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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 17, 2012 -> 09:03 PM) Those of you b****ing about pulling Quintana need to stop, seriously. We're not dealing with 2010 Bobby Jenks as the closer, we're dealing with Addison f***ing Reed, the guy who had been perfect in save situations. The Dodgers got a few lucky hits off him, it's not like he got pounded. s*** happens. There's no guarantee Quintana pitches a scoreless 9th. Get off your high horse. It's baseball. People have the right to first-guess or second-guess a baseball move. Me personally? I want to live or die with Quintana in that situation. It doesn't mean the Sox come away with a win there, but that's what I would have done.

I'm glad I missed the Ranger postgame. Let me take a guess...he took Robin's side. Just a wild guess, there.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 17, 2012 -> 06:50 PM) How many "this will be when the Tigers make their run" runs will they have to have before we realize they're just not that good of a team this season? No One. And I mean NO ONE. Is going on a run away in the Central in 2012. Not The Sox. Not The Tigers. Not the Indians (The Royals don't even merit discussion) This division will be won with 90 wins at most. And it's gonna be bitter all summer and into the fall. It'll be nailbiting heartbreak or victory (which will also make hearts malfunction) Welcome to 2012. The way they stack division games in the last 5 weeks of the season, somebody could get hot in September and run away like the Tigers did last year. My feeling is the Sox need to be 72-58 on August 30, and go 18-14 the last 32 against mostly division teams to get to 90. 90 should do it this season.

5:30--didn't want to see what Robin was going to do with the 9th. Knew it should be Quintana finishing this game. Watched golf for hour and half. 6:55--checked score. 7:00--posted this pissed. When a pitcher is in the zone, you let him finish. On the other hand, the Dodgers did get screwed earlier in the game. That Mattingly ejection was an all-timer.

Charlotte- Leesman http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...indaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham- Castro http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...biraax_tenaax_1 Winston-Salem- Petricka http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...wswafa_wilafa_1 Kannapolis- Johnson http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...kanafx_delafx_1

No lineup yet, but John Danks Sr was on the Score and said Jordan will start in CF today.

Nationals DFA Brad Lidge

Letting Buehrle go was the right move. Signing Danks is iffy, but at his age, it's not too objectionable.

Sounds like it's mostly to give Sale a little extra rest following a bad start. It also sets up a chance Sale will pitch the Sunday before the break, which would take him out of the All-Star Game. 6-22 vs Mil 6-27 at Min 7-3 vs Tex 7-8 vs Tor Either this, or they'll just go 6-man until the break, with hopefully Danks in there at some point.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 16, 2012 -> 10:21 AM) This team has lost 7 of 9 - just like every team does. It's a bad streak over a relatively small portion of the season, after an insane winning streak. I wish some of the same people that screamed "sample size!!!!" about batting stats could hold perspective together when this team goes on either a good or bad stretch. This stretch doesn't mean that the sox are going to lose 90 just like the winning streak didn't mean the sox would win 100. If we continue to play well against the division we will win it. If we don't, we won't. Losing 6 of 9 doesn't mean s***. We have holes, yes. So do most other teams, including competitive ones. By the end of this month we will probably have reeled off 8 of 10 and the naysayers will once again be the converted. Going into yesterday, I said 13-9 to the break. Now it's 13-8. @LA 1-1 Chi 2-1 Mil 2-1 @Min 2-1 @NY 2-2 Tex 2-1 Tor 2-1 That's very doable for a "good" team. So do it. They can't afford to make a bad stretch a longer bad stretch.

What an awful division. Hammering home why they should have just eliminated divisions, played a balanced schedule, and have the top 5 of 15 make the playoffs starting in 2013.

I hate waking up and thinking about that game last night. UGH! I said yesterday. 22 games until the break, they have to go 13-9. Now it's 13-8. If they're a real team with real intentions of winning the division, then be 47-38 at the break.

34-30 in a s*** division. The Sox suck just as much as the Indians and Tigers, except they had their one hot streak.

OOHHHHH...Humber tomorrow. Great!!!!

What a horrible game.

Indians win 2-0. Pirates offense is not good to say the least.

Charlotte- Shirek http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...indaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham- Kloess http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...biraax_tenaax_1 Winston-Salem- Arroyo http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...wswafa_wilafa_1 Kannapolis- Snodgress http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...kanafx_delafx_1 Some good starting pitching tonight for Shirek, Arroyo, and Snodgress.

22 games until the break. Anything less than 13-9 sucks. Get after it!

Interleague half way over. AL leads 68-58, assuming a Mariners loss tonight. AL records: 7-2: Bal, NY 6-3: Det, LAA, Tex 5-4: Sox, Min 4-5: Bos, TB, KC, Oak, Sea 3-6: Tor, Cle Sox are average.

AL teams are 42-27 playing NL-style baseball. NL teams are 31-26 playing with a DH. Bass ackwards.

Leesman? Doesn't have "stuff" numbers, but good ERA so far. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...&pid=489056

They get a quality start and win. It's amazing how that works....

Please tell me Chris Sale is already in LA.

How about Alexei does something this inning for once?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) Need some magic to keep the Sox streak of winning last 11 interleague series going. Houston?