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This seems like a strange move to me. One almost has to wonder if KW is trying to set something else up. However, it's not like Coats is a young guy who could slip into the Sox's minors and become a future star...the guy is 28 and hasn't done much in his little time in the majors. Well, one can hope that KW has something up his sleeve, but I imagine this isn't much of anything.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:48 AM) Unfortunately I believe Gavin will allow 5 hits today. That should be okay...provided there's aonly 1 or 2 runs from those 5 hits.

JFP was JFP last night. Now we need GF to be GFF tonight. We need Sqwert to predict another no-hitter...that seemed to work for Peavy.

It was a lot of fun watching Peavy pitch. I don't think his fastball was ever straight, it was moving and diving and tailing all night. The Royals hitters looked outmatched. I think this is the Peavy we see the rest of the way.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 3, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) Since you don't think lineups matter, you'd be ok with something like this? Paulie Kotsay Pierre Teahen Ramirez AJ Beckham Carlos Jones How about: Jones Rios AJ Konerko Carlos Teahen Beckham Ramirez Pierre So, you got R, R, L repeated three times!

O goody! Kotsay's back in the 5th spot!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) ITS CALLED A LOL SMILEY Like this?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:15 PM) It appears Juan has earned the job back. WAY TO GET EM JUAN. By "earned the job back", I assume you mean that everyone else Ozzie tried sucked, too.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 3, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) You're comparing a pile of rock hard crap with a bowl of diarrhea. Nice visual, thanks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2010 -> 12:19 PM) Over his last 10 games, Podsednik is hitting .175 with a .409 OPS. They're not looking. I was going to say they might notice the difference, but maybe not.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 3, 2010 -> 11:37 AM) We will go 20-6 in May starting with tonight's no hitter from Peavy. Why not a perfect game?

Going 16-10 would put the Sox just over .500, and I think that's what they need to do. I agree with the post about Mauer. The Twins are not as good without him, and should be more beatable...by the Sox and others. I would think ending the month less than 5 games out would be okay. Being less than 3 games out would be great, especially considering the state they are in now. I am concerned, though, if the hitting doesn't improve...and quick.

Jake needs to show up tonight and pitch his ass off.

The Sox play 26 games between today and the end of the month. Unfortunately, only 2 against the Twins and 2 against the Tigers. Since the Twins and Tigers are the two teams the Sox are "chasing", what must the Sox do this month in order to stay in the hunt? This 7 game homestand starting tonight is huge. They almost have to take at least 5 of 7. After that it's a strange schedule with a day off, 2 at MIN, a day off, 3 in KC, and 2 in DET. I would think the 2 in MIN and 2 in DET are almost must wins (at least don't get swept!). If the Sox have an abysmal May, it would most likely be time to call it and start looking for trades. But what must the Sox do, how many games must they win in May to keep their hopes alive? Considering the lack of match-ups with MIN and DET, they truly have their destiny in their hands. Thoughts?

It'd be nice if something exciting were to happen today. Like you know, a win.

This 7 game homestand has to go at least 5-2 to make me feel much better.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 2, 2010 -> 03:03 PM) We need to see how this 7 game homestand goes before calling this season lost. We act as if we're 5-20...We're not completely buried...yet. The depressing thing is, we should be 5-20.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2010 -> 03:03 PM) Good! I agree.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) Not really in our system. Unless you want to see Danks 2 strike out once every 3 at bats, there's nothing that can be done. Right now, it's just the perfect storm of everything that can go wrong is. Thanks for making me even sadder.

Well, the idea of acquiring Fielder or Gonzalez is fading for sure. If anything, we'll be trading away "talent".

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) Which youngsters? You want to see Lillibridge back up here? *vomits explosively* No, but I would assume there are a few we'd like to see. I know, honestly, that bringing guys up now is not the right thing, especially if doing so hurts their development. But, at least there would be more worth watching.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 2, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) KC is going to kick our ass. And if that happens...at home...will heads roll? No, I don't think so.

How much longer until the Kotsay, Vizquel, and Pierre experiments are considered busts? Let's see some young 'uns from the minors.

My son turned off the game and turned on bowling. I didn't complain.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2010 -> 02:50 PM) I've said all along, we should be happy we're 10-15. With so many players underachieving, we could have a Baltimore-esque record. This