MiddleCoastBias

Are his stats inflated as a result of the innings pitched? IE what are his stats by the inning (4th compared to 9th) that he pitched? I can't prove it but I feel like I remember Thornton did not do well when he stepped in last year for a week at closer when Bobby had his family issues. It seemed to me like Thornton mentally operated best in the 8th inning; is that the same case with Sale? (Again, this equation can be negated if I can find that Thornton had similar numbers in the 8th and the 9th). This may be the same case with Sale. It's just my perception that some pitchers pitch better in a given situation- be it set up, clean up, or pressure save. See- Bobby Jenks in a no-pressure clean up in a loss.

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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 02:42 PM) Ok, well it says the game today is on CSN....but I'm not seeing it... I believe that is for the split squad game this evening.

Useful shot, lad.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 7, 2011 -> 02:24 PM) Rios hits a popfly that carries like 100 feet and is a Home run! 2nd HR for Rios on the spring. Castro and Alexei both have home runs in the AZ game.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 7, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) Home run for Alexei in Tucson. I was under the impression that with the dry air of Arizona there are always fewer home runs yet Melton made it sound like just the opposite (saying that ball wouldn't have carried like that during the season in Cleveland). What's the case?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 11:29 PM) You like Danks' left-handed bat? Is it sexier looking when a left-handed hitter strikes out as opposed to a right-handed hitter? Seriously, I thought that ship has sailed. Did anyone else catch the Angels' broadcast on MLBN the other day (might have been like the 6th inning) when the announcers were raving about Danks being our 'top prospect'? I was embarrassed to hear that (obviously not top rated within our own system, but to hear that's what an outside crew thought).

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) so who is playing 1B? And which catcher isn't catching? I believe Dunn is 1B, AJP is DH, Flowers is C.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) You are the MVP of the offseason, my friend. Has anyone seriously brought more knowledge to this board since Peavy went down? The answer is no. Seriously. I love that fact that I can come to this board knowing there are a handful of people with information/insight (regarding injuries, trade rumors, clubhouse garbage) that I can't get anywhere else. The best part is that other people know this (cough Joe Cowley) and it upsets them that Soxtalk has some amazing resources. Keep it up, guys!

Alexei Ramirez made SportsCenter's Top 10 at #9 for his play in the 4th inning. One game in, I expect to see many more of those.

Harry Potter Twilight (and don't go see I Am Number Four, they tricked me- it's basically Twilight mixed with Jumper, garbage) Pickles Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaros Ohare Coffee Steak Joakim Noah Canada (shout out to Joe Cowley)

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 04:05 PM) Ding, ding, ding. Tried thinking outside the box. I was going to post Sale standing next to Jenks for the #10, but I forgot to do it. Or you could have just done one of Sale.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 25, 2011 -> 06:12 PM) They all say "New Era." http://www.hatsvip.com/new-era-baseball-ha...ats-c-7_13.html Why aren't they getting shut down? I think there has been a growing effort to shut down places like this. For example, there was a website http://borntrade.net that would sell what I assume to be knockoff jerseys and hats for cheap. That domain has since been shut down on the authority of the Dept. of Homeland Security. Having said that, you can google 'born trade' and see that they have a new website up and running selling the same stuff.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 11:33 AM) Must be the calm before the storm, Soxtalk seems dead today. And yesterday. There were like 7 posts yesterday. Yankees/Phillies today if you need a quick fix.

For the Irish fans out there-

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 10:24 PM) Just in case anyone was wondering, here is Dunn's OPS vs AL teams BAL 51 AB .850 BOS 24 AB .906 CWS 23 AB .170 CLE 129 AB .894 DET 23 AB 1.230 KC 22 AB 1.059 LAA 24 AB .798 NYY 29 AB .604 OAK 28 AB .604 SEA 28 AB .721 TB 35 AB .589 TEX 31 AB 1.848 TOR 35 AB 1.026 Yahoo doesn't list any stats against the Twins. Um, is that OPS against us for real? Do we know what his OPS is at the Cell? I hope this is just a result of our pitchers careering their nuts off against Dunn.

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Feb 22, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) Hey, Bacon man! I hope that you see this posting. I found something. The "ORIGINAL" Bacon ater. Don't know what his number was, but he was in the Sox farm system from 1961-1963 and manged as well. I saw this picture and couldn't resist posting it under your quote, His name...."DON BACON!!!" NEW.FAVORITE.PLAYER.

Start the day off with some Jerry Blowens. Full disclosure: I was a sucker for JO. Always wanted him to be something good. Alas, Ozzie and I feel victim to his speed

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 06:39 PM) Buehrle starting opening day against Cleveland = bad memories. Honestly, (if I doesn't cost us the division) I'll sacrifice one game of the year for a year's worth of exposure that we got last year with the daily Buerhlemeter on Baseball Tonight. The first game won't make or break this season; the rotation always gets rotated around that it rarely ends up 1 v. 1 anyway.

I had my first Four Loko tonight. And second. And third. I've heard of these mystical beings for months while I was away on a Senate campaign but I never saw them. And they are glorious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) LInk Good story. Maybe I'm a rook in this sense but does one-half to one-full season really count as a 'veteran'? In the sense that he's gone through a spring training before, sure. But I feel like we can all agree that Santos is not a veteran in terms of production at this point; lot of things that need to be proven ie consistency over a season.