The Mighty Mite

Simply unbelievable but really not surprised.

This is where not having Hendricks out there kills us.

I really thought after the Atlanta series we would go 6-3 on the trip. I can get really delusional at times.

In other news the Rays are doing their best to emulate the 1969 Cubs while we are trying to emulate the 1970 Sox.

Zach!

Nothing wrong with his defense.

Great throw by Oscar, nothing wrong with him in RF, he just can’t hit but I’m sure if we were to trade him, he would become a .300 hitter with an .800 OPS as some other team would fix him. Look at what Diekman has done since traded to the Rays.

His Major League career might be coming to a quick end.

There’s no one any good to bring up from the worst Farm System in Baseball.

Could it be possible at age 86 that JR has finally seen the errors of his ways, if he is miserable as what Garfein says we could see some very interesting things after this season ends. He has 2 choices at his age, he can sell or he can do a massive retool of the front office, minor leagues and the ML roster. He’s too old for a complete rebuild and we know he won’t sell so that leaves the retool. Keep your fingers crossed.

We need a makeover like what happened after the 1970 season when the Sox canned everyone and brought in Roland Hemond as GM and Chuck Tanner as manager. They traded probably 2 thirds of the roster keeping Melton, Carlos May, Ed Hermann Wilbur Wood and few others. They did such a good job that they improved by 23 games over the 56 win season in 1970 and with the addition of Dick Allen almost won the division in 1972. It’s probably a lot tougher nowadays with contracts a different deal than the were in 1971 and the minor league system is an abomination with no immediate help on the horizon. One thing going for us is that wasn’t around in 1971 is free agency, If JR would open up the purse strings and sign some premier free agents it could turn around things quickly without having to go through another rebuild which I’m sure most of us don’t want to see.

They won’t get to 70 wins.

Robert perplexes me, the guy with any kind of discipline would bat .320 with a .950 OPS. I wouldn’t mind seeing some emotion out of the guy but like Moncada when he strikes out he just walks back to the dugout without a care in the world. The guy is without a doubt a 5 tool player and could be one of the all time greats in Sox history but to be great, you have to want to be great, not sure if that’s in Robert’s makeup. I’m also not sure if like Moncada that he really loves the game.

Grifol IS worthless but somehow someway the horrible hiring of TLR messed up the mindset of the players, might have been the Mercedes incident or telling these guys not to run hard on groundouts or whatever but I don’t ever remember a team that has hit rock bottom in such a short time from being WS contenders to the dregs of Baseball. I’m not sure how they are going to rectify this mess but IMHO there are no untouchables on this team including Robert and Cease. The first thing that must be done is the firing of Hahn and a complete restructure of the minor league system. If JR cares at all he must bring in the best baseball people he can find and give them a free rein without any interference from him.

Time for a big crooked number.

The Twins did something dumb by throwing through.

Thanks.

I’m getting the game on MLB Extra Innings, didn’t know it’s on Fox, so who is the the other guy.

No Stone again, who is taking his place.

Downright embarrassing but blame not only Hahn but JR who doesn’t want to spend money on potential.

When was Sheet’s last homer? Why did Colas sit again, something tells me management isn’t happy with him, I use the word management loosely.

Lance throwing batting practice.

This inning should be over if not for Elvis.

That lead didn’t last long.

He was out by a mile but Elvis screwed up.