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QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 01:27 PM) i will grant and understand what you are saying, my point, this is totally excusable screw up. this is an error on the logistics side to baseball. the buck stop with the owners group, and their people who was place in charge of overseeing such minor details as this. any major corporations have what is call check and balance dept. this make the sox org looks really bad.... just imagine what i am saying, not the rant, but the imagine this portrays thru out the baseball world. laughing stocks is what i see. Trust me, I'm with you. It's an inexcusable f***up. If I was in charge I would have fired Robin after the game. The buck has to stop with the CEO and the CEO (Robin in this case) failed the entire org. Yes there were "holes in the swiss cheese" that lined up a long the way but in any analysis you have a chance to make it all right by the no brainer, 9th inning, "use it or lose it" challenge. That Robin didn't use his challenge will remain one of the biggest mysteries of the season. If the Sox miss the playoffs by one game you can easily point to the 2 games last week where Robin actively screwed them and say "sorry, but not sorry, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out". Get a real manager for '16.

One of the most rousing victories I can remember. At least for one inning, corpseball died. Everyone can now see why Avi maintains a BABIP in the 330s -- dude hits a lot hard ground balls and semi liners and his approach allows him to make good contact throughout the zone. Yes you'd like to see him yank that hanging curve out of the park sooner rather than later, but I will take oppo doubles for now. Great approach by everyone that inning and you see why you never ask guys to bunt when the closer is having problems locating. Eaton hung tough and came through. Ditto Melky. Under the circumstances that 2-2 take from Melky was one of the greatest takes I've seen. That was a perfectly located, nasty slider and you see now the talent Melky has coming through in that AB. That said, it's nice to run into a team that values defense even less than the Sox. If Bourne is in CF none of this happens. Alexei's ball should be an out 9 times out of 10 for a MLB outfielder. Luckily, Cle decided they didn't need a MLB quality CF that inning. Thanks guys.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) this is bull crap, the FO should have anticipated this as they should have anticipated and review any, old or new process and keep them up to date. in other words, audit the procedures yearly. this is a multi million dollar company and they don't have this process establish?? Much like the Bulls' medical staff pre Jen it was a huge f***up and a crisis necessitates change. At the same time however a competent manager of any company -- Robin included -- fixes all the mistakes with a good executive decision. That the buck didn't stop with Robin is disheartening but at least they realized what a huge f***up it was rather than burying their heads in the sand. That said, much like the Bulls and injuries (sorry Luol) the damage has already been done.

Think I'll schedule a root canal for this afternoon this s*** show won't seem so bad by comparison.

today was the first day I really had a chance to watch a game with no distractions and this is what happens. What a s*** start to the year.

f*** baseball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 02:13 PM) Even if he does...these losses in April still count. Just f***ing once I'd like to have some bulls*** start like Detroit where Greene is a Cy Young and Iglesias is Barry Larkin for a month. I mean, why can't we get some pixie dust once and awhile? Org wide failure IMO, guys never overachieve. If anything, their talent shines through our poor coaching org wide.

Well to be fair this s*** start has certainly justified a lot of the "whining" around here. Team has been the keystone cops in almost every facet outside of some small stretches of good pitching and hitting.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Get a hold of yourself here. yea no kidding. He looks "cooked". GMAFB. He's going through a dead arm. If he goes on the DL, then I'll hit the panic button.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) IF we can win tomorrow, we're one game under, having lost only 1 series, to a team that came flying out of the gate, and having played 8 of 11 games on the road. We can say to hell with any "cold hard facts" and consider the season rebooted. Make it so. yup.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) Sale for 5, Drabek for 4 You want an 11-10 nailbiter

Man Dombrowski sure can find hitters.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Chris Sale getting cold At this point I'd consider putting in Hector. If they get a couple more runs and it takes 10 minutes, yea do it.

infield in? LOL, good one Ausmus.

Conor really is clueless against LHP.

damn Avi showing some quick hands.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 02:29 PM) This game will be symbolic of the early turning point for our offense Let's all hope the team is so good the manager costing them a few games doesn't matter. I doubt it but we'll see.

hell yea it's about time this offense erupted. THe potential is THERE!

nice Palette cleanser he boys.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 02:23 PM) Nah, I don't agree. New York agreed quick.

this is the melk man we've been waiting to see.

didn't touch his hand that was obvious on the replays.

so why the f*** didn't adam tell ventura he faked it. So more replay f***ups.

LOL he faked it.

There is no joy.