Rowand44

First off, let me say that Djokovic is clearly the best player in the world right now, the guy is just flat out awesome. That being said, he was definitely throwing quite the hissy fit today when the fans started to side with Federer. You're a grown man, man up and stop being offended that you're not the crowd favorite. Boo hoo.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 06:19 PM) He let Dunn face a lefty with 2 on in the bottom of the ninth. The pinch hit Viciedo for De Aza. Not that you could pay me to watch a Viciedoless(starting the game obviously) Sox game at the moment but holy s*** that is bad.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 04:54 PM) I am so mad I missed those heel antics of Djokovic He seemed to get a little sand in his vagina when the crowd started to side with Roger.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 04:32 PM) This is an all time low for Soxtalk. 3 posts in 5 innings for a game thread. No Viciedo, the game might as well not be taking place.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 01:46 PM) Has been a real crazy us open so far with all the rain, 2 americans made the quarters so that's something. All top 4 seeds made semifinals though, seems like the gap after Murray is pretty big. Hoping Murray or nadal win this one. Epic and depressing match between Federer and Djoko.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 10, 2011 -> 12:33 PM) SABRmetrics has jumped the shark. Hilarious.

From that list: Santos, Crain, Reed, Thornton, Santiago, Infante and Ohman.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) Again, outs made, like hits, are better reflected by this statistic called BATTING AVERAGE. Is this a relatively new statistic? I've never heard of it No f***in s***. You're the one who threw out the 11th in hits stat, Greg is talking about "tangible" statistics, so I was just trying to be as simplistic as him. But once again, thanks for letting me in on this new batting average thing, I'll look into it.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) Tangible fact: he's also first in sacrifices, which are productive outs he's called on (not decides) to make. That was fun, too. Ay, FINE. If you take away ALL of Pierre's sacrifices and don't take away any one elses, he's still 11th in all of baseball in outs made. You happy now?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_...?urn=nfl-wp6799

I really do despise this new kickoff rule.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 12:55 PM) s***, who's made more? I was sure he was leading in that category. Ichiro and Melky Cabrera.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) Tangible fact: He's 11th in hits. Who cares how many at bats he has? Tangible fact: He's 3rd in baseball in outs made. Who cares how many at bats he has? That was fun.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 01:36 PM) As far as Juan, nice to know he's 11th in the league in hits. I state again that helps my argument that he's a good baseball player. He's 11th in the AL in hits while being 8th in at bats, so no, it literally does nothing to help your argument.

Did you guys know that Juan Pierre is still the 4th worst outfielder in baseball this season according to WAR?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 12:07 PM) You are the ultimate cherry picker. Yeup.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:31 AM) ChrisRongey Chris Rongey Herm confirms the fracture in Lillibridge's hand is the 5th metacarpal. In case you love details. BSLillibridge Brent Lillibridge Thanks for the love everyone. Very frustrated, but God has blessed me all year here in Chicago. See you all on the field in Spring. I guess he can still tweet. I was worried about that.

This legit makes me sad. Hell of a year by a guy who was fun as hell to watch play. Get better, Brent!

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 11:01 AM) Game is on CSN. I guess I'm going to this one on account of tickets that I purchased some time back. With NFL starting today, I expect maybe 7 or 8 others are making the same decision I am. Don't forget your paper bag.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 06:36 AM) Was just going through yesterday's BA chat transcript with Jim Callis. Sorry, but I couldn't resist. While the point still remains, Saladino and Thompson are better prospects than the 3 mentioned.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Sep 7, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) Soxfest was always a good time back when it was affordable. Ya, that^

Nice and scary(for the opposition) to see this backed up with statistics: "It bodes well for Sale when and if he eventually joins the rotation that his changeup—which GM Ken Williams raved over during his very first interview about Sale back June 2010—is even more effective than his killer slider." Keep him healthy and Chris is going to be a top of the rotation starter.

If Peyton is indeed out for the season then the Texans just won themselves a division before the first game is even played. They're going to run away with that thing.

I'm in a pickle. I want the Sox to play Dayan, De Aza, Flowers and Lilli every inning for the rest of the season but if that happens we have a much better chance of winning games and I'd prefer if we just lost out. What to do, what to do...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) At least Rios was demoted to 5th in the order. Good to see that he's still hitting ahead of Dayan and De Aza though.