South Side Fireworks Man

Abreu drives him in with the double.

Tyler rips a single to LF.

OK Chris, hit the showers!

Get him out of there now.

Conor!!!

C'mon Conor!

Couldn't get him to third.

Good hitting by Tank!

Abreu ties it up! Now let's take the lead this inning and get Chris out of there with the win.

Need the DP! Yes!!

Chris has given up something like 18 hits in his last 10 innings now.

Ugh Tyler.

Chris pitching out of a lot of trouble tonight.

Not good, Paulie.

Alexei with the leadoff double. Gotta get him in!

Well, we got one in so far...

Nice double for Gordon. Gotta score these runs.

Nice hustle by Eaton.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 10:19 PM) This stat about "being worth a couple wins a year" is an example of an advanced stat that bothers me. It makes it sound like the Sox as an organization would only be a loss or two worse w/out Lexi. Let's say the Sox replace him with some stiff who hits .220 and makes a large amount of errors and has not so great range. This is possible cause from what I understand we have no top player "ready" to replace him. You can't tell me the team wouldn't suck much worse than it does now without Lexi. Let's say we put L. Garcia there instead of Lexi. The team becomes a total embarrassment, much worse than this crew which is still a last-place team. Now I'm not saying don't trade Lexi. If the Sox can get a haul for him (not some possible or likely bust named Davidson) maybe they should trade him. But I HATE this stat about how many wins a guy is worth. A simple trade of Lexi for L. Garcia makes this team WAY WORSE than simple two-game margin would suggest. Great post.

It's really hard to sweep any team in the major leagues.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) How so? He's worth a couple of wins a year and is 32. They should be shopping him. And they should get a big haul for him if they do trade him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:56 PM) Why would it set them back? They clearly need to add more talent to their system, and he's their best trade chip right now. If the Sox believe Sanchez can play competent defense at SS, I don't think Alexei is an untouchable. Nobody is untouchable. The Sox don't have anyone who can replace Alexei's defense at SS along with his offensive production at SS. Good shortstops are very hard to find. The upgrade from the other players you got in exchange for Alexei would have to be very high to compensate for the downgrade you would suffer at one of the most important positions on the field.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:47 PM) Alexei the pop up master of late. Please don't wait too long to deal him if you decide it's time to sell! If they do trade Alexei, they better get a hell of a haul or it will set the organization back for quite a few years.

Nice throw by Tyler. Here comes the stupid review. No review.

I'm glad Petricka went to third on that.