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Great atmosphere for these Braves/Nationals games. Currently on MLB Network.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:57 AM) Good God you f***in people are craaaay First, Robin is a player's manager. Rios has had his head in the game ever since Robin got here. This is why you keep Robin. Secondly, we don't exactly have a world of talent here to begin with. I try to be as optimistic as anyone once the games are underway but coming out of ST it was pretty clear that as an organization we were middle of the pack at best and would need players to take steps and/or need to make outside additions to be a division champ. We're 10 games into the season and are 4-6, and most of our losses are games we could have won. None of this should be surprising, we're pretty much acting like a middle of the pack club. Third, there are potential positives all over the place. Gillaspie is one, Santiago about to "take" the fifth starter role is another (actually he may be about to "take" John Danks' spot in the long-term picture, as we can handle 4 lefties for a couple months after Floyd is traded), and the absolute BEST thing about Tyler Flowers isn't the power or walks, it is the fact that he has had to fail, learn, and rebound/overcome his entire career, ever since the steroid bust in Atlanta's system. Tyler has had to learn how to catch, how to hit a fastball, etc. and he has worked his way into this spot. He may still be a good player since he kind of has been an overachiever, and just like I've said since the getgo, all you people expecting an improvement over AJ are grossly underrating the job AJ did here just as much as always. Catching is difficult. Overall, the Sox need to see what they have at multiple positions and right now they are doing that. The season is 10 games old for f***s sake, there may be light at the end of the tunnel re: long-term talent on the ballclub. Fourthly, as I said initally, yall are craaaay. Stop being so craaay. It's annoying. 10 GAMES!!! ITS 10 GAMES!!!!!!! Good post, but I think Manto deserves a ton of credit for getting Rios into a comfortable stance and making him stick to it.

Erik Johnson has a great chance of ending this season as the #2 prospect in the organization, if he's not already.

If the Sox tank the rest of the way, they can draft Carlos Rondon and go for the all LHP starting rotation in 3 years of Sale, Danks, Quintana, Santiago, Rondon!!

So what exactly is the plan going to be this season when the Sox have to face tough righties like Verlander, Scherzer, Masterson, etc? Ventura going to continue to trot out Viciedo in LF, Flowers/Gimenez at C and Keppinger at 2nd or 3rd? What a poorly constructed roster/lineup.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:26 AM) lol, yeah I'm gonna spend money on this garbage Most boring team since 2007, and it's not even close. This is what happens when you can't make up your mind whether or not to rebuild or go for it.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:27 AM) So no lefty for Swisher who hits better from the left side . Oh Robin. Absolutely awful start to the season for Ventura, as he and the team have picked up where they left off last season.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:18 AM) By hard do you mean for power because his hits have been line drives. Has he come close to getting an extra base hit?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:13 AM) Why did the Sox try to extend Ventura's contract? Just be thankful he said no

Keppinger has not hit anything hard this season. It will be interesting to see if Ventura has the guts to move him down in the order.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:07 AM) On the bright side helluva 7 innings for Q. Yes sir, in the long run, probably more important than the final result tonight.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:05 AM) We are paying attention and will all year. Not living in Chicago makes it hard for you to sense just how little buzz there is about the Sox this year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 02:03 AM) Nobody on this team deserves to have any fan support tonight other than Rios, Gillaspie and Quintana. God, this is awful baseball and managing. Just pathetic. The marketing department has to be cringing and hoping nobody's paying attention. Appreciate the Lame

This lack of hitting with RISP is hard to watch. Just too many easy outs in this lineup right now.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 01:59 AM) I'm still totally lost, as to why you'd want Alexei to bunt, and leave the RBI work up to Gimenez...why?? If Gimenez faced Masterson 100 times, he'd probably ground out about 80 of those times.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 01:59 AM) Or the manager needs to reconize he's been here for 6 years and he just isn't good at the sacrifice. Have you noticed so far this year how much better Hawk and Stone seem to know the Sox personnel compared to Ventura?

Wow, Gimenez with a garbage swing there. Looked like he was swinging with an 0-2 count there. Can't believe he's on a MLB roster.

This team just sucks at fundamentals

Great start for Gillaspie

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 01:53 AM) The new Q pitching great. Indeed, let's get a run and get him the well-deserved W!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 12:48 AM) Wow great play What a stud

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 12:45 AM) Well, if we can't count on Viciedo to hit RH'ers ever....we are getting closer to the Marty Plan time. Too late to try and use him as a significant trade chip, IMO. He's more valuable to the Sox than he would be on the market. With Konerko likely gone and Dunn gone after next year, gonna need to have some source of power on the roster.

Awful by Viciedo...shocking. Nice call playing him Ventura.

Dunn's our best hope for a solo HR this game

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 13, 2013 -> 12:30 AM) Clash of the Titans If they keep playing like this, it will be interesting to see how awful the attendance is when they return from Toronto.