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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 09:24 AM) Best picture in history of universe

Quentin pops out to the right side. What a surprise.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 05:15 PM) Leadoff men only have guys on base in 36-37% of their plate apperances. Most of that comes from leading off the game (20% of your PAs to begin with), but having a power hitter there kind of wastes his ability to drive in runs with that power.Giving a guy on your team with lots of power the most at-bats is never a bad idea.

Thanks! One more year until 30...

I was curious if the Sox hitters were really as bad at pitch selection and recognition as it seems. I bet there's a way to see how many times a player swung at a ball out of the zone, but I have no idea how to find that. What I did find, though, was that the league average for pitches per plate appearance is 3.81. The Sox team average is 3.67. If you take Dunn and Konerko out of there, it's way worse -- our leadoff hitter is at 3.41 P/PA.

Wow, Quentin looks really bad. I wonder what's going on with him?

Unless there's some secondary trade that will bring us more offense, or we can get rid of Rios, we don't improve our team in this deal at all. Trading Quentin, especially for pitching, is a bad idea. I'm guessing this won't go anywhere.

Dunn saw the balk as well. It was pretty clear-cut. I would've agreed if it was a Sox player as well.

3-0 Royals now. Feels like 10-0. I wish we had some offense.

I agree with Peavy on this one. It's definitely a mindset they need to have. Coming to the park ready to kick some ass, and never giving up, is going to make comebacks easier. Saying "we'll get 'em tomorrow" puts you in a bad place mentally. I bet a lot of the flatness and boring baseball we see would go away.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 04:08 PM) Sox win ...........I say Sergio is not available on Saturday.............Dare I say .500 team after tomorrow?Let's just beat them by 15 or so. Give Santos a rest.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) Ridiculous at bat. Oz is a moron for this late inning bunting. Killing our offensive mo jo. The sacrifice is a good call. The squeeze is eh. I don't like it, but I don't know if it's a bad call.

If this team can develop any kind of consistent offense, it's going to be very, very dangerous in the second half.

Bunting here is stupid, no matter the outcome.

If Adam can hit a 200 mph fastball shot out of a cannon, 97 mph heat will be easy. /ALL IN

The offense takes this loss for scoring 2 runs on 8 hits in 13 innings against mediocre NL pitching in a hitter's ballpark.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 10:02 PM) Problem is that he's had very inconsistent seasons including major, month long slumps that could kill an offense.He fits in here fine.

I bet Crain never did that in Minnesota.

Thank you Castro for swinging first pitch.

Hill had no chance.

Pena is super hot. If it wasn't for him and Castro, I don't think the Cubs would've scored a run this series.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jun 22, 2011 -> 08:57 PM) 4 runs off a bad pitcher, over 100 pitches. The way things have been lately, we'll take it.4 runs in 5 innings off a starter who just shut the Yankees down isn't bad.

Quentin looks bad against Davis. Maybe he should try right field, because swinging out of his shoes is not working.

Lopez is awful. We should be able to score against him, right? Right?

Not sure why you guys are getting on Morel for picking that ball up. I'm glad he did -- Castro probably would've roped a double to tie the game. Let him have a piddly infield single.