fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2013 -> 03:10 AM) The schedule, and how bad it is for the Sox. And how cold it is. The Sox have the easiest traveling schedule in baseball. He doesn't seem to realize this. Yeah, heard him whining about the cold earlier. I didn't know the Sox hitters were the only ones that had to deal with the weather during the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Don't know if we needed the "stretch" call from Hawk there. To me, it didn't look like it had a chance of getting over outfielder's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2013 -> 01:31 AM) That was just awful by Gillaspie I'm not a big Gillaspie guy (yet) and that has gotten me ripped a lot on here by posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Axelrod would be a great guy to have in the pen. I'm a big fan of a long reliever/spot starter that gets 95-110 innings. He should be that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2013 -> 03:19 AM) Axelrod would be a great guy to have in the pen. I'm a big fan of a long reliever/spot starter that gets 95-110 innings. He should be that guy. I don't know how he does it, but he shut them down after Harris' homer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) Tank's first walk! Alexei's really slumping though, and his slugging pct. is way down Edited May 11, 2013 by fathom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2013 -> 09:22 PM) Tank's first walk! Kepp needs to join him. He's at 115 PA's without a walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2013 -> 03:27 AM) Kepp needs to join him. He's at 115 PA's without a walk. I thought that was why we wanted Kepp. A contact hitter who walks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Flowers takes far too many 3rd strikes right down the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) Tank's first walk! Alexei's really slumping though, and his slugging pct. is way down Alexei's power has fallen steadily since his career began. He's almost no threat to go deep anymore. 2008 - 21 HR, .475 SLG, .185 ISO 2010 - 18 HR, .431 SLG, .149 ISO 2011 - 15 HR, .399 SLG, .130 ISO 2012 - 9 HR, .364 SLG, .099 ISO 2013 - 1 HR, .339 SLG, .078 ISO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2013 -> 03:29 AM) Flowers takes far too many 3rd strikes right down the plate. Those type of at bats really suck. Make it seem as the team is sleeping and not aggressive. Lousy at bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2013 -> 10:29 PM) I thought that was why we wanted Kepp. A contact hitter who walks a lot. Kepp has never walked "a lot". A career 6.4% walk rate, 5.7% last year w/ the Rays. The contact part they definitely wanted, and need to get more of, as his 10% K rate is good, but higher than his career norms. However, he has a horrid .210 BABIP. Keppinger is getting some bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Lousy error. Field the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 What do you know, our defense is going to cost us another game most likely. Flowers calls a s***ty game behind the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 i know it's bulls***, and there are no such things, but you could just sense this after the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Holy s*** is this defense terrible. Flowers' has been a gigantic disappointment defensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) Back to tied for 2nd in the AL in errors. Worst fielding percentage. Lindstrom way too late covering the plate. If Lindstrom covers the plate, the runner doesn't leave from 3rd. Basically like 3 errors there. Then what will probably be called a Passed Ball on Tyler Flowers. So 4 errors, essentially. 5 passed balls 2nd most in the AL. Not the first or last boo-birds we'll hear this season at USCF. Lindstrom has ZERO confidence right now. Twins blew a 6-0 lead to BALT, now tied 6-6. Edited May 11, 2013 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Gillaspie is very good on those short picks off to his left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 10, 2013 -> 08:50 PM) Gillaspie is very good on those short picks off to his left. Not so good on cue shots or balls hit with sidespin on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 It's really hard to take comfort in Keppinger turning things around cause of bad luck when almost every grounder he hits is a weak two-hopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 11, 2013 -> 03:55 AM) Not so good on cue shots or balls hit with sidespin on them. Did they call it an error? I hope they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2013 -> 08:58 PM) Did they call it an error? I hope they did. Yep. Saved an earned run for Axelrod. Sox go down 1-2-3 after the runs put on the board by the Angels. After the Bulls' loss, can you hear a tree falling in the forest if nobody is there to witness it? Edited May 11, 2013 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 How cold is it at the Cell. 40s or 50s? It's warming up in KC so maybe your winter will end starting this weekend as it has here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 By the way, Keppinger and Dunn are now 1 and 2 in terms of worst WAR in all of baseball. Good thing they're batting 2nd and 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2013 -> 04:10 AM) By the way, Keppinger and Dunn are now 1 and 2 in terms of worst WAR in all of baseball. Good thing they're batting 2nd and 4th. Ouch. It'd be so nice to get rid of Dunn just for fan morale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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