teams aren't hitting at all yet. Both have had good defense and good pitching. The difference is on paper the Sox starting pitching is so much better than KC's. One would think KC's reluctance to add an ace like Shields or Cueto will cost them the pennant this year. Hopefully the Sox can at least split with KC in the season series but it's true what Hawk says about "it's not who you play it's when you play them." Hopefully we'll catch KC when our bats are sizzling and theirs isn't in the mood to face top quality lefties (and my boy the ineffective Danks who usually beats KC like Chen beat us).

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 08:45 PM) Go blow Danks lol Better watch it ... attacks mean BAN. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with anything. And I am straight btw.

Poor Avi doesn't come through in these type situations at least at this stage of his career.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 08:42 PM) Sit Frazier tomorrow Why? Let him go through this slump as the team is still doing well in the W/L column.

Lot of road games this season. As long as we play .500 on the road or a little better and kick ass at home, we'll get the WC. You couldn't expect to keep winning road games galore. Sox hitting has become a concern, though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 07:39 PM) Makes you wonder if they realize other teams don't have Cy Young contending 5th starters, but most of the punching bags were sent away. This one remained and they have 152 games to keep punching. I love Danks but I'd rather have two righty starters to go with lefties Sale, Q and Rodon. Why are the Sox so crazy bout lefty starters? I think Danks could be a good reliever if he throws strikes. Worth a shot. Duke blows. QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 12:06 AM) Danks is at 80 pitches. If he goes 8 IP with 4 ER, he kept the team in the game and gave them innings, it's not a terrible start for a 5th starter. I still love Johnny Danks but he's really been our only bad starter so far.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 04:36 PM) LMAO why? He sucks. It's not his fault he's overpaid. I don't really consider his salary when I think about him. He battled back from adversity. He happened to pitch well at times last season, especially games I watched. I like competitors and guys who battle adversity. Seems to me he's a standup guy who gives his all and is much better 5 starter (at least last year) than people give him credit for. QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 05:53 PM) greg's MO is to idolize every universally disliked Sox player/manager Not true. I hated Dunn and wasn't the only one; I hated Swisher and Erstad. I was down on Gillaspie. I disliked LaRoche big time last year. I've been down on many of our relievers through the years. I have loved several that others hate, however, good point. I loved Ozzie, Jon Garland, Danks, Jenks, Dye and stood up for D. Wise but didn't "love" him.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 06:08 AM) Jeez. People forget so easily how often Danks pitched decent enough to give us a chance to win last year. I love Danks. I may be his biggest fan.

Man, this start to the season is refreshing. Sale (knock on wood, there's no such thing as jinxing somebody BTW) is pitching like Verlander when Verlander was dominant. He looks like one of those guys who is gonna win every night he takes the mound. I'm getting to the point I don't hate Melky anymore. It's like he knows he can't hit for power so he's gonna be a new Melky. Didn't have to use Robertson tonight. We didn't blow the 1-0 lead late like we would have last year. Robin looks like he's become a good manager. Keep it up, Sox. It's not easy to win on the road as teams prove every single year. When u hot u hot; let's stay hot!!! Thank you Mr. Hahn for appearing to improve the team; thank u Robin for becoming a good manager. GO SOX!!

Nice to see Eaton and Melky hitting well. I can handle this type of Melky, the one with absolutely no power if he keeps finding holes. Team won't stay this hot, but it seems like a professional unit so far and we're playing the same game other teams are playing. MLB, not the bizarre brand of ball of the last 2 years or so under Robin. To those who were in spring training ... is this just a coincidence or did we look much better in ST this year in terms of effort, drills, etc? I realize the Sox hit great in ST this year and the hitting has been just so/so. I'm talking fundamentals and looking like a real team. Was it a better spring or is the spring totally inconsequential comparing this year's start to last year's?

The Avi haters need to admit he's not done yet. Like he said on postgame if he can learn to swing at strikes he still might have a career. What a great play by Frazier. The pitching is great again. Nice to see Robertson pouring strikes in there. Suddenly Robin looks like a great manager. No problem winning in Minnesota's ballpark this time. That's what happens when players perform. It's great to have a nice first two weeks. The alternative is what's going on in Minnesota and it just sucks to have a record like that.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 03:05 AM) I like Sands after watching this interview. He seems like a humble guy. I just read tonight he was a fan favorite in Cleveland. At his height and weight, could he hit 20 homers if he splits time at DH with Avi?

1.) Who the heck is Jerry Sands?! Boom. Home run. 2.) Rodon. Wow. 3.) Nice catch by Eaton. Don't think Avi woulda got to it. 4.) Nate Jones and Robertson with the nice work late. Could really hear those Twins fans booing. This winning is fun. Keep it up, Sox.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 11, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) He called her elitist and entitled. Reddy called him s exist for it. I'll laugh at that jump every single time. Exactly. I don't really get this theme that my complaints about Hillary are superficial, thus sexist. As we've pointed out, candidates ALWAYS are judged by things such as looks and other TMZ-ish type things (Donald's hair; Nixon's sweat, Ford's clumsiness). Remember I am a huge BILL Clinton fan. I just despise Hillary. Yes there are certain superficial things I hate like her screaming at me on TV. OK I don't like her voice. But what about the portrait's of Bernie's accent that has been mocked. Carson's voice was mocked. My point is this isn't a sexist thing. Now am I superficial in my dislike/hatred of Hillary? Not completely. Yes I hate her screaming but I also point to the stories of her being just not a nice person, her elitism (claiming she was poor), the stuff she's done that have appeared to be dishonest at best. I feel like she is selfish, yes. It has nothing to do with her sex. I could easily accept a female president. I just think there's enough smoke to suggest Hillary is elitist, mean and not somebody I trust. I don't trust her. I do love Bill, however.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 07:40 AM) Danks isn't great but he got hosed in that first start. Ump blew an obvious called strike 3 for the 2nd out, turned it into a walk. With 2 outs, Avila would've gone straight to 1st, unrushed, for the 3rd out. That's 3 runs that shouldn't have happened. That's what happens when teams get extra outs. Danks is fine. Look at back of rotation starters around the league. Everyone sucks. You're only overly emotionally invested in the sucking on your own team. That is a good point. There are some really bad pitchers in baseball. Enter a fantasy league or two for fun and you will see some horrible pitching lines.