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I know the title of the thread paints me as a cheerleader but after being in the game thread and reading some really outlandish comments I had to say something. It's just a lighthearted attempt to say it's early. Hardly a word was said about Quintana's performance which was exemplary.

4-2 start at home, Sox looked pretty good. 4 losses in a row on the road Sox looked pretty bad. Does it suck ? Yes it do ! But I don't see anything besides the hitting with RISP and OBP that has been terrible. Ok those are 2 pretty big things. I guarantee the hitting with RISP will improve . We suck at taking walks so not much hope there. Now you might say the defense looks bad but has it cost the team much if at all ? Starting pitching's been OK . Relievers not bad at all. Played the Nat's well. Kept the games close. Tigers got swept in the World Series and the Nats might be there this year so no shame in losing 3 in a row in their ball park. Now losing 1-0 tonight sucked. Quintana pitched his ass off. Even Sale would be hard pressed to match 7 innings, 1 hit, no walks and 7 K's. Lots of Sox hitters struggled but it's not like it was Chen out there who sucks against everyone but the Sox. Masterson's been on fire since his first start. He's 3-0 now with a 0.69 ERA . I might not post a lot so some of you might not have a feel for my general over all attitude. So here it is. I'm about as die-hard as you can get. When I say die-hard that means I will not fret over losses early in the season. I will not die nor pronounce the Sox dead after a 4-6 start to the season. I look at the good things happening and think the bad things will turn around but not unreasonably so as witnessed by what I said about our OBP. So chin up ,have a stout heart and die hard.

So no lefty for Swisher who hits better from the left side . Oh Robin.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:23 PM) this offense is so fundamentally flawed it makes you wonder what we teach guys in the minor leagues, just awful and people don't want to see an all or nothing baseball team How many guys in the lineup are a product of the farm system tonight ?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:20 PM) Because he looked horrible in his first start this year as well. You just hope it's not part of a general trend, versus simple "tiredness." We still don't know exactly what we have, because of the horrible weather tonight. One month in AA, never pitched in AAA...who knows what Quintana's final line will look like? Nobody could predict it. A whole 1 start, again sample size.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:19 PM) Has he come close to getting an extra base hit? If you mean extra base hits then say it .If you mean hit hard then the answer is yes he's hit some hard. No he hasn't come close to an extra base hit.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:17 PM) Last year, for 4 1/2 months of the season, we led the AL, maybe all of MLB, hitting with RISP. How can we have gone from first to WORST in that time frame? I wonder if a team has ever gone from Top 5 with RISP to bottom 5 from year to year...? Sample size.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:12 PM) Keppinger has not hit anything hard this season. It will be interesting to see if Ventura has the guts to move him down in the order. By hard do you mean for power because his hits have been line drives.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 06:11 PM) Now 2 quality starts in his last 9, the other against DET on September 10th. Masterson coming out for the 9th with over 100 pitches. That's a bit of a shocker, in this weather. Hill will likely face Adam Dunn. Have to love Francona's confidence. 108 pitches. Ace vs. the other team's best power threat, RHP vs. lefty batter. Typical manager pulls Masterson and prevents the possibility of a win for his pitcher. Why are you even bothering to count the starts at the end of last year. We all know he pitched a lot more innings in a season than he ever had before .

On the bright side helluva 7 innings for Q.

A little oppo power from Condor.

The new Q pitching great.

Nice snab Rios.

Might see more scoring in the Blackhawks /Redwings game.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Apr 4, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) I know the bio reads like a weirdo (which she kinda is) but she's seriously one of the coolest girls I've ever met. I mean besides being an Indians fan, but we all can't be perfect. Time to give her hell !

More fuel for the fire regarding Hawks recent stance on sabremetrics. http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_art...arls-of-wisdom/

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 06:05 PM) If Beckham has to Dl, call up Omogrosso and flip to a 6 man rotation for 2 turns. Leaves on kind of short on the bench for interleague play.

Try the Veal. No thanks. Span sitting dead red after failure to throw a strike with the hook.

OK Veal try not to walk the 1st lefty you face this time.

I'm not going to say Gavin has a Zito curve but I'd sure like to see it more often.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 05:56 PM) Crazy, 6 of the 7 video highlights are for the Nationals at MLB.com. And I thought ESPN was biased, lol. Ground out RBI isn't sexy.

Take him out now.

Another fastball inner half.

OK Gavin give up nothing this inning and it's a QS.

Manufactured run , still prefer the HR.