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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) Gutsy 6 innings of 4 runs allowed. Digging deep. Dirtball. Grimy and such.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 08:55 PM) Peavy's arm might fall off here. As far as I can tell, he's throwing mostly with his right karate-chopping leg. It's unique.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 08:50 PM) Leaving Peavy in pretty much shows the white flag Combination of Ozzie's imbecility and KW's order not to use Thornton because he's about to be traded with Dayan Viciedo for Sandy Alomar Jr.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 08:47 PM) I hate Ozzie so much. Way to know your personnel! I don't know. I mean, I always feel like Jake's going to get an out when he karate chops his leg to generate more velocity. It's real natural. In the future, you'll see, all pitchers will do this.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) That about sums up one Alex Rios in a nutshell. To me he is one of the worst overall baseball players the Sox have had in recent memory. He inspires NO confidence at all. When he gets a hit it's like the worst kid on the little league team actually making contact...you're just happy he didn't spike himself. Alex Rios is by far my most hated player on this team. He is pure garbage. Another in the growing list of Kenny Williams boondoggles. The thing with Rios is that it's so clear, even to a guy like me, what he's doing wrong at the plate. He tries to pull every pitch, and he does it with a stance and swing that cannot cover the outside corner. So that's where he's pitched, and all he does is wave at the damn ball. Add to that he has no bat speed, and there you go. I seriously laughed when Walker said last week that he was trying to get Rios to think "up the middle." First off, are we just realizing this, Greg? Second, why not get him to think "right field"? At least then, he'd be focused on facing his body to right instead of opening up constantly. God. Damn. It.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 12:03 PM) It wouldnt take much to outperform Alex Rios regardless of what numbers are inflated. I'm pretty sure anyone we brought up could at least give us something other than 2 ground outs and a pop up. It's like the Art of Rios. He's truly a master.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) No hustle by Rios on another weak chopper. Don't worry, he said he'll be better during the 2nd half. And a terrible swing on a terrible pitch, a high hanger that he managed to jam himself on. At this point, he's simply a brutally inept, chronically joyless baseball player. Hate watching him "play."

Peavy is just flinging the ball up there. It's seriously unnatural at this point. The more fatigued he gets, or the more he tries to get on the ball, the more awkward his delivery becomes. That's not repeatability. That's dangerous.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) He won't he is the brass mouthpiece. Is it possible that both are true -- most callers are idiots AND Rongey isn't very good? I'm thinkin' yeah.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 03:10 PM) How does Alex Rios have a job? How does Alex Rios not get booed out of the Cell? He.Is.Horrible. Doesn't care. Doesn't look like he cares.

QUOTE (Chisoxrd5 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) 87 MPH fastball tailing in. Quentin can't touch it. Unbelievable. You knew that Quentin would struggle on the day he made the All-Star team. Such a headcase.

Warning track power, LOL.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:41 PM) We all agree that call to dunn was horse s*** Yep

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) That a boy Beckham! Love to see him getting on top of a fastball. Nice to see.

Not even close to a strike. Oh, dear. Dunn is not in a good place right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) Actually his velocity hasn't come close to what it was in the Cleveland game since his high pitch count that game. Exactly. I'm not sure this is real controversial.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:35 PM) I agree, but just because the guy threw 100 pitches his last start it doesn't mean anything Do you think his stuff and command was any worse this time out than in Boston? I do. We've seen this show before.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:34 PM) Alexei should have about 13-15 errors this year. Camp Cora = FAIL

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:33 PM) That's not the problem, if you give teams extra outs they're gonna take advantage unless you're the sox No argument with the extra outs point, but I'm making a larger point about what we've seen with Peavy all year. And, in the future, Cooper might want to get off his dead ass before his pitcher issues 3 walks. No need to be blinded by Peavy's pedigree. Get out there.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) Not good, Jake seems to have lost it. Note to idiots Guillen and Cooper: stop allowing Jake Peavy to exceed 100 pitches in his starts. His command in the next start suffers.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) The whole inning is on him Quite the regression this year. Lack of focus.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Peavy with just an awful inning. He needs better command if he's going to have mediocre velocity. Sorry guys, he's not an ace yet. One thing that might help, even with a 6-man rotation, is not pushing his pitch counts above 110, you know, less than a year after surgery. It's been very stupid all year.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 02:26 PM) f***ing 0-2 s***ty pitch

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 4, 2011 -> 09:12 PM) On deck hitter is too good and neutralizes the righty/righty advantage he had on Miggy. This is why VMart is so important to Cabrera/Tigers. Yep, must be nice to have left-handed protection for your right-handed big bopper. I mean, sure, having a guy hitting .180 and striking out once every 3 at-bats is pretty sweet, though.

LOL