The schedule, and how bad it is for the Sox. And how cold it is.

 

The Sox have the easiest traveling schedule in baseball. He doesn't seem to realize this.

 

Yeah, heard him whining about the cold earlier. I didn't know the Sox hitters were the only ones that had to deal with the weather during the games.

Don't know if we needed the "stretch" call from Hawk there. To me, it didn't look like it had a chance of getting over outfielder's head.

That was just awful by Gillaspie

 

I'm not a big Gillaspie guy (yet) and that has gotten me ripped a lot on here by posters.

Axelrod would be a great guy to have in the pen. I'm a big fan of a long reliever/spot starter that gets 95-110 innings. He should be that guy.

Axelrod would be a great guy to have in the pen. I'm a big fan of a long reliever/spot starter that gets 95-110 innings. He should be that guy.

 

I don't know how he does it, but he shut them down after Harris' homer

Tank's first walk!

 

Alexei's really slumping though, and his slugging pct. is way down

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Tank's first walk!

 

Kepp needs to join him. He's at 115 PA's without a walk.

Kepp needs to join him. He's at 115 PA's without a walk.

 

I thought that was why we wanted Kepp. A contact hitter who walks a lot.

Flowers takes far too many 3rd strikes right down the plate.

Tank's first walk!

 

Alexei's really slumping though, and his slugging pct. is way down

 

Alexei's power has fallen steadily since his career began. He's almost no threat to go deep anymore.

 

 

2008 - 21 HR, .475 SLG, .185 ISO

2010 - 18 HR, .431 SLG, .149 ISO

2011 - 15 HR, .399 SLG, .130 ISO

2012 - 9 HR, .364 SLG, .099 ISO

2013 - 1 HR, .339 SLG, .078 ISO

Flowers takes far too many 3rd strikes right down the plate.

 

Those type of at bats really suck. Make it seem as the team is sleeping and not aggressive. Lousy at bat.

I thought that was why we wanted Kepp. A contact hitter who walks a lot.

 

Kepp has never walked "a lot". A career 6.4% walk rate, 5.7% last year w/ the Rays. The contact part they definitely wanted, and need to get more of, as his 10% K rate is good, but higher than his career norms. However, he has a horrid .210 BABIP. Keppinger is getting some bad luck.

Lousy error. Field the ball.

What do you know, our defense is going to cost us another game most likely. Flowers calls a s***ty game behind the plate.

i know it's bulls***, and there are no such things, but you could just sense this after the error.

Holy s*** is this defense terrible. Flowers' has been a gigantic disappointment defensively.

Back to tied for 2nd in the AL in errors.

 

Worst fielding percentage.

 

 

Lindstrom way too late covering the plate. If Lindstrom covers the plate, the runner doesn't leave from 3rd.

 

Basically like 3 errors there. Then what will probably be called a Passed Ball on Tyler Flowers. So 4 errors, essentially.

 

 

5 passed balls 2nd most in the AL.

 

 

Not the first or last boo-birds we'll hear this season at USCF.

 

 

Lindstrom has ZERO confidence right now.

 

 

Twins blew a 6-0 lead to BALT, now tied 6-6.

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Gillaspie is very good on those short picks off to his left.

Gillaspie is very good on those short picks off to his left.

 

 

Not so good on cue shots or balls hit with sidespin on them.

It's really hard to take comfort in Keppinger turning things around cause of bad luck when almost every grounder he hits is a weak two-hopper.

Not so good on cue shots or balls hit with sidespin on them.

 

Did they call it an error? I hope they did.

Did they call it an error? I hope they did.

 

 

 

 

Yep. Saved an earned run for Axelrod.

 

Sox go down 1-2-3 after the runs put on the board by the Angels.

 

After the Bulls' loss, can you hear a tree falling in the forest if nobody is there to witness it?

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How cold is it at the Cell. 40s or 50s? It's warming up in KC so maybe your winter will end starting this weekend as it has here.

By the way, Keppinger and Dunn are now 1 and 2 in terms of worst WAR in all of baseball. Good thing they're batting 2nd and 4th.

By the way, Keppinger and Dunn are now 1 and 2 in terms of worst WAR in all of baseball. Good thing they're batting 2nd and 4th.

 

Ouch. It'd be so nice to get rid of Dunn just for fan morale.