chitownsportsfan

What do you mean by "waking up"? Like, you mean they have stopped sniffing his jock? I read somebody said Arow is a perfect "4th outfielder"--ha, that is selling him short. Rowand, by almost every defensive measure, was the one of the best defensive CF in the majors last year. However, he didn't do much more than be position average at the plate. Still, that's in the upper half of CF in the league. He's still a very usefull player, but BA was waiting in the wings, and thus he was expendable.

Uh, I don't think 240/305/420 with 20 HR's is that unreasonable, IF he's an everyday player, making 650+ PA this year. FWIW, PECOTA has him pegged at 18 HR in 469 PA and a 269/329/468 line, which would damn nice to have--and that's just his "average" season according to them. I'm not sure I get the logic here. According to this, I should not "expect" an event that is "very possible" to occur. If something is "very possible" to occur--is that thus likely to occur? It's semantics I know, but I think the two terms are closer than your statement suggests.

Yea, several nice catches in CF as well--the BA bandwagon might just be rollin' 3 deep now.

The continuing descent of Boone Logan.

Great game. I think Thorton might be hurt though.

hahaha, so the Mariner's scorer said he "pitched effectively"--LOL! Dubya needs this guy.

I hear it's headed south...

Last Boone Logan supporter please turn the lights off on your way out.

How is that relevant? It isn't Boone Logan or me, or you, or some 80 year old grandpa sitting around smoking a cornbob pipe and typing away on Soxtalk tonight. It's Boone Logan or Tracy--who outside of one meaningless spring training, is the better pitcher than Logan.

Dude, he gave up a long fly ball, a line shot, hit a man, and walked a guy. That is pitching well? Screw the 2 runs. He can do a better job than any of us? Sweet! Nice job Gload!

Boone Logan has been put in a terrible spot by management--I mean--WTF is he doing on a MLB roster? Stick him in AA where he freaking belongs. Thank god for BA. Nice play there to keep this thing a blowout.

I'm slow...sorry. What happened? Why are you cancelling? What's their policy on cancelations, e.g. "the fine print". I'm not questioning you, I just would like to know more before I write them an email. And I have heard of numerous bad problems with MLB.TV this year.

It would help if we just stopped wasting out trying to steal.

Maybe if those teams were crazy. Sorry, but Widger, Ozuna, Mackowiak, and Gload are not starting caliber players. Mackowiak maybe--on the Royals/Marlins. I don't like Ozzie's sitting of so many guys at one time. There is no reason for it, even against Seattle.

It's in the cards anyway--no 9 game winning streaks!

I agree. KW has fostered a great sense of community around the organization--and while often over-rated, it seems to be paying dividends with some "home town" discounts.

Confidence in baseball is a funny thing, as it's often crucially important and yet based off of luck. A player can be struggling at the plate, and a slow roler up the middle that gets by the SS is suddenly reason for optimism--thus more patience at the plate, better swings, etc.

Yes, it's a great luxury to have--and I give credit to KW and Oz for having the patience to develop a young promising player. Off the top of my head, I can name Nick Swisher and Jeremy Reed as touted outfielders that struggled at the plate quite often their first full season, and are having good starts so far this season. The key is patience with young players. Like you mentioned, this team is put together where BA can put up a 240/290/410 line and still be championship caliber. That is great for BA and the Sox. I just hope that Ozzie starts trotting him out there against some tougher matchups--for his defense alone-- and Mackowiak goes back to his full time super-utility role.

Some pitchers aren't able to maintain early success? Pray, do tell!

I'd like to just see him taken on now Rowand, although I don't disagree with you. It's a good oppurtunity to get the struggling bullpen some action, like Matt/Cliff like you said, and it's an opportunity to get Jose out of a great game with a very low pitch count--that should help him in September.

Ha, I just checked out the Cleveland game chat on their blog--quite a few cliff jumpers.

WHY THE HELL AREN'T CINTRON AND MACKOWIAK IN THE LINEUP?

Alright Jose, keep up the good work.

Yea, hopefully Juan continues his Miggy career track impersonation this year.

I heart Juan Uribe