Jake

Dunn looked at Hochevar like he was about to beat his ass after that quick pitch.

You'll be hard pressed to find a group of fans that doesn't think they get beaten by "nobodies" and "the league's punching bags" etc. too often

In other news, Nate Jones is one of the most talented men in the MLB

some people get some kind of sick pleasure in seeing the Sox fail why don't you just predict good things to happen so you can stroke your ego as we win?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 10, 2012 -> 01:42 PM) League doesn't seem to visit the board anymore, so... Kyle had a whirlwind 2010, making stops in Kanny (A-), W-S (A+) and B-Ham (AA). His A-ball stops were very impressive, posting a combined ERA well below 2, striking out more than a man an inning, and inducing plenty of ground balls. The 2009 5th round pick was looking like a fast-mover. But he struggled in Birmingham, his walks blew up, and the next the we knew he was injured. He missed all of 2011. Here in 2012, Kyle is at Winstom-Salem, and is doing pretty well so far: 15 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 14 K. At age 24 he is now a little old for level, but he's got too much talent, pedigree and results to give up on him. He may see AA this year, and if he does well, there, it may be time to start talking about him again. It would be good to hear some scouting info from this year, to see how he is doing after the injury. I remember when he seemed fast tracked for the majors...wonder if he'll ever get there now. Missing a whole season is just such a huge setback.

QUOTE (daggins @ May 12, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) He's done a pretty good job of sitting the Sox down so far. I guess I should say, they have done a pretty good job of sitting themselves down. I'm not all that displeased with our at bats

It's one thing not to catch it, but he needs to keep it in front.

Wow Brent! Best AB all year.

lol game threads are getting bad when we fail for not scoring in the first inning of the ballgame

I recall Sale's draft scouting reports saying that his better pitch was his changeup. Bizarre that he doesn't like it anymore -- maybe a side effect of the time spent in bullpen.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 12, 2012 -> 01:27 PM) Well I never! Well, IF we lose again this season, you'll get to show that you put far more effort into yours than I do mine

A streak is alive. The Sox have won three in a row and look like a real baseball team again and I'm 4-0 in game threads this year (oops, had a little hiccup not starting one a while back ) So tonight, we have CHRIS SALE starting and if he plays his cards right, maybe even closing. he's going against this asshole (really, that's him) DON'T STOP NOW BOYS!!!!!!!

QUOTE (joeynach @ May 12, 2012 -> 09:33 AM) Hes heated up a little bit Ill concede that, but his K rate is the highest of his career, 22%, his ISO is .121, it was .190 in 2009, his wOBA is .277, even last year it was higher at .284. Even if you look at his regular slash line its .222/.284/.343. Thats terrible, I am not even remotely excited or anywhere near being ready to label him as "back". Clearly something has changed in the last 10-15 games, so the way you are approaching this is off. Saying he is "back" is assuming that Gordon Beckham today is different than the Gordon Beckham at the beginning of the year.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ May 11, 2012 -> 10:20 PM) This is awesome. Boers and Bernstein were making fun of Cooper saying that Sale was healthy and they were just checking things out with the mri. Coop was right. B&B were wrong. they though that you had to be injured to get the MRI. I wouldn't want to be quoted on that until we see him remain effective as a starter for a few outings.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 11, 2012 -> 10:21 PM) This might be as good as it gets so I'll post it now: .257/.401/.628/1.030 I love you Adam Dunn. It's all uphill from here!

We played like this against Cleveland and then lost two straight. Gotta stay strong!

AND THIS BALLGAME IS........OVAAAAAA

WOW

Well that first guy was easy, lol

AN OFFSPEED PITCH!!!!!

Tough break, a couple seeing-eye singles this inning

They can have Morel, Lillibridge, the whole gang! I think Middlebrooks is their guy for now though.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 11, 2012 -> 09:26 PM) Jesse Crain and Santiago or Ohman to the Red Sox for Youkilis...Red Sox eat a decent-sized chunk of the contract. Maybe that would work. The Red Sox really need middle/set-up relief help desperately. V. Padilla can't be trusted with a 3 run lead. The main way to get the BoSox to go along with something is offering salary relief for them, I'd think. Allows them flexibility to make subsequent acquisitions.

Paulie looking a bit off, nice to see us able to win when he doesn't contribute

That should be the end of bad press for Adam Dunn.