Bill The Boy

Clunkers happen! It's a brand new day! Go Sox!

Hahahahahaha! Thanks DUES !! That was kind of my impression! 😄

Joejoe, I'll confess I'm kind of a soft-hearted guy, and probably naive about most of the business and managerial side of baseball, but I sincerely wish that there could be some situation, somehow, some way, in which Edgar does something heroic. He seems like a good guy, and a hard worker, well-prepared to take his place behind the plate when the call comes, and it's painful to see him struggling the way he is with the bat right now. I certainly get your Knights reference, of course, and maybe a visit to AAA would be just what he needs to restore the feel for effective hitting. But first, how about something game-changing at some point during this series? I would love that. I think we all would.

Ray, I'm guessing that Sam would tell us he should've had that one. My broader concern, from the perspective of a guy (me) who doesn't have a huge depth of knowledge about the finer points of baseball, is that I see so many situations in these games where a medium-range fly goes out there, and we see two or three guys converging on it, all going a hundred miles an hour, and that has to create some degree of hesitation (not wanting to be involved in a nasty collision) for the guy who may be in a position to grab it via the dive (or slide). I guess that situation has been plaguing fielders since the game was invented, and I know it's an imperfect science, but it seems like there should be a better way to deal with that scenario, and thus avoid flubs, or, worse yet, the good old, "I got it! I got it! You take it!"

Thanks to all for the nice welcome and the nice thoughts on Sam. Would love to see another win tonight!

I'm a lifelong Cardinal fan, but now I've modified that to say, "The Cards are my National League team, and the Sox are my American League team." This certainly is a fun team to watch, and it seems that when one guy isn't able to do what he'd hoped, another guy is there to pick him up. This is a classy bunch of guys, right across the board, although I'll admit I'm a little partial toward my great-nephew out there in left field!