April 28th @ Tampa Bay

[MANNYHOF24]

Pitching and D does win championships though. The White Sox starting pitching was tremendous in last years postseason with those consecutive complete games.

 

I know, but you have to offesne too, theres no doubt you have to have a complete team

[TheRivernator]

I know, but you have to offesne too, theres no doubt you have to have a complete team

 

 

The White sox also had a strong offensive strategy with the ability to hit the long ball and manufacture runs...

[redoctober]

I know, but you have to offesne too, theres no doubt you have to have a complete team

 

It's very hard to build a complete team, unless you do it through your farm system.

[mtbykr]

That was a pretty sweet play by clement. As weird as it sounds i haven't given up on the guy yet--i still think he can pull it together! It's just tough when both your pitching, your D and your O fails you at the same time!

[TheRivernator]

It's very hard to build a complete team, unless you do it through your farm system.

 

they didnt do it through their farm system. The only guys they had that were farm guys were Crede and Rowand on offense and Buerhle in the rotation...

[redoctober]

they didnt do it through their farm system. The only guys they had that were farm guys were Crede and Rowand on offense and Buerhle in the rotation...

 

 

I wasn't speaking of the White Sox. I was just bringing up the fact about how hard it is to build a complete team. Most teams have a deficiency in at least one facet of the game.

[ORS]

they didnt do it through their farm system. The only guys they had that were farm guys were Crede and Rowand on offense and Buerhle in the rotation...

Yeah, and I think the opposite is true. It's close to impossible to build a complete team through the farm system because there are always areas where the farm is weak. Build what you can with the farm and then supplement with trades and FA signings.

[TheRivernator]

I wasn't speaking of the White Sox. I was just bringing up the fact about how hard it is to build a complete team. Most teams have a deficiency in at least one facet of the game.

 

no team is ever grown through their own system totally. The best teams are those that have a young core coming up and solid veterans around them. The yankees were the best example with Mo, Jeter, Posada, and Pettitte coming up and they were surrounded with great vets.....

[TheRivernator]

I think Orvella is a red sox fan...

[redoctober]

no team is ever grown through their own system totally. The best teams are those that have a young core coming up and solid veterans around them. The yankees were the best example with Mo, Jeter, Posada, and Pettitte coming up and they were surrounded with great vets.....

 

I never said an entire team could be home grown. You obviously need to go out and get some players through trades and FA, but building a good farm system like the Yankees use to do is the way to go about it.

[ORS]

Let's go Trot. This guy brings what you like, nothing but cheese. Put one in the bleachers.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm used to Trot hitting 5th. Let's go Cap'n.....get that bases loaded monkey off your back.

[redoctober]

The Tampa announcers keep saying Boston's offense is a "quick strike" offense. Do they not see how many men Boston has left on base tonight?

[ORS]

Just sad. I've never seen a team waste so many opportunities.

[riverside sluggers]

11 men left on base, close to a shutout at Tropicana Field, first one ever for Sox I believe

 

looking like a 3 game losing streak, being outscored 27-4

 

Tomorrow- DiNardo vs Waechter (could go either way)

Sunday- Schilling vs Kazmir (Schilling needs to be at his best for this one)

[redoctober]

Bases left loaded for the 2nd time tonight. Thats 11 LOB now. Pathetic, I'm utterly disgusted right now.

[mtbykr]

The Tampa announcers keep saying Boston's offense is a "quick strike" offense. Do they not see how many men Boston has left on base tonight?

 

Why are you watching the TB feed? --- with Extra Innings i can see it on NESN tonight! The TB feed is always terrible!

[redoctober]

Timlin's OPP AVG is .324? Wow.

[RedSoxRooter]

God, can you imagine how many runners left on base we are going to see in that Yankees series? Barring a blowout, the games are all going to be 4 hours long!

 

Thank god it's only gonna be 2 days.

[mtbykr]

The funny thing is that Fossum didn't pitch that well, he just seemed to get out of every jam he got himself into. What's the record for men left on base in a 9 inning game anyway?

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Blahhh.

[redoctober]

Why are you watching the TB feed? --- with Extra Innings i can see it on NESN tonight! The TB feed is always terrible!

 

 

I have MLB.TV, not Extra innings. The TB feed isn't too bad compared to a few others that I've watched, they're just a bit arrogant.

[hoefdj18]

Alright Mikey, let's start a god damn rally.

[TheKilo]

5-1.

[ORS]

They got a hit with RISP? WTF?

 

EDIT: I mean, really, :wtf:

[redoctober]

Finally we're on the board, 5-1 DRays.

[mtbykr]

Wow i go to put my daughter to bed and they score---i need more kids i guess:D

[redoctober]

They got a hit with RISP? WTF?

 

EDIT: I mean, really, :wtf:

 

Yeah hahaha

[hoefdj18]

They got a hit with RISP? WTF?

 

EDIT: I mean, really, :wtf:

hahahhaha

[TheKilo]

This is just a frustrating team to watch.

[Cocos Disciples]

This team better get better once Coco comes back and Youk hits 8th, because if not, we have some problems.