Yes, please say that we are going to lose.

Yes that was me. We will be humiliated today.

What is Harold Reynolds talking about the Sox are a good fastball hitting team?

 

91 to 94 center thigh to belt straight as an arrow. They can crush that. Now if the thing moves, or is above the belt, then all bets are off. Konerko used to be one of the best fastball hitters in the league. His bat is now a tick slower.

 

Smart pitch to Alexei. He was on that fastball.

Alexei is the only good fastball hitter on the team right now.

Two things that stand out so far about our hitting this series:

 

- way too many hitters are out in front of good pitches, and are hitting meatballs foul

- too many strikes taken while swinging at balls

 

and what that means is: Tampa Bay advanced scouting trumps ours which seems to be non-existant

91 to 94 center thigh to belt straight as an arrow. They can crush that. Now if the thing moves, or is above the belt, then all bets are off. Konerko used to be one of the best fastball hitters in the league. His bat is now a tick slower.

Konerko used to be the best fastball hitter in the league. He turned a Matt Anderson 103 mph fastball around into a game winning homer to left.

and what that means is: Tampa Bay advanced scouting trumps ours which seems to be non-existant

 

Our video guy was on the radio last year talking about how he uses video of success only to prep our hitters. So Thome gets to watch video of him hitting home runs to prepare him for a tough pitcher.

 

 

 

and what that means is: Tampa Bay advanced scouting trumps ours which seems to be non-existant

 

I think it's the players too. Jesse Rogers was on the Score and asked Dye what Garza would feature. Dye didn't know who he was or what he threw. Dye has actually faced Garza before so how the hell did he not know him?

got the lead off guy

I think it's the players too. Jesse Rogers was on the Score and asked Dye what Garza would feature. Dye didn't know who he was or what he threw. Dye has actually faced Garza before so how the hell did he not know him?

That may be JD's style...but if it's a function of the advanced scouting, that's horrible.

I think it's the players too. Jesse Rogers was on the Score and asked Dye what Garza would feature. Dye didn't know who he was or what he threw. Dye has actually faced Garza before so how the hell did he not know him?

 

Greg Walker is a bad hitting coach...not more needs to be said.

2 out.

yay a 1 2 3 inning.

That was close.

finally, good inning

OC completely botches the grounder, but gets lucky it sticks to his armpit.

Wise/Uribe/Cabrera

 

my prediction: wise K, uribe K, OC grounds out on the third pitch

I hate Harold Reynolds. He talks too much and he clearly knows little about our team.

yo on another note, its so much nicer to hear crowd noise instead of dam cowbells

Inning over.

 

Wise and Uribe leadoff...what are the chances they aren't automatic outs.

Alright quick inning, lets ride the momentum a little bit and string a few together.

Wise and Uribe leadoff...what are the chances they aren't automatic outs.

 

Slim to none!

Greg Walker is a bad hitting coach...not more needs to be said.

 

everything I've heard walker say, leads me to believe he's afraid to offer criticism to our veteran hitters

Does Garza throw harder than any starter in baseball?

Garza's fastballs are straight as an arrow.

everything I've heard walker say, leads me to believe he's afraid to offer criticism to our veteran hitters

 

I find it amazing that we can praise Cooper for reworking pitchers mechanics, helpin their mental conditions, and retooling talented yet under developed players. Yet all hitters that come to the sox are finished products that cannot be altered.