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I'm not sure ive seen a team lose this much.... like 2 wins since the all star break? I can't remember anything like this.

Shields needs to pretend he is injured...

I've faced rec league slow pitch softball pitchers that kept the ball in the park better than Big Game James the last two years....

engel is great defensively.. but I'm troubled by the fact that he can't hit a fast ball down the middle of the plate.

Cheer!

fun win.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 08:59 PM) Torn? No. Shattered? Easily. Here's hoping. shattered? Easily? I take it you aren't an orthopedic surgeon.

Hard to see that he tore anything on that... but never know.

Guy definitely knows how to hit.. and great in the clutch.

what are we like 1-14 since the all star break? Winning doesn't mean anything.. but this team has to be embarrassed. I don't know how you could be an athlete and have pride and confidence and go out there nigh after night and look so horrible. Has to be tough.

After this year we will likely forget he ever existed.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 11:02 PM) No, he needs to take his lumps and get better. This is a rebuild. Its not like we have some other SS prospect pushing Timmy out. Let him learn at the major league level and get better. He needs a change of some sort... what is happening down does not look productive at all. He is getting more mentally defeated with each game and he looks out of it. I'm not giving up on him by any means.. he just looks lost out there and its getting worse.

Timmy needs to be sent down.

two s***ty AB's in row their for Abreu with RBI chances. Positives: Moncada with a nice drive. Negatives: Bennetti makes my ears bleed.

even though statistically sac bunting isn't productive there are still times I think it should be used. 9th inning two runners on... a non run producing or low avg hitter up - sac bunt is good. Now there is tremendous pressure on the pitcher as decent contact loses the game. Also the historical success of the hitters vs the pitcher following the sac bunts. Sac bunts should be extremely rare... there is no valid reason to practice them so much. Bunting for hits with speedy players is a whole different thing - They should learn how to bunt.

the tank is on for sure.... However I'm not sure I've seem many teams in my life as bad as we are now.. It doesn't really matter.. but wow is this team horribad.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 08:46 PM) He's been around for over a month. Tonight is the first run he's created in a long time .235 career hitter with no power... - War in 2 of his 3 seasons coming into this one.

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 08:44 PM) "Carlos" Sanchez has returned Never understood why some people seemed to think this guy was good.... always baffled me.

can we just forfeit the rest of the season? since our guys need to develop in the minors.. we have a bunch of half assed veteran turds in the lineup outside a couple players. Can we trade Yolmer and shields for a sleeve of golf balls?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 04:41 PM) That's silly. If anything, bunting makes plenty of sense. It's a fundamental skill that, when developed, allows a team a better opportunity to score 1 run. When the Sox are good again, that is something that helps them win close games. Beyond that, excessive bunting is actually causing them to lose games more often now, which is what I think we all want the Sox to do now. Really, if this persists in 2019 and 2020, then I'll take issue with it. At this point, I couldn't care less. statistically it doesn't increase your chances at scoring 1 run... look at the numbers I posted out of the baseball almanac... There are very few times where a sac bunt should be used... Acting like its some great skill for the future is laughable.

man did we have some bad at bats in key situations... However it matters not.

there is no intelligent method for any of this madness.... I don't care how you want to explain it. Bunting is a skill that is mildly useful... the frequency of the bunting and focus of it is not justifiable.

engel is an awesome defender... I hope that weird swing can work in the majors.

moncada bunts... Gonzalez swings away. I guess pure genius is hard to recognize.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 02:49 PM) Renteria needs to go to Bunters Anonymous or something, this is ridiculous. I apologize for everything I ever criticized about you Robin... I've never quite seen this boneheaded of a manager.