August 8th @ Kansas City

[ACL BoSox]

It is the bottom of the 2nd and the sox are facing the Royals. I have a feeling this 2 run deficit is transient.

 

 

Agreed, I'm tired of playing from behind. I want a good ole thrashing one of these days.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

It is the bottom of the 2nd and the sox are facing the Royals. I have a feeling this 2 run deficit is transient.

 

Yeah the Royals are deffinitly not done scoring with the way our pitching has been

[ORS]

I'm off to bed -- 3:30 is just around the corner.

 

Sox, stop sucking. kthnx bye

[RoyNHSox]

Stat from NESN: Coco is .236 batting 1st and .375 batting 7th…before that AB

[schillingouttheks]

Lester's running out of gas. That's what I've seen his last few outings. I mean running out of gas like he has nothing left in the tank to go out every 5 days.

 

Again, more reason that we needed a f***ing starter at the deadline.

[Youk Of The Nation]

The Red Sox suck.

[schillingouttheks]

The Red Sox suck.

Aye.

[jsinger121]

Lester's running out of gas. That's what I've seen his last few outings. I mean running out of gas like he has nothing left in the tank to go out every 5 days.

 

Again, more reason that we needed a f***ing starter at the deadline.

 

It's called rookie struggles. Not all pitchers come on the scene as rookies like Francisco Liriano.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

The Red Sox suck.

 

agreed.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

I've never seen this many Sox fans so down on their team.

[Cocos Disciples]

It's called rookie struggles. Not all pitchers come on the scene as rookies like Francisco Liriano.

 

Liriano could have the same story as Lester, as he is on the DL.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

It's called rookie struggles. Not all pitchers come on the scene as rookies like Francisco Liriano.

 

Thats what I was hoping for....Verlander, Liriano, Weaver, Sowers.....I guess you can only have one of those guys a year and ours was Papelbon.

 

Lester doesn't have the control of any of those guys and doesn't have the "out-pitches" they do

[Youk Of The Nation]

Im not saying they wont turn it around, or that we cant take back the AL East.

 

I was just pointing out that lately, they...well, suck.

[schillingouttheks]

It's called rookie struggles. Not all pitchers come on the scene as rookies like Francisco Liriano.

And one of his struggles is running out of gas. I wasn't expecting a Liriano, but he's obviously running out of gas. Look at his last few outings. I understand he has control issues, I understand he's a rookie, and because of these "rookie struggles" (which are, by the way, occurring in our #3 starter), Theo should have known that we needed a starter a little more urgently than he thought.

 

I'm not hating on Lester, I'm using his struggles, and the role he plays in our rotation, as an example of the terrible situation that our rotation is in, and the dire need of another starter that we all know existed.

[schillingouttheks]

I've never seen this many Sox fans so down on their team.

I know you had your injuries, but at least you guys still played well enough to keep up with us. This is just starting to become a joke. When you drop 4 of your last 11 when you know you could have done so much better at the deadline it kind of gets to ya.

 

EDIT: Especially when you just went 3-4 against teams like Cleveland and Tampa Bay in a 7 game stretch.

[jacksonianmarch]

It's called rookie struggles. Not all pitchers come on the scene as rookies like Francisco Liriano.

 

Different pitchers. Lester is a finesse guy, so he will have his lumps until he gets a feel for the hitters he is facing and until he gets the respect from the umps to get those close pitches. Liriano is a power guy who blows people away. He doesnt rely on finesse, just stuff, so he would be fine right off the bat.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

I know you had your injuries, but at least you guys still played well enough to keep up with us. This is just starting to become a joke. When you drop 4 of your last 11 when you know you could have done so much better at the deadline it kind of gets to ya.

 

EDIT: Especially when you just went 3-4 against teams like Cleveland and Tampa Bay in a 7 game stretch.

I hear ya. I would be concerned also however if you look at this game the Royals lead 2-0 in the top of the 4th. If Hudson or the Royals pen doesnt blow this I would be pretty suprised.

[jsinger121]

Different pitchers. Lester is a finesse guy, so he will have his lumps until he gets a feel for the hitters he is facing and until he gets the respect from the umps to get those close pitches. Liriano is a power guy who blows people away. He doesnt rely on finesse, just stuff, so he would be fine right off the bat.

 

Lester is a mixture of both as he can reach 94-95 when he has too. Hes not a straight finesse pitcher.

[Yankees44]

I know you had your injuries, but at least you guys still played well enough to keep up with us. This is just starting to become a joke. When you drop 4 of your last 11 when you know you could have done so much better at the deadline it kind of gets to ya.

 

EDIT: Especially when you just went 3-4 against teams like Cleveland and Tampa Bay in a 7 game stretch.

As long as the Sox take 2 of 3 in this series, they should keep pace with the Yankees till the weekend.

[schillingouttheks]

I hear ya. I would be concerned also however if you look at this game the Royals lead 2-0 in the top of the 4th. If Hudson or the Royals pen doesnt blow this I would be pretty suprised.

If Hudson or the Royals pen doesn't blow this there is something seriously wrong with the Red Sox lineup. They only have 1 hit as of now.

 

2 hits now, as Manny doubles. Thank God. Let's go Youk.

[RoyNHSox]

Manny's hitting streak continues.

[schillingouttheks]

As long as the Sox take 2 of 3 in this series, they should keep pace with the Yankees till the weekend.

Anything less than a sweep against the f***ing Royals is a failure.

[jsinger121]

Manny actually showed some hustle

[jacksonianmarch]

Lester is a mixture of both as he can reach 94-95 when he has too. Hes not a straight finesse pitcher.

 

true, but he is a guy who essentially sits at 91-92, and that doesn't qualify you as a power pitcher in my opinion.

[RoyNHSox]

Nice job Youk.

 

Edit: except for that...

[schillingouttheks]

Thank you, Youuuuuuuuuuuuk.

 

Come on Lowell. I missed you.

[schillingouttheks]

But, no thanks for that Youk. Bad base running.

[a700hitter]

What was Youk thinking on the bases?

[schillingouttheks]

Come on WILLLLLLAAAAAA MO!

[a700hitter]

I'll take on of his broken bat doubles off the wall.