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QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:08 PM)
I don't understand how a team that was once 13 games over .500 have somehow managed to look so poorly in the past 7 games... 4 in a row now.

 

I can't believe we lost to Fister. Man oh man.

 

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QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 18, 2016 -> 09:08 PM)
I don't understand how a team that was once 13 games over .500 have somehow managed to look so poorly in the past 7 games... 4 in a row now.

 

We were 6 outs away from 14 games over...and actually rose to 2nd after this weekend (behind the Cubs) in ESPN's Power Rankings.

 

If the Indians rally to win this game, they'll only be 2 1/2 GB, having picked up 3 1/2 games over the course of 10 days.

 

Allen pitched TWO perfect innings...on to the 12th.

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QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:15 PM)
Lindor HR in the 12th. About to be a 2.5 game lead.

 

Cannot believe that massive division lead is just going to evaporate in a weeks time

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Sox doing a poor job of bouncing back after tough losses. Bad game tonight.

A pessimist might say our starting pitching suddenly stinks with just two excellent starters and three so-so starters (at best). Obviously Rodon will be excellent some day. Bullpen, as has happened ever since Joe Morgan said it was the best in baseball, gets off to a red-hot start now looks average (cept for the lockdown closer). I'm hoping Putnam will continue putting up zeros cause in theory he's a better prospect than Albers IMO.

 

Sox are catching the Royals at a bad time. This team blows right now.

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2016 -> 09:06 PM)
I just don't get how our scouting of MLB players that we bring in via free agency can be so bad

 

 

 

And the future best infielder in the AL Central, Francisco Lindor....just went yard.

 

 

Two problems:

 

1) Budget constraints

2) We can't scout at the major league level nearly as well as we do the minors...and we can't even scout our own division as well as they've counter-scouted us over the last decade, with a few exceptions.

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QUOTE (flavum @ May 19, 2016 -> 04:18 AM)
There's something the Sox can do in the next week to prevent that.

This is where the new blood, the LaRoche haters, have to do what it looked like they were gonna do: Be bad-asses and stir something up. I heard today the players in major league baseball have more to do with attitude of teams than the manager. Lawrie, Frazier, Rollins need to get these corpseballers (of late) fired up!!!! Just.Do.It.Leaders

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:13 PM)
Better team won tonight

 

We may have been duped for 6 weeks. Every team is the better team. Reality may have set in. Sale has to beat a team by himself. They might decide to score more than 1 run when Q is on the mound. Then the rest of the rotation might as well be Danks, Danks, Danks.

No one is lights out in the pen. Now we seeing typical mental mistakes even from the new guys. There must be something about that uniform.

I would really like a manager from outside of the organization.

 

Hopefully our fantasy season is not over and we are back to reality.

 

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At least they didn't allow any two out runs. LOL

 

Other than that complete garbage just like we've seen the past three years. Latos has officially returned to Earth.

 

1-6 since the Texas Tuesday Two-Step.

 

It was fun while it lasted anyway.

 

Mark

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QUOTE (Dunt @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:16 PM)
Cannot believe that massive division lead is just going to evaporate in a weeks time

 

5 games isn't exactly massive... We all knew that this was going to happen at some point.

 

The real question is do they have what it takes to turn it around.

 

 

I wish I could force myself to be optimistic... but reality kind of feels like reality is slapping us across the face right now.

 

 

 

 

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QUOTE (greg775 @ May 18, 2016 -> 09:18 PM)
Sox doing a poor job of bouncing back after tough losses. Bad game tonight.

A pessimist might say our starting pitching suddenly stinks with just two excellent starters and three so-so starters (at best). Obviously Rodon will be excellent some day. Bullpen, as has happened ever since Joe Morgan said it was the best in baseball, gets off to a red-hot start now looks average (cept for the lockdown closer). I'm hoping Putnam will continue putting up zeros cause in theory he's a better prospect than Albers IMO.

 

Sox are catching the Royals at a bad time. This team blows right now.

 

Putnam isn't close to being a "prospect" anymore...he's more of a journeyman veteran who seemingly has found a home in our bullpen but hasn't been AS effective as he was in 2014. He's fine for a "second unit" in the pen, but he's not currently the guy who can blow away guys (see Giles yesterday) and tends to pitch to more contact...which is fine as long as those sinkers and forkballs are hit at fielders and not elevated.

 

Btw, your OKC obliteration of the Warriors isn't working out so well.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:18 PM)
And the future best infielder in the AL Central, Francisco Lindor....just went yard.

 

 

Two problems:

 

1) Budget constraints

2) We can't scout at the major league level nearly as well as we do the minors...and we can't even scout our own division as well as they've counter-scouted us over the last decade, with a few exceptions.

 

I would say Reinsdorf's buddy system in the only problem. I don't by the budget constraints at all.

 

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QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 19, 2016 -> 03:24 AM)
I would say Reinsdorf's buddy system in the only problem. I don't by the budget constraints at all.

 

They cared way too much about saving the comp pick this past offseason

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To add insult to injury, it was Rajai Davis who tied the game for CLE, yikes...Kipnis just made a highlight reel play, 2 outs for the Reds and nobody on base.

 

 

At any rate, Quintana vs. Dillon Gee strongly favors the Sox, Gonzalez vs. Duffy (on a pitch count) is a toss-up and then Rodon/Ventura could go either way.

 

We miss Volquez/Kennedy entirely, so there's no excuse for not taking 2/3 against KC this weekend.

 

KC is going to be on a bit of a high since they're back to .500, playing much better defense and Moustakas is returning on SAT.

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