ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Rios has been well positioned to catch the majority of the balls hit to center. Not a big thing, but pretty nice to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Counting Peavy, top 4 Sox pitchers with ERA's under 4.00 as Danks drops to 3.87. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of a rude Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 He hates Nix like this too. I don’t see any motivation to it other than irrational dislike. Iv loved what i have seen from Rios so far. Hits the ball hard and gets great reads on balls hit to center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 AJ manages to hit the wall with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Surprised that ball didn't die out in center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Pretty swing by AJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Does anybody know who that guy was in the dugout comparing hand sizes with Rios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Rios will be fine. All of the "depth/playing time" issues are better than the alternative of having to use Owens, Wasserman, Andy Gonzalez, Adam Russell and Josh Fields. AJ quietly having a great season, although the RBI numbers are down a bit even by his normal 55-60 standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Dye Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 QUOTE (RME JICO @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 04:31 PM) Counting Peavy, top 4 Sox pitchers with ERA's under 4.00 as Danks drops to 3.87. I'm cool with as many things as possible lining up with 05 not cool with alexei's seeming lack of bunt willingness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Rios is probably trying to do too much at the plate after coming over. He will eventually settle down. Edited August 16, 2009 by RME JICO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Dye Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 and yeah, HH is to Alexei as HH was to Jerry Manuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMOU Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) danks with 72 pitches thru 6 scoreless Sailing along. This is our 4th starter come the 28th. He just might be the best fourth starter in baseball. If we can make the playoffs...look out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 QUOTE (jphat007 @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 05:33 PM) Surprised that ball didn't die out in center. AJ hit the ball towards the end of the bat, Rios squared his up. AJ’s approach to the gaps is better for this stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of a rude Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 wtf hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 AJ hit a line drive, those dont get knocked down by the wind as much as high fly balls. From what Ive seen Rios stroke looks fine, he just seems to have no luck with where the ball is going at the moment. Id guess that once he becomes more accustomed to being on the Sox (and playing cf full time) his average will start to go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Happy to see we didn't bunt on that one! Edited August 16, 2009 by Thunderbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 AJ could've had 3rd pretty easily there for how 'smart' he is on the basepaths (tho i do acknowledge that he's a solid baserunner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 What's with the bunt hatred? Just because our team fails to execute too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitoMB345 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Can we hire a coach to team this team how to bunt? Make a new position on the staff just for that.. since we can't do it and no one can seem to teach them how to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 05:34 PM) Sailing along. This is our 4th starter come the 28th. He just might be the best fourth starter in baseball. If we can make the playoffs...look out! I still think you do Peavy, Buehrle, Floyd for (what should be) a 3 game series, but Danks is making it a nice question to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Ugh, I not like the bunt here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 QUOTE (TitoMB345 @ Aug 16, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) Can we hire a coach to team this team how to bunt? Make a new position on the staff just for that.. since we can't do it and no one can seem to teach them how to. Can we hire someone to tell them the exact opposite? Is Earl Waver or Manny Acta available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Kotsay can bunt at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Good luck getting the job done here Nix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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