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hawk is going senile

someone needs to tell lawrie to try the "decaf" next game.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 10:40 PM) Just keep having him work and throw pitches. Try to get him out in the 6th yea their pen has to be fairly taxed right?

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 08:11 PM) Has Eaton assumed the clubhouse role of "14 year old child" vacated by the dearly departed Drake LaRoche? Thanks, the first real good literal LOL I've had online today.

The Sox seem pretty good at developing .5 to 1.5 WAR types wrt to position players. It's too bad you can't add them all up into a few 4-5 WAR starts. Need to combine Sanchez and Davidson at the moment.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 06:04 PM) Is it due to choppy internet connection / broadband? Mine is full HD although there the ocassional pauses that drive me nuts, but that is because I have crappy internet that is spotty from time to time. Overall it worked far better than prior years. When I cut the cord finally this June, I'll upgrade my broadband a bit (presuming there will be a special around that time to get some higher speeds). Gigabit is coming...which I don't need, but google is also coming eventually and that should drive down prices I thought that might be the issue but at the same time it's locked up on the smart TV it's running absolutely fine on my desktop. I'm thinking it's a problem with my router playing nicely with the TV. Going to try some more troubleshooting tonight including seeing if I can assign a manual IP to my TV. It worked perfectly all day Sunday and since then it's been crap. Oh well, 1st world problems.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 04:51 PM) I'm not a fan or anything, but he's definitely a viable 6th or 7th inning guy. Ideally he's the 6th inning guy with the talent around him. It's nice that he's pushed down so far. Seems like lately his type has been the 7th inning guy for the Sox.

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 06:11 PM) MLB.tv on Roku streams pretty damn nice. Watched last night and it looked fantastic.....but I have a decent internet speed too. Lucky you. Literally has not worked for more than 5 minutes for me since opening day. It worked all day Sunday zero problems for all the games I don't GAF about. I'm an IT guy I've tried many things and it just either lags out or is so descyned with the audio (audio is ahead by a good 5 seconds) that it ruins watching. Have been watching on my desktop, which has a nice 27" monitor, but would prefer to be able to watch it on the couch in the living room at times. Hoping it works tonight.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 03:37 PM) After watching Bassitt throw 96 last night, I'm even saltier about that trade. Sounded great at the time though. Yea of all the guys they gave up he's probably the toughest to swallow. He'd look pretty awesome as the 5th starter this year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 03:34 PM) Man you guys really hate Petricka. I'd put him above Duke and Jennings easily. He's just mediocre. A 3.76 xfip, average fastball is 93 MPH, and over 3 walks per 9 innings last year. He is what he is. Has some decent movement that makes up for lack of pure velocity out of the pen but walks way too many guys and doesn't miss enough bats to be a high leverage reliever. I'd use him against RHP before Duke, but I'd probably rate Jennings as a little better just because he misses more bats. They both have issues with walks.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) Also, these Cubs ads on Soxtalk are really annoying probably heavily geo targeted, I'm not seeing any here in Seattle.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 01:55 PM) So amped for Rodon! Yessir. Usually with Carlos it seems you know if he has his good command within the first few batters. Lets hope he can continue to keep that walk rate down because his stuff will get the job done missing bats.

Also, so far so good on RV this year. Really have zero complaints through the first two games. Granted winning but I like his lineups and decision to not overly tax Q and Sale early.

Based on his velocity and command last night -- yes. Really feels like the bullpen has a lot more depth than the last couple years. In fact, hopefully Albers and Jones pitch well enough to relegate Duke to LOOGY duty and Petricka to a 6th inning role.

hawk is just brutal tonight, yikes.

jose looking nice on defense, took command well there.

I think Melky is toast, I'd love him to prove me wrong.

q looks on his game, as usual.

Holy s***. Stanton just hit a ball 450 feet I think.

Verlander loses the no hitter and shutout in the bottom of the 6th. 1 on, 1 out, 1 in now. Detroit bullpen warming. Detroit still winning 5-1.

start the game, I'm good and lit already.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 07:55 PM) I trust my sauces multiple sauces?

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 06:16 PM) Sox are trying to get to two over .500 for the first time since April 15, 2014 when they were 8-6. So, you're telling me there's a chance?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 03:27 PM) If you pick up a chromecast or anything else that streams (Apple TV, Fire, PS3, etc) and has MLB.tv app, you can than throw it up on your big screen. I just got a 40" roku TV. My only regret is I should have got the 50" but I got it for $199. Watched part of the game on it last night in the living room. Actually replaced a dumb, scratched up 42" LCD that I bought in 2008 for $600, luolz. TV tech has moved, very, very quickly. I will say despite regretting not going with the 50" I am enjoying every other single thing about having the Roku built in. Turn it on and boom there is SO MUCH CONTENT just at my fingers. I don't have netflix but I have prime and I signed up for the free trial of Sling. So far I'm liking Sling but will cancel it until CFB as Michigan games are often on locked ESPN. I'm done with cable forever just give me my 20 meg for $49 a month.

Ok only 4th worst. Holy moly looking at that list HOW GOD AWFUL WERE THE POSITION PLAYERS LAST YEAR. really, really awful.