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Bobby looking awful sharp.

Well the extra run should come in handy, it means Bobby can allow 3 runners to reach base in the bottom of the 9th and some how work his way out of it with a 1 run victory.

Horrible call.

I absolutely hate the way Andruw Jones swings the bat. Just horrible.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 08:16 PM) I wish we had Carrasco back. Although that might have meant no Sergio Santos, or better yet, no Randy Williams. Carlos Torres really should be able to fill that role, unfortunately he's toiling in AAA for god knows what reason.

Freddy against a last place team = a recipe for disaster.

I've never played Sly Cooper before but by all accounts it's a very good series. If they price the remastered PS3 bundle at $40 I'll probably pull the trigger. I absolutely love what they're doing with the classic titles.

Oh yeah, that's right the Pirates suck. Big game Freddy has had trouble getting up for the bad clubs.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) Who lifts their XBox while they are playing it? All it takes is a bump.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 04:23 PM) And the fact that we face a LHP tomorrow Even MORE odd: just looked up the numbers and Castro is 3 for 7 with a HR lifetime vs Duke (AJ's 1 for 3). Also: this year at Indy lefties hit .274 off Lincoln and righties hit .156. My guess: AJ's a little sore after being hit in back to back games and Ozzie's giving him an extra day to recoup.

Well, if AJ were traded today or tomorrow it'd make Ozzie look awfully bad considering his comments today. From Cowley via twitter:

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) Where did that lineup come from? I don't see it posted on espn or the Sox homepage. http://twitter.com/MDGonzales

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) I think expectations for Gordon have dropped however, I mean he is currently sporting OPS of .538, can he turn in around to become .800 OPS second baseman? His defense will be above average I think. PS. Where can i find monthly splits of one's season? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...ar=2010&t=b 5th section down. If you want any other player just do a site search for his name, select the year on the splits drop down menu and you're set.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 01:11 PM) Gordon Beckham was never going to be Alex Rodriguez production wise at 3B, but many believed he had a chance to be Chase Utley production wise at 2B. That was last year of course. Chase Utley has the highest career OPS of any 2B in baseball history. Career slash stats similar to those of Robbie Alomar (.300/.371/.443/.814) would be awesome especially if he turns into the above average defender at 2B that many believe he will be.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 12:47 PM) Not when you've only got two legitimate hitters in the lineup. Hot streak, pitching wise. We'll still lose around 50% of those games.

His FIP is at 4.45 and an xFIP of 4.24. That's the best indicator of future success and according to those numbers you're going to see that ERA come WAY down as the year goes on. The best outlook is Gavin Floyd: 3.80 FIP and 3.97 xFIP. There's been a lot of bad luck with our starters this season, we should be in for a big hot streak.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 12:19 PM) Flowers 5 HR in his last 7 games. 6 Ks in 24 AB (25%) over that same stretch.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 15, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) Alexei Ramirez is a legitimate shortstop. The OPS among all SS's in the MLB is .696. Alexei is at .686 right now and, considering he's eclipsed that in the past two seasons and he's heating up like he normally does, it wouldn't be shocking to see him do it again. He's also solid defensively too. Alexei Ramirez is better than your league average shortstop. Considering what he produces and how much he costs, he's really the least of the Sox concerns. He's hitting .277/.327/.438/.764 since May first, plays an above average SS and makes $1.1M. Sure he has a minuscule baseball IQ and will f*** up the occasional easy play in the field but the good far outweighs the bad. Not every player on your team is going to be an amazing all around ballplayer.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 07:14 PM) Pierre is now batting .248 with 25 stolen bases and 6 CS (which leads the league), his batting average has been going up starting around mid may after a completely brutal start that had me wanting Pierre dumped for a bag of balls. Pods is batting .282 with 18 stolen bases and 6 CS, and his batting average has been going down after having a torrid start which had his average above .300 until late may when he started coming back to his normal numbers. Lets stop acting like Pods would be saving our season right now if he was leading off. Pierre is the same player with a little bit better instincts on the basepaths, better defense, and less power. Juan Pierre's WAR: 0.3 Scott Podsednik's WAR: 0.2

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 04:56 PM) And sadly, you don't see a problem with this. That's just scary.

There's a ton of buzz around the Playstation Move, not sure the whole motion control thing is for me but the tech is pretty cool. Apparently Socom 4 with the Move is pretty impressive.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) I think the Yankees trading for Cliff Lee would be irresponsible on their part. Sabathia-Burnett-Pettitte-Hughes is a perfectly formidable postseason rotation, and Javy Vazquez is a good enough #5. And given that strong rotation there's no reason to give up great young talent for a guy that they can just sign 6 months from now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 14, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) I think Kal said the photos they use for the banner are no longer available, so changing it would result in a lesser quality banner. I do have some good pictures of Rios and Danks from before this season, enough to put together a banner though I am pretty limited. I played around with some designs featuring those 2 players but couldn't come up with anything I liked, I've basically had a year long creative block sans the payroll resource. I've got some free time today so I'll play around with some images of Rios and a few other guys and hopefully inspiration strikes. I do agree though, I'm f***ing sick of looking at Quentin and Ramirez.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 11:14 PM) Is this true? Yes, I would not lie about another man's balls.

Gavin Floyd did not swallow his gum in the first when Herm ran out to the mound. The real reason: Gavin's cup was pinching his balls.