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I'm flipping side to the fire Robin side. I have been a supporter of his for a while now but not anymore. Micah laying down a bunt or even hitting is the right call. All your doing is taking a lefty hitter with tremendous speed and an OK hitter vs lefties and telling him hey I don't think you can even make f***ing contact. All that does is stunt the growth of a possibly great player. And what do you do, you pinch hit with a worse hitter and worse defender. Why, just why?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 09:40 PM) With as young as Micah is I really don't want to put him under that much pressure yet. Can't hurt to try it a game or two bc scoring less then 2 runs a game will mean we are gonna have a top 5 pick in this next years draft again.

My feed is pretty behind so I just got up to people discussing the order. I would like to see Micah at the 2 spot. With his speed and pretty good batting average so far he needs more AB's not just 3 a game. I would have Melky in the 5 hole with Alexei, Connor, Avi, and Flowers round out the lineup.

Smelling salts and he stays in the game? That doesn't seem right.

To dumb f*** plays and now an injury that we can't afford. What the HELL are we f***ing doing. This is worse then little league

Error leads to a run of course.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) When can we find a good catcher? When we trade for one.

I think that last K was a direct result of the scouting report about the high fastball with a 0-2 count.

Did Abreu tweak his hammy or I am seeing things? It looked like he grabbed it a couple of times and was trying to stretch it out. I guess it could just be trying to get loose in the cold.

At least he threw strikes. If he keeps this up he might have a great start tonight.

0-2 and the next pitch is a waste fastball above the head. Mix it up or something. All these guys know that when Q is pitching and you get two strikes just take the next pitch cause it's gonna be over your head. At least he didn't keep nibbling at him once it went 0-2

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) my prediction, no excitement boring game, sox win. last nite with the drama and you should know as i do, the commish office already sent a private waring to the teams. I hope the Sox win and yeah I know they were ALL warned before the game. But I just have a feeling that this bad blood between these two teams run far deeper and rear it's ugly head again. I hope I'm dead wrong though.

My prediction is that they drill LaRoche and nothing happens. We the drill Cain and all HELL breaks loose.

Well the KC player that got suspended last week for 5 games is still playing and has not served his suspension. If that tells ya anything

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) Glad to see Johnson is still in there against a lefty. Edit: That is not sarcasm. I really was hoping he would still be in the line up I agree, I have not seen anything from him to warrant robin using someone else in the lineup against a lefty. Plus Micah bunting is better then our backups right now

Updated lineups. Adam Eaton (6 pts): Melky Cabrera (3 pts):lasttriptotulsa Jose Abreu (1 pts): CarlosMartinez Adam LaRoche (2 pts): Avisail Garcia (3 pts): Alexei Ramirez (4 pts): Bacon (4 pts): Flowers (3 pts): Condor13, MHizzle85 Micah Johnson (6 pts): Bench (8 pts): Noone ( 1,000,000 pts ): hi8is

4/24/15 Dirty Royals @ SOX Adam Eaton (6 pts): Melky Cabrera (3 pts):lasttriptotulsa Jose Abreu (1 pts): CarlosMartinez Adam LaRoche (2 pts): Avisail Garcia (3 pts): Alexei Ramirez (4 pts): Gillaspie/Bacon (4 pts): Flowers/Soto (3 pts): Condor13 Micah Johnson/Emilio (6 pts): Bench (8 pts): Noone ( 1,000,000 pts ): hi8is

HR contest is up for tonight's game. I'm hoping the bats will come alive tonight bc throwing inside might result in an ejection or another brawl. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...0&start=210

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I still don't know why people think the Shark should get a larger suspension then Volquez. Volquez threw a wild haymaker that just missed from connecting. All the Shark did was charge at a guy and fall on his ass. Sale jumped into the pile but didn't do anything so I'm still unsure why he got tossed or will get suspended.

Well I saw that brawl coming since the first series. Might be what the Sox need to start hitting bc throwing inside might start something again tonight. Let's keep the picks coming. 4/24/15 Dirty Royals @ SOX Adam Eaton (6 pts): Melky Cabrera (3 pts): Jose Abreu (1 pts): Adam LaRoche (2 pts): Avisail Garcia (3 pts): Alexei Ramirez (4 pts): Gillaspie/Bacon (4 pts): Flowers/Soto (3 pts): Condor13 Micah Johnson/Emilio (6 pts): Bench (8 pts): Noone ( 1,000,000 pts ): hi8is

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:37 AM) Not a fan, but it does bring up an interesting argument if the defense is similar for both. Would Davidson batting .195 with 20 homers be more valuable than Gillaspie at .260 and 8 homers? I would be completely shocked if Connor batted anything above .240 this year with 3 HR. Davidson of he keeps it up has looked to turn a corner batting around .280 with 3 HR at AAA so far and I think could easily bat .250 with 20 HR. As long as he keeps doing whatever he is doing this year as opposed to the bad year he had last year

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 12:24 AM) Biggest issue with Sox lineup right now is that there is no power at all outside of Abreu/LaRoche. Hard to score a lot of runs when you have minimal power and a team that doesn't walk much. 3rd base is a position that looks to need a serious upgrade. With Johnson/Eaton on this roster likely to be starting for the next few seasons, you can't have gaping power issues in RF and 3B as well. Matt Davidson would solve that

Only good thing that came from that game is that some of our players showed some f***ing life and heart and in that scrum. Sale, Shark, Q (reports), and Eaton all had some fire in them and were not gonna let those punks come into our house and take it over. I loved what the Shark did, he showed the team he is with them 100 %. I do wish it was Q, Danks, or Noesi bc Rodon can fill their shoes better then they can themselves. Our team needs something to get their bats going hopefully this was it.

Dumb decision to take out Micah. Not only can he hit lefties he can bunt better then Emilio can hit and Micah is the better defender.