Jose Abreu

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) Well, I have some bad news for you I know he's hurt, but they're apparently optimistic that he'll return before the regular season starts.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 12:21 PM) Sports Football fans: What non-starters/rookie players are you most excited to watch in preseason? Kevin White and Marquess Wilson

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) SSS had a nice post about how if Trayce can hit LHP and play a mean center, it's likely he'll find a spot on sox for a while. Eaton...

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 11:30 AM) I can't explain it, but John Danks starting + me in attendance = Sox victory this year. Every time. This will be the 5th. Also hoping Scioscia has the tact to get Gillaspie into the game so we can give him the standing O he deserves. Yikes, Conor must be annoyed that we put out 3 lefties for this series... but with our rotation, you have to expect that.

Wild Card Teams Toronto 62 52 Los Angel. 59 53 ------------------------ Baltimore 57 55 Minnesota 56 56 Texas 55 56 Detroit 54 59 Chicago 53 58 (5.5 GB) Cleveland 52 59 Seattle 53 61

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 10:27 PM) The roller coaster is back. Not that I'm complaining. I like when the Sox are in a positive trend. You just have to be ready for the negative trend after it maxes out at four wins in a row and 7 of 8. As far as Flowers, he is having a lousy year numbers wise; only 29 RBIs and a horrific on base percentage entering tonight but he also had only 259 plate appearances. It's not like he's getting all of the at bats. Soto has a much better on base percentage in his 153 plate appearances. But he's RBI deficient as well with 19. 16 HR and 48 RBI from our catchers isn't bad

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:54 PM) Rodon , Thompson. Melky with 2 RBI on his 31st birthday . Sox with just 4 hits , Angels 5 but Angels in the midst of playing terribly on the road. It's not who you play but when you play them . Thanks, Hawk. But yes. We caught the Yankees in their best offensive spurt of the year, and on the other hand, played the Red Sox when they couldn't do anything right (I know they suck this year but they were in a bad stretch when we played them on the road).

Shoutout to Melky, Petricka, and Robertson as well for good games.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:49 PM) Here's what will happen. We'll sweep the Angels, creating even more hype for the Sox/Cubs series. We'll sweep the Cubs, securing the Crosstown Cup and a 57-58 record. Then, we lose 8 in a row.

Here's what will happen. We'll sweep the Angels, creating even more hype for the Sox/Cubs series. We'll sweep the Cubs, securing the Crosstown Cup and a 57-58 record. Then, we lose 8 in a row.

Petricka I love you!

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) Don't say GS with Pujols up. To be fair, I said it before Trout was up, so there were just two runners on.

To be fair, Alexei was the best defensive player in baseball in July... but yeah, that sucked.

well great

Trout has zero plate appearances against Petricka. He should have one. Yes, I'm still mad over that game last June where Sale gave up the grand slam to Trout.

If we can win this, we'd be 53-58, just 5 under... you never know

Apologies if this has been said, but we are now wearing a Billy Pierce patch in addition to the Minoso one.

At the heart of the dispute between former Jets LB IK Enemkpali and quarterback Geno Smith is $600 that Enemkpali believed Smith owed him, per league sources. Enemkpali purchased a plane ticket for Smith to attend his July 11 football camp at Pfugerville High School in Pfugerville, Texas. However, days before the camp, a person close to Smith was killed in a motorcycle accident in Miami and Smith did not attend Enemkpali’s camp, per sources. After Smith did not attend, Enemkpali demanded that the Jets’ quarterback refund him the $600 he allegedly used to purchase a plane ticket. Smith told Enemkpali he would reimburse him the money, but he did not. Enkempali confronted Smith today about the money and the confrontation ended in a punch and broken jaw.

QUOTE (HuskyCaucasian @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) ‏@AlbertBreer According to a source, the Geno Smith/IK Enemkpali fight in the Jets locker room was indeed over money. Yeah, Geno owed him a lot (apparently) and was refusing to pay.

Surprised we don't have one of these yet. Schedule released tomorrow at 5 PM Central. Bulls play @ OKC on Christmas, also open season 10/27 vs Cavs.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) If Hector is pulled then with that many pitches hopefully we're ahead 5-2 and Rodon is throwing strikes and there's no need for The Rock to pinch hit. Santiago is a good kid. I couldn't blame him if he had a mental f u to the coaching staff who didn't believe in him . But not many fans did either. Santiago was like Avi is now, a few people see(saw) the upside but most see the flaws as a sign of permanent suckage. I hope so. My joke was that Santiago (like Rodon) would always be at 100+ pitches in the 5th inning, sometimes with no runs allowed.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) Who gets to 100 first - Hector or Carlos? I think they'll both get there in the 5th.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) No LaRoche as a starter against a LH again. Hallelujah , they have seen the light. Took 'em long enough. Don't worry, when Hector is pulled after 5 shutout innings with 109 pitches, LaRoche will be used as a pinch-hitter.

Also, 33% of our lineup was in AAA in April.

Flowers 8th, Thompson 9th? C'mon