Thad Bosley

Small series, # of games-wise, but big series in terms of outcome. You lose these two, yer 12 out. You win 'em both, yer 8 out. That is a big, four game difference right there, not only in the standings, but in the state of mind for everyone involved. A rather good two weeks under our belts now, so hopefully we are slowly but surely on our way to bigger and better things!

Literally: DON'T STOP NOW, BOYS!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 19, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) Hawk is getting pissed at Quentin That's because Carlos' pop-ups on the right side have been coming at a dime-a-dozen clip lately.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2011 -> 09:23 PM) Vintage Peavy. That is nice to see. I saw him even hit 95 tonight. Stone Poney said he hit 94 in the 9th inning, at which point he had already logged in around 110 pitches. That certainly made me sit up and take notice!

JAKE!!!!!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 18, 2011 -> 08:00 PM) Let JP try to finish it off. He should at least come out to start the 9th.

MERCY! Another INCREDIBLE catch by Lillibridge in the outfield. Unbelievable!

No runs, only three hits, no walks thru seven innings for Jake. Very impressive, and very encouraging!

The fastball, change-up, AND the slider!

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 17, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Wow. Elvis f***ing Andrus is a thief at SS......s***. That was a really nice play, albeit rather at an unfortunate time for us.

All is well with Morel!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 17, 2011 -> 09:01 PM) No, Carlos has def. Been more reliable So at that inevitable point in time when Viciedo comes up and Pierre goes, well, wherever he goes, do you leave Carlos in right and slot Dayan in left? Or do you let Viciedo and that arm of his take over right, and move Carlos back to left, where he was somewhat serviceable?

Danks obviously didn't have his best stuff tonight - not by a long shot! - but the fact he even got a sniff of the 7th inning after those first two innings is somewhat remarkable.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ May 17, 2011 -> 08:46 PM) Life is just too short to spend day after day. night after night watching these well-compensated athletes mail in it. If the Bulls make it to the finals that will take us to at least mid-June. A month later the Bears will be back. I can't fathom to think where the Sox will be by then. They're on their way to be 13 games in the lost column behind Cleveland - the same team they beat like a drum on opening day. If Cleveland makes it the playoff a share ought to go to Matt Thorthon. That guy turned their season and perhaps their franchise around with his blown saves. They haven't looked back since. Tampa Bay was playing horridly until they ran into the Sox. Now they're in first place. The Chicago American League Ballclub – for whatever ails ya. And that is your Xfinity High Speed, Negative Nancy report for tonight's ballgame!

The McPherson Era on the South Side was just dealt a setback!

QUOTE (Real @ May 17, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) dude it's not his velocity, he has lost command on all of his pitches how many times does Danks start a game, facing the first hitter of the game, and throw ball 1? he can't even throw strike f***ing 1 to the first hitter of the game, this is either lack of preparation, or something else causing his command to fade Alright, I'm game - I give up. How many times? I'm of course assuming you have the answer to this question ready to go at your fingertips. As if the first freakin' pitch of the game means anything in the grand scheme of things, but I digress. How many times?

With a left-handed pitcher on the mound tonight and with a good running team like the Rangers have, I really don't understand why Ramon Castro isn't starting tonight.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) First of all, I don't think people are even reading the entire thread before they're throwing their two cents in. Secondly, in regards to the bold part, Ozzie will only move Pierre to the 9th spot for a couple of days. He will then declare that Pierre has earned the leadoff spot again (which he will not have done), and things will be back to normal. This isn't new. No, I read the whole thread, thank you very little. You are mad that Viciedo has not been brought up yet to replace Pierre. You've made that abundantly clear and I think most people on this board would like to see that move made as well, sooner rather than later. However, where this thread has been somewhat confusing is the manifestation of outrage over Viciedo not replacing Teahen for the ten days that Teahen will be out. That move makes no sense at all, because unless Pierre is moved, Viciedo is not going to play, so it would be a waste of time for him to be up with the Sox sitting on the bench, when he could be playing every day for Charlotte. That seems pretty crystal clear to me. As for your prediction about Pierre's return to the lead-off spot, my gut says no, he won't, unless he has legitimately earned it. I think if he continues to scuffle and Tank continues to crush, the move we are all clamoring for will be made in the next couple of weeks. Just a gut feeling on that one, is all.

When we all woke up this morning, there were not one but two separate and distinct moves that needed to be made by this team: 1.) Replace the injured back-up third baseman Teahen for ten days 2.) Replace the poorly playing left fielder Pierre for good The first was fairly simple, replacing Teahen with McPherson, and then in ten days, McPherson disappears and Teahen resumes doing whatever it is he actually does for the Sox. The second, given some of the things we've been reading about today (i.e. Guillen thinking of moving Pierre down to the 9th slot in the order), would seem to be at least out there on the not-so-distant horizon. But the two moves are not nearly as related as people seem to be making them out to be.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2011 -> 08:37 PM) I was told by someone yesterday Viciedo was being called up today, so I assumed Pierre would sit for a while. Then I read Ozzie's comments after yesterday's game. Unless KW takes Pierre off the roster, Ozzie is going with Pierre. I feel a KW/Ozzie blow up if Pierre doesn't start playing better soon. Its been 40 games and they are going to be over 10 games back. I've been with the guys preching patience, but its to the point where you have to show you can contribute now or sit down. Sadly, I guess I can predict my own "breaking point". It's that point where we declare we are, in fact, not "all in", at which time the option of trading a guy like Viciedo for a valuable piece at the trading deadline is not an option. And once we get to that decision point, you pretty much have no choice but to promote a guy like Dayan who is crushing the ball at AAA to replace an aging veteran like Pierre who is just simply not getting the job done.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2011 -> 08:32 PM) They have to do something and Viciedo has shown he's one of the better hitters in the organization, the major league club included. Its ridiculous if they make him keep taking batting practice in AAA because they don't want to hurt Juan Pierre's feelings. Dick, if things keep going the way they are, meaning with the way Pierre is handling things up here at the big league level, and with Viciedo just tearing it up at AAA, something has to give at some point. Just when is "that point" do you think, in your judgement?

One gets the impression that Hawk is going out of his way to promote Viciedo on recent telecasts.

A few too many balls just going "underneath Gordon's glove" to his left, for my liking.

A fiercely crooked number would be welcome right about now!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 16, 2011 -> 07:50 PM) Brilliant managing by Ozzie. He should have never, ever started this inning. Agreed. He labored way too much through this one to have been brought out for this inning. Unfortunate.