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Isn't Volstad easy to steal against?

The opposition is hitting almost .600 this season against Gavin on the first pitch. That's a sign of bad luck, as well as the fact you have a pretty hittable fastball (considering Floyd throws a ton of first pitch fastballs).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 21, 2010 -> 08:10 PM) By ground rule double...we also mean "Ground rules". Which mean...each park gets to set the rules, right? Can a park say its up to the umpires discretion about giving the guy home, or is it required that it's only 2 bases? It's always umpire's discretion on interference.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 21, 2010 -> 08:10 PM) By ground rule double...we also mean "Ground rules". Which mean...each park gets to set the rules, right? No idea what this means. Anyways, we actually did luck out on a similar deep fly ball in the Twins game we won in Minnesota, as Alexei hit a deep blast to left center that bounced off top of wall and allowed Teahen to score with 2 outs. Those type of plays even out over the course of the season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2010 -> 07:03 PM) A foot forward and the bounce takes it off of the wall, or back and that ball shorthops the fence... either way it stays in play. It also seems like we had a play like this recently where the umpire allowed a runner for the other team to score on a ground rule double in a similar situation (fast runner off of 1B who would have scored on a ball in play. If that isn't the very definition of luck, I don't know what is. It was a ground rule double cause one of our fans touched the ball, which then becomes a judgment call for the umpires. Juan Pierre could have been standing on home plate when the ball bounced over the fence, and it wouldn't have mattered.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 21, 2010 -> 06:44 PM) With Buehrle on the Mound? Yes, Florida isn't exactly a patient team (at least from games I watch of theirs).

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 21, 2010 -> 07:08 PM) We will beat Volstad. Not with that super sinker. Our best chance is tonight and trying to hit homers off of Nolasco.

Sox going to get this game in with this weather?

I remember when the Office season finales were can't miss television. Last night's episode seemed like a filler episode.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 21, 2010 -> 05:03 AM) He has no value. He's not a good hitter. The sox would not get anything of value for him. It was very easy to forsee this drop as all he does is swing really hard and hope he makes contact. There is not one contender who he could help The Cardinals would take him over Mather.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 21, 2010 -> 03:51 AM) It's pretty different (and bad) to feel no emotion when we lose. I think almost all of us diehard fans knew despite the great rally we'd fall one-run short thanks to the bad luck on the GR double. With the luck of the Sox, no way there'd be a rally in the ninth even tho we were just one down. Who'd a thunk Jake Peavy would be just another guy on the mound as well? Weird. May ain't looking so good except for Juan Pierre's batting average climbing. IT'S NOT BAD LUCK! It was a fly ball that took one bounce before it reached the wall. At our park, that's going to hop over the fence 75% of the time. Hawk's acting like there's never any ground rule doubles at our park.

I think I'm happier that he got that 2 RBI single than if the Sox would have won 6-4 tonight and Beckham went 0-5.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:53 AM) OK, thanks. For whatever reason, teams do usually have a good stretch after the manager is fired. Because they play loose...for the players that like/respect Ozzie, I'm sure they're trying so damn hard right now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:44 AM) Who would you compare Peavy and his 5.7 ERA to right now? Not flaming, just asking. He's definitely getting hit. Who has Jake Peavy become? Once again, Sox play well enough to lose. We gots a last place team here, folks. KC is hot under Yost. Javy Vazquez

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:43 AM) What was interesting was Stone and Hawk commenting on how little Peavy warmed up today. He gave up runs quickly. Maybe he was getting loose under the stands, but I would doubt it. He pitched like a real Dbag tonight.

2009 was the year of bad luck due to Mark Kotsay hitting a line drive right at Michael Cuddyer 2010 was the year of bad luck due to AJP hitting a ground rule double

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 21, 2010 -> 03:40 AM) Well.... at least Quentin is swinging the bat much better lately if there is a positive to take out of this. He's a slap hitter now. He doesn't hit anything really hard. Even that last out, he hit it well for him and it was a medium-depth fly ball.

.400 baseball after 40 games!!

CQ is incapable of hitting a hanging offspeed pitch.

Feeble swings this inning. If these guys dipped their back shoulders any more, they'd be paralyzed.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:35 AM) That 3-1 pitch should still be going Why do our guys take so many f***ing 3-0 pitches? Swing the bat, play to win instead of playing not to lose.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:19 AM) I can think of several other breaks that were worse, but it does suck. I think they should change the warning track to something softer. There are a ton of ground rule 2B at USCF. Worst break ever was the ground rule double at Wrigley that cost the Sox a game.

Should see Konerko/Rios/Quentin against Fuentes in the 9th.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:17 AM) Worst. Break. Ever. Hawk's acting like Pierre scores easily. He was rounding third about 2 seconds after the ball bounced over. With Rivera's arm, there would have been a play at the plate.

QUOTE (jphat007 @ May 21, 2010 -> 04:17 AM) When was the last time Jones did anything? He's trying to get to 400 home runs on one swing.