joejoesox

ah, the advantages of having a speedy RF that sometimes might be out of position.

i can't remember the last time this team hit a linedrive base hit or a double to the gaps it might've been the yankees/sox game i went to a couple weeks ago, quentin hit a gapper off the LF fence, and crede doubled to LF to win the game

We have the lowest Baseball IQ in the league, nobody will convince me otherwise either. This comes from the top with how this lineup was designed, down to the managers and to the hitters and their approach they take against certain pitchers. Just terrible IQ. edit: LOL @ linebrink.

laughing my f***ing ass off at these clowns on our team. but hey, Quentin is good.

that ball was destroyed by CQ.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 1, 2008 -> 08:37 AM) How much you willing to bet? if we lose today and the twins win, we're not in 1st place anymore.

this team is gonna be bad tomorrow, and the next 6-7 days, hopefully these outrageous-type threads won't pollute the whole board because you KNOW what you're gonna get from this team the next week or maybe longer i don't see these guys just flipping on the switch and magically hitting all at once also what i'm curious about is, it seems there's some psychological problem with our position players and their ability to hit we had a terrible offense last year, and now we have Swisher, Cabrera, and Crede (he wasn't really part of our offense last year), and over the last 3 days, sans a Homerun.. Quentin inserted into the lineup and guess what, THEY'RE bad too. Why is this happening? One has to wonder about the clubhouse and the things that are going on in there, though I as a fan have been lead to believe that our clubhouse is perfect and everyone loves each other. So who knows, but something is causing guys to just suck offensively for this team, even when you plug in people who weren't anywhere near this team last year, what the bleep is going on.. also, why don't our hitters make adjustments, most of the lineup consists of veteran players that should know by now that you have to make adjustments in order to be successful. they came into last nights game as if they had no f***ing clue they were facing a guy who rarely throws a fastball for a strike. how could that be, it's like they're being fed WRONG scouting reports or something

QUOTE (KevinM @ May 2, 2008 -> 06:58 AM) He got hurt. Do you want to blame him for it? i'm not blaming anyone for anything, i just can't believe the guy finally gets into ST and then suddenly hurts himself significantly enough to miss opening day and, ultimately, the entire first month of the season what kind of injury is it anyway, and how far along until he's ready to start platooning with uribe at 2B?

what's the deal with Danny? he shows up late to ST because of Visa issues, and now he's injured for two months? what's the deal with that?

lol, tigers will be in first place soon enough. after going 0-7, they've gone 14-8 (.636 WPCT), swept the yankees today too.

yeah, it is.

voted for CQ about 31 times even though there's a 25 vote limit

We won't be in first place in about 3-4 days, I'd bet money on it. Not with the way these guys are playing, but I hope I'm wrong, maybe the day off will help these guys gather themselves for the toronto series.

Mike's got Reinsdorf on the show right now, and Jerry kind of let slip that Kenny has plans on bringing up a pitcher very soon, he made it sound like either today or not far off. Mike drilled Jerry about who it was and he kind of weaseled around the question saying he didn't want to make Kenny angry by announcing it, then he tries saying he doesn't know who it is I'd expect an announcement sometime soon, i'm guessing possibly Broadway

Masset didn't pitch poor enough for a loss, even if he did give up 3 ER. Teams with lineups like ours, outscore teams like the Twins 8-3, especially with mediocre pitching on the mound. And IMO it all needs to start with Orlando Cabrera waking the **** up.

With fields playing 2B, we could have possibly the most HR hit by a club in MLB history with that lineup.

fields doesn't have the range to play 2B, which is sad because fatboy Uribe seemingly does.

IMO the biggest disappointment on this team, and the most guilty player... offensively, is Orlando Cabrera. I can't count on two hands how many times he's come up with Swisher on base, and yet it takes a Thome double or HR to drive Swish in from 1st. OC hasn't done **** for this team this year, so far.

QUOTE (frankie5angels @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 03:00 PM) Everyone who thinks this team is in a slump is not being realistic. This team hasn't hit for a couple of seasons now, slumps don't last that long. I think it's time to realize that the players we have on offense just aren't very good. They are old and slow and I think this year is gonna be just like last year in terms of hitting. We will be better in the starting pitching and bullpen, but hitting wise, this is the team we are stuck with. OLD? Hardly. Slow? I can't disagree with you there, though I don't think it has much to do with why we're not hitting the baseball.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 02:38 PM) BA steal? he should've taken off on the second pitch, nathan pitching from the wind up too, well... maybe not the wind up but has a very high leg kick

nathan gonna make BA look silly right here. edit: BA owned me! come on AJ.

ball game. yeah we still have 3 outs left, but lol. 3 game losing streak to the 12-14 twins. these are games that good teams win, i'll just put that out there.

QUOTE (Bhay99 @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 02:15 PM) nice 3-2 fastball right down the middle boone http://a1984.v10869d.c10869.g.vm.akamaistr...262313_400K.wmv pitch was at his chin.

Could you have thrown a worse pitch to a guy with 2 outs, nobody on first and the RISP standing on 3rd base? Why didn't they go with the offspeed out of the strikezone and see if he'd chase it? Now they're IBB Cuddyer to get to JASON KUBEL, are you serious? Why not put Morneau on to get to a hitter that's less capable than Kubel, Cuddyer? Terrible managing.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 30, 2008 -> 02:10 PM) One of Moreanau or Mauer is going to do something that the middle of Sox order is unable to do, come thorugh in the clutch. i'm feelin it