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If Sale holds through the inning, the Santos era will begin tonight...

Does anybody here actually think the bullpen will hold the lead and the Sox will win this game? No? Didn't think so.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:57 PM) Well, he hit 16 HR in 2009, and 13 HR in 2010. I think it can get weaker than that. I mean currently. He's not supposed to be flat footed...his stride timing is off.

Alright. 2nd time around facing Mongo. Let's get EJ some runs you mental midgets!!!

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) 9 up, 9 down. Just realized what bugs me about Morel's swing. Every swing seems like it's an 0-2 swing trying to protect the plate. I hope he likes Charlotte in May. He's totally flat footed at contact. It's as weak as it gets.

My Lord these hitters are beyond pathetic right now.

Penny is literally putting it RIGHT DOWN the heart of the plate and Sox hitters are taking terrible cuts. Dunn is the worst. His path to the ball is awful. Just awful.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) Brad Penny... we better beat this bum. Edwin looks like sh#t again. He has no slider. Without it he's just fastball and he walks the planet.

Ozzie, wake up. If you want Dunn to hit you may wanna let him play the field some day...It can only help.

I'm confident the Sox take the next two in Det and then split the Yankees series.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) Pierre LF, Vizquel SS, Quentin RF, Konerko 1B, Dunn DH, Rios CF, Pierzynski C, Beckham 2B, Morel 3B. Buehrle P Game doubtful. Weather is miserable in Detroit throughout the night.

Can we please stay on topic here boys...? Daniel Hudson sucks.

0-4 5.92 ERA.

This is not some strange abberation tonight. Guys are simply doing what they've been hired to do. Top two get on, get over, middle meat move 'em in. What a freaking concept.

As soon as this team started bunting into triple plays, f*cking around on defense and blowing multiple, 3- run 9th inning leads, the Baseball Gods decided to pi$$ on them for week or so. Their penance will end soon boys, and when it does they'll start rolling again.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:08 PM) And if you have one during the 3rd week of the season, who knows how many more you'll have the rest of the year. Maybe zero. A sample size if 11 is almost twice as much as 6...

Every team in baseball is gonna have a sh*t week losing streak.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 01:46 PM) pierre lf, beckham 2b, dunn dh. PK 1b, Quentin rf, rios cf, AJ c, ramirez ss, teahen 3b, Danks p The Sox will win tonight.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 11:16 AM) We got beat six times as a team. We won seven times as a team. My point as always is you win or lose as a team The point of the thread is the Sox BEAT themselves 5 of the 6 losses.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 01:40 AM) We did get beaten by Soria but somehow we came back.... The Sox torched Soria.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 16, 2011 -> 01:32 AM) Jered Weaver??? thats at least two Morel makes that throw and Weaver gets a ND at best.

Out of the six losses, I say ONE. Third game of the season.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 02:44 AM) http://comments.startribune.com/comments.p...ns&start=20 100+ posts ripping Gardenhire for "pulling" Pavano when he had asked to come out, ripping Mauer for being soft (the Twins have only homered 3 times in 12 games now) and worrying about All-Stars Nathan and Capps both blowing consecutive save opportunities back to back. The weird thing is the Twins are now an 6-19 dating back to the end of last season, the playoff sweep by the Yankees and the first two weeks of this season. Outscored 148-79 by the opposition during that timeframe (25 games, roughly 1/6th of a season)....pretty amazing the Twins are only scoring 3 runs a game for that long a stretch, but then you look at their stadium, missing Morneau, a hobbled Mauer, etc. They should still be better than our offense in April and May, 2010, right? Are they merely lulling White Sox fans into a false sense of complacency? What unpredicted Piranha (last year, it was Duensing and Valencia) will victimize the Sox this season? The Twins blow this season. Time for Sox fans to quit sucking at the Twins teet.

I think it's a forgone conclusion that Santos is the new closer. -As he should be. Fans are gonna have to let him settle in but he, by far has the best closer stuff. Fastball? (Check. 98mph a few nights a go with late action.) Breaking Ball? (Check. Nasty, nasty slider) Off speed? (Check. Filthy change). All he needs is some time and confidence.

FYI: Santos threw 24 pitches last night...Sale threw...34.