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Ha, Alexei lost track of the count.

Playing for one run with Peavy not having great stuff and this Rangers lineup is amusing.

Excellent bunt by Pierre. I expect to see another one by Alexei.

Haha, fundamentals!

How accurate is the radar gun tonight?

Beckham was overpowered there. For some idiotic reason, looks like he switched his hands back to closer to him.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 25, 2011 -> 01:28 AM) 0-31 It's astounding how softly he's hit the ball to left field this year.

Probably is a double play if they pitch around Hamilton...oh well

Haha, I hate this team sometimes. First pitch fastball down the cock to Hamilton. Peavy's fastball looks very flat tonight.

Pitch around Hamilton here, as he looked locked in last night.

That's not a good start

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 25, 2011 -> 01:12 AM) They said the wind was blowing extremely hard, but which direction? In from right

Hey, that a boy Quentin!!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 25, 2011 -> 01:09 AM) ? Just living in a fantasy world where right decisions are being made. That rocket Pierre hit to first was unfortunate though.

I'm excited to see Lillibridge, Castro and Viciedo in the lineup tonight.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 25, 2011 -> 12:58 AM) People are still suggesting wending buehrle to st louis? Sigh Why not?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 25, 2011 -> 12:52 AM) That's fine, Fathom. I respect that. What is hard for me to understand is the irresponsible posts that suggest contingencies which either 1) do not exist as possibilities, such as "trade Rios and Peavy and Dunn and Buehrle RIGHT NOW,"; 2) are clearly reactionary, such as "fire someone just so someone gets fired," and 3) blanket statements that are clearly a result of frustration but not based in any reality or fact, such as "Adam Dunn is a terrible baseball player." One or five times, I can handle this s***. Every goddamned day? It gets really, really old. Really f***ing old. Why isn't trading Buehrle a possibility? Can't he re-work his option if he's traded to a destination he wants to go to, like St. Louis? Also, it's hard to get mad at someone saying Dunn is a terrible baseball player this year. People have made so many excuses for him, but as an overall baseball player, he's worthless if he's not hitting home runs.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:41 PM) Fair enough. I don't believe you, but this is one of your "The world is over, woe is me" threads, so I guess it's my own fault for coming in here. For me, if the Sox fail to make the playoffs this year, I think KW and Ozzie both need to go. KW's philosophy of neglecting the farm system and trying to patch up holes via trades looks to be running it course. As for Ozzie, he's better off going to Florida instead of managing a team that is looking to go a little younger. It doesn't matter how people on here view KW's moves the last few years...it's the results on the field that matter and three straight non-postseason teams with the huge payroll we've had should equate to front office changes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:26 PM) A year later, the Braves got a great season out of Vazquez, and they dumped him on the Yankees for Melky Cabrera, who they cut within the space of a year for being terrible. Wasn't that also after they turned down C. Hart for him?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:18 PM) Seriously? Yes seriously. I know you've tried to argue that KW got all he could back for Swisher (which I disagree with), but I'll never understand what the rush was to trade Javy so early in the offseason. Personally, I think KW got infatuated with Tyler Flowers during Arizona Fall League, and pulled the trigger way too fast.

I don't blame KW one bit for the Dunn move. It was a guy who fit a need and we locked him up at a very fair contract. It's the terrible Swisher deals, the mediocre return for Javy, the ridiculous Hudson/Jackson swap and the Rios claim that have killed this team's flexibility. It's hard for a GM to miss as much as KW has the last few years.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 24, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) Well actually, he is lefty/righty splits are not too different. He hits for better average against RHP, but some reason has a MUCH better batting eye against LHP. Based on what I saw from him in the majors last year, he should be able to be a monster against LHP. Lillibridge also needs to play every game against LHP.

If only we had a prospect in our system that could mash lefty pitching!!

Rios has basically been a non-contributor on the road this year. It's hard to play worse than he has away from the Cell.

Indians have some unreal mojo going at home right now.