whitesoxfan101 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 03:58 PM) Heh, the announcer got all excited on a Juan Pierre flyball to left like it was going to get over the fielder's head. I'd venture to guess that Juan won't put a single ball over an outfielders head all year. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf_soxfan Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 As a passive Giants fan, this is okay, but as a primary Sox fan, this sucks. Torres is a nobody and he croizened it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 ah, the old infield pop up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scenario Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Don Cooper is a great strategist. Getting the starters to have crap performances in games that don't count... and get them out of the way before the season starts. Brilliant. Edited March 23, 2010 by scenario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Did Melton just call Tony Pena, Carlos Pena? Did I hear that right? Ok, now he got it right. Edited March 23, 2010 by flavum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 The Sox have Carlos Pena up in the pen, that 'ought to be interesting. Is he on lease from the Rays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 It's a bit scary that we're getting great production from Jones and Kotsay this spring, and our offense still looks awful. I'm not giving up yet though, it is only spring training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 JJ Poots reference...a Bill Melton classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hopefully Melton is just confused. Because the thought of Linebrink being our 8th inning guy scares the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Melton is beyond confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 What's the deal with Melton? They grooming him to be a future play-by-play or color guy? Or is he getting paid intern money to do ST games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) What's the deal with Melton? They grooming him to be a future play-by-play or color guy? Or is he getting paid intern money to do ST games? He's 65 years old, something tells me he's beyond grooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFirebird Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) What's the deal with Melton? They grooming him to be a future play-by-play or color guy? Or is he getting paid intern money to do ST games? He should probably pay us to listen to him. He makes Santo sound like a HOF broadcaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) The Sox have Carlos Pena up in the pen, that 'ought to be interesting. Is he on lease from the Rays? He's on loan from Rays. They want to see if he's fit for training before throwing him back onto the pitch. Soccer terminology actually makes sense applied to baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Eh, about to tune in.. Sox pitching going trough some spring training dead arm period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty34 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Dull game, here are my odds for closer at end of season: Thornton 3-1 Jenks 10-1 Pena 10-1 Putz 20-1 Santos 50-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 The Sox had the 3rd best team offense during the Spring of 2007, we finished the year with the worst offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (BFirebird @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) He should probably pay us to listen to him. He makes Santo sound like a HOF broadcaster. Santo gets paid to do his job Melton is on the internet. I also think Melton is better. Santo can not even string a thought together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Teahen with a couple hard hit balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Mark Teahen gets the ball over the first baseman, ruled E 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) Teahen with a couple hard hit balls As a fielder? Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 09:59 PM) Repeat after me, Spring Training is about getting work in and not about results. See Anderson, Brian the king of ST for a reference of HOF ST guys who can't hit the same pitchers when they move north. Breaking ball pitchers particularly have issues in Arizona in ST. Breaking pitches do not have the depth that they do when they leave. Guys are just throwing to the glove, getting their work in, working on a location or pitch. This is why guys like Brian Anderson can look like the next version of Willie Mays in Arizona only to get punked when breaking pitches start to dart and dive. Also with about 2 weeks to go most starting pitchers start to get a dead arm period as part of the process of building their arm up to push 90 to 100 pitches. Yep, and it's why Andruw Jones performing well shouldn't be surprising. He can hit anyone's fastball, and with the ball not breaking much in Arizona, he's going to crush pitches. Same goes with Soriano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 "A homerun here would change the complexity of the ballgame" - Bill Melton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Beckham sucks!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 04:37 PM) Yep, and it's why Andruw Jones performing well shouldn't be surprising. He can hit anyone's fastball, and with the ball not breaking much in Arizona, he's going to crush pitches. Same goes with Soriano. That's exactly why I brought up Soriano's name in the "Andruw Jones" thread. He hit .325/.375/.613/.988 with 6 HR last spring. Then he came north, breaking balls started breaking and he finished with an OPS just over .700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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