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That will be overturned.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) I know Conor is going to be announced and Madden will bring in a LHP And then Conor will obviously whiff.

Is there momentum in baseball? If Sox were ever gonna score a run in a non-extra inning game it would be now you would think.

Sox brought the leather today, which is one positive. Would be nice to somehow hold them and eke out a 1-0 win.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 10:01 PM) Micah is still at Charlotte. You can make a decent case that Micah is probably close to ready right now, but I would still expect him to struggle some when he comes up. The other thing that seems important is that a couple weeks ago someone suggested that the pitching staff had gotten tired with Micah's defense at 2b and specifically started asking for Sanchez - that's probably bought him more time there. If the pitchers hate Micah, I'd trade him out of the organization. If Micah is that bad a second baseman, he's not very good of a prospect. 2Bmen are a dime a dozen.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:58 PM) Carlos doesn't like to walk I know he's got two hits but shouldn't Micah be getting those at bats?

Make them pay. There's no reason we should have so many automatic outs. Score a run here!!

Another team with Sox scouted perfectly.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:49 PM) I'm shocked people would cut their nose off to not help the cubs if it helps the Sox as well. Talk about petty s***. No need to help them win a WS when Shark could be dealt to many other teams. Trade the Cubs Melky!

Why start this game at 3 p.m.? Now the shadows are coming in which means the Sox bad offense will be even worse the rest of the game.

I don't like Petricka, but Rodon is done. Cause of the blister.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:38 PM) Stop it. That was not meant to hit him.... My reasoning is sound: Only guy on the Sox who can put a run up on the board. Don't waste any pitches. Hit him on the first pitch.

Fathom called it correctly. The runs may be coming for the Cubs this frame.

I would definitely hit Bryant. That obviously was meant to hit Abreu since he's our only HR threat. HIT A CUB soon, Rodon.

Hahn needs to come up with a new game plan on acquiring players. Melky does not impress me.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) Terrible game plan by the hitters today. Every day. Saladino off to a lousy start. I bet that was intentional. Why pitch to Abreu? Only guy who can possibly hurt the Cubs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:21 PM) Really really really quick weak popout by Garcia. Hitters must feel really dumb when they go for the first pitch and do what Garcia did there. Weak stuff when you swing at the first pitch and don't mash it.

Sox flailing away, not taking many pitches, looking pretty miserable at plate first time through.

Melky off to a bad start in the Cubs-Sox series. Whiff.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 05:05 AM) Greg. You can believe me or not. It's not a guess and it was a piece of insider info I posted back then. His agent brought the offer to the Sox, they couldn't match it and he left. His agent believed going to Ozzie would soften the blow. Anything other than that is lies. The Sox wanted him but also owed Mark to let him go to max money. And that's what he got. They could have trashed him on the lack of working with them on the way out but they didn't. They felt he wanted this money before he retired, because that's what his agent presented. Whatever Mark says now is whatever he was fed. The front office honestly had him in there once and it was very early on. The next time was after he signed. The Sox felt that they owed him too much to guilt him into a huge discount. And that's straight from the top. They love his family and this was the best for everyone. I believe this is one of the first nuggets I even brought here because I personally was depressed they couldn't get it done. I initially was told they made a much lower offer but I'm not even sure it made it to Mark. OK. Thank you for the explanation. I believe you and will drop the matter. I do worship Mark, however.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 03:31 AM) Seriously. This thread reeks of denial. Great post, southsider. That's what I was hoping I could say in my rebuttals but couldn't think of how to word it correctly. Denial! Southsider hit it out of the park.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 03:49 AM) Again, what are our options? Davidson. Let's see if he can hit MLB. Or Thompson. Let's see if he can hit MLB pitching.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 04:44 AM) LaRoche is third on the team in OPS. Who does better? He's hitting .229, 9 homers 33 RBIs. His on base is .336. The 40 walks to 88 strikeouts is pretty good, but he's just not an impactful bat. At his age, I'd suggest he's no more productive than a David DeJesus type ballplayer. People used to get on my man, Jermaine Dye, late in his Sox career. He was never this unproductive a hitter. Like I said, give Davidson his at bats or Thompson. Some minor leaguer. I have nothing against LaRoche except his lousy batting average, how he's failed to be an impact bat. At his age Sox were looking for production before he fell off the map. Looks like a miscalculation by management in thinking he could still smoke the ball.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 04:04 AM) Melky is surging. If Avi can hit a little and they get something out of the infield other than Jose maybe they can turn it around. I will say this: to be 5 under at this point feels like a miracle and maybe things aren't quite as bad as we thought with 90 losses. Even if they win like 80 that's an improvement. The pythag isn't there by the pitching is pretty damn good. If the offense and defense could just not be league worst bad they could get to .500 IMO. It's weird, cause that one losing stretch for a week and a half that should have gotten Robin fired at the time pretty much ended our season. It takes too much to overcome such a record in that stretch. Like I've been saying we have to have about a 12-game win streak or 22 out of 26 to have an actual shot at playoffs IMO. Sox have to avoid such stretches in the future or it's continued lack of playoffs.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 04:34 AM) Greg, who do you replace him with that wins us more games? I would let Davidson get his at bats or the other minor leaguers ready for a trial like Thompson. Even Soto or Kottaris. Anybody.