I can't make a judgment on him at 3rd yet. Haven't seen him enough. The play tonight he just couldn't get the ball out of his glove. Seen lots of good fielders do that. Don't know how his range is . Seen him range into the hole a few times but he might've been playing way off the line to start. Real strong arm.

 

Well, someone said he will likely be manning first base next year and I tend to agree, especially if Teahen is back. It just seemed like there were a few plays tonight that he missed due to poor positioning or recognition of the spin on the ball. I believe working with a HOF infielder could aid his defense tremendously, even if he ends up moving across the diamond next year.

God, watching this team, i just don't get it (well, i do, the pitching) but i love it. lillibridge playing like ...a real player, vizquel kicking ass. Beckham sucking the world up. I would never have guessed this was the lineups that would turn it around.

 

I think we underestimate how much Beckham destroyed the flow of this offense.

Tough day for Alexei.

I have to question if Alexei has any idea what he is doing tonight at bat.

 

Rios does. Sox love those 2 out RBIs lately.

Alexei has been lost all day. He hit two home runs the past two days, so he obviously is gonna try even harder to hit home runs now.

 

I wish Alexei would swing the bat like he did when we first saw him in ST. He swung with the intention of hitting the ball hard, but he would go with the pitch and not try and pull everything over the damn fence.

Some nasty breaking balls there to end the inning.

The one negative about our offense not sucking right now is that Oz and KW will decide we don't need to add anyone, and that is just silly.

Well, someone said he will likely be manning first base next year and I tend to agree, especially if Teahen is back. It just seemed like there were a few plays tonight that he missed due to poor positioning or recognition of the spin on the ball. I believe working with a HOF infielder could aid his defense tremendously, even if he ends up moving across the diamond next year.

Many on the board said the same thing including me about playing 1st base and said it long ago too. But what the hell, he's 21 and with a lot of time to improve I'd like to see him stick at 3rd and see how good he can get . Plenty of time to switch to 1st.

Mathis has no prayer in that AB

Is it bad I'm excited to see Andruw bat in the 8th?

No reason to throw a slider there.

Vizquel in, that was a speedy recovery.

Many on the board said the same thing including me about playing 1st base and said it long ago too. But what the hell, he's 21 and with a lot of time to improve I'd like to see him stick at 3rd and see how good he can get . Plenty of time to switch to 1st.

 

The best thing so far is he's aggressive at third. He doesn't lay back and hope for a happy short hop like Teahen and Nix did this year and Becks did last season.

Vizquel in, that was a speedy recovery.

 

For a guy who is 59.

I'm not happy to see Matt in the 8th tonight.

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I was spending family time log into Soxtalk and see Peavy went from being out a year to maybe just a month. Then I assume the game is out of reach. Pena bailed us out again.

 

Silver lining is Huddy gets some good work to see if he is worth his weight.

I'm not happy to see Matt in the 8th toniggt

 

Agreed.

ruh roh

Gotta keep the fastball up in the zone.

I'm not happy to see Matt in the 8th tonight.

 

As a hitter, how do you not sit dead red for high heat against Thornton? It's what he does like 99.9% of the time.

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Is it bad I'm excited to see Andruw bat in the 8th?

Nah, cause the sooner he hits his 400th, the better. Get that out of the way so when he does go back to suckage, there shouldn't be anything holding us back from DFA'ing him.

Thornton bringing it at 99. But of course I'm sure the WCIU gun is jacked up according to the soxtalk myth/posters.

As a hitter, how do you not sit dead red for high heat against Thornton? It's what he does like 99.9% of the time.

They do, but Thornton's fastball is even tougher to hit because of his easy motion, it really sneaks up on the hitters. And then, when he does throw his mediocre slider in the right situation, the hitters have no chance.

Jones sure gets a lot of hate for someone who by himself saved this organization in April

 

I know he is pretty brutal but maybe he can turn it around?

Thornton bringing it at 99. But of course I'm sure the WCIU gun is jacked up according to the soxtalk myth/posters.

 

I don't think it is, as the gun has been consistent all game. It's not like the debacles in KC where Linebrink was "throwing" 98 mph.