Tough loss but I guess we were really downed for the loss after Dunn's HR robbery. But love the compete no doubt.

If it were a Red Sox/Yankees game, it would be on ESPN Classic tomorrow.

Ya Wash looks real good, especially considering they got Strasburg and Harper and quite sure missing a few other of their top prospects. They are looking good after all those yrs of suck

If it were a Red Sox/Yankees game, it would be in the 8th inning

nothing lost nothing gained in the division

Just another golden opportunity bungled. Dunn looked a little better tonight after the first couple of Ks. If he gets hot and Rios plays like the first half last season, the Sox will win the division easily. If not, games like tonight are really going to hurt.

When's the last time we won an extra innings game that went 14+ innings?

 

Against Boston and Papelbon in 2006?

Anyone know the last time a team blew 3 saves in a game and won?

Just another golden opportunity bungled. Dunn looked a little better tonight after the first couple of Ks. If he gets hot and Rios plays like the first half last season, the Sox will win the division easily. If not, games like tonight are really going to hurt.

 

This whole season hurts and we're not even halfway through.

Brent Morel's walk rate is 0.6%. Too tired to track that historically, but gotta imagine he the worst in the last 10 years.

That Lillibridge AB is killing me. God damn this team.

Just another golden opportunity bungled. Dunn looked a little better tonight after the first couple of Ks. If he gets hot and Rios plays like the first half last season, the Sox will win the division easily. If not, games like tonight are really going to hurt.

 

I actually think, this game even tho they lost, will actually turn things around for the club. To see the team compete like that is quite encouraging. Frustrating to lose a game where to came back 3 different times, and had chances to win it too, but just having that compete and determination will be able to lift the team.

That Lillibridge AB is killing me. God damn this team.

 

I bet you could pick out 10 spots where you could say we would have won it if....

 

Fathom, here ya go:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-ind...are.cgi?id=ZR4b

I actually think, this game even tho they lost, will actually turn things around for the club. To see the team compete like that is quite encouraging. Frustrating to lose a game where to came back 3 different times, and had chances to win it too, but just having that compete and determination will be able to lift the team.

 

 

Or it will be the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

Could go either way. Dunn is encouraging and Rios seems to be pulling out of it a bit.

 

But the fashion in which Thornton got beat is a mirror image of the 2nd and 3rd weeks of the season.

 

 

Where have you gone, Gordon Beckham???

Of course.

 

About the only positive is that Humber can stop warming up now.

 

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tigers and Indians lost so it doesn't matter. So sick and tired of hearing that.

 

The DBacks and Nationals win because they hustle on every play and never let up.

 

 

Applaud the effort by the team. Tough to lose this one no qs, but atleast we battled, error hurts for sure. Well atleast I guess we didn't lose any ground on the division.

 

Sox did battle big time, which is a big plus.

But Sox blew so many chances again at home. Inexcusable at bat by Lilly, followed by a fail by the prior hero, Teahan. Bases loaded one out with the home team up ... got to win it there.

On a positive side, losses really don't bother me anymore, not til we get a few over .500. I just don't believe. Losses just don't wreck me any more.

Anyone know the last time a team blew 3 saves in a game and won?

Partial answer: http://twitter.com/#!/ESPNStatsInfo/st...490179024388097

Another nice game by AJ.

 

I disagreed with Ozzie calling for the intentional walk to Werth in the 14th.

 

Dunn is showing some signs of life, but I'm not going to get excited about it just yet until he puts a string of good games together and blasts a few HRs.

 

Tough loss, especially as we had a golden opportunity to gain ground against the entire division tonight.

 

 

 

 

Sox did battle big time, which is a big plus.

But Sox blew so many chances again at home. Inexcusable at bat by Lilly, followed by a fail by the prior hero, Teahan. Bases loaded one out with the home team up ... got to win it there.

On a positive side, losses really don't bother me anymore, not til we get a few over .500. I just don't believe. Losses just don't wreck me any more.

 

 

Really thought we'd win after AJ's homer because how many times has a team come back to tie it 3 times late in the ballgame and then gone on to lose before?

 

That was 2 strikes, 2 outs. The baseball gods aren't supposed to shine on the Nationals after giving us so many chances.

Edited June 25, 201114 yr by caulfield12

I actually think, this game even tho they lost, will actually turn things around for the club. To see the team compete like that is quite encouraging. Frustrating to lose a game where to came back 3 different times, and had chances to win it too, but just having that compete and determination will be able to lift the team.

 

I agree. Too much negativity from past posts. Time for something positive. Yeah it's still a loss. The big picture is the Sox don't lose any ground.

Really thought we'd win after AJ's homer because how many times has a team come back to tie it 3 times late in the ballgame and then gone on to lose before?

 

That was 2 strikes, 2 outs. The baseball gods aren't supposed to shine on the Nationals after giving us so many chances.

 

I know this team just amazes with its ways to lose games.

Partial answer: http://twitter.com/#!/ESPNStatsInfo/st...490179024388097

 

 

At least we accomplished something that only happens about once every 7 years in MLB.

 

A lot rarer than a perfect game, triple play, hitting for the cycle or 3 run homer game.

We could just WIN THIS THING and all join hands in a hearty round of Kumbaya My Lord.

Guess we'll have to save the camp fire singing for the weekend.

If this loss doesn't ignite some passion in our Sox - nothing will.... hopefully they come out swinging tomorrow and never look back for the rest of 2011.

 

edit:

Hey, Cleveland - Detroit - and Minny all lost... a Miracle - time to start singing - at least that's a bright spot today.

Coming back 3 times was also nice - in a painful way.

Edited June 25, 201114 yr by hi8is

Tony Pena pitched in his 4th rehab appearance tonight. Like it or not, he might be back.

Or it will be the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

Could go either way. Dunn is encouraging and Rios seems to be pulling out of it a bit.

 

But the fashion in which Thornton got beat is a mirror image of the 2nd and 3rd weeks of the season.

 

 

Where have you gone, Gordon Beckham???

 

I don't know how some think this loss will help us.

It won't help us IMO.

Can we come back from yet another heartbreaking loss? We shall see. It was a bad loss despite the fact the team battled back many times.

Like caufield said it can go either way. I wouldn't assume this loss will magically help our sub .500 team.

One way of looking at it is after a couple nice comebacks, Lexi blew the game with a lazy error. And it can't help Matt's confidence any with the team continuing to blow behind him.

It was not a good result on the south side tonight despite the nice comebacks.

OK, if it's not too late... I came home from work right as the Sox tied it up in the 10th. I need a couple things explained to me in case I'm about to go overboard, jump the gun too quick and go and lynch Ozzie my DAMN self.

 

1. I noticed Dunn was hitting (early in the lineup if I'm not mistaken) and Paulie was not. Yet Paulie was not playing 1B and neither was Dunn. So either Dunn was the DH or was a PH without Paulie playing. Either of these sound f***ing asinine to me so some please set me straight with what was going on.

 

2. Did Thornton have to give up a grand slam before Ozzie decided to make a switch? Or was no one else really available in the pen at the time? Again, I don't want to jump the gun.