chitownsportsfan

Great game. I think Thorton might be hurt though.

hahaha, so the Mariner's scorer said he "pitched effectively"--LOL! Dubya needs this guy.

I hear it's headed south...

Last Boone Logan supporter please turn the lights off on your way out.

How is that relevant? It isn't Boone Logan or me, or you, or some 80 year old grandpa sitting around smoking a cornbob pipe and typing away on Soxtalk tonight. It's Boone Logan or Tracy--who outside of one meaningless spring training, is the better pitcher than Logan.

Dude, he gave up a long fly ball, a line shot, hit a man, and walked a guy. That is pitching well? Screw the 2 runs. He can do a better job than any of us? Sweet! Nice job Gload!

Boone Logan has been put in a terrible spot by management--I mean--WTF is he doing on a MLB roster? Stick him in AA where he freaking belongs. Thank god for BA. Nice play there to keep this thing a blowout.

I'm slow...sorry. What happened? Why are you cancelling? What's their policy on cancelations, e.g. "the fine print". I'm not questioning you, I just would like to know more before I write them an email. And I have heard of numerous bad problems with MLB.TV this year.

It would help if we just stopped wasting out trying to steal.

Maybe if those teams were crazy. Sorry, but Widger, Ozuna, Mackowiak, and Gload are not starting caliber players. Mackowiak maybe--on the Royals/Marlins. I don't like Ozzie's sitting of so many guys at one time. There is no reason for it, even against Seattle.

It's in the cards anyway--no 9 game winning streaks!

I agree. KW has fostered a great sense of community around the organization--and while often over-rated, it seems to be paying dividends with some "home town" discounts.

Confidence in baseball is a funny thing, as it's often crucially important and yet based off of luck. A player can be struggling at the plate, and a slow roler up the middle that gets by the SS is suddenly reason for optimism--thus more patience at the plate, better swings, etc.

Yes, it's a great luxury to have--and I give credit to KW and Oz for having the patience to develop a young promising player. Off the top of my head, I can name Nick Swisher and Jeremy Reed as touted outfielders that struggled at the plate quite often their first full season, and are having good starts so far this season. The key is patience with young players. Like you mentioned, this team is put together where BA can put up a 240/290/410 line and still be championship caliber. That is great for BA and the Sox. I just hope that Ozzie starts trotting him out there against some tougher matchups--for his defense alone-- and Mackowiak goes back to his full time super-utility role.

Some pitchers aren't able to maintain early success? Pray, do tell!

I'd like to just see him taken on now Rowand, although I don't disagree with you. It's a good oppurtunity to get the struggling bullpen some action, like Matt/Cliff like you said, and it's an opportunity to get Jose out of a great game with a very low pitch count--that should help him in September.

Ha, I just checked out the Cleveland game chat on their blog--quite a few cliff jumpers.

WHY THE HELL AREN'T CINTRON AND MACKOWIAK IN THE LINEUP?

Alright Jose, keep up the good work.

Yea, hopefully Juan continues his Miggy career track impersonation this year.

I heart Juan Uribe

Well thankfully the team as a whole isn't attempting alot of steals and getting caught. CS is an offense killer, and a succesful SB doesn't add that much run probability.

Green?

Yea, Iguchi isn't even that fast. The only reasoning I have for that CS was to get a RISP with two outs, and if he does get caught, Dye leads off next inning, which is better than AJ.

Exactly. This lineup is deadly 2--5, and none of them should every be asked to bunt early in a game.