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I usually crave outstanding defense along with a guy who at this point can be viewed as an offensive upgrade also for those willing to believe he has become a better hitter over the last few years.

So do I.

I am offended because you insulted those who have religious view by saying Jews and Catholics spiritual leaders pull stuff out of their ass. You can be believe anything you want to believe. You can believe in Tarot, be Agnostic, or an Athiest but do not pretend what you said isn't insulting to others .

Yes and I can see that you think it is all pulled out of your ass so you have certainly enlightened me and yet at the same time managed to insult those religions that have a Priest , Pastor or Rabbi.

This board has very few rules and while Tarot card reading and the self help gurus and positives energy people have their place for those seeking help it is not a religion. Just as no race should be disparaged neither should any religion. I'm not a mod so I don't know all the rules but if we want to see threads closed keep it up.

Can we keep our personal spiritual beliefs out of this by not bashing any particular religious sects ?

I meant for the board. There's an awful lot of negative vibing around here after yesterdays game, which was actually a close intense game that we knew from the get go was going to be a close low scoring game. 2 great pitchers going toe to toe. The Sox are still close to the others in their division while playing bad baseball and having a lot of injuries. Lot's of the teams we consider to be the have's and have nots are all bunched together. I'm encouraged by the pitching. Playing guys we consider terrible over other guys is just LaRussa looking to see who can provide an instant spark early in the season. You can't have guys on the bench you never ever play . You have to find out if they can contribute and if not move on while you still have plenty of games left and injured players come back so you can decide who to get rid of. We found one of those instant sparks in Mercedes and only did that through injury. Mendick stepped up some. Eaton is not the disaster just yet some were projecting. Collins isn't as terrible as many thought. Kopech and the starting pitchers have been pretty good. The Sox have been in every game they lost. It's not such a terrible idea to try to find another spark if even for just a few games when no one else is hitting that well . Keep the faith . We're going to get some guys back soon and April Abreu will disappear and become MVPito . We can find plenty of positives with a bit of glass half full thinking. # life coach

“I had some sage spray I spritzed around my locker,” said Hendriks, who saged a few other players on the team who were “a little bit more open to it.” “Things like that that are able to, in theory, remove negative energy and put a positive spin back on everything. “It’s just something that I’ve known. It seems to change the way I perceive things. That’s one of the hardest things to do is just change your perception on certain things, whether it be to get you out of that negative funk, focus on positivity, focus on this one thing that can push your forward. For whatever reason it seems to work for me. It takes that edge off and all of a sudden I’m able to flip that switch a little bit quicker than I would by myself.” Well then seems like we need a lot of spritzing around here lately !

Ahh thought u meant the usual lineup since you didn't say tonight's lineup.

Mercedes ?

You already said u wouldn't have minded the Sox resigning him didn't you? You say it you probably get a pass. i say hit and I'm arguing with people all day. You don't bother with doing that. So that makes you smarter than me.

With Moncada it was a rebuild so no. Robert didn't have early struggles he had late struggles and he played in AA and AAA as did Moncada.

That's a good answer. I can't answer the question since I think Vaughn will be in the minors when the Sox face most of the tough RHP during the season .

You tell me how do you think Vaughn would fare against the RHP ace of Cleveland's staff Justin Bieber. Then tell me how his defense helps Giolito in LF.

Yes he would. I missed that he wasn't in the Lineup. But Williams and Lamb aren't slap hitters either but yes Collins could've DH'd in Lambs place. And contrary to popular belief I wouldn't care if Vaughn gets to play over Williams against Bieber or any other RHP . I just want wins and w/e happens to get them is what's best. If Vaughn contributes to a win I cheer and if Williams does the same I cheer.

I didn't notice Collins was missing from the lineup . I figured I must ve missed someone beside Leury.

I will say that you were right. A few injuries and the lineup would look like shit .Only now it's most of the lineup . My only answer is that he's going with as many left handed power bats as possible with the hope that someone can run into a mistake with a few guys on like Eaton did. and hopes Giolito can hold down the Tribe and we can eek out a low scoring win. The only lefty he didn't put in there was Leury and even LaRussa has seen enough of Leury from the left side.It's not really LaRussa's fault the Sox didn't provide any depth. How often do you use Lamb and Williams ? No matter how they are used ,be it starting or pinch hitting, no one wants to see them playing in any capacity. Lamb, Williams, Hamilton that's 3 guys no one wants to play at all but they do have to play unless you want to run all the regulars out there every day. Bieber is one tough SOB.

Lemme take a look at it and If the game thread is open I'll let you know there.

That's better, because you are not all right and I am not wrong. They are opinions. At one point most of the world had the opinion the world was flat .

Only against RHP so no you don't got it, because of course you didn't say what I actually said.

Do you have a point to make . Maybe it's like the point you made about 14 AB's being enough of a sample size to use for that .400 OBP of Vaughns and I asked you to clarify what's a big enough sample to use so I can then use it against you in futuree arguments and sure enough when I brought up Eaton you tell me I'm playing with small sample sizes again but it was a lot more than the 14 Ab's you used for Vaughn. I set you up pal, knowing if I brought up Eaton you would take the bait. Don't you feel stupid ?

Yea try quoting what I say instead of making up a story about what you think I am saying. We have a difference of opinion about the Sox use of Vaughn and Nick Williams. That's all it is. The Sox are doing what I think they should be doing . I agree with them and all of you don't. I am not right and you are not right. I am not wrong and you are not wrong. Opinions are just opinions. Me being the only one here to give an opposing opinion also doesn't make me wrong which is what Squirmin said. Twist it any way you want to but God forbid you use the facts.

I agree and the Sox have also seen Nick Williams more than anyone else and they decided to call him up and give him AB's rather than Luis Gonzalez the other LHH OFer they could 've used instead. So am I wrong about wanting to give Nick William some AB's against RHP and also wrong about giving Vaughn AB's against RHP ? That's all i have been saying. That's what the Sox are doing. So on the one hand the Sox are right because they have seen Vaughn more than me but wouldn't that mean they are also right by choosing to play Williams over Vaughn against LHP who they have also seen more than me and all the others saying he sucks ?

He's more right than you are. I didn't hire the guy. Did you call him a 76 yr old drunk man in the game thread when Eaton PH for Vaughn and hit that go ahead HR. I know many were pissed off about that too.

Why did you put that in quotes ? Did I ever say I taught you about Mercedes ? I can't help how you feel about disparaging Mercedes or Eaton I said you laughed at me and Mercedes couldn't hit a curve. I'm not saying I was right about either but I am right for now. That could change . Talk to me at the end of the season. Do you feel picked on Ray Ray pal ?