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QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 02:06 AM) Goddamned these mfers....they'll do this for 2-3 games now to pull my faith out of the coals...just to crush me again in a week. Hopefully we play well this weekend. Should be facing Silva/Wells/Lilly

CASTRO! Wow, 7-1 Sox. Porcello is so unimpressive.

I would be happy to just see Alexei never try to bunt/fake the bunt ever again.

5 straight hits!

4 straight hits!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 02:00 AM) What happened, Fathom? Vizquel didn't run until a fly ball to right dropped, preventing him from scoring. It was an obvious single off the bat.

Studly swing by Rios, but what the hell, why is it that the veterans are our dumbest base runners?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 01:53 AM) Jeesh, that kid looks like the real deal as well. Didn't know Juan was this good of a defender. Impressive defense by Juan out there! Tigers seem to develop big lefty hitters that put up decent numbers, and then fade away fast.

Pierre robbed Boesch of another home run!

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 12:45 AM) 30 minutes into a game and the gamethread is less than 2 pages, ouch.. Alexei homered...besides that, not a hard hit ball for the Sox. Beckham pulled off the ball badly, and hit a weak grounder to SS.

Beckham with a nice turn on that DP.

Lots of energy being displayed by the Sox so far. Maybe the most dead crowd I can ever remember at a Sox game.

Losing already...Boesch is an impressive young hitter.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 12:10 AM) Well, maybe not. But if you factor in his defense in center as well as his base stealing, he's probably not as far below them as you'd think he is... Um, Miguel Cabrera has insane range. What other first baseman can go get a routine grounder hit to the second baseman?

ESPN reported today that Izzo turned down an offer from the Bulls already this offseason.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 12:05 AM) Well, he's basically one of the most valuable players in baseball right now. I expected him to be an All-Star caliber player. Right now he is on par with the MVP candidates (except for the fact that we suck). He's on par with Morneau and Cabrera? Not being an ass, just felt like he's in the second tier right now and those two guys are the king of kings.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:33 PM) Talk about a guy getting no pub. A solid .817 OPS. He's also played a pretty good 1B going by the metrics. I have no idea how anybody hits in that park. BTW, two more highly ranked guys called up today. Tabata for the Pirates, and Arrieta for the Orioles.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 11:39 PM) Haters are gonna hate. I don't know how anybody could look at his stuff and say to themselves (well it was just the Pirates). I don't mind the hype if it's warranted. It was warranted with Lebron. And it's certainly warranted with Strasburg. He's here and he's here to stay. Agreed...he's a can't-miss performer right now.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 11:42 PM) What guys are great to have around when the team blows? JAVY VAZQUEZ and Kaz Tadano

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:03 PM) Buster Posey Ike Davis Did you see Ike's walkoff yesterday? Holy cow, he destroyed that!

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) Too bad he's gonna be catching TD's for the Seahawks! Go 'Hawks!!! And getting arrested

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:36 PM) Tyler Flowers will make everyone miss AJ. I'd re-sign AJ and try to con some team into trading for Flowers. I'm not a fan of Flowers, but I feel like AJP went from underrated to overrated on this board. He really doesn't do anything good these days. Flowers will strike out a ton, but he'll put up possibly a better OBP than AJP and a higher slugging. Those are two things this team needs...not just a bunch of 2 out, no on singles. Flowers isn't great defensively, but neither is AJP. What's the worst that's going to happen, teams will continue to run at will against the Sox?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) Not in the lineup today... Probably not a big deal, as we have a day game tomorrow.

I think he'll be traded after the Cubs game on Sunday as well, and the return will be better than we think cause we'll pay a lot of his remaining deal to cash-starved but prospect-rich Texas.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 07:00 PM) Because of how many sliders he has thrown? Give me a break. The guy will be back to what he was in no time. He proved in a few starts last season that he can pitch in the AL and has run into mechanical issues after recovering fully from an injury and time off. Trading him would be stupid on our part, and writing him off would be stupid on everyone else's part. I hope you're right, and I'm wrong...we're screwed if he doesn't improve. With that said, the time for excuses with him has to be over.