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QUOTE (59th street @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) Robin with the best post game "poker face" answer ever. cub apologist p. rogers wanted to know if Humber intended to retaliate and throw at la hair; Robin said NO and stared him down for about 20 seconds. It was fantastic! And that's how to handle it. Ozzie never learned how to handle these situations.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) We need to sign Jon Garland so he can get the same treatment. Jon Garland won a World Series ring with the Sox. What has Wood ever won with the Cubs? Just like the Cubs and their fans to celebrate mediocrity.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Beckham, Morel and finding a catcher for next season are MUCH bigger problems. Just re-sign AJ.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 17, 2012 -> 06:02 PM) SALE! TANK! SUN! PAULIE! DUNN! RIOS! BECKHAM! CJ WILSON! AJ!!

I'm glad they waited.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 15, 2012 -> 10:05 PM) Get lefties out, he got lit up by a bunch of righties. misused. Next. Then maybe they should DFA Ventura.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 15, 2012 -> 05:02 PM) Hopefully Floyd can outduel Jerome Williams tomorrow night, and then it's Sale vs CJ Wilson Thursday afternoon. Take a split out there, and come home and knock around the Cubs for a few days at Wrigley. Then the Twins and Indians at the Cell. It's time for a 9-2 stretch. I dread the "Crosstown Classic".

Great to see Viciedo have a big game - hopefully a breakout game for him. Nice pitching by Stewart and Reed. Danks was bad - yet again. Santiago is hard to watch. Let's hope they can sweep 'em tomorrow!

Danks sucks. Beckham sucks. Ramirez sucks. Viciedo sucks. That is all.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 14, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) Really? I have a hard time envisioning a LF playing worse. Then you've never seen Dunn "play" LF.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:17 AM) You know what we should do? We should project everything based on what happened two days ago and expect nothing else to happen, ever. that is what we should do. QUOTE (iamshack @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:19 AM) That's exactly what I was thinking, too...Because this is the exact roster we will have for the next 7 years. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2012 -> 08:28 AM) Well we both know Kenny never trades anyone, and he always has the same roster. With caulfields predictions of doom and death, and fathom's worrisome assessment of Robin Ventura through 26 games, and Marty needing to trade everyone and anyone, we should really start to think about the Sox quitting the AL and moving to the Independent league. I'm with you guys. Of course I'm disappointed by the news about Sale's elbow and having to be removed from the rotation, but the panic and doom and gloom around here are ridiculous. Let's see how things develop. Who knows what twists and turns lie ahead?

Yet another brain cramp by Beckham.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) It's cause they completely botched how they've handled Sale. He should have been starting in the minors last year so that he was ready to log starter's innings this year. Maybe he would have developed the tender elbow starting in the minors last year. Maybe the kid is just not physically able to be a starter because of his mechanics. Also, wasn't one of the main reasons the Sox were able to sign Sale after the draft that they promised him that he would be pitching in the major leagues within a year?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 3, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) Johnny Danks sucks. That is all. He is a mental midget.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 3, 2012 -> 08:08 PM) Who wanted to bench Gordon over Morel? Me. And I still do.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 3, 2012 -> 05:56 PM) Why's that? Beckham's had a small burst of success Very small, like one game two nights ago. He sucked last night.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2012 -> 12:27 PM) Fukudome and Escobar playing, Morel/Viciedo sitting I'd rather it was Beckham sitting instead of Morel.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) It all makes perfect sense don't you know Beckham is currently hitting .153 with an OPS of .434. All last season he batted .230 with a .633 OPS. He's been regressing each year. Does that make perfect sense?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) He was great in his Southtown days. Since he channeled Kotex-Boy he sucks. He sucked even back then. I remember disliking him because he always seemed like he was either trying to stir s*** up or spreading gossip. I think everyone around the Sox felt sorry for him when he got cancer and overlooked a lot of his bulls***.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Sounds exactly like something he would say, shades of his normal "Tea Party-esque" rants about women, government, immigration, etc. What the hell does that mean? Are you going to start throwing your political bias into this now??? Leave politics out of it. Cowley is just an asshole - period.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 02:01 PM) Think Lillibridge with limited play is leading the AL with stolen bases...could be a nice tandem at the top of the line-up when/if they finally decide to bench Gordon Beckham or send him down. After the way Lillibridge performed today, he should be starting in place of Beckham for a while. Heck, even Escobar showed today that he can give better ABs than Beckham has been giving this season. Maybe they can platoon Lillibridge with Escobar at 2B and use Beckham as a utility infielder for which he is most suited. If Morel continues to struggle they can alternate Beckham in at 3B every now and then. Either that or just send Beckham down to work on his swing and bring up a third catcher to free up Flowers and AJ to PH more.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 11:56 AM) i just hope robin realizes that he was the vast exception to the rule that guys who go 0-41 at any point in their big league career are typically not good baseball players. Hopefully he's not letting his own personal experience of struggling as a young player to cloud his judgement on Morel and beckham (morel more so than beckham - christ at least beckham has been decent for longer than 2 weeks in the bigs - morel has been absolutely abysmal for 95% of his big league time) I have more confidence in Morel turning it around than Beckham. Not saying Morel will, but just that he's more likely than Beckham.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2012 -> 11:39 AM) No, you get to watch Escobar's and Lillibridge's pathetic attempts to hit. LOL, yeah maybe only a slight improvement, but an improvement nonetheless.

At least we don't have to watch Beckham's pathetic attempts to hit. But without Konerko in the lineup, they probably lose again.

Manto seems to have been successful helping Rios turn it around and he seems to have helped Dunn out so far. Beckham may be beyond help and we'll have to wait and see about Morel. Viciedo and Ramirez are notorious slow starters so I wouldn't worry about them yet. AJ is also doing better this year under Manto after regressing over the years under Walker. Let's give Manto at least a good half season or more before throwing him under the bus as another failure like Greg Walker.