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James is going to want someone's starter money and he's earned the shot to get it, and he is not going to get that with the Sox

Like a lot of people who grew up in the 80s and 90s I used to use that word casually because I thought it was funny and justified it by saying "I don't really mean it like THAT." But you learn better and you do better and I can count on one hand the number of times I've said it in the last 15-20 years, the only time I can think of was when I was telling someone "I used to use (that word)" and it felt like I was choking it out.

I think I was at that game, iirc he hit the batter?

Every time I see Jon Schoop I think of the Bears offensive coordinator from back in the day

Unfortunately, Mize is also nasty

Dunning is mowing guys down like a machine gun nest rn

I don't see what some other people see in Collins as far as offensive potential, what am I missing?

Seriously, just look at this. Oh my god look at the WHIPs especially. YIKES Rk Pos Name Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 6 CL Bobby Jenks 26 3 5 .375 2.77 66 0 62 0 0 40 65.0 45 20 20 2 13 4 56 1 0 4 249 170 2.56 0.892 6.2 0.3 1.8 7.8 4.31 7 RP Matt Thornton* 30 4 4 .500 4.79 68 0 13 0 0 2 56.1 59 31 30 4 26 6 55 2 0 3 249 99 3.70 1.509 9.4 0.6 4.2 8.8 2.12 8 RP Boone Logan* 22 2 1 .667 4.97 68 0 13 0 0 0 50.2 59 30 28 7 20 3 35 0 0 2 226 95 4.84 1.559 10.5 1.2 3.6 6.2 1.75 9 RP Mike MacDougal 30 2 5 .286 6.80 54 0 8 0 0 0 42.1 50 37 32 3 33 3 39 2 0 8 208 70 4.80 1.961 10.6 0.6 7.0 8.3 1.18 10 RP Ryan Bukvich 29 1 0 1.000 5.05 45 0 7 0 0 0 35.2 36 23 20 5 24 1 18 3 0 3 170 94 6.32 1.682 9.1 1.3 6.1 4.5 0.75 11 Gavin Floyd 24 1 5 .167 5.27 16 10 4 0 0 0 70.0 85 45 41 17 19 0 49 6 0 1 314 89 6.07 1.486 10.9 2.2 2.4 6.3 2.58 12 Nick Masset 25 2 3 .400 7.09 27 1 4 0 0 0 39.1 52 33 31 2 26 5 21 2 0 4 193 67 4.97 1.983 11.9 0.5 5.9 4.8 0.81 13 David Aardsma 25 2 1 .667 6.40 25 0 7 0 0 0 32.1 39 24 23 4 17 3 36 1 0 2 151 74 4.29 1.732 10.9 1.1 4.7 10.0 2.12 14 Ehren Wassermann 26 1 1 .500 2.74 33 0 6 0 0 0 23.0 20 9 7 0 7 4 14 2 0 1 94 174 3.20 1.174 7.8 0.0 2.7 5.5 2.00 15 Andy Sisco* 24 0 1 .000 8.36 19 0 6 0 0 0 14.0 19 13 13 2 11 0 13 1 0 3 74 57 5.81 2.143 12.2 1.3 7.1 8.4 1.18 16 Mike Myers* 38 1 0 1.000 11.20 17 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 21 19 17 3 7 2 6 1 0 0 70 43 6.97 2.049 13.8 2.0 4.6 4.0 0.86 17 Dewon Day 26 0 1 .000 11.25 13 0 6 0 0 0 12.0 19 15 15 1 9 0 7 2 0 1 65 43 5.91 2.333 14.3 0.8 6.8 5.3 0.78 18 Charlie Haeger 23 0 1 .000 7.15 8 0 5 0 0 0 11.1 17 11 9 3 8 2 1 1 0 0 59 68 8.89 2.206 13.5 2.4 6.4 0.8 0.13 19 Lance Broadway 23 1 1 .500 0.87 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.1 5 2 1 0 5 0 14 0 0 0 41 556 1.98 0.968 4.4 0.0 4.4 12.2 2.80 20 Heath Phillips* 25 1 1 .500 3.68 6 0 5 0 0 0 7.1 10 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 34 133 6.10 1.909 12.3 1.2 4.9 2.5 0.50 21 Bret Prinz 30 0 0 8.10 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 64 8.34 1.800 10.8 2.7 5.4 2.7 0.50 Team Totals 27.9 72 90 .444 4.77 162 162 153 9 4 42 1440.2 1556 839 763 174 499 50 1015 59 0 45 6293 99 4.56 1.426 9.7 1.1 3.1 6.3 2.03 Rank in 14 AL teams 11 4 12 2 3 7 6 12 11 12 11 6 11 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 8/19/2020.

I remember thinking Ryan Bukvich was also as bad - Jesus no, not even close, Day had WHIP well over 2. That 2007 bullpen is the worst one in my memory, the starting pitching (except Contreras) was mostly passable but after 6 innings if the Sox didn't have a lead of at least 5 the game was over. If there's inherited runners ALL of them were going to score, plus a couple extra. All them had a ERA well over 6, it seemed like. Day, Bukvich, Macdougal, Wassermann, Sisco, Myers, just look at any of those guys, pick a randon name and look up their stats and it's awful.

It was in the low 70s today for the first time in about 2 months where I was, 2600 miles away, therefore this is not real because my unique experience does not support it #PostLikeAFuckingIdiot

This reminds me of when he ended his broadcast career with the Cubs, although he was way more direct back then than he's being right now.

I look at this lineup and I'm like "Moncada probably a .900 OPS player and he's fifth?" and... well yeah probably, that checks out

The federal government? Errrr... maybe later? After... you know.

Pro: still have a job Con: can't really do anything, nothing to spend money on thanks to COVID-19 Pro: can use this extra money to finish basement sooner and have wet bar installed Con: Cannot actually have company over to justify this expense, thanks once again to COVID-19

I think "whoops, my leadoff guy accidentally doubled or homered again" is a good problem to have

I do think Robert projects long-term as a better leadoff hitter than TA but he is not that player yet. He still has some adjusting to do. TA is doing a fine job, and as much as I hate to use cliches like this, he brings a certain energy to the lineup and they're different with him in there.

Ok I'm dumb, was there supposed to be a game tonight and it got kicked to tomorrow and there's going to be a doubleheader?

lol Ricky channeling his inner John Fox with that non-answer

not so bad when I get a night shift premium lol

I sleep in the daytime and this game will be probably in the 7th or 8th inning by the time I'm up

Nope, he's all turned around now. Pitchers have figured out how to turn his aggression against him, he is gonna have to start laying off pitches to make them stop

I was just thinking about Stone's old white ass bobbing his head to it and it made me think of my dad, and I was like "well, I guess it's possible"

I do have full confidence he'll adjust fine, he's way too talented to be taken down by a single flaw like that. But the pitchers are killing him right now.

He could also... just... I dunno, not swing at every single slider he sees?