BigHurt3515

QUOTE (shysocks @ May 7, 2015 -> 01:32 PM) Now that the first inning is in the books, here are the fruits of my research: Sox opponents have scored in 10 out of 25 first innings. The Sox have scored in 4. In no game have both teams scored in the first. Sox opponents are outscoring them 19-6 in the first inning. I wonder if our pitches are doing something wrong in their warm ups? Maybe they don't warm up enough or something

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 7, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) Sox should light Lobstein today. But everyone knows, of course, that won't happen. We don't hit soft tossing lefties well at all. So I don't expect us to hit any better then we have all year

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2015 -> 01:22 PM) I also heard that Cooper was incredibly rude and grouchy on the radio today. Goff and Spiegel were pretty disappointed in how he acted with the hosts before them. What does this have to do with allowing first inning runs? lol

Cool, another 1st inning run. Why is he throwing a curveball on a 3-2 pitch? Edit: Tyler has to keep that in front of him though and Q has to get to the plate quicker. Bad fundamentals again

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 7, 2015 -> 12:57 PM) Are we wearing 83's again? sky blue?

Oh and Engel led off the 2nd game with a single and SB 16

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2015 -> 12:57 PM) People keep saying this. Look at the average ages, and the typical development curves. He was in A+ at 22 last year, and he's likely to be in AA this year at 23. That is decidedly not old for level, even for a real prospect. This isn't a high school draftee with 4-5 years in either. He's fine age-wise and developmental curve-wise. If you are comparing him to phenoms, then sure, he's behind their curve age-wise. But they also were mostly high school types or LatAm types that were in the system in their teens. Engel isn't going to be a phenom. Compare his progress to regular starters in the majors that were college draftees. He's where he should be. If he is in AA this year at 23 as I think he will be (and likely pretty soon, as other than May and Hawkins there are no other real outfield prospects in BHAM, then on that track he'd likely be in AAA at 24. I don't think he is behind any curve especially if he gets to AA by mid year. I was curious what you thought the organization would do with him, thanks!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) It's actually not a bad comp physically. Clearly he won't be Trout, but they are built very similarly, have similar speed and athleticism despite the muscle mass, and that is an unusual combo. Engel's power ceiling and hit tool aren't nearly Trout-level of course. And I love that Engel is keeping the K's at bay, unlike the rest of the toolsy outfield crowd in the system. I'm guessing Engel will move up the charts quite a bit this year. At want point is he brought up to AA at least. He is 23 already

More '83 jerseys!!!

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:48 PM) He has the second highest Swing% in baseball, 5th highest O-swing% and a well below average O-contact%. I'd say that qualifies him as a hacker. It's amazing what happens when you play the game right

SEMO beat Mizzou last night

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian 7m7 minutes ago Indians will add LHP Bruce Chen to the roster on Saturday to start vs. Twins. Will need to make a roster move for 40/25 rosters. Oh no. He's back.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:00 PM) It should be Taj and Gasol. Taj matches up well with Thompson and isn't a total liability on the offensive end. Noah's not even making good passes anymore. That is exactly what I think.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:06 PM) It was McCann, the catcher. And the .350ish hitting Iglesias would have come up with runners on 1st and 3rd, only one out...probably would have scored the first run of the season (off Robertson) unless they got him to hit into a double play ball to the middle of the diamond. Big break finally went our way again. Yep, I don't like Detroit so I choose not to use their names.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:00 PM) winning sure as hades,really improve the mood on this board. I'm just hoping this is the win that finally gets us going. If we can win 3 out of the next 4 I might start feeling better about the team

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 6, 2015 -> 10:59 PM) OMG I went for a jog in the eighth before the Tstorms hit here and I come back and see the Sox won?! Holy s***. It turned into a thriller of a final two innings. Was the ninth scary? Was Robertson still nasty or did something happen to where he's human? Maybe you should run all game next time. Robertson let up 2 hits but Avi hit Alexei with the cutoff while a runner was going to 3rd and Alexei was able to throw out the guy rounding 1st base. Then a grounder to Micah to end the game

Let's start hitting earlier next time!

And Micah made the last play and had 3 hits.

We win!!!! Wooo!!!!

2 hits. damn it But great play by Avi and Alexei!

2 more

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 6, 2015 -> 10:44 PM) He has turned into a helluva ballplayer. We need to get him signed to a long term contract. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here

Robertson time! Get this s*** done and go for the sweep tomorrow

Avi comes through!!! Wooo!!!

Garcia is trying to kill the ball instead of just hit it. Pulling off