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QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 11, 2012 -> 04:19 AM) Not only one, most obvious one. The fact you gave Humber a C because of one game is ridiculous. Guy deserves a big F, maybe you can say D- because of that one game. I'd say F+. He passes, but barely.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 08:47 PM) (Ghostbusters) Bingo!

Name that movie: "We came! We saw! We kicked its ass!"

QUOTE (Wagz @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:51 PM) Why? AddiReed is doing just fine and you have Thorton Jones and Crain who can all close we need a middle of the pen guy or a setup man... I'd say look for a deal linking Santiago with another youngster for a starter or a middle guy because if Danks is healthy we have a long man in Humber. I say KW sits on this for a little bit and sees how our young pitchers do in the start of the 2nd half Sorry I forgot the sarcasm font

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 02:16 PM) Sox scouting the Marlins/Cardinals series... Heath Bell?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2012 -> 08:03 AM) Regardless of who's coaching them or their makeup...I'd worry just as much about them cracking under playoff strain. Leyson Septimo had some great looking stuff, but I'm not sure I want him coming in to face Josh Hamilton in the 6th inning of a 1-1 game with the bases loaded in mid-October just yet. Veteran relievers crack under playoff pressure all the time, too. Unless KW can pull off the equivalent of Lillibridge+Stewart for Cole Hamels, I think the Sox should stand pat at this point.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 4, 2012 -> 09:48 AM) Yes, you could do that and get an extra start...but we're already worried about his innigns load...so that seems like the exact opposite of what we are trying to do to protect his arm. I feel like the conserving innings approach to Sale went out the window shortly after his brief move to closer. Anyway, if he'd be the starter I'd be OK with going with a pu-pu platter on Sunday. How many times does a guy get a shot at starting the All Star game?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 4, 2012 -> 09:38 AM) Is anyone else in favor of sacrificing a game in the standings so that Sale can pitch in the All-Star game? He better be the starter if they're going to do that. Does it have a big effect on the number of games Sale would pitch? Unless you pitch him Sunday and the first game after the break, would you gain an extra start somehow?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 29, 2012 -> 01:13 AM) Both Alomars Daubach Kotsay Andruw Jones Jeff Nelson Mike Jackson I think Youkilis is a lot more fresh than those guys. It's tough for me to call a guy who put up a 124 OPS+ and made the all star team the prior season washed up. Plus, I don't think Youkilis was on Kenny's radar until this year.

Quite a pitching performance from three guys who were in the "worst minor league system" last year.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 28, 2012 -> 02:44 AM) Guess I'm the only one kind of bummed by this. With apparent attitude issues aside (as briefly mentioned above), Ohman is one of the few guys on the roster I can say that Ventura has perfectly mishandled. Perhaps part of it is the fact that Ventura does not like Ohman and that Ohman is not well liked in the clubhouse, so then it's a totem pole game, but Ohman is and has been great against lefties this year (.186/.250/.281/.513) and for the duration of his career (.210/.294/.308/.571). He can't get righties out. This has been the book on him for a while. Yet Ventura continued to use him in an inning eating and long relief role, which will simply lead opposing managers to just take all of their mediocre lefties out of the lineup in place of inferior righties who can and will hit Ohman to death. At this point, the Sox need a guy who can eat innings, regardless of handedness. Leesman seems like a perfectly legitimate candidate at this point in time. I will name Santos Rodriguez as a wildcard, for shiz and gigz Maybe the better question is something like "How LOOGY-ish can your LOOGY be?" To my surprise, Ohman actually had decent numbers against lefties: .186/.250.305/.555 but was horrendous against righties: .286/.375/.595/.970. Considering that most teams have a decent RH hitter on the bench in the AL, the situations you can actually bring Ohman into are extremely limited.

I think Ohman was the one guy on the roster that we were better off having a blank spot.

I think today showed why Youk was a pretty big pick-up. You can use him situationally in the 3 spot and give our other big boppers a periodic rest. Let's hope the guy can stay healthy.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 10:04 PM) Nice to get a win with only 5 hits. Didn't see the game. Did Dunn look better tonight? No

Denard Span web redemption?

/facepalm

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 12:17 PM) What happened to Frasor, too? I haven't seen him in a while. Did he get sent down too? Back on the Jays.

What's the worst case scenario? Quintana for Youk?

Good to see that Ventura took the restrictor plate off of Q. Looks like he'll be going for at least 100 pitches

80 pitch mark after 6 innings. Will be interested to see how long Ventura lets him pitch this time.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 24, 2012 -> 10:51 AM) So he had a bad game or two He had an OK April but a brutal May. April starts @Houston, 5 IP, 3 ER San Fran, 5.2 IP, 2 ER San Diego, 7 IP, 0 ER @Pitt, 6 IP, 1 ER The Mets, 5.0 IP, 4 ER So a 3.17 ERA May starts ATL, 5 IP, 5 ER @LAD, 5 IP, 5 ER Ari, 6.1 IP, 1 ER @Mia, 3.2 IP, 6 ER @Cin, 5 IP, 7 ER 8.64 ERA. If he was just hurt in May, I could see him helping out the team.

And we're s***ty again

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 23, 2012 -> 08:10 PM) Bulls***, you don't bring in a LOOGY to face a righty. End of story, that's Managing 101 Counterpoint: LOOGY is a dead roster spot.

Too soon