fathom

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:45 PM) That should have been murdered. No one up in the pen. This is pathetic. No idea what Ventura is doing.

Axelrod is horrible at holding on runners. Brewers stole a ton against him as well.

Get the pen up please

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 07:38 PM) It'd be nice if the 3 hitter had more than 14 walks in the first half, but heck, right now getting him more at bats seems like a positive. Can he keep this up though? Yeah, especially given how much he fell off in 2010 after the ASB. Things are getting scary with Dunn though, and maybe move him from the 3rd spot against LHP only? Thing is, Ventura does love his lineup stability.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) THERE WE GO, NOW IT'S A GAME. Balta, what do you think about putting Rios into the 3rd spot?

RIOS!! Huge hit

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:34 PM) They need to put Rios in the 3 hole. You can't just have you 3-4 hitters suck this much in key situations Makes you wonder how long Konerko's hand/wrist is going to bother him this year.

PK couldn't have got a better pitch to hit.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:31 PM) Believe me, I was totally aware that Dunn was going to strike out a TON this year, but... 132 K's in 290 ABs?? Jesus Christo, that is in a league all of its own. The number of strikeouts vs LHP is even crazier

Yuck...interesting that Ventura mentioned yesterday there's been a few times where he considered benching Dunn vs LHP

Nice start...let's get a few

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:23 PM) He's indeed on the DL. We ever find out why?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:23 PM) Well throwing balls isn't really helping him either Oh I agree, it's just why putting him on the mound with less than his best stuff was never going to work. 6 homers in 26 innings this year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) Isn't starting Axe on short rest = a bullpen day? Especially when the bullpen already has 6 other rookies? The rest of the bullpen throw 107 pitches on Wednesday?

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) I don't have a problem skipping Sale in order to save him innings. But this should have been a bullpen day, end of story. Just frustrating to basically giveaway 2 games due to some shady rotation management. Oh well, hopefully they explode today and win this game.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) Throw a f***ing strike. Would you throw a strike if you faced a home run hitting club with the stuff he has today?

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) In your opinion what should we have done? Personally I would've started Sale and told him he can pitch in the AS game next year. Every game is important! Yep, I agree with you.

Please let this be it for Axelrod in the rotation this year (but I'm sure they'll blame it on the short rest)

This one is on Cooper and Ventura. But hey, at least Sale can pitch one stupid inning in the ASG

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) He doesn't look like he has much at all today. You can't be throwing everything between 75-85 and not have any idea where it's going either. Considering he doesn't have much even when he's on regular rest, this decision made zero sense. Heath or Santiago would have been a better choice. I really hope we don't have to watch him pitch after the break.

Terrible decision to start Axelrod on short rest. Reminds me of the decision to start Stewart vs the Cubs.

Yikes, bad start. If he can't get the offspeed pitch over, the Blue Jays are going to pound him.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 06:56 PM) Shields overachieved last year, he isn't that good as he was last year. I agree with that. McCallister has 7 strikeouts thru 4, and Delmon's on a nice little roll for the Tigers now.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 05:57 PM) Am I the only one who would prefer to have sale or tank over upton? Sale>>>>Upton>>Viciedo

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 8, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) I really thought Tampa Bay would put up a fight with Cleveland, but they have disappointed. On the other hand I can say we all knew Detroit would win the series vs the Royals. But Sox just gotta do their thing and keep winning. That Tampa offense is just horrible, and Moore/Shields have really underachieved this year.