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Lillian was a week or so ago, but that was for Dunn as a platoon split and that call has died out with the focus now being on Beckham, Morel, Viciedo and Ramirez. And Rios is regressing again. But promoting Conor Jackson to play 3B at the major league level when he's played about 10 games there his entire career is insane.

Except Jeff Manto's had two months. Greg Walker how many years? At a certain point, it becomes an issue of either being totally lost and lack confidence psychologically (Beckham/Morel) or just not being talented enough...to the point where no hitting coach could possibly make a difference, not even Lau, Hrniak or Rudy Jaramillo.

And the turning point was Dunn not easily scoring in the 1st inning when Ross fumbled the ball around in LF. Sigh. Konerko hit a double...Dunn had been on 1B with a walk, he didn't look at the play in front of him and just assumed he would be held up by McEwing instead of waiting to be stopped. When he realized what was going on, it was too late for him to score.

Well, Conor Jackson's been playing 3B. Who knows what the White Sox are thinking in regards to Morel and Beckham at this point.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 08:47 PM) It's insane to think that our best hitter in 2012 was traded for by SCHUELER!! That exclamation point at the end for sure means you have enough emphasis with your ongoing campaign to tip JR over into firing him.

Ventura's going to have a lot of questions to answer if he doesn't use Fukudome (Viciedo), AJ (Flowers) and possibly Escobar next inning against Aceves. Marlins got a homer in the bottom of the 8th from Logan Morrison to tie against the D-Backs. Looking at a 7 game losing streak. Doesn't seem to matter who is managing the Sox or Marlins with both teams reeling.

And the ugly hitting with RISP continues. What new? Konerko needs some protection or no pitcher will challenge him with a fastball he can square up. Peavy starting the 9th inning with 107 pitches, now 108.

Paulie missing the protection of AJ behind him tonight. Rios simply has to come through here with a base hit and change the momentum of this game.

Harper grounds out to Billingsley in his first big league AB. Padilla Flotilla on the mound...not one of the most well-liked players in the game.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 08:26 PM) If we had this Jake Peavy the last two years we're a play-off team. Not last year, but definitely in 2010.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Man, we have some weak sticks in this line up right now. Changes have to come, Viciedo no rbi's other than his solo shots, Beckham 2 rbis and both of them have played almost every game. At least they have to respect him to an extent. He's been really bad with RISP, but so have much of the rest of the hitters with the exception of DeAza, Dunn, Paulie and AJ. Rios isn't going to light the world on fire with only only 1 HR and 7 RBI's. And he can't hit with RISP, either. LHP Morales in. Farmer in heaven with ND head coach Kelly in there.

Pretty darned pathetic when you're hoping as a fan that Morel and Beckham don't actually need to get a hit...that they'll get bailed out by a wild pitch or passed ball. Gordon at .15254 and falling.

Mitchell with his 5th double of the season, already has 20 RBI's. At .346. Gilmore actually had a two-run RBI. 7-4 Barons.

Who would have thought Viciedo would be our best defensive outfielder and worst (so far) offensively? That kind of a season...

Here's a very telling stat. If we went on to lose this game, our home record since the beginning of 2009 would be 127-126. You can't be competitive in any division unless you can play at least .550-.600 at home.

Gordon Beckham a scintillating 9 for 58, for a Dunn-like .155 average. Ryan Sweeney has 11 doubles ALONE, Konerko with 9 now, the same as Gordon as hits. How can you be so bad after looking so good? Sweeney at .397 with a 1.021 OPS. 88 pitches for Peavy through 5 1/3. Bullpen nights for both teams. Luckily, no Bard throwing 95-98 against us tonight.

Mitchell with a fielding error (#2) that led directly to a run. 1-1 tie. Saladino climbing, 2/2 again. Drew Garcia pushing Beckham (lol) with a double and HR, 4 RBI's. Barons out to a big lead now, 5-1. Simon Castro has been maddeningly inconsistent. Getting hit hard tonight again, 4 runs (3 ER) already given up in the first two innings.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 07:26 PM) consistent failure with RISP this season. Like last season. And the season before that. It has been consistent with one exception, that miraculous 26-5 run in the middle of 2010. Other than that, definitely. Playing better on the road, no home field advantage whatsoever. Struggling against journeymen, rookies, soft-tossing lefties. Talented bullpens, but maddeningly inconsistent. Offense seemingly never clicking all at the same time. Tons of mental mistakes (Dunn in the 1st, Konerko not advancing)....missed relay men, bad routes, bad baserunning, throwing to the wrong base, missed bunt attempts (see Alexei Ramirez triple play ball in 2011), dropping balls that should be caught (Rios/Pierre/DeAza), etc. We still look a BIT better in this area than 2011, but not by much. One definite improvement, holding runners and throwing out runners, but even more K's than last year with Dunn, because of Morel/Beckham/Viciedo struggling simultaneously.

Alexei had that clutch 2 run double against the A's in the Santiago game 14 inning game, but he's shown almost ZERO XB power this year. His OPS is below Viciedo's.

Because you're parroting the exact same views as a certain someone, so how can we be mocking you, M-34? Your views are virtually indistinguishable. Konerko doesn't see the ball get away.

Fans having a difficult time mustering up a smattering of boo's for Dunn there. Maybe the Derek Rose injury has everyone down that's not a Red Sox fan. Byrd "disorientated" out in CF, lol. Disoriented, DJ? Rios with yet ANOTHER big RBI opportunity these last few games.

71 pitches for Peavy through 4. Looks like a six inning outing, unless he can limit his pitches and get into the 7th on a cold night. Supposed to be near 80 degrees early next week.

Sounds almost like a Red Sox home game with the fan reaction over the radio. Keep forgetting they're playing at USCF. 17 innings streak without a run surrendered is now over for Peavy. Was the longest streak in AL before that Gonzalez single.

Broken bat single by Sweeney. Bad luck for Peavy after Jake had retired 9/10 hitters. That's an amazing 11 doubles already on the season for Ryan. We always said when we first saw him in ST way back when he was going to be a doubles machine. We just hoped for HR power to come when he filled out his frame.

What's with the C and B stuff? Should we now call you M, M-34 or J? Well, at least it's fun to watch Peavy dealing with a legitimate major league line-up tonight, and Paulie Konerko continuing to burnish his HoF credentials.