April 7, 201511 yr I was only half able to watch the game today (despite my grand talk of the day off, Edited April 7, 201511 yr by chitownsportsfan
April 7, 201511 yr Agree with all except Ramirez was actually robbed of a couple hits, so he wasn't terrible at the plate. And Melky wasn't bad on defense, so I don't know exactly which play you're referring too.
April 7, 201511 yr Johnson really hung in there early against Ventura and fouled off 6-7 pitches....battled his behind off. That was impressive. When he did get on, you just have no excuse getting picked off on the 2nd throw when you were almost nabbed by the first and you're facing a 4-0 deficit against a World Series ace on his game. Taking second on a steal means very little there. Just needed to keep the line moving for the top of the line-up, and that didn't help. The Flowers at-bat was typical of his worst stretches last-year, although he actually had one homer against Ventura in his career. Another big play was that dunker that fell into RF because the defense was playing up to cut down the runner at the plate...Micah normally would get to that ball with a normal alignment. Finally, Flowers needs to do a better job at least attempting to block that wild pitch....his footwork wasn't very good, although the surface was supposedly very slick in KC. Edited April 7, 201511 yr by caulfield12
April 7, 201511 yr Author yea updated the micah grade to reflect the pickoff. Can't be doing that any time, let alone down 4 against a tough pitcher.
April 7, 201511 yr On the plus side, we can back off the Samardzija for $105-120 million extension talk for at least a week.
April 7, 201511 yr Author QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 09:16 PM) On the plus side, we can back off the Samardzija for $105-120 million extension talk for at least a week. Yea after what Porcello just got (granted he's much younger but they are similar types, not aces by any stretch) I really think that door might be closing. If he leaves he nets a comp pick anyways, right?
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 09:08 PM) When he did get on, you just have no excuse getting picked off on the 2nd throw when you were almost nabbed by the first and you're facing a 4-0 deficit against a World Series ace on his game. Yeah that stunk. Hopefully he got that out of the way in his first game and that's it. How is the 1st base coach not just yelling at him "you're not stealing, we're down by 4. Do anything other than get picked off"?
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 10:22 PM) Yeah that stunk. Hopefully he got that out of the way in his first game and that's it. How is the 1st base coach not just yelling at him "you're not stealing, we're down by 4. Do anything other than get picked off"? Isn't Vince Coleman the 1B coach this year? Or still D-Boston?
April 7, 201511 yr What not to do on opening day : Starting pitching .. bad Relief pitching...bad Defense ...bad Base running ..bad Offense ...bad Managing ... After Abreu walk in 9th why not pinch run for him ??? Getting blown out why risk him on the bases??? Edited April 7, 201511 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
April 7, 201511 yr The Angels led the AL in wins last year. 96. Opening Day, lost 10-3 at home vs Seattle. They got swept in that series, and were outscored 26-8. There. Feel better.
April 7, 201511 yr Everything looked pretty bad. The team swung at a ton of bad pitches, Samardzija was up in the zone way too much.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) I was only half able to watch the game today (despite my grand talk of the day off, Looks like you edited your entire post away, which is a shame because I read it when it was there and it was long and looked like you put some work into it.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) The Angels led the AL in wins last year. 96. Opening Day, lost 10-3 at home vs Seattle. They got swept in that series, and were outscored 26-8. There. Feel better. To add to that and if IIRC, opening day 2005 cleveland blew the sox out. Buehrle gave up 8 in 2 innings i think.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 10:38 AM) To add to that and if IIRC, opening day 2005 cleveland blew the sox out. Buehrle gave up 8 in 2 innings i think. 2005 the Sox won 1-0 vs Indians.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 11:41 AM) 2005 the Sox won 1-0 vs Indians. Hmm ok. I know there was one. Maybe it was 04. Maybe im just nuts lol. Thanks for clearing that up
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 10:38 AM) To add to that and if IIRC, opening day 2005 cleveland blew the sox out. Buehrle gave up 8 in 2 innings i think. 2007. Grady Sizemore hit Contreras' first pitch into the stands. The White Sox never recovered all season long.
April 7, 201511 yr Author Soxtalk was lagging hard last night was editing and post was swallowed. Oh well.
April 7, 201511 yr Offense...fail defense...fail pitching...fail coaching...fail managing....fail roster construction........fail. Edited April 7, 201511 yr by Dick Allen
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 10:56 AM) I happened to see it before it was swallowed and it was a doozy. Basically, after watching half of yesterday's game, chitownsportsfan is very comfortable letting Samardzija walk into FA. No one has actually come out and said that yet. Might be interesting if we have an ongoing thread evaluating the Shark trade throughout the year. I did notice that Semien started as SS for the A's, going 1 for 4, one RBI.
April 7, 201511 yr It's funny, I wonder how different people would feel if we won 4-3 on OD and lost 10-1 in similar fashion in Game 2.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) It's funny, I wonder how different people would feel if we won 4-3 on OD and lost 10-1 in similar fashion in Game 2. If the Sox win the next game 4-3, everyone will be happy. This site is bipolar. Highest highs, lowest lows.
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 02:16 AM) On the plus side, we can back off the Samardzija for $105-120 million extension talk for at least a week. At this rate (opening day) we will never see the Shark win one or the Sox for that matter Edited April 7, 201511 yr by elrockinMT
April 7, 201511 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 05:44 AM) Isn't Vince Coleman the 1B coach this year? Or still D-Boston? I believe it is Darryl Boston as 1B coach and Mr Vince Coleman is the base stealing coach Edited April 7, 201511 yr by elrockinMT
April 7, 201511 yr Author QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 7, 2015 -> 10:56 AM) I happened to see it before it was swallowed and it was a doozy. Basically, after watching half of yesterday's game, chitownsportsfan is very comfortable letting Samardzija walk into FA. How are you a mod you have a lot of antagonistic posts. Seeing what Porcello just got you really think Chicago is going to sign Shark for under $20 million AAV? It's hardly about his one start and more about his history which by and large suggests a solid 3rd starter that if you squint hard enough you can see a decent 2nd starter. He's not an ace and another non ace just got over $20 million a year. Hard to see how the Sox can make it work in this climate for SP extensions.
April 7, 201511 yr Literally no conclusions regarding the outcome of this season or its players*, positive or negative, can be drawn from this one game. *Except that we won't go 162-0 in 2015.
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