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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 5, 2010 -> 01:32 PM) When your team sucks, you're not going to win a lot of games. This should go on one of those fake inspirational posters.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 5, 2010 -> 11:59 AM) I agree with Pierre and AJ. CQ got his lone hit on a pitch that is the epitome of a ball that was in his "wheel house"...a low/centercut pitch. Most pitcher aren't going to be pitching him there EVER. Pretty sure the pitch was just a mistake. Other than that hit he kept grounding out... I'm more confident that Gordon is finding it. I mean, he was on base 3 times lastnight. That includes a hit to RIGHT FIELD. Which is a good sign for him. I can feel it that Gordo is coming around... Pierre does look to be coming around. That's a good thing, especially considering he's going to try to steal every time he is on base. As long as he gets on base like he has the past few games, he could very well steal 50+ bases.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 4, 2010 -> 10:04 PM) We sure do love trading with the Royals... You know...maybe the Sox and Royals could combine clubs, discharge all the fodder, and come up with one better team. Chicago RoyalSox! The sad thing is that one of our outfielders would still be Pierre or Podsednik.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ May 5, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) Wasn't Buck Coats with the Cubs once? :-/ I was just gonna post about what it might take for the Sox to acquire either Nyger Morgan from the Nationals or Lastings Milledge from the Pirates. I think if we DFA Kotsay, move Pierre to the bench, one of those guys can help the Sox more than either Kotsay or Pierre. He was drafted by the Cubs in 2000. So, he's been around...and in the minors...for quite a while.

For a while this morning I was thinking that Danks was pitching tonight, so I was hopeful and optimistic of a win. But, even with Freddy I still feel pretty good. It's supposed to be fairly warm, so the sweat will probably be flowing. If Freddy does his part and the offense can get some damn hits (!), it should be a series win.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 5, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) I feel slightly bad for the guy whose thread was cancelled. Pointless? Yes. But you're told "we expect more meaningful threads around here," and yet the Justin Bieber thread currently sits at Page 3 on palehose talk. All in lieu of wins i guess. Yeah, the Rally Bieber only worked for one game. Maybe he should throw out another pitch?

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.