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I don't think he posts on here anymore and I know there's very few people reading this thread, but I wanted to say that Chris Rongey's interview with Micah Johnson that they played today on the radio was fantastic. Interesting to hear Johnson talk about Semien and his preparation habits.

With Hawk and Stone saying some players will be gone and it could be addition by subtraction, De Aza better start packing his bags.

Avi gets some of the ugliest infield singles!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 11:52 PM) Thru 3 innings this has the makings of a 1-0 loss. Sox hitters missing that offspeed pitch by a ton

Refs missed an MSU player throw a punch...why are refs so bad this year?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 10:21 PM) Holy hell, ND must be paying the refs even more than last season. This is incredible how much MSU is getting jobbed. Yep, I thought last year's Pitt and Stanford games were bad....goodness. You know it's bad when Mayock and the NBC broadcast have talked about it more than the game.

Wow, these refs are pathetic in the ND/MSU game

Michigan State's defense is quite impressive...refs absolutely killing them though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 02:59 PM) Cabrera also. Like I just said, his body is falling apart at 3b and in September it finally caught up to him with the bat. He should have gone on the 15 day DL a couple weeks ago but hey, gotta try to win those stat titles. On top of that, VMart and Cabrera are free agents at the end of next year, everyone can see Torii Hunter's age, and Austin Jackson is way down from last year. Which is why I said 2016 should be for when the Sox are aiming to peak, IMO. To me, if the Tigers got Cano, there would be too much of a talent gap to overcome the next few years until their superstars are no longer superstars.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 02:53 PM) If you've paid attention to Detroit's stats this year, they're already showing hints of getting old. They're going to have to keep throwing money at that team every year to keep this level of performance up. Outside of Prince and Verlander, who else is showing signs (honest question, as I haven't checked out the detailed stats for their players outside of OPS of late)? For as much as Verlander has declined, Sanchez has improved.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 02:28 PM) Let them. They'd rapidly be in luxury tax territory, they'd literally destroy the Yankees for a couple years until they could pull off what the Dodgers did this year with salary dumps, and they'd be begging to clear contracts out by 2015. If the Tigers get Cano, there's no reason in my opinion for the Sox to even try to compete the next two years (by that, I mean considering someone like McCann). However, you plan to try and be maturing as a team in 2016 or so when they would be getting old.

Hopefully the Tigers don't sign Cano this offseason.

Beckham playing himself out of the team's plans with his play down the stretch?

Reds/Pirates is a great game on MLBN right now

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 01:31 AM) Embarrassing. Just embarrassing. Well, Infante is better offensively than anyone on this Sox roster this season. The Tigers have 6 hitters with an OPS higher than anyone in the Sox lineup.

AVI!

only 10 hits in 2.2 innings. One more start for him, and then he better be let go.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 21, 2013 -> 12:14 AM) I hope it was from a beer league! His velocity would be perfect for 16 inch softball.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 10:07 PM) Axelrod should cement his spot in next years rotation with tonites performance Is this a quote from an Independent League team?

I'm sure people will be pleased to know that Rios is still not hustling down the line on routine plays, as seen last night on ESPN.

Nightmare end to this season for Danks

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 03:27 AM) I think there are more people in this gamethread than are in the bleachers 15k announced

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 04:23 AM) Nasty No problem if they trade Reed and go into next year with Jones as the closer

Also, I like that Melton called our starting pitcher tonight "Santana". It's a good nickname for Hector/Jose

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 04:14 AM) When did that happen? Supposed to be Rienzo, Sale, and Johnson in Detroit. Quintana vs Toronto on Monday. I thought they were putting Axelrod into the rotation for Santiago, but maybe you're right and they're just skipping Hector.