July 7, 20169 yr Trying not to get to optimistic here...but it feels great to win and we do play Cleveland 10 more times...hopefully, just hopefully, we can start beating AL Central Teams (other than just beating the Twins) in the second half Edited July 7, 20169 yr by soxfan85
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 09:21 PM) Miguel Gonzalez has a better ERA than Carlos Rodon Right now he's the better pitcher.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 10:11 PM) Trying not to get to optimistic here...but it feels great to win and we do play Cleveland 10 more times...hopefully, just hopefully, we can start beating AL Central Teams (other than just beating the Twins) in the second half Wouldn't that be nice...... Edited July 7, 20169 yr by ptatc
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 10:25 PM) regardless, keep beating the twins. that is a good start.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Jul 7, 2016 -> 04:11 AM) Trying not to get to optimistic here...but it feels great to win and we do play Cleveland 10 more times...hopefully, just hopefully, we can start beating AL Central Teams (other than just beating the Twins) in the second half The Sox are bonafide contenders ... if they didn't have to play in the Central. They are competitive against everybody else. There's enough of a sample size to say that. Like you said ... hopefully the Central Division thing will turn around. I don't see it happening, but Sox are definitely an outstanding team outside of the Central.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 10:30 PM) Outside the ALC, the Sox only have a losing record against the Nationals and Rays. stupid unbalanced schedule.
July 7, 20169 yr Nice to see that kind of pitching out of one of the backend guys in the rotation. Mark Edited July 7, 20169 yr by Lip Man 1
July 7, 20169 yr Nice to see that kind of pitching out of one of the backend guys in the rotation. Mark
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 10:37 PM) stupid unbalanced schedule. I know every team has games they wish they could get back, but if the Sox bullpen just pitches badly instead of historically awful in that one Royals series (I believe every game had at least a 90% win probability at one point) then the Sox are 5-4 against KC and just like the Tigers we'd be talking about the Indians as the only problem team.
July 7, 20169 yr I also don't get the comparisons to last year that a lot of posters are making. Last year's team spent all of one day over .500, and their one good stretch came against two bad teams, and once they started playing good competition again they wilted. We've already seen this team play well for multiple stretches, and with a couple exceptions they've played well against good competition.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 11:18 PM) We better sweep the damn Braves 6 over at the break is fine with me.
July 7, 20169 yr Well done. I didn't even feel like the replay towards the end would 100% somehow cause things to end badly for the Sox like I might have at certain points of the season. Looking forward to catching a game over the weekend.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jul 7, 2016 -> 12:31 AM) Well done. I didn't even feel like the replay towards the end would 100% somehow cause things to end badly for the Sox like I might have at certain points of the season. Looking forward to catching a game over the weekend. I was nervous they were going to call him safe at first. That could have been a disaster.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 6, 2016 -> 10:04 PM) I also don't get the comparisons to last year that a lot of posters are making. Last year's team spent all of one day over .500, and their one good stretch came against two bad teams, and once they started playing good competition again they wilted. We've already seen this team play well for multiple stretches, and with a couple exceptions they've played well against good competition. Last years team sucked from the beginning. Had a nice albeit fraudulent winning streak around the all star break IIRC then they stood pat and the team was done. This year they're different in a lot of ways. Started out hot. Slumped badly but have pulled themselves out of it to back over .500. No way last years team does this. I'm proud of this team. They never give up and fight through injuries. I just hope Hahn can get creative enough to land a Lucroy type bat and a Vizcaino type reliver. Maybe even a Rzep from the As to a lesser degree. Let's kick the braves ass and go the break on a 4 game win streak, regroup and come out firing.
July 7, 20169 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 7, 2016 -> 04:30 AM) Outside the ALC, the Sox only have a losing record against the Nationals and Rays. It's incredible. Sox are a great great team except for KC, Detroit and Cleveland. Just mind boggling. QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 7, 2016 -> 04:37 AM) stupid unbalanced schedule. I hate it as well. Those Central teams scout the hell out of us. If we do manage to hit the ball (they know how to get our guys out with those sliders and out of zone breaking balls) we hit it right at somebody. Meanwhile, they tee off on our pitchers like they know whats coming. They probably have stolen all our signals. We could have met the Cubs in the WS if we knew how to play teams in our division not named Minniehaha.
July 7, 20169 yr In honor of the shut out of the Yankees the rock and roll song for the win is the Beach Boys " Shut Down "
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