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Great 2 shifts there. Would have been great if Keith could've hit that

So it begins.

Just amazing.

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jun 1, 2014 -> 06:10 PM) i dont believe at all that rodon gets past the top 3, still think he goes #1(listening to the score about him going to the cubs) I think writers are tired of writing same mock and are getting more creative.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2014 -> 05:52 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/tracy-...p;vkey= Is there such a thing as "too many Cubans" on one MLB team? What an absolutely bizarre thing to ask.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 1, 2014 -> 04:47 PM) That article is free and has Aiken going 1 and Kolek to us. It would have Sox choosing among both Rodon and Kolek and selecting Kolek.

I was at a wedding we watched on a phone and dj gave updates. Good times.

I like how board went from panic mode Sale required TJ to even recommending preemptive TJ to suddenly tearing him down for missing a month with a sore arm in a year where 70 pitchers have gone down.

Is missing one month considered half the year now?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ May 29, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) It's hard to rate a lot of these guys. I think overall the offense was great. Flowers specifically is TERRIFIC, A+ unquestionably, and last night's game is a perfect reason why. Goes 0-4 and reaches on an error, seems like a bad night, but his 2 strike approach ALLOWS him to be aggressive early in the count, look for his pitch, and then stay alive when he's down. He's never been able to do that before. Reaching via error puts Leury into the game, and that wins it for us, and no way that can ever happen - and no way his "cheapy" hits ever happen either - without that change in approach. I don't expect Tyler to be a .300 hitter, maybe he's more of a spastic type that will hit .270 when year with a lower SLG% from fewer HRs, then have a year with a very low BA and lower OBP but with a quality HR total for a C. But either way if he keeps his approach he is a Major League catcher. And holy s*** at that development, that is absolutely HUGE for this organization. I'm kind of amazed we were actually able (we = sox organization) to develop a hitter who was down like this. Steverson = A+

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 29, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) I almost want to give Quintana an A. From a DIPS/FIP/fWAR perspective, he's actually on pace to have a BETTER season than last year. I truly thought last year was his peak, but that may not be the case. He doesn't appear to have TWTW though.

Greg said a point I agreed with yesterday, it seems like this team has been way more successful than 1 game over .500. I've enjoyed this season more than any other run since the 2010 24-7 run (my favorite sox team that did not make the playoffs). Grade As: Sale, Abreu, Eaton, Gillaspie, Ramirez, Petricka, Dunn Grade Bs: Beckham, Viciedo, Quintana, Webb, Bellinelli, Flowers, Grade Cs: Sierra, Danks, Nieto, Rienzo, Carroll, rest of bullpen Grade Ds: De Aza, Downs, Francisco

Coffee snob you disGUST me.

Here's another important read about a topic people seem to love using as a crutch: http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Became-White-R...s/dp/0415963095

I drink coffee everyday. I try to drink a lot of water as well just to help prevent kidney stones. I am fairly convinced that nobody will find much to worry about with coffee.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ May 29, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) Sale also isn't an 18 year old that throws 103. Yeah he was a really young pitcher that relied on sliders and horrible mechanics.

I hate to beat a dead horse, but after this season, where "obvious TJ candidate" Chris Sale is still healthy and 60 pitchers whom were not tagged with that label are under the knife, that part seems kind of meaningless to me. I'm more cool on Kolek because I just worry he won't really develop anything and end up in the pen.

Handzus actually had a few oppos in OT. Did Kane get a piece of that assist?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 29, 2014 -> 04:35 AM) You mean you also thought Eaton would make an out and our bullpen would proceed to blow it in extras? Considering we'd have lost the sac fly, no, did not feel confident. For a minute I thought they were purposely walking Sierra to set up a DP. Glad they didn't.

Martellus Bennett tweeted out that Indianapolis was the only city he's seen that looks boring from the aerial view and I laughed really hard. Lance Stephenson s*** is getting so old. Man this series has just been incredibly boring basketball.

I thought game was over when Sierra whiffed on 3-1. That was actually a damn good sequence. Everything was away away away, and he went with the pitch.

We should probably shut him down rest of year.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 28, 2014 -> 10:17 PM) KC about to get swept by Houston in KC. Ned Yost is about to be unemployed. James Shields could be the top target in July for contenders if not Samardzija. A lot of the Mizzou media I follow are KC fans. They are so depressed. I kinda feel bad, after all these years and this was gonna be the one (still could be). On the other hand I was secretly hoping all this wouldn't pan out for them.

I can't see any logic in hosting a winter games. So often they are smaller cities with no hope to use that money again.

Yes, she won!