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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 01:24 AM) I would trade Adam done tomorrow if we could. His numbers are only going to drop. Maybe the Sox beat writers could quote some anonymous scout sources and find out if Dunn has any value as far as a possible trade. My guess is a big fat NO. What team would trade for Adam Dunn unless the Sox pay for the rest of the deal? It makes no sense after his body of work on the south side. The GM would have to be nuts IMO.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 03:40 AM) Ventura called for the suicide squeeze. Semien fails miserably. Detroit then calls one against us and it was beautiful for them unfortunately. That's the definition of a humbling loss when that happens.

Bummer. Blown opportunities with our bullpen is not a good thing. Our hope is that the good fortune of late will continue. Other than that ... phooey.

How bout timing a single to left center, Lexi?

Ugh. 3-2. I smell a called third K.

Excellent double. Cmon Viciedo. Good eye so far.

Why does Beckham always have a lousy Batting average?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 03:50 AM) If Marcus did that on his own he needs to sit a few days. I agree. The bunt just didn't feel right there. Not with a team scoring runs at this rate in April. QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 03:50 AM) Robin strikes again. Even if Semien got that bunt down, ADA had a horrible jump off of 3rd. Over managing. One run is kind of silly anyway with our bullpen. You'd think it would make Robin forget about squeezes in a 3-3 game with just one out. Plus what if Mr. Clutch Semien had delivered again?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 03:48 AM) Not sure if that was Robin's or Marcus' call on the bunt but that killed the ab. Like you and fathom said we were dead when Verlander got the second strike on a stupid bunt try.

That sucked in a lot of ways. Cmon Eaton.

Ugg ... no bunting with this team that has been hot at the plate. Squeeze was dumb. Wasted strike.

Some of those Verlander pitches look like cookies: (first one to Marcus)

Good at bat by Flowers. No grounder, Marcus.

That was exciting. Man DeAza took a wide turn at second. Good job DeAza!

Not the best at bat by Lexi. Had a couple hittable fastballs. Waved at the curve.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 09:04 PM) I would think not. If they're both in first and Dunn was having a good enough year that they'd consider moving him anyway, the fanbase would never forgive them for "white flagging" like that. As much as the fans have hated Dunn, they probably would forgive the Sox brass in this one case.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 03:50 PM) Sitting behind 3B and being able to watch Eaton size up the cutoff and positioning of Longoria was great. It was a very calculated and aggressive play. Is it hyperbolic to say we haven't had a play like that since winning the WS? Can you remember a player that smart and aggressive? Oh we may have gotten lucky with the 3B coach waving a guy in ill-advised but that Eaton play was special.

They say pitching and defense wins games, so when do the Sox start to plummet? It seemed the bullpen wasn't quite as bad against the Rays.

I enjoyed his interview after the last game on mlb.com. Seems like a confident guy who has a clue what he is doing. I don't know if he calls the pitches, but seemed to understand why the starter had a good outing, etc. Him not being an automatic out has helped the offense greatly or so it appears anyway. Somebody might do a numbers study and say he hasn't been valuable at all.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) I'd be shocked if we werent sellers at the deadline. Adam Dunn could net us some serious value for the future alone. If this is true, which I highly doubt, then trade Dunn for such value as soon as possible.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 03:30 AM) Man this is fun so far, we've played a s***load of games so far compared to Detroit Is that good or bad?

Sox really did a nice job. We really b**** slapped that team. Nice to see a team probably happy to get the hell out of town. Sox never quit, hit the bleep out of the ball. Got decent to good pitching. Great series. I love that double by Semien. He isn't hitting for high average, but on occasion he just smashes the ball. Love to see our balls sailing over opposing outfielders' heads. 3 of 4 vs. a good team and we really abused Price in that one inning. Had to shellshock him.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 07:33 PM) Ask and thou shalt receive. What are you talking about? That quote doesn't settle the bet. I said we could contend (win the division, OK) if we had Reed. That would bolster the bullpen and we could win the mediocre to lousy to pathetic division. What are you guys talking about??

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 08:08 PM) Hmm, that reads a lot different than "If the Sox kept Addison Reed, they would win 90-95 games" Find that quote of mine and I'll buy you a beer someday. Never said that. Said we could win this crap division (if Sale was healthy as well) and got attacked.

I got attacked on the boards for complaining about our wretched bullpen, saying otherwise the Sox could be contenders this year. So I would suspect everybody insists the team will be sellers, big-time sellers.