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Damn Ichiro.

What an awesome day. Way to go Philip Humber.

How in the Hell did Beavan get through six innings?

Same feel as last nights game. Another add on run or two and it feels like we should be set.

Scoring is neat.

Adam Dunn ladies and gentlemen....WOOOOOOOO

I hate this wierd in-between we're in. The Sox don't overly suck as a team(yet). And we want to believe that they will be able to compete for something into at least August. But there are so many negatives(strikeouts, defensive lapses, some horrific everyday players, mental midgets) that you figure this thing is going to implode sooner or later...in which case we are watching to see what the young guys can do...but outside of Jones, DeAza and Reed (Santiago??) most of them have been just awful. And if this boat sinks and Morel, Beckham, Stewart, Flowers, Escobar, Viciedo and Santiago continue to be bad...wtf are we left with? I just cringe at the worst case scenario going forward. Top that off with the mental mistakes we have been seeing...that we were hoping a new coach/voice would help negate.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 04:21 PM) I'm still kinda shocked that Ventura didn't have Fukudome bat for Escobar. Never a good thing to have the worst two players on your roster (Stewart and Escobar) play important roles in a close game. Very questionable letting Escobar lead off that inning. I'm not overly angry that the Sox lost today. They simply didn't deserve to win. On the plus side the Sox didn't have to use Thornton, Reed or Crain. Bullpen should be in good shape for the weekend.

Nice hanger Gavin. Difference in the game.

Another good outting for Jones. Another plus.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) Those two games we won, almost every possible break went our way. Just the opposite for three of these games. Baseball always tends to even out, especially when you're just an average team. DeAza's been the equivalent of Juan Pierre in CF, to the point where anything we've gotten offensively has been offset by mistakes defensively. That and the fact we were fortunate to face them without Verlander and Fister, too. Fister and Verlander wouldn't have anything to do with how well our pitchers looked against the Tigers line-up. De Aza's D in center has been really disappointing...I agree.

The sad thing about Gavin today is that he didn't even have to deal with Reimold or Weiters...

Nate Jones is the right call out in the pen.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) And then we'll all be overconfident about how good our pitching staff is until we face another real major league line-up, like the Red Sox (despite no Ellsbury and Crawford). In fairness, the Sox were pretty good vs. the Tigers. The Baltimore series has been a grind though. Even when the O's don't score they put some fear into us with baserunners and hard outs.

I would march Floyd back out there. I don't care if he has thrown 107 pitches.

It's really gonna be a relief to see the Mariner and A's orders coming up after dealing with Baltimore and Detroit...this has been an unfun series. Baltimore's line-up is annoying.

Oh look Johnson gets out. Should be 3-2. Between the defensive lapses, runners left on-base and THAT pitch to Jones...I won't lose sleep over this loss. It's well deserved.

What is that pitch? on a 3-2 pitch with a guy who is 0-18 up next. Can't happen. There is no way they should have thrown Jones a strike there.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:31 PM) This is the second time I've seen you take issue with our hitters for not swinging at pitches off the plate...and while I've understand your idea, these are young hitters that we are trying to help learn the zone. Teaching them to swing at pitches that are off the plate with two strikes isn't particularly conducive to doing this. I'd rather live with the k's and have them hopefully learn the zone than have them never really learn it at all because now they have to learn a different zone with two strikes. There is a HUGE difference between swinging at those pitches with a 2-0 or 2-1 count, and keeping yourself alive when you are behind in the count. I'm not suggesting that they swing at an obvious pitchers pitch on strike one or strike two...but to not protect yourself with 2 strikes to keep your AB alive is not teaching them anything. It teaches young guys to blame the umpire for a strike out and not hold themselves accountable. There is a lot to be said for keeping an AB alive to see another pitch. To teach young hitters not to swing at pitchers pitch that is just off the corner(that is rarely NOT called a strike on 2 a strike count) is not is not helping anyone.

The 5th ought to be about all she wrote for Hamels... Contact from Lilli...nice.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) Sorry, but that's off the corner. Some of our guys have to learn to protect the zone with two strikes. I'm sorry...that pitch was a couple of inches off the corner. Can't let it go by with two strikes. That pitch is called a strike 75% of the time. We would b**** if Gavin didn't get the same pitch.

Nice job Alex! Big hit right there.

My God Rios...RUN! Would have been something if he were thrown out there.

Yeah Hawk...give him that pitch in the strike zone and it's gonna be a long day.

Dunn looked good. Gordon had a couple of hits. JAKE PEAVY! Hey...3 out of 4 question marks coming through ain't too bad. With every Peavy good start I'm starting to believe more and more. Let's split this thing tomorrow and go 4-3 on the homestand. All in all...that wouldn't be so bad.