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Avila walks. Take him out.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 23, 2012 -> 02:00 PM) 6 outs to go. Good work Happ. He should face at least two more batters. Dirks and Avila both left handed. He's only at 93 pitches, so plenty left in the tank.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 23, 2012 -> 12:34 PM) What? This was my reaction as well. A.J. must be Hawk's nephew or something. This explains why Hawk got Kenny to sign him in 2005.

What a series. The Sox sure get up to play the good teams. Seattle's one of the hottest teams in baseball coming in. We have our work cut out for us.

This certainly made up for the Royals series. Mercy!

Sale's given up too many home runs as of late.

Gordon Beckham sucks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 01:38 PM) Since Y2HH is passing and just blaming KW anyway...can someone else help him out here? I'm looking for a 2b or middle infielder who has moved this year who would be a substantial upgrade from Beckham and come with limited or no cost. Heck, you can add 2011 onto that list also. The only starting 2b in the league who I can recognize that moved anywhere this year was Infante, and the Tigers gave up a top pitching prospect for him and Anibal Sanchez. The Shortstops I can see who moved were Stephen Drew and Hanley Ramirez. Drew was cheap but has been hurt and is pretty much regarded as a bust himself, HanRam has a very high price. Here's the list of free agents last offseason. Guys signing for close to the minimum include Theriot, Jeff Keppinger, Omar Vizquel, Jack Wilson, Drew Sutton, Aaron Miles, Will Rhymes, Jose Lopez (already got him), Adam Kennedy, Bill Hall, Carlos Guillen, Brooks Conrad, Andres Blanco. Guys who signed at $3-4 million a year, "goodbye AJ" money, include Mark Ellis and Jamey Carroll. Please, enlighten me where this magical upgrade you envision would come from. Jeff Keppinger.

Gordon sure has had a low BABIP these past few years despite a line drive % around 20%. .276 last year, .251 this year. He's also hit less infield flies this year, so his BABIP should be up, not down.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 12:41 PM) Let's wait for his next 0-fer before we freak out again. We should all keep bashing him, it's working.

Absolutely hilarious.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 11:19 AM) Remember when Youk hit that granny? I heard the radio call this morning of it, hilarious. DJ screamed when the ball went over the fence and Farmer butted in with a "SLAMEY" catch-phrase. That one's gonna be played for a while.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 11:54 PM) Sox deserve credit for not letting those 3 losses to the Royals completely bury them. Losing 3 in a row to that horses*** team could have ended the Sox season, sending them spiraling downward. Think they'll keep this dynamic pricing for next season? Fans don't have the moolah cause of Obama. Kidding about Obama, but we're in an economic crisis, baby! Lower those prices and charge 10 bucks for parking til the crises is OVA!!!! Post of the year.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 09:02 AM) Isn't Beckham's defensive WAR actually negative right now? Just checked...he has a -0.3 DWAR. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/3.../gordon-beckham O.o Since when did ESPN start doing their version of WAR? Or are they just copying what the Baseball-Reference database has? Until you know what they model it after, it's not trustworthy at all.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 10:50 AM) This is the first time I've heard that Beckhams range was below standard. I have always heard him described, albeit by Sox announcers, as having exceptional range. In regards to his positioning, it seems to me from listening to the games that he gets to most everything hit his way. A lot of this could be attributed to excellent positioning (even if he has limited range); or bad positioning (with great range). Which is it? On a side note. I am one who rarely gets to see a Sox game and listens to almost all of them on radio. I was on vacation last week and by happenstance, I was walking by a T.V. with a Sox game on. Of course, the one time in over 2 years that I can see a few innings of a game, they are getting blown out by K.C. Gordon has issues with balls up the middle. He gets to stuff on his left pretty well, but his range up the middle is limited from what I've seen (or remember).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 09:19 AM) Correct me if I'm wrong, but they were discussing this on the Score a few days ago. A chunk of the defensive WAR is based on a player's range. Beckham doesn't necessarily have the greatest range, he doesn't get everything, but what he does get to he catches. From what I understand, that supposed lack of range could have a big effect on his DWAR and be the reason why he is negative? This is exactly it. Beckham's range isn't great for a 2B. It's very hard to judge range, but it's easy to judge arm strength. Beckham's got great arm strength for a 2B and I think a lot of people overrate him because of it. In terms of UZR, he's been great in terms of double plays and error runs. This means he does well when he can get to the ball and he turns the double play well. I think everyone can agree on that. But both DRS and UZR think he's negative in terms of range. That's certainly debatable, as I think I've seen Gordon display at least league average range for a 2B, if not above average. He was a positive last year for both UZR and DRS (+5 for UZR, +3 for DRS) and both thought he had above average range. Sample size fluctuations have a lot to do with why he's been considered a below average fielder this year. I still don't believe that assessment is true though.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:49 PM) I want a Sweep sooooooo bad. Gotta even out that sweep by the Royals.

This ball game is OVA! Great game, great to win the season series against the Yanks. Let's sweep them tomorrow with Sale on the mound.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:46 PM) maybe ............maybe not McEwing sends just about everyone. There's a reason A.J. didn't go there. It's because even McEwing thought he'd get thrown out.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) He's fast. He's a good fielder. He can hit a bit. He good. Okay, Hawk.

WTF Myers.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:41 PM) Do you guys now finally see why I love Deweezy Wise? No. I'll enjoy this while it lasts, but there's a reason Wise has been bouncing around his entire career.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) Your opinion not mine. A.J. is slow. Ichiro has an awesome arm. Just because his throw was bad after he hesitated doesn't mean he should have been sent.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 09:38 PM) Wait, now Myers will finish another game? DAMN YOU, BECKHAM I've been saying this for a while. But Myers isn't a bad option for a starter next year. At $10 million, he'd be around market value.

Attaboy Gordon! We really needed that one. Addison gets the day off.