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I wouldn't be so dismissive about the impact fans have on a game. I've been to two home games this season and it's a sea of boos for the home team. Cease, Bummer, Robert, doesn't matter who. Maybe they're professionals and are supposed to ignore it but I don't think I could. Sox Park is a depressing place this year.

I'm going with the New York Knicks as an even worse franchise. Bigger market (can't understate the low appeal of the midwest for millionaire 20-somethings), worse record, fewer championships, easier sport to win.

are you kidding me

Both times the Sox scored afterward. Bold strategy, Marlins.

The logic checks out, but there's that unquantifiable thing about baseball where the star player is obviously going to be offended and do exactly what he needs to do to win the game. When he came up to the plate, I'm saying to myself, "this dude cannot let them disrespect him like this." And he didn't. Great win and a special shout out to Robert for getting it done when it mattered.

Imagine intentionally walking Benintendi so you can face Luis Robert. This reminds me of the World Series when the Phillies brought in Alvarado to pitch against Yordan Alvarez because "the match up" and he crushed a 450 foot home run.

Excited to watch Eury Perez finally. Less excited to watch his first CGSO...

Burger at 1B seems like a good idea, but that would involve the front office admitting it was a mistake to draft Vaughn.

As soon as I liked this comment, the Yankees broadcasters remarked on how great YoYo's defensive positioning is ? Maybe I don't know anything about baseball (I'm new to this board because I'm sick of the Bulls...I learned quickly the Sox are hardly different however), but wouldn't this team be a lot better if you just moved every infielder over a position and put Burger at 3B? If Moncada is such a great defender, why not play him at a premium defensive position like shortstop? Similarly, don't you hide TA's mediocre defense a bit by putting him at 2B? Rather see Burger every day than some combination of Alberto/Gonzalez/Andrus.

Twins at 10 strikes me as way too high. I get that their pitching is electric right now, but I see it as unsustainable, especially Ober and Duran (getting "lucky" with very low BABIP). Same thing with the Mariners, but who cares about the AL West. Tough schedule this month, I think if we can win the majority of series and go something like 14-8 the rest of the way, being ranked 21st by July 1 seems about right. That's a big ask though, to expect the Sox to beat teams they ought to beat (Miami, Seattle, Boston, Anaheim). Team performance this month should make it clear what the team needs to do with the roster; maybe we should've punted on the season starting a month ago, but if we play .500 ball or worse the rest of the month, there really is no hope for this season.

Peregrine falcons tend to come around in Spring and seem to like tall buildings in absence of actual cliffs. Maybe they're nesting lower this year for some reason. I wonder if they're more prevalent this year in general, the Field Museum monitors them and their reintroduction program has been very successful. I'm a big fan of the guys that live atop University Hall at UIC. Part of me thinks it would be really cool if they're nesting at the ballpark, but I also worry about their safety if Zac Gallen ever pitches here.

Thanks for posting this, I've been very conspiratorially-minded after learning about Bally's bankruptcy considering that Reinsdorf had this partnership with them and that it's based out of the United Center. I assumed he lost money and that it would negatively impact the team. I guess we'll see what happens, the other thing I find very odd (and unethical) is that NBA reporter Shams Charania is part of this enterprise. How can you be considered a "journalist" and literally be on the payroll of one of the owners you're supposed to report on? This whole thing seems very shady to me.

It's probably the green screen advertisement on the backstop. There was a Mets game last week where balls were disappearing when they crossed the plate. Advertising gone too far.

robert is about the only guy i would keep. cease is great, but you imagine he warrants a great return and who knows if he can pitch like he did last season over the life over whatever huge contract he earns. robert is an incredibly special player if he can "put it all together". remains to be seen, but it's about the only aspect of this season i'm looking forward to, his development.

first to home in about two seconds. this guy has every tool to be AL mvp and even give a really good mike trout impression.

lance looks unhittable through two? maybe he'll only give up six runs in the 5th inning tonight.

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Everyone is talking about the pitching, but how did Keller come out of that with only one earned run? Could have just gone up there and not swung and would have scored more runs.