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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 10:37 AM) Peavy hasn't looked overly sharp for a long time now. The insane pitch counts have to be catching up to him. I hate Valencia, he seems to always perform well against the Sox. Ventura has had him throw too many pitches, too often. I haven't been happy with the way he's managed pitch counts on some of our guys.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 09:34 PM) Can we stop using the term fab five? I mean congrats to them but that's a nickname that has clearly been used. Unlike the other fab 5, this team delivered in the clutch.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2012 -> 07:59 AM) To me it is on Cooper. He gets a free two, or maybe three, month look at the guy. If Coop wants to resign him at that point, I try to resign him. Its tough. I go by what Coop has seen on film. If he thinks he has identified some things that will work, I try signing him to a favorable deal now. If he kicks ass down the stretch, he might have priced himself out. Hopefully he does do exactly that.

Get well Danks. And ptatc, thanks for all of this great info!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 09:05 PM) Extend Liriano! I hope the Sox are talking about it. He's got a great arm and if you could get him to go 3 years at a fair price, it would be great. Maybe even go 2 years if he'd prefer a shorter deal where he can prove himself and then sign a big fat deal somewhere else.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 08:25 PM) Encouraging first start from Liriano. I'll take that all day. Any concern over Konerko's ankle? I haven't heard anything, but he definitely rolled it pretty good on that last play. I imagine he'll miss a couple games. I don't think so. He was laughing about it. Just one of those minor tweaks.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 11:22 AM) That would be heaven to me. One of my all time favorite smells Have you been to the stinking rose or whatever the place is called in LA?

Reed in the month of July (prior to today's game): WHIP is 1, ERA is 3.75, strikeouts to 9 is 5.6. Not sure what people's expectations are, but that isn't terrible. I realize he isn't pitching like Mariano but as a whole solid numbers (k/9 is a little low). But as a whole he is average a k per 9.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) Come on, Jas...he's been all sorts of things other than solid. He's been consistently mediocre, especially over the course of the past 6 weeks or so. He's allowed the leadoff man to reach in what seems like 5-6 consecutive outings. He's getting the job done. He has gave up his fair share of hits, but by and large hes' been solid. And to be honest, the hits haven't been excessive or anything. His WHIP isn't bad. He's not pitching lock-down right now, but he's doing pretty good for a rookie and he's still the best option on the roster (IMO).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 08:00 PM) Says AJ! Can't we all agree on one thing..."lets hit this piece of s***".

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 07:54 PM) Yea hhe looked to me to be grimacing and limping a bit after that play... Tweaked his ankle but it didn't look serious. More a bruised ego. Sweet, delayed olympic coverage starts and I've stayed away from any spoilers!

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 08:04 PM) I would not be surprised one bit if Myers is closing for the Sox down the stretch (and thats the exact reason why KW got him -- insurance). Reed is scary right now and I don't know if I can take his ninth innings in August and September haha Liriano looked filthy, If he can cut down those walks, he is gonna be a nice nice addition to this team... Still need more consistency from the offense though. They've been this way all season, but they need to get together at the right time and put more than 2 or so games between them and Detroit. I realize he gave up a run. But he is still holding opponents to a pretty low average, is getting games closed, and is averaging a strikeout per 9. He's been nothing but solid, especially when you consider the fact he's a rookie. And he's significantly better then Myers. The only hard hit ball was Span's single (which was crushed but he's killing everyone right now).

Beautiful. Hopefully Boston holds on and the Sox take the series tomorrow!!! Nice game for Liriano and clutch hitting by AJ. Nice awareness by Addy on that final out.

Aj! It's all good!

Rios!

Krush. Quit being an ass. Your double post was completely unnecessary. The rules were pretty clearly stated.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) I normally would avoid it, but the rule of this thread is not to post spoilers without spoiler tag. This was specifically posted in this very thread. I figured Balta didnt see the original post which is why I pointed it out, so that others would realize the rule. If you dont like the rule, feel free to complain about that. As the owner, I fully endorse the rule. I'm staying off of everything and this thread is supposed to be safe. Once the event has aired on tape delay (on NBC) its fare game. Until then, its a spoiler thread.

Ditto.

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85845 There is the thread on the grade 1 scapula tear.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2012 -> 08:51 AM) Where are you getting he has a tear in his shoulder? Wasn't the original report that he had a slight tear? I swear that was what was reported maybe 6 weeks ago. However, I thought they said typically you don't have surgery for such injuries. Now maybe it is worse then they reported?

A couple of decent specs. More then I would have personally given up for him.

What did the Dodgers give up?

They better be making him a starter. Santiago is far better then Septimo.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 11:00 AM) Just out of curiousity, how would you feel if your marriage was described as a "Civil Union" and you couldn't call it a marriage because churches objected to the union and wanted to make sure you were made to know it? I'd be irritated and would not support that religion. But if I got all of the same rights, other then that, I couldn't complain to the government. I think of the government being separate from church. And I'd point out that If I were that religion, I'd protest those in high places within the religion to tell them that they are full of it. Again, I fully believe there are 2 arguments. One is equality from a government perspective. The other is what specific religions see fit.

That was an interesting quote that stood out.