Can't really wait much longer for the game thread.

 

Royals had the dreaded players-only meeting today

Can't really wait much longer for the game thread.

 

Royals had the dreaded players-only meeting today

WE'RE DOOOOMMMMEEEDDDD!!!!!!!!

 

Those chokers will lay down and the Sox will give em a 12-1 thrashing. And there will be many posts about the future of Scott Carroll. And I'll be skeptical, but optimistic.

Edited July 22, 201411 yr by Stan Bahnsen

The future of Scott Carroll is in baseball, just not on a 25 man roster.

Can't really wait much longer for the game thread.

 

Royals had the dreaded players-only meeting today

Just got back from work. Good job starting the thread without me. It's Greek Heritage Night so make your own joke about what the Sox are going to do with the Royals .

Who was suppose to start the thread??

 

I see we have our A line up tonight against the great Cy Chen

Who was suppose to start the thread??

 

I see we have our A line up tonight against the great Cy Chen

Moi.

Going from Sale to Carroll is like going from DI to DIII.

1st double in 2014

Oh boy, the Carroll / Nieto battery might make for a very long night. Nieto isn't very good at framing or blocking atm.

 

damn that was a nice sinker.

Edited July 23, 201411 yr by chitownsportsfan

The Omar Infante on the Tigers would have advanced the runner to 3rd there...maybe he'll just swipe it. Not an easy task against Nieto, though.

 

 

 

How many references are we going to get to Carroll pitching against his hometown (Liberty, MO....northeast suburb of KC) team tonight?

 

 

I would seriously walk Perez in the 1st to face Moustakas. Maybe that's just me. (And it would have been the wrong call, haha.)

Edited July 23, 201411 yr by caulfield12

Carroll gives up the leadoff double then pitches like Cy Young

When Carroll is throwing strikes and his sinker is moving like that he is a solid pitcher

When Carroll is throwing strikes and his sinker is moving like that he is a solid pitcher

 

 

Both Scott and Zach Putnam have some similarities in that regard...lower speeds, better movement=positive results.

 

 

If you throw Leury Garcia into that line-up, it seems even worse than the one we fielded the last couple of months in 2013.

 

OTOH, a 750ish OPS and 350ish OBP from Adam Eaton are nice to have...except for the stolen base department, he's been a real threat.

Edited July 23, 201411 yr by caulfield12

And now, let the Bruce Chen Experiment Part Infinity vs. the Sox begin. The man who drove Ozzie Guillen crazy and has been getting the White Sox out since has taken the mound ...

Edited July 23, 201411 yr by greg775

When Carroll is throwing strikes and his sinker is moving like that he is a solid pitcher

 

Help to face the Royals, but yea, his sinker looks nasty so far.

Come on, no Jose? Why couldn't he just DH and let Konerko stay on the bench. Ostensibly Kong is good against LHP, in reality he's awful.

 

and Gillaspie batting 3rd against LHP, jesus.

Edited July 23, 201411 yr by chitownsportsfan

Come on, no Jose? Why couldn't he just DH and let Konerko stay on the bench. Ostensibly Kong is good against LHP, in reality he's awful.

 

Seems a shame Jose can't play against the soft tosser.

Seems a shame Jose can't play against the soft tosser.

 

I've given up trying to explain RV. Why in the f*** would a dude with a 45 wRC+ against LHP be your 3rd hitter? Why would you sit Jose and not Dunn today? Why couldn't you just not play Kong at all?

 

I give up.

Ha, Alexei steals second

Jose has back soreness according to some.

I've given up trying to explain RV. Why in the f*** would a dude with a 45 wRC+ against LHP be your 3rd hitter? Why would you sit Jose and not Dunn today? Why couldn't you just not play Kong at all?

 

I give up.

 

Jose needs a day off every once in a while. Seems a shame like I was saying to have it come on a night a total hack is pitching. A lefthanded stiff.

Must dump Dunn and call Wilkins up now, dammit. Two more HRs already tonight.

Jose has back soreness according to some.

 

ah ... that makes sense then.

Dayan, what up? That second pitch was meat!

Sad. I just hope the Royals can't hit our version of Chen, Scott Carroll, either.