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anyone know what Peavy's pitch count was?

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 07:55 PM) What do you mean "start"? This year we've been more into never putting em on in the first place.

One shocking thing about this year is how Alexei has actually worked on drawing more walks, yet is somehow less popular than last year. Obviously with good reason, but still something i did not expect to happen. I will say it's a fault of the team that he's SS. It's more a fault of how the team was constructed, and then the inevitability of not being able to really go back on it this late in the yr.

Cool, let Meche hang himself

Pods will get somethingto hit here. EDIT: Steve Stone i am not. Beckham will take that personally and bash one. Hope this time i'm right.

the man who isnt the great Chris Getz singles to center

Too bad it wasnt PK, he wouldve just been getting to first on that high pop

Horrible.

Unfortunately I just got back from a workout and just caught the tail end of it. He got hit pretty hard by one guy to left field corner. Another hit to CF was bobbled by the fielder so the amount of damage mightve been a shade worse than it had to be. Still, it's probably fair to assume at this point he's finished as a major leaguer

MLB network showed it and is promising to show more

If they can both be .325 OBP guys, then I have to side with the extra power Nix gives you. Because while we are sick of being homer dependent, it's good to get that from the guys that arent carrying your team. Especially w/ our park. I normally wouldnt take this stance, but Nix is so impressive right now in AB/HR that it's enough to give us that Uribe/Crede effect....you get enough homers from your infield to account for several valuable wins per yr. In short though I like the platoon.

Boston's beatable lately. Gives me hope

I mean, that part I do not fault them for, Murph is a radio anomaly and not in the good way.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 01:57 PM) if you mean B & B you'd be suprised. They're playing exagerated characters of themselves. Boers is a friend of my brother-in-laws dad and Bernstein a friend of a friend of my uncles and both are actually very nice guys. Well who am I kidding I would have the beer. But man if some of the things Boers says about Murph is an act, it is one good one.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 01:17 PM) What's the gist? Stats v. 'nuanced' perspective i guess. The fact that a real leadoff hitter exists makes the team better makes others better. Just the sort of thing B&B hate. Spiegel got on Bernstein for apparently giggling like a toddler when Pods misplayed the deep fly in Oakland. Bernstein says he has a separate love for the Sox vs. his love of seeing baseball expected things happen/return to the norm. He also says he just loves watching Pods flop around in the OF from a comedic point of view. They argued about what the future holds for Pods and how misleading his BABIP is this yr Just all around entertaining. I hope I dont sound like a B&B fanboy. I would not want a beer with either of those guys, but it's entertaining radio. Especially when someone tries to step up against them. Spiegel is clearly overmatched but gives it his all. Kind of like one of their callers if they had 15 min to go at it. During all this Boers and McNeil pretty much went off mic and vanished.

Bernstein and Spiegel REALLY getting into it over Podsednik starting off the 1:00 hour on the Score They start out talking about Ron Turner and then turn to Pods. Very entertaining radio. check it out on the podspot later for sure.

As far as our righties go, i mean obviously there are situations that are tailormade for the K or HR ness of Dotel But in those other situations, I want Carrasco over Linebrink. At this point what is the situation tailormade for Linebrink? Deportation?

QUOTE (jamesdiego @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 12:02 PM) Nix all the way man. He's like cockrock, you can't go wrong. I've always read on here that Oz doesn't put enough emphasis on defense and too much on speed. So then why Getz over Nix? I understand the whole added lefty, better average added to it. I still choose Nix. Now if we can just find a way to get Deweezy more at bats.... It's odd, but with our declined HR numbers from a few different positions in the lineup...Nix actually helps us be better tailored to our park's specifics. Although, I do like that use of two lefties in a row: 9-Getz/1-Pods one two punch. Tempts managers to put in their good lefty against those two in clutch situations. At that point you can PH Nix for Getz.....and then the guy is left in to face Pods who is hitting LHP well.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 18, 2009 -> 11:51 AM) I think we can definitely use Carrasco in the 8th, especially if we dont want to win the division I probably wasnt at all clear, but I'm envisioning games like yesterday where the tough lefties come up in the 7th and we happen to have righties coming up in the 8th.

I'm getting the same sorts of answers, and good catch hogan on my misuse of the word 'can' but this is a lot like Beckham at 2b...yes this type of player has more VALUE at a certain position...but what good does that do us when we are at home during the playoffs? The point about Garcia/Contreras is actually something i see a reverse way. Once Peavy's here, something has to happen with one of these guys. If Garcia does well, we might want him to be the long relief guy in a playoff series. Then Carrasco necessarily will be more of a situational guy. When Carrasco comes in during the 6th in a close game....is that tons less pressure than a close game in the 8th? I dont think the acclimation period would have to be that long.

Why is he stuck in a long relief role? I know he's been successful there, but what's wrong with putting the guy with the most success in the most serious situations Especially if it's now a need. Yeah, you made other acquisitions to fill that role...now you'll i guess let hubris drag the record down in your hope of defending those acqusitions.

In September we actually could get use out of him as a right handed PH.

Thornton was not injured, right?

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 10:47 PM) Pods looks like bathtub ring against the right hander and drills the lefty-nice job Pods has been hitting LHP way better all yr

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Aug 17, 2009 -> 09:33 PM) and have our RBI leader on the bench? Meant more for the injury interval rightnow