Nice job Matt

At least Q dealt with the middle of their order, that's something.

 

And if we lose, we lose quick...which is nice.

 

Could be worse. We could be Twins fans.

Yes sir, in the long run, probably more important than the final result tonight.

 

 

Really good bounce back from his 1st start

Not living in Chicago makes it hard for you to sense just how little buzz there is about the Sox this year.

 

The Nats announcers seemed pretty amazed that we led the division almost the entire season last year and our biggest off-season move was Jeff Keppinger.

We really need Rios or Dunn to jack one. I don't have a lot of faith in our offense being able to string multiple hits together tonight.

Yes sir, in the long run, probably more important than the final result tonight.

 

 

Now 2 quality starts in his last 9, the other against DET on September 10th.

 

 

Masterson coming out for the 9th with over 100 pitches.

 

That's a bit of a shocker, in this weather.

 

 

Hill will likely face Adam Dunn.

 

 

 

Have to love Francona's confidence. 108 pitches. Ace vs. the other team's best power threat, RHP vs. lefty batter. Typical manager pulls Masterson and prevents the possibility of a win for his pitcher.

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Keppinger has not hit anything hard this season. It will be interesting to see if Ventura has the guts to move him down in the order.

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Make them pay for leaving Masterson in.

Why did the Sox try to extend Ventura's contract?

my my this team blows right now

Why did the Sox try to extend Ventura's contract?

 

Just be thankful he said no

What a snoozer. Don't lose this in the bottom of the 9th, c'mon.

Francona's gamble against Dunn pays off.

 

The situation that always seems to come back and hurt us...relievers in tie games late, especially Addison Reed.

Now 2 quality starts in his last 9, the other against DET on September 10th.

 

 

Masterson coming out for the 9th with over 100 pitches.

 

That's a bit of a shocker, in this weather.

 

 

Hill will likely face Adam Dunn.

 

 

 

Have to love Francona's confidence. 108 pitches. Ace vs. the other team's best power threat, RHP vs. lefty batter. Typical manager pulls Masterson and prevents the possibility of a win for his pitcher.

Why are you even bothering to count the starts at the end of last year. We all know he pitched a lot more innings in a season than he ever had before .

It would be nice to beat this lousy team, 1-0, in 10 innings. Sox look like a different team on the road. When you are built to hit home runs, though, this s*** will happen on the road a lot. We're going to have to eventually start whacking singles and doubles or we are going to lose a s*** ton of road games this year. Agreed?

 

The long ball at home should help us win four of every six in the Cell, though, if we keep whacking homers at the rate of last homestand.

Last year, for 4 1/2 months of the season, we led the AL, maybe all of MLB, hitting with RISP.

 

How can we have gone from first to WORST in that time frame?

 

I wonder if a team has ever gone from Top 5 with RISP to bottom 5 from year to year...?

Keppinger has not hit anything hard this season. It will be interesting to see if Ventura has the guts to move him down in the order.

By hard do you mean for power because his hits have been line drives.

By hard do you mean for power because his hits have been line drives.

 

Has he come close to getting an extra base hit?

Last year, for 4 1/2 months of the season, we led the AL, maybe all of MLB, hitting with RISP.

 

How can we have gone from first to WORST in that time frame?

 

I wonder if a team has ever gone from Top 5 with RISP to bottom 5 from year to year...?

Sample size.

We really need to fire Jeff Manto. How the f*** does Dunn only have 1 walk this year?

Why are you even bothering to count the starts at the end of last year. We all know he pitched a lot more innings in a season than he ever had before .

 

 

Because he looked horrible in his first start this year as well.

 

You just hope it's not part of a general trend, versus simple "tiredness."

 

We still don't know exactly what we have, because of the horrible weather tonight. One month in AA, never pitched in AAA...who knows what Quintana's final line will look like? Nobody could predict it.

 

 

God Viciedo is fat and slow

God Viciedo is fat and slow

Yeah, he packed on some pounds in the offseason.

Only 2 hits against tonight and Sox are in jeopardy of losing.

Sample size.

 

 

Maybe...but there's a bad trend setting in again...or at least not reversing the trend from last year, it's carrying over and become even more pronounced, if that's possible.