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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:03 PM) I have followed Sox baseball for 57 years. I understand cyber frustration of not having a winning team but you are not out of the race until mathematically eliminated and we aren't There's still room to be hopeful, but if they go 2-4 on the road trip, it's absolutely time to hope for losses and real moves that will positively impact the future. Because the present isn't good enough. That's how baseball works in 2016.

What's with all of the pockets sticking out the last couple years?

Blue Jays and Astros lost. Tigers are losing. Need to win this one to have some hope. Dropping back down to .500 with Turner starting tomorrow would not be good.

With Morneau now, I wonder if they'll push Anderson down to 9, and go Melky at 2? Eaton, Cabrera, Abreu, Morneau, Frazier, Lawrie, Garcia/Shuck, Catcher, Anderson

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 10:19 AM) If they win 79 games it's time to blow it up, including the front office. 3 win improvements won't cut it. I don't know if there is an actual win total that matters whether they should blow things up. Out of the playoffs is out of the playoffs. To me, 76-86 or 86-76 is the same thing if you're going home. That said, I think the Sox will be 77-78 or 78-77 with a week left, and they'll play the Rays and Twins 7 games at home that won't mean anything to anyone. They'll probably be shutting Sale down after 32 starts.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) This team is fools gold and finished. They won't win the wild card. They'll win about 82 games max. Yep. 79 wins, plus or minus 2, based on the last week of meaningless games vs Rays and Twins.

Avi has two homers off Shoemaker. Lawrie is 6-15 against him. 7-3 Angels.

Orioles, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Rangers, Astros, Indians 6 teams for 5 spots. 3 or 4 teams can pretend they're still in it, but they aren't. This will wash out over the next 10 days.

Happy for Sale. Glad he is opening up about chewing tobacco. I hope MLB bans it because it's time.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jul 11, 2016 -> 09:05 AM) Just too many good teams in the AL, so the bad ones don't have any soft spots on the schedule. The AL teams who aren't in that overall bottom 6 are .500 or better. After the rocky start, the AL has taken a big advantage (97 to 83) in interleague head-to-head, as usual. A weird year in interleague. The NL is actually up 46-44 when using a DH. The AL is doing damage in NL parks (53-37), and more specifically when playing a 2 home/2 away 4-game series against their local or regional counterpart, Monday-Thursday. The AL is 31-13 in these series (18-4 in NL parks), with the Sox/Cubs, Orioles/Nationals, Yankees/Mets, Rangers/Rockies remaining after the break. It will probably end up AL 162-138, give or take a few. Good AL teams have to go 11-9 at minimum.

I'd be surprised if he doesn't start next Sunday in Anaheim. He looked very good and the other options aren't that good.

Basically every AL game that matters, the outcome was bad for the Sox today. The Sox might not be in sell mode, but they certainly shouldn't make an aggressive move in an effort to try to win 88-90 games. That ain't happening.

Anderson SS Eaton RF Abreu 1B Cabrera LF Frazier 3B Lawrie 2B Navarro C Garcia DH Shuck CF

Astros and Blue Jays lose. Sox win. Good day.

Need Shields to pitch deep tomorrow and finish off a 13-6 stretch going into the break.

I can't imagine the Sox are in sell mode yet. Hanging on the edge.

Nice! Wins are wins. One more tomorrow.

dar don't

We're f***ed

If the Sox don't win this, back to sell mode/fire Robin. Get outs!

Double play, por favor.

That's the best he could do with a 3-0 count?

Battle of Colombians that don't get run support.

I have no feeling on Fulmer either way. The walks concern me, but maybe he can handle it and is the best option right now. We're in desperation mode right now for sure.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 9, 2016 -> 09:51 AM) It's three games. I wonder if they keep him there until he gets a few good games under his belt, or if he's going to Winston-Salem soon either way. Personally, I think he should have a couple good games of solid contact.