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Sox getting their asses kicked on Sunday night baseball. Hope we can take 2 of 3 in Cleveland if not small crowd for Tigers?

QUOTE (KG#1 @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 02:30 AM) I nominate TLB as one of the worst "nicknames" ever. Please just say Lillibridge so we all can pay a little attention to your post. Amen. Lilly would be acceptable. If we don't rally and lose 2-3 here it would be nice to scratch out 2-3 in Cleveland.

Oops big bomb there. 3-0. Don't we generally suck in Sunday nite games?

That sucked. Surprised Paulie couldn't get the fly ball off the lefty. Yuk. Runner on third one out and we can't tie it.

QUOTE (OsweGo-Go Sox @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 06:48 PM) Yes. Remember, the new ballpark is in Little Havana. Miami's Cuban community is the Marlins fanbase, especially with the new marketing strategy. Oz will definitely be booed. He reiterated that personally he respects Castro which won't cut it.

Ozzie truly is certifiably mad. I like him, but he's pretty insane for commenting like that on Castro and saying he gets drunk in his hotel room after every road game. You can't say these things at least until people get to know what "Ozzie being Ozzie" really is about. He's talked about Castro, getting drunk daily and animal sacrifice. Two of those 3 things can hurt attendance. Maybe all 3. Can you see Ozzie speaking to Little Leaguers or high school teams. "When you grow up, you can get s***faced in your hotel room every night." I still like him, but no question he is troubled. Thing about Ozzie is, I can't think of any other manager/coach willing to comment on any of these issues in any sport. Can you? I think he prides himself, well it's obvious he prides himself on having no filter, but you can be a colorful person in the press w/out delving into these things. Yikes. I think when you start saying things that will affect attendance in a place that doesn't draw ... trouble may be brewing already. Marlins officials had to be furious to immediately issue a statement completely disagreeing with their manager's statement . http://blogs.herald.com/random_evidence/20...rlins-fans.html

Nice catch by Alexei. Big home run by Rios. If Dunn, Rios and Peavy keep this up, people will be happy and buy tickets.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 05:36 AM) It isn't hard to strike out four times. I could do that on 12 pitches. It is hard to hit four home runs in a game. How many big leaguers strike out four times in one game in a season? It can't be that many.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 02:29 AM) AJ is the best option in the 2nd hole. right now. He can bunt, pretty good at moving runners over..if you start the runner he is pretty good at hitting the ball into the open hole. I don't like having our catcher bat 2nd and I don't know who would bat second on days when AJ rests. It's hard to strike out four times. We prolly shouldn't over-react after one game, but maybe AJ is a better candidate for the No. 2 hole. Beckham would be perfect if he could finally learn how to hit consistently.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 10:25 PM) We were mostly competitive.. for the most part... but dagummit we lost Judging from the few comments on this board, my guess is everybody has very very low expectations for this team. I for one, expect to lose at least 2 this series, prolly all three. I would think the Sox will need to overachieve to draw any crowds to speak of after Opening Day except for the obligatory Cubs series, Yankees, Red Sox.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 09:24 PM) Let's face it, one of those 42 games per season that could have gone either way. You just want to get at least 1/3 in Texas and hopefully 2/3 or 1/3 in CLE, as long as you don't start the season 0-6 or 1-5. The Rangers weren't in the World Series the last two years for no reason. Lewis is a very crafty pitcher, he had our hitters behind all game long, second-guessing themselves, throwing first pitch strikes, taking pitches they should have swung at and swinging at pitcher's pitches. That's what a good pitcher does. He doesn't throw more than 89-91, but he definitely knows how to pitch, a poor man's Greg Maddux. One win in Texas is all we can realistically hope for. Hopefully it'll come in Game Two cause Texas will probably have that killer instinct in trying to broom us in Game Three.

That's what I get for praising Morel in a thread and being excited at him hitting second. What a disastrous game for him. Beauty of baseball is he doesn't have to wait long to try to redeem himself. Eight hits and some walks and only two runs? We've seen that before.

Dunn with an absolute bomb.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 08:22 PM) We've had our share of bad ABs, but Lewis pitches smart, rarely misses his spots, and even more rarely misses the wrong direction. In other words, sometimes you just gotta tip your cap.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) Fukodome really needs to be in lineup after the spring he had. Lot of Fuko support in the thread. Who do you want him to play for? I want DeAza in there. That leaves Rios.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) That was quite the remarkable AB. Nothing positive to take out of that one whatsoever. You can't look worse in an at bat if you tried. I guess if you swung right before the pitcher released the ball it would look a little worse.

Lexi a little anxious on opening day or ?

First pitch swing by Lexi laughable.

Nice hit AJ too bad it didn't get past Hamilton.

Got to make them pay for that. Fourth inning time to score some runs.

Hey Mods if you get a chance change my Rongey fan club line on my name. Put Dick Allen Fan Club instead. Thanks.

Texas is loaded. If we win two games this series it may be cause for wild drunkenness.

My MLB.com isn't working properly. f***.

Why is Rios playing right and Viciedo left? Seems like it should be the opposite.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 07:12 PM) Was that AB by De Aza better than any Pierre had as a White Sox player? No. But it was a nice single and nice at bat.