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Is Jake kind of a free spirit? I get the vibe of a fun loving Babe Ruth-ish type personality where he'd love a good hot dog in about the 7th inning. He just seems Curley-esque to me. Maybe we can get him back on the cheap.

How come only 57 at bats for Jake? He does have 15 RBI which would be a high amount on the Sox.

Agreed. But my point was supposed to be that Sox have actually been merely a bad team since the arrival of Pham and Mendick. Think about how it would not have taken that much over the last winter as long as they spent just a few bucks to at least acquire a handful of players that could make the squad merely bad, not embarrassingly bad. Inexcusable. And if the Sox flip everybody like Lip Man said then we're probably guaranteed another 6-22 start next season. Surprised the commish doesn't contract the Sox.

This is why I don't like tanking and rebuilding and flipping players and all that. This team will show us (for a while) how easy it is to be mediocre in baseball. The Sox as I said before IMO are two good relievers and two more everyday players (in lineup) from being a .440 to .460 type team. Without even trying you can get there. So you flip Pham and Mendick and Crochet and Clevinger and Kopech etc and u are back to historically bad team with "hopes" the prospects that you acquired are good MLB players in 3 years. To that I throw up my hands and say 'ugh.' And to that I continue to not buy mlb.com and not watch a single game of this woebegone franchise.

It's amazing how if you acquire just a few players worthy of being on an MLB roster it can improve the team. Pham and Mendick were godsends although I realize Mendick is hurt. Crochet is legit. With Clevinger coming Sox are just 1-2 regulars (in the lineup) and 1-2 relievers from being merely a bad team, not historically bad. Lousy bullpen and need for two more good hitters on an everyday basis will keep the Sox over 100 losses but again, the addition of Pham and Mendick and coming up, Clevinger, make the Sox merely a rotten team, not a gawd-awful historically bad club. Shows you if Getz actually would have done something in December and January we might not be THIS miserable a squd. Peace out. p.s. Ramos might be hitterish too.

I have a hobby of counting all the SUV's in parking lots at airports and on the road when driving. And I chuckle driving around Lawrence and counting the number of charging stations we have (a handful at best) and then marvel at how our many gas stations are ALWAYS packed. Me thinks spoiled peeps are not gonna react well to the EV demands.

Good way to describe it, but I don't feel like I wasted 90 minutes. I sort of enjoyed it. Melissa McCarthy is so damn funny. It seems like she's ad-libbing a lot but who knows? Her delivery is damn funny. Two questions: 1.) Now that I have netflix any suggestions? I am thinking of watching the Robert Downey movie The Judge. Should I watch it? Also I am a big fan of the Planet of the Apes series. Is the one that comes out May 10 worth seeing? Is it true this one is Disney? Is it expected to be lousy or good? I thoroughly enjoyed the past 3. Is this Apes movie gonna be Disney woke or something or should I be excited to see it like I was the others? Thanks and peace out,

Cardinals are not a very good team. The Pham-led Sox should go 1-2 on the road vs. St. Looie not 0-3. We shall see if Sox can make it 2-1 vs. Louie. They'll take the win. Seven wins is better than six.

Not a bad column at all IMO. I'd say we all know who Schriffen was referring to with his 'haters' comment. He was referring to we fans who have been blasting the Sox on talk radio, message boards, social media. I forgive him even though I won't watch any of the games until they have a roster worthy to be called MLB. Even though I say 'how dare he' call us haters after our many years of support. He should explain himself more or apologize. Our team is no good but we are not haters.

This boredom will hit folks 35 and under. They will not set foot in G Rate Field again.

My gawd. Three measly hits again. 1-14 on road? They should do a documentary on this season. We've only won six games. Good chance it could be worst season in modern MLB history. Somebody could do a nice documentary if guys would actually talk during the season and not be scared.

I'm trying to figure out how I lost command of MLB rosters. There are zillions of players I've never heard of. I used to know all of MLB. Very strange to be a dummy now in terms of MLB personnel on each team cept Sox.

I can see going to a game this summer out of nostalgia sake. I've seen so many games in person thru my life as a Sox fan I could see reminiscing at a Sox game. However I would barely pay attention to the game, like attending a minor league game. Sox are to the point it doesn't matter if they win or lose. They were out of the race after 2 weeks which is fricking amazing when u think about it. Corned beef forever!

I don't mind if a fan goes to 1-2 games this season but the reason has to be the food. There's absolutely no reason to watch this team play ball. ... By the way the Cardinals stink. Wonder if the Sox will win the series.

True. I guess the Sox won't be embarrassed by tiny crowds all summer.

This is unique though. Never in Sox history has a team been so poorly put together. Everyone knew, everyone!, that this lineup would be so weak. And the Sox did nothing about it this offseason. In January the team did nothing and you just KNEW this team would reek at an all time level of lousiness. Baseball is a game, but again, this level of ineptitude is different. For instance the team is so bad I did not buy mlb.com to watch this wreck of a team and I'm a lifelong Sox fan who til this year has watched a ton of games. It's a game but Sox management has taken away ALL enjoyment. I mean you could tune in to watch Crochet or Pham (Robert, Eloy) but that's it.

I like that video u posted here. ... I can forgive Schriffen. I won't be watching any games so I won't be able to rate him as a play by play guy. But I forgive him as I thought he was referring to fans who have been hating on the team. I can understand his excuse and I forgive him. ... He's in a tough spot as he has to be a homer and can't pull a Hawk and tell it like it is. Q: Does our radio crew, two good vets in D. Jackson and Kasper rip the Sox at all? When I've been in the car they haven't been real negative but not sickening homer either. If things get too bad they are kind of funny telling anecdotes about things besides the Sox. ... I assume Stone has changed from last year and is more quiet and trying to be as nice as he can be to the club and manager.

I like it. He and Pham are old but will be a nice 1-2 punch. It's like the South Side Hit Men being reincarnated. Gamble, Zisk, Spencer ... now Eloy, Pham, Walsh. Bring it on baby.

True, but Oz seems like the guy who could be talked into managing this rotten team without too much convincing. He might want a little too much $$ however. Now that I think of it he'd prolly want too much dough. But I think if Jerry asked him he'd do it (says a guy with no knowledge of the Sox inner workings). Just my take.

This should get more scrutiny. You think he reads the message boards? It's not like fans go on Twitter to vent about a team nobody cares about: the Sox. I would guess the good talk radio guys in Chicago just mock the team at this point. So who are these haters? It's appalling a new play by play guy would blast the fanbase after a sweep of a bad team, the Rays. He should apologize. We haters have a reason to be upset at the club.

The Royals let Witt do his thing last year despite a horrific team/lineup. I say play anybody close to ready rather than Maldy and DeJong and other various stiffs on the club.

Plus we only got five hits if you take out two from one of our only big leaguers on the roster, Tommy Boy! Phamtastic Pham. Pham, Crochet, Eloy, Robert, Moncada, Mendick and Kopech (if he had a good pitching coach) are the only players who'd make another team's roster. Lee might be close.

I don't feel sorry for Pedro at all. His decision to sit Pham in the first game of a homestand against a team we'd just lost four in a row to and not put out there our best lineup lost me forever. Just fire the guy. Geez. Jerry can afford to pay Ozzie for the rest of the season and pay off Grifol.

Look folks. You pitch six guys in a game you are not gonna win that game. Sox bullpen is sub-par. Only got seven hits and two by Sir Tommy Pham. Say what you want about Greg. I told u all our great skipper took away all momentum in benching him Game One which we probably would have won had Pham played. I know Minnie owns the Sox in good times and bad, but cmon. 0-7 against a mediocre team? The Twins have won 10 in a row? Big deal. Seven against the Sox. I know Jerry is cheap but cmon. At least get rid of Pedro and name Ozzie interim. Sure it'll cost a couple hundred thousand or several hundred thousand to pay off Pedro and give Ozzie some money for taking over this wretched team. They still can hire somebody else for next year in case there are still Ozzie haters lingering. But cmon? 0-7 vs Minnie and 1-6 vs. KC is dumb. Goodbye Pedro.

Man, 55 wins is optimistic. Sox would have to win more than six games per month to accomplish that feat.