TheBigHurt

3 freaking runs in the 9th with a 3 run lead and now 3 more in the 10th. This is really f***ing pathetic.

But he's no longer in a save situation! It's still not his fault!

I can't believe just ONE aspect (the bullpen) of this otherwise fairly solid team is about as frustrating for me to watch as that damn 2007 season as a WHOLE... and it's barely been a week and a half worth of games. This is just brutal.

Ha ha this is comical.

That s*** was epic.

No it won't because it was the right move to make. Again with assumptions and guesses being the basis of an argument. LOL.

Whenever someone b****es about a Dunn K (yes, including a week after an appendectomy, LOL) I just laugh and move on.

Hilariously enough, I remember nothing from gamethreads in 2005 until the last 2 months or so when they really started to choke.

Dude, it wouldn't be Soxtalk if numerous people who are supposedly intelligent didn't base their arguments/logic on guessing and/or assumptions.

I think people are overreacting about Ozzie. I DO believe he made a bad move but he really doesn't have much to work with right now. But hilariously enough, the one guy who probably should have taken the mound in the 9th was the one guy Ozzie seems to not want to use. Ozzie really is a clueless manager... and yet he STILL gets a bit more blame than he even deserves... which is pretty sad.

LOL. Yeah, the old "I will argue your point with a silly assumption" routine. Some things never change around here.

This sums up the season so far besides our pretty good offense but that's offset. But bad managing is always a given with Ozzie; it honestly always makes me look at our team as a whole as a little worse than it looks on paper.

Dear Hawk Harrelson, PLEASE stop jinxing the hell out of your team. Sincerely, TheBigHurt.

LOL @ Hawk.

In THIS situation? I think he's being set up to fail here. But I guess you're right; IF (and that's a big if, IMO) he can get out of this one maybe it will help him. BTW, what was the big deal about anyway? What did Ozzie do?

Ok wtf is going on?

So... it hasn't occurred to Ozzie yet to try the most logical choice (Santos) for the 9th yet... why am I not surprised.

Wow, I REALLY must have missed something... Pablo tested positive???

Just what we needed, A WALK OFF!!!

ALEXEI!!!

I understand. It means you face reality rather than be afraid to convince yourself against logical thinking that you should try a better option out of fear it's not going to work, either. "Overreacted?" As has been said, every game counts. Thornton has had absolutely NOTHING so far, which has earned him 3 straight blown saves IIRC. Give him one more go and if it looks the same, there is no way to defend leaving him in the closer role. If you think this is an overreaction you're lying to yourself.

Well I wasn't aware of of that. Try to tell me that statement out of context doesn't raise an eyebrow.

Based on the performances so far... anyone would be a better idea.

The point is it's not worth the risk. I don't think I've ever seen Thornton look this bad before. As someone else asked before... did Bobby even blow 3 straight saves? "What if Santos fails as a closer?" Then you try Sale and if that doesn't work we're f***ed and that's the REALITY. I'm not gonna try and tell myself it will work out and there's no way it won't... that's reality. "What ifs" are foolish thing to base arguments entirely on. So far the evidence says Thornton has not looked good at all and Santos has a better arsenal to be a closer. Try it. If it doesn't work it doesn't work but you don't just NOT act on something because you fear it will be worse; like I said before, that's foolish.

Yeah, I speak it. Apparently Ozzie doesn't (hardy har har). Seriously, I couldn't get a concrete idea WTF he was talking about; didn't sound sensible. What was "decided in Spring training?" That he wouldn't exceed the 8th inning? I mean...???