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If Freddy was throwing in the low 90's, I doubt people would be concerned and could just accept that it was just a poor outing. But he was missing 4 MPH from his fastball and looked terribly out-of-shape on the mound. It very well could be that he just pitched too many innings combined from last season, the WBC, and Spring Training.

Or even get a suitable replacement who actually has some experience or at least a bit of talent.

Singleton was doing a bit of play-by-play in a couple innings of every radio broadcasted Spring Training game. I know it's not much but he still hasn't improved at all.

Singleton is a mediocre color guy and horrible at play-by-play. So what else is there for him to be good at? It was a bad hire from the start. They should have went with Steve Lyons or someone else with actual experience. A familiar voice is not much-needed if it's a bad familiar voice.

People who were at the game are calling up The Score and talking about how horrible and out-of-shape he looked on the mound. They are saying he lost 4 MPH off his fastball. If it's because he is trying to locate more by throwing with less velocity, he better go back to his old way of pitching. Mid to high 80 MPH fastballs get roped unless you have Maddux-like control.

Boers and Berstein are on The Score and are also talking about Freddy's weak velocity today and how out-of-shape he looked on the mound. They are saying that he was throwing like Maddux and how that wasn't the same Garcia today.

Listen to Singleton attempt to do play-by-play. Then keep in mind that Farmer's play-by-play is already pretty bad. 'Nuff said.

I listen to the radio a lot and I'm trying to forget about how bad it is. So depressing.

He better start throwing hard instead. His located high 80's fastball is just going to get hit hard. And the only time we should consider trading Garcia is after the season. Trading Garcia and moving McCarthy into the rotation would just weaken our bullpen. We also wouldn't have a fallback starter in case someone got injured.

Agreed. A caller on The Score just said that he's worried about Freddy's velocity and how he was only throwing 85-89 MPH today. So it's not just posters at this site that are concerned.

There's a difference between a pitcher having a bad day and a pitcher throwing only 85 to 89 MPH when he usually works in the low 90's. Don't you understand that? How are people being completely pessimistic when one of our starter's velocity is way down? People are just concerned. Unless, of course, you know the exact reason that Freddy was only throwing in the mid to high 80's? Do you?

These were some classic posts. Thumbs up.

Thome is sickening.

Pitch number 77 for Garcia.

4 runs all with 2 outs.

This is sad. 4-0 Indians.

Man, Podsednik's arm is so weak.

3-0 Indians.

2-0 Indians.

http://www.soxtalk.com/chat/ 2-out double by Belly-lard.

Chat room has some people in it... http://www.soxtalk.com/chat/

Pods in RBI situations.

http://www.soxtalk.com/chat

They called up Jason Davis for now. When they need another starter they will use Fausto Carmona. Fausto Carmona's minor league stats