Wow, Danks has nothing tonight. Every pitch is above the belt.

I can't figure out what has happened with Beckham. He used to have a hitch but in general his bat speed made up for it and he was able to hit to all fields with authority. Now his swing is so mechanical and his posture is just awful that he has absolutely zero bat speed.

 

I don't know who decided to make the changes but imo, they were awful changes and I don't know how he can repair things on the fly. He needs some serious work. Maybe he can quickly reteach his muscle memory with his original swing but the hell if I know. I'm not involved in the discussions that led to these drastic changes to his swing.

 

He had a buggy whip to his swing when he was first drafted. He made a slight adjustment when he first came up and just hit. This swing doesn't even resemble his swing. So either he changed it on his own, and the coaching staff is asleep on the job. Or they changed it. Either way its terrible. He was a doubles machine when he first came up. Line drive and quick hands.

 

 

Strongly dislike Luke Scott ..but man is he good.

Dammit Danks you give up a game tying home run to this piece of s***??

Who is that wearing Teahen's jersey?

Teahen sold his soul to play D this season.

And Danks always pitches just not quite well enough to win.

 

I guess you can get away with giving up 3 runs to the Orioles, but giving back the 3-0 lead doesn't help. Then again, 2 runs are attributable to bad defense.

 

Seems there's always an excuse for something this season.

Danks is my boy. No hate.

And Danks always pitches just not quite well enough to win.

 

That's a very interesting way to look at it.

This Baltimore team has some pop

Everyone knows Dunn takes the 1st pitch. He might want to start looking to drive it.

Lillibridge just missed one.

Ha, Arrieta is so brutal. Good swings that inning, just seems we can't buy a break once it starts going bad in a game.

I might be alone in this, but I get the feeling the Sox bats aren't all that far away from righting the ship.

I might be alone in this, but I get the feeling the Sox bats aren't all that far away from righting the ship.

 

Well you might be right. June is just a short month away.

 

I feel a big winning streak and playing over .500 baseball the rest of the way.

I might be alone in this, but I get the feeling the Sox bats aren't all that far away from righting the ship.

 

It's hard to tell. Dunn looks better, as does AJP/Alexei/Teahen. We've gone over Beckham's struggles, and we're not seeing Rios tonight. Arrieta is the perfect pitcher for our hitters, as almost everything is hard.

Danks is just awful tonight. Just a matter of time for Orioles to break this game open if he continues to have zero command.

Danks really is a 5 inning pitcher. He may not make it 5 tonight.

 

 

 

 

Danks really is a 5 inning pitcher. He may not make it 5 tonight.

 

I really, really hope we don't overpay him with a contract extension.

And the Indians just made it back to 5-5 against Scherzer (Asdrubal Cabrera's 5th homer, 2 run shot).

 

I think you really do have to start considering them a real threat with that offense, and considering they haven't had Sizemore and Santana going together for most of that stretch where they're leading the AL offensively.

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Ok Danks, time to shut us up and keep the game tied.

I really, really hope we don't overpay him with a contract extension.

Danks is really good. He might be having a bad game, but every year he goes deeper into games. Guy is one of the best lefties in all of baseball.

Well you might be right. June is just a short month away.

I was thinking July, but June would work.

Danks is just awful tonight. Just a matter of time for Orioles to break this game open if he continues to have zero command.

 

for as good of a pitcher as he is, he really has terrible control