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On the topic of Martin - he has been admirably in his role with the squad this year - but look at his numbers in Charlotte and before - someone has to tell me what is happening at the MLB level is truly sustainable vs. a more historic track record of being a relatively meh minor league pitcher and meh minor leaguers don't typically translate into okay or even good major leaguers (unless of course there is some sort of mechanical adjustment where plus stuff and meh command gets corrected). I don't see Martin as having electric stuff so I got to think this is a small sample size in the Sox favor more than anything else (and touche to Martin for doing it) but assuming he is anything other than fools gold would be a mistake in my mind.

The wideouts are absolute trash.

Good news is if he plays a few more games like the first two weeks it makes things easy for the brass….he has to start showing some real growth and fast.

Based upon the piece in the Atlantic - some of this would appear was driven by an approach led from the top that minimized the focus on this. In all fairness - with a more juiced ball the Sox might be crushing homers at a high clip and hitting at a high average, so it might have worked - but they never adjusted this season under TLR (if he really was setting the tone) - but it seems like at this point something different is happening in terms of approach. It also is very clear that a different tone has been set. Really unfortunate this tweak wasn't made at the same time the Phils did it with Girardi - cause it was pretty evident at that point things weren't working - whether it was the Mgr or not - you knew the Mgr certainly wasn't helping. This is not revisitionist history either - as I said the same thing back than.

Even if the rally falls short - if they keep this alive the final month it at least gives me much more hope and optimism heading into next season (because it really does mean TLR played a pretty huge role in this fiasco). It doesn't mean that there aren't other bigger issues to fix though, cause there are.

There is an issue with our server / host right now. They are trying to figure out what it is but some risk that we see a bit more outages until they resolve it.

Server had some random issue (not sure what it was) - I was traveling so didn't realize it was out but it needed the old hard reboot.

If only iowa could find a qb….maybe it’s a me thing and any team I am a fan of is cursed with lousy qbs

Boom goes the dynamite

Hell yeah - did anyone know there was a no hitter going on earlier???

What’s that - is there a no hitter going on…a no hitter….really a no hitter…

I wanted to deal him last year - cause I never thought he was worth the contract he wanted (but did value him for what he did for the Bears during his tenure here).

Alan Robinson got the ‘21 Nagy usage too. Two targets.

That was real fun. Don’t stop now boys!!!

Lol - I did it too. I was like let’s get him out of here. He has really been hitting though since he rejoined the squad.

I am sure he can and that platoon isn’t terrible. Burger can get some ocassional at bats at 3B as well. Per dollar production out of that platoon split would be pretty good. As long as club spends that savings in other spots where the club can upgrade with premium talent, inclusive of defense at more premium positions.

For someone who couldn’t see the game - How did Kopech look?

I don’t think we will and probably for good reasons - private health stuff is just that.

Text - what texts - Rick just gave him a land line number and a fax. We got time!

By the way - holy smokes does this new optimized forum load fast! Such a smooth mobile / tablet interface.

The filter was always there - never worked until now haha. Bout time you potty mouths lol.

Lol - you are too starting a new thread - just wanted to end the old thread that kept leading to More injuries. It seems like this one really is a non event which is great.

I really can't believe it will happen. But don't get me wrong - I understand why everyone is just assuming the worst and that he will be given the choice to be back. Nothing surprises me with how this organization is running themselves and how archaic they have become.

It is the one thing that gives me hope for next year - most are due to bounce back - but the issues can't be ignored cause they are real. For example - Grandal is clearly done or a much more part time player given his knee. And the defense clearly sucks and that isnt' on Vaughn/Sheets - that is on the GM for handing the mgr such a flawed defensive roster.

Swings at ball 4. And 14 strikeouts - yuck.