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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 04:15 PM) It sucks that we can blame Nate, we can blame Bellisario, or we can blame Lindstrom. Cleto and Daniel Webb are the only guys not to s*** themselves out of the pen so far this year, and they were the last 2 guys to make it. And Webb gave up a run yesterday...with Cleto giving up his two inherited runners and almost completely giving the lead back if Arcia's ball was hit another 10 feet.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 04:11 PM) This bullpen is going to be hard to watch if they don't learn how to throw strikes. Jesus.. Or learn how to get ahead in counts so that the batters don't know exactly what's coming next... Hawkism 101: The best pitch in baseball is strike one (see Eckersley, Dennis) Well, the Royals and Cardinals both have very strong pens, they probably knew that Cleto wasn't worth the trouble....whereas we have the luxury of being able to afford some patience with him.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 04:04 PM) Jones is just brutal. I agree with someone on the other thread said about his delivery. I can't understand why he pitches backwards. Five batters faced so far on the season and no outs. And he was the favorite to be the closer two weeks ago.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 04:04 PM) Jones is just brutal. I agree with someone on the other thread said about his delivery. I can't understand why he pitches backwards. Haha, Jones always bugs Greg so much with that delivery. Then we have Cleto, who has a million dollar arm and zero idea of where the ball is going. Plouffe really laid in the weeds on those two fastballs from both Cleto and Lindstrom. Predictable outcomes. Just surprised we didn't give away the lead completely in the 7th when Eaton made that catch in center.

11,056 today.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:59 PM) Next 29 games: 3 at KC 3 at Col 4 vs Cle 3 vs Bos 3 at Tex 4 at Det 4 vs TB 2 vs Det 3 at Cle We'll know soon enough. Back to your schedule watching and projections, I see. At least we're better off than Royals fans, who have suffered two heartbreaking losses in a row in DET. The first one, they really choked away. Was actually looking forward to seeing their young phenom pitch in KC, but of course we get the Guthrie/Chen show. Seen that one before.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) Good news is April he is a slow starter playing well so far. Except for the brain cramp on that botched rundown. First thing you learn in Little League...always run the baserunner back to the base from which he came, one throw, tag, he's back in the dugout looking sheepish. Had a feeling that leaving Abreu on 3B with two outs and the 8-5 lead would come back to bite them, and, naturally, it did.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:54 PM) Heartbreaking loss. Good news is in 2005, Shingo blew the 3rd game of the season in similar fashion. At least Semien came to life, getting lucky a bit with the walk (he was bailing looking inside and got the call) and then the homer. Beckham starts his rehab assignment with Birmingham tonight. And DeAza's not hurting his trade value...if they do actually intend to trade him. On the other hand, the "trade our bullpen guys" theory has a long ways to go...

Well, that would have been our first 3-0 start to a season since 1992. Who in the bullpen's going to man up and get some big outs?

Well, at least we have starting pitching and Abreu.

Of course, right at the SS.

Twins gave the game away yesterday...a couple of times. We've taken turns giving it back to each other in this game. Both teams kind of suck. Now Viciedo's on 3B, somehow.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:03 PM) Who said it was unique? I asked if it was your opinion for clarification. I prefer him in right because of his arm, I like a strong arm throwing home from RF. Simply for that longest throw in the game....RF to 3B, first to third on a single.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) The lights only affect balls hit right at you. When you move toward the gap, the lights are not an issue as you are looking in more toward home plate where there is no light standard. Either way, Garcia is going to struggle in the outfield and hopefully his bat will make up for it. All I can do is defer to the opinion of two former major league outfielders who both have played RF at US Cellular. DJ usually doesn't make excuses for players (he was all over them about the botched rundown).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:59 PM) It's not a law or anything, but teams tend to stick their worst outfielder in LF. I don't know if there's any real evidence to backup that LF is somehow the easiest outfield position, but from the very small sample size of data we do have on Garcia, he's atrocious in RF and CF, but not awful in LF in his VERY limited time. AND ADAM DUNN! That, and the outfielders with the best arms usually play RF...while there have been some "speed" guys like Pierre or Pods in LF, it's stereotypically been the position of plodding guys like a Pete Incaviglia or Kevin Reimer who they can't stick at 1B/DH/3B but they still want to fit the bat into the line-up somehow.

Well, that was quick. Guess there was a reason (or two) to keep Dunn around, instead of Andy Wilkins.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) I don't think his natural swing plane will generate power. He gets no lift. He'll have to overhaul his entire swing to be a power hitter. Add some uppercut. He had five homers with us after the trade. 12-15 homers isn't going to cut it, though. DeAza might do that in half a season.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:53 PM) I'm just commenting about 2 games. He's literally cost us 6 runs over 2 games with his reads. The first one wasn't the read, it was the lights...the second one, he was playing way too shallow. Of course, they should have realized that Collabello can hit a fastball by that point.

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:53 PM) Age is not an excuse for catching a flyball. DJ and Dan Gladden both argue that he simply lost it in the lights...of course, it's easy to say he should have pulled up and just blocked it, preventing the 3rd run from scoring, but that's the correct play if you can't pick it up in RCF there.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:51 PM) LOL, just remember to eat crow when the 22 year old in RF ends up being a good player for the Sox. As long as he can hit 20-25 homers per season, he'll be a valuable player...assuming his OBP is much higher than Viciedo's, for example. If not, he's just another version of Dayan with more athleticism/potential...perhaps a bit higher average, but fairly similar results.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:47 PM) Avi going to play himself into a left fielder. He's worse than Dye and Quentin out there. Had him playing way too shallow for a clean-up hitter there. (Remember all the talk about Garcia playing CF?) Ramirez got fooled by the location of the pitch to Mauer...it was down and in and he started moving towards second, expecting him to pull it, but he should have known that he would take that pitch and go the opposite way with it. Quintana shaken now. Eight strikeouts, though.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) I don't know if you're gamedayer, but nether of his hits were hit hard. The first one was definitely a gork shot.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:31 PM) Sox also might steer away from a Boras guy because they won't be able to sign one of his clients to a Sale- or Quintana-like deal. Boras is a guy that will play the contract out year by year, so that his client can get to FA ASAP. Worked well for Crede and Jenks, not.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:33 PM) Ok. sure Farmer and DJ didn't even believe the Twins WEREN'T going to score after Escobar ended up at second.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) Unfortunately, it was like one of those experiments where there's an explosion and some creature forms from the ashes, and then the creature goes on a four year rampage eating cities and getting tangled in high tension wires. And then morphs'splits/divides into those creatures from Attack the Block, haha.