Will Middlebrooks broke his wrist last night. I bet Boston fans are even happier now that Valentine ran off Youkilis

 

Here comes Danny Valencia to save the day!

2 homers for Manny Machado. 20 years old.

 

His swing reminds me quite a bit of Hanley Ramirez. (or Carlos Beltran from the right side) Just so smooth.

Sabathia back on the DL. Sox probably weren't going to face him anyway.

Sabathia back on the DL. Sox probably weren't going to face him anyway.

 

Elbow pain. Uh oh. Lots of innings and sliders on that arm.

Yankees picked up Derek Lowe. Good luck with all that.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Brent Lillibridge homered, drove in two runs and scored on a squeeze bunt to back Zack McAllister's strong pitching as the Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Saturday night.

 

Lillibridge, acquired on July 24 from Boston, tied a career high with three hits. He hit his first homer in nearly a year and had an RBI single off Franklin Morales (3-2).

 

LOL, Red Sox fans must be thrilled. Trade Youk for Lilli then have Lilli beat them as an Indian!

LOL, Red Sox fans must be thrilled. Trade Youk for Lilli then have Lilli beat them as an Indian!

 

Middlebrooks is also on the DL.

Elbow pain. Uh oh. Lots of innings and sliders on that arm.

 

Yeah, i bet he does like White Castle a lot

Yeah, i bet he does like White Castle a lot

 

Well played.

Well played.

 

They dont call him Captain Cheeseburger for nothing

The Rockies signed Jeff Marquez to a minor league contract. I think Adam Dunn has a better chance of hitting .350 than Marquez ever helping the Rockies pitching.

Nick Swisher >>> Ryan Dempster

Wow, Boston is in a total meltdown.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bobby-valenti...-gonzalez-.html

Wow, Boston is in a total meltdown.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bobby-valenti...-gonzalez-.html

The sad thing is...how can management fire Valentine after this without making it look like their players are running the show?

The sad thing is...how can management fire Valentine after this without making it look like their players are running the show?

 

I think management would rather Agone, Pedroia, and Lester be happy than Valentine. I doubt they will try and trade these players in order to keep Valentine on board.

 

 

It was a horrible decision from the get go to hire Valentine, his style was not what this team needed, neither with the media or the team.

I think management would rather Agone, Pedroia, and Lester be happy than Valentine. I doubt they will try and trade these players in order to keep Valentine on board.

 

 

It was a horrible decision from the get go to hire Valentine, his style was not what this team needed, neither with the media or the team.

Here's the real problem though.

 

That team imploded under TFranc in no small part because he gave they so much rope that they hung themselves.

 

Any change of manager would wind up being to a guy who was going to be much harder on them.

 

Yeah, Valentine may be a particularly bad choice...but would they have had this reaction to any manager who tried to clamp down on the freedoms that created the 2011 mess? I think they would have.

Here's the real problem though.

 

That team imploded under TFranc in no small part because he gave they so much rope that they hung themselves.

 

Any change of manager would wind up being to a guy who was going to be much harder on them.

 

Yeah, Valentine may be a particularly bad choice...but would they have had this reaction to any manager who tried to clamp down on the freedoms that created the 2011 mess? I think they would have.

 

I think they should have chosen a stricter Manager for sure, but Valentine's handling of team issues by airing them out in the media is downright embarrassing. there are disciplinarians that dont go to the media and tell them everything thats going on or rip on players like Valentine has.

 

They definitely needed someone to tighten it up, but I think Valentine was a poor choice.

I think they should have chosen a stricter Manager for sure, but Valentine's handling of team issues by airing them out in the media is downright embarrassing. there are disciplinarians that dont go to the media and tell them everything thats going on or rip on players like Valentine has.

 

They definitely needed someone to tighten it up, but I think Valentine was a poor choice.

 

There is a middle ground for sure. See also Ventura, Robin. He cleaned up after Ozzie, but doesn't need to hold a nightly ego-stroking press conference to talk about all of the ways he is awesome.

Astros attempting to win their second road series this season against the Cubs today.

 

You know their only road series win.

Astros attempting to win their second road series this season against the Cubs today.

 

You know their only road series win.

 

It would really suck if we lost the division by 1 or 2 games, knowing that we lost a series to the Astros and all.

It would really suck if we lost the division by 1 or 2 games, knowing that we lost a series to the Astros and all.

 

We'll be able to pick apart the season, and point to different things if they come up a game or two short.

 

If the Sox do come up short, it will more than likely come down to losing the season series against the Tigers 11-7 or getting swept in Anaheim in September, or losing 3 out of 4 vs Tampa Bay the final weekend, or losing 2 of 3 vs the Indians in the last series.

 

But hopefully the Sox get to 90-92 wins and we don't have to worry about that.

Melky busted for testosterone. Out 50 games.

 

Well that explains it...

 

Exactly what I was gonna say

LMAO Melky wasn't fooling anyone.

 

Now its time to check that manchild Mike Trout.

ESPN is beyond a joke this week..............Yankees were Monday night game are the Wednesday night and Sunday night game.

ESPN is beyond a joke this week..............Yankees were Monday night game are the Wednesday night and Sunday night game.

 

Also, MLB Network game for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. In fact, in a 9-game stretch from 8/11 to 8/19, they are/were on MLB Network 4 times, ESPN 3 times, and FOX 1 time.