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Well.... at least Quentin is swinging the bat much better lately if there is a positive to take out of this.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 20, 2010 -> 10:34 PM) The Sox are a lock to win this game. Fuentes is brutal. The way this season has gone... probably not. AJ's bad luck ground rule double cost us.

I can't for the life of me understand why Ozzie doesn't have guys like konerko swing at 3-0. Love the Rios call though here.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 20, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) Time for the Captain. He is probably our best chance in all honesty.

You are both outstanding posters. There is the money green.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 20, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) Gordon changed his AB music which is now: Seek and Destroy. My life will never be the same again. Man.. when its going bad for you... geez Becks.

All I know is the sox really, really like Infante's arm. I think they want to put him back to a starter in the future, but doing the Nate Jones route to work on his command. I also think Carter from the Barons might have found his calling as a reliever instead of a starter. Supposedly he is really bringing it as well, though JPN can probably confirm that better.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 20, 2010 -> 02:03 PM) RHP Brandon Kloess was added to the Dash roster from Kannapolis. Hopefully another Alabama native makes it to the Barons, though in his case.. pushing all the way to Charlotte.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) And yet, it's even worse this year. He won't be great no, but it is still early Balta. Just 3 weeks ago I remember Pierre was sportin a -1.9 UZR in LF. Now it is up to +6.4. (alot of that you can see in games with some of the plays he makes, and this is comming from someone who hates Pierre)

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:47 PM) Like Teahen at 3B? Teahen's UZR was already bad when he got here at 3B playing at 3B majority in 05-06.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) Frankly, Rios needed an offday. He is slumping, but the sox just had an off day day three days ago (PPD) and another one seven days ago. I don't think a professional player needs to be coddled this much mentally.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) Vizquel is an interesting comparison though, because, despite being at what I'd say is a harder position, he doesn't make that many errors. He hasn't made an error since 2008. In 2006 he made 4 errors as SS for the entire bloody season. And that is why he is a HOF, not to mention still gets a gig in this game at his age.

AJ at 2, Kotsay at DH, no Rios tonight.

Teahen.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 12:59 PM) The problem with being that kind of fielder though is...if you lose a step at all, then suddenly you're worthless. Depends if you can't hit too though. Vizquel has lost about 5 steps and is still very good defensively at age 44. Can't hit a lick like he used to however, which would put him in a "worthless" category to some people out there.

Anyone got our "outstanding" line-up yet?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) Probably also worth noting that high error totals/fairly low fielding percentages were pretty commonplace for Nix coming up through the minors as well. His career FP at 2b in the big leagues is .973, in the minors at 2b it was .972. Nice find. So he was pretty much equal to his career average as a fielder. It is to be expected when you have incredible range at a position. Jose Valentin comes to mind even though he was making like 30+ errors a season. He had great range at SS however. Mostly the simple plays you lose focus more than the harder ones.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2010 -> 01:35 PM) He's not supposed to be. But it's worth noting that he had 6 errors at 2b last year in about 50 games at the position. If he kept up that exact pace for a full season, he'd have led MLB in errors for 2b. Yeah, that's not all of it, and he had a positive UZR there last year so he does make up for some of the errors by covering a lot of ground, but I wouldn't ignore the errors there. He is not suppose to be great at SS and 3B, two positions he never played in his career prior to last season (not counting the occasional LF, etc.. as well) Hard to get in a groove at 2B also when you only play once.. maybe twice a week (or 2 weeks), not to mention are consistently being moved around. Like you pointed out though, his UZR was still pretty good with all that happening. Imagine if he stayed there, playing everyday, at one position the whole season.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 20, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) Recent snippet on a guy a few people on here are high on, Stetson Allie. He's been plessed with a heck of a right arm and it sounds like he's making progress with his command. Decent chance he is available when the Sox draft, but he is the complete opposite of guys the Sox have targeted typically in the 1st round of the draft. He is drooling with potential. Basically another Brandon Morrow with the same control issues.

Kyle Shelton did it all. He played 2B, LF AND pitched for the Dash. 1 IP 1 H 0 R. Not to mention went 3-8, HR, RBI, 2 R BB, (though 4 SO) Nice job all around for the kid.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ May 19, 2010 -> 11:29 PM) Don't forget the two times he did catch a runner stealing "that throw was beautiful, by catcher, Chase Blackwood" i believe were the exact words used by Alex Vispoli to describe the throw to 2nd base for the first CS. I have been listening to the game from the very beginning, i KNOW he's suckin it up offensively ..i'm not retarded ...but he's doing fine defensively DESPITE the error. You are correct. BTW, he is up with runners on 2nd and 3rd 2 outs in the 20th inning. HOLY s***! BLACKWOOD WINS THE GAME! 4-3 20 innings! They are celebrating like crazy! 1-9 for Blackwood.... and he makes his first hit in a Dash uniform count.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 19, 2010 -> 10:08 PM) 19th inning. Crazy, crazy game. Man at this rate, guys like Short, Gilmore, etc.. will return back to normal average wise. Geez, alot of 0-for or 1-fors with all the accumulated ABs.

QUOTE (girlslikebaseballtoo#26 @ May 19, 2010 -> 09:54 PM) Teheran DEFINITELY kicked our butts! 102 pitches with 74 of those being strikes ..how does that even happen?!?! lol Hate to say it, but your boy Blackwood has been awful. 0-8... 6 SO he also has a throwing error on a pickoff attempt that nearly cost W-S the game. Good news is W-S tied the game again 3-3 from Justin Greene's single earlier in the 14th I believe.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 19, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) We're not going to catch the Tigers at this rate. Forget about the Twins. Whoa... optimist J4L... is that you?

Some great discussion going on here. WC, Caulfield, Balta, etc.. carry on.