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QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 02:08 AM) I hate when these guys' bodies break down, though. I agree easy as fans to say 'but the money' but tearing major ligaments and tendons and coming back is hard and most these guys would do it even without the big paycheck.

Well damn this turned out nice for the Sox. Too bad they couldn't have today count as a "day" for the suspensions. Guess they couldn't get that lucky.

I like Nieto but has pitch framing and contact rate have miles to go before he's a league average backup catcher. I think he'll have a decent 5-7 year MLB career but it won't be as anything more than a backup.

QUOTE (OnlyGillis @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:46 PM) As discussed on Boston radio ... two years ago no Red Sox pitcher wanted to throw to Salty. Farrell benched him in the World Series after game 3 and they won the last 3 games with David Ross. Salty is a stiff ... and there is no double meaning there despite the fact that he married his high school gym teacher who is 14 years older than him. At the time he was 19. awesome, the sort of insider info you can only get on sports talk message boards, lol.

are you black LDF? Thought you mentioned it one time.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:44 PM) i lived thru the race riots when MLK was killed. that was crazy, the police bus had to come by and deliver us kids to the house. Yea I was gonna say, my parents saw some s***...Kent State, Selma...Detroit...this is nothing. Are you AA LDF?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) I was really looking forward to seeing what we did tonight after winning 2 yesterday Yea it's s*** timing and with the suspensions looming none of this is good.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) you might want to look to the Ferguson riots. Those were nothing compared to this.

Literally unbelievable to cancel a game on account of a riot. What a strange start it's been.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) I was wondering who would play SS what Ramirez sat ... I would have suspected Beckham .... seems odd. Also, find it odd that a guy who plays a 159 games a year would be sitting after having a day off on Saturday from the weather. It's not like he played 14 days in a row. And it isn't like the one extra inning on Sunday is that big of a deal... seems very odd. Probably just giving him extra rest after a long weekend at the Cell. He's not 27 anymore tragically.

sox lineup was a mistake

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) Orioles lineup https://twitter.com/EddieInTheYard/status/5...1371136/photo/1 It kinda burns me that De Aza has had some success with them. That lineup doesn't scare me though. Hopefully they got all their hits out of the system yesterday.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) You guys should check out those Baltimore riots on YouTube/reddit. In Ferguson the rioters were just breaking windows and stealing but in Baltimore the rioters were going at civilians. Instigating fights and all. It was pretty messed up stuff. Not defending their behavior but the BPD is such a racist, POS org (and yes I know the chief is black) and people in Baltimore have lived with it for so long that it was only a matter of time before something like this boiled over. Anyways, go Sox and yea, be careful if you're going to the game. The area around the stadium is usually safe but who knows this week.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 09:18 PM) Is it Danks? gotta be robertson. edit: nope

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) What has the weather been like in April? The ball carries in USCF a lot differently in the summer months (June-August) than April through mid-May and mid to late September. Many of those balls coming up just short at the fence, like the one Melky Cabrera speared, are going to be homers instead. LOL. You are resorting to blaming the weather. The facts are the facts the pen has been good.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Just looking at this: CL - Robertson SU - Duke SU - Petricka MR - Putnam MR - Jennings MR - Rodon LR - Carroll Albers and Guerra are on the DL, but can come back soon. Crain and Jones can hopefully be back mid-season. Then a plethora of minor league arms that seem like that are growing. Night and day from last year. Exactly. Pretty much what Hahn said would happen -- that signing Duke and Robertson would line everything up -- is happening. I like it. I am excited for this pen it could be a real asset with how guys are throwing. Hopefully the offense can take some pressure off along the way as well.

THEY ARE 5TH IN THE AL IN ERA AND 4TH IN OPPONENT OPS. They play in a hitter's park. Jesus man, wtf else do you want? And who cares about the NL can't compare the stats no DH. They are upper tier in the AL after being arguably the worst pen in the AL last year.

I dunno I feel pretty damn good about the pen right now compared to last year's arguably "worst in baseball" -- simply "solid with upside to be good" is nice. Robertson has been one of the best closers in baseball for half a dozen years he's not going to turn into a pumpkin at 30. Duke's story is well known and he's been very effective as well early. A good closer and setup guy can paper over a lot of other weaknesses. But right now the Sox have a lot of guys that are throwing strikes even down to the 5th and 6th guys. At a certain point yea they are going to regress but just enjoy that what they've done already counts. Imagine if Robertson had blown 1 or 2 of these games but that's why they gave him 50 million isn't it? There is value at the margins and elite closers are worth paying. So far, Hahn's pen makeover looks good.

Caulfield: Rodon will have to go to the pen at some point probably just because of innings. I'd rather see him work as a starter now and deal with any innings limit down the road but it is what it is. It also makes sense to let Danks and Noesi try and build any trade value they might have. Obviously that's a long shot but John Danks actually looked pretty damn good today. If he can keep it up, he might just be an asset. Unlikely but today was the best he's looked imo since before the injury.

Dude...let's play some games this year.

lol at avi

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 07:55 PM) the smelling salts mean he knocked the wind out of himself. how? I thought he hurt his oblique when he lunched but then he hit the ground hard by his upper chest. Looks like he just got shaken up.

what a 180 turn of events.

are you kidding me he just got shaken up???? Wow, thought he just tore his oblique

season's over