8/2 @ Baltimore

[ms_sox]

Clay looked better. Maybe the long break helped settle him.

Scratch that.

[Box]

omg get him out

[a700hitter]

This kid needs to get beyond 5 innings in some of his starts or he will be a big contributor to killing the bullpen.

[Cocos Disciples]

I'd send him out for the 5th so he could leave on a positive note. I made a mistake in my prior email' date=' because I lost track of the innings due to the snail's pace of this game. I wouldn't send him out beyond that, because I don't think he has it today and you'd just be inviting trouble.[/quote']

 

[Looch Ness Monster]

Kind of wishing we traded him now. Confidence is going doooooooooown the drain.

[a700hitter]

[Cocos Disciples]

 

 

NEVER STOP

[a700hitter]

Kind of wishing we traded him now. Confidence is going doooooooooown the drain.

Between his sucking and Smoltz, we need Beckett and Lester to win every time they pitch.

[a700hitter]

Bucchholz was so bad today that he couldn't even get the cheap win when the Sox scored 14 runs. At least Smoltz eeeked out a cheap win.

[ms_sox]

I miss Masterson.

[Looch Ness Monster]

Between his sucking and Smoltz' date=' we need Beckett and Lester to win every time they pitch.[/quote']

 

Definitely. You would think that his confidence would be at an all-time high with the team not trading him and handing him the reigns. Instead, he turns out his worst performance of the year. If we weren't up 14-7 the whole fanbase would be calling for his head.

[Dojji]

We can't afford to have you suck too, MDC. STRIKES.

[ManRam]

We need Dice-K back. He only goes 5 1/3 but he doesn't give up runs at least.

[Looch Ness Monster]

Okay let's get some positives....Kevin Youkilis has raised his BA 15 points this series and raised his OPS to over 1.000

[ms_sox]

At least Clay gets to go home and weep on the shoulder of a hot gf. At the moment, he doesn't have much else to be happy about.

[a700hitter]

Definitely. You would think that his confidence would be at an all-time high with the team not trading him and handing him the reigns. Instead' date=' he turns out his worst performance of the year. If we weren't up 14-7 the whole fanbase would be calling for his head.[/quote']I didn't understand the uniform expectation of excellence from him when he came up this year. He was sooo bad last season that he needed to make enormous adjustments to turn around that type of performance. I was hoping that he did, but I was not enthusiastic about him taking a rotation spot down the stretch. He has given us no reason for optimism since he has been called up.

[redsoxrules]

FAWK, its too bad JP didn't bite for Buchholz

 

We have ONLY 2 reliable starters right now

[Ellsy]

We need Dice-K back. He only goes 5 1/3 but he doesn't give up runs at least.

 

heh...

 

And would you look at Ellsy- doing what the leadoff man is payed to do: get on base.

[ms_sox]

Another bubble on the hat gag. ROFL I just love that.

[a700hitter]

heh...

 

And would you look at Ellsy- doing what the leadoff man is payed to do: get on base.

 

That's the real reason why the offense is cooking right now. It's not so much the VMart thing. If Ellsbury had been doing this all year, there would have been no offensive slump.

[ManRam]

Another bubble on the hat gag. ROFL I just love that.

 

What have we learned today?

 

Smoltz is a better comedian than a pitcher.

[a700hitter]

Another bubble on the hat gag. ROFL I just love that.

Is that Kottaras with the bubble on his hat? Poor bastard. Like it's not bad enough that he is staring at a DFA.

[Dojji]

Is that Kottaras with the bubble on his hat? Poor bastard. Like it's not bad enough that he is staring at a DFA.

 

O'Brien thinks it's Kotchman.

 

Sacks juiced for Youks, no one out. Schweet.

[Dipre]

That's the real reason why the offense is cooking right now. It's not so much the VMart thing. If Ellsbury had been doing this all year' date=' there would have been no offensive slump.[/quote']

 

He's in "The Zone".

 

When hot, Ellsbury is a force.

[a700hitter]

O'Brien thinks it's Kotchman.

 

Sacks juiced for Youks, no one out. Schweet.

Oh, he's got to be useful for something.

[a700hitter]

He's in "The Zone".

 

When hot, Ellsbury is a force.

When he is hot at the same time as Pedroia, games like today's will not be uncommon for this team.

 

Unfortunately, with our pitching s***ing the bed today, this win is by no means a foregone conclusion.

[ManRam]

Bases loaded no outs for ortiz.... He'll find a way to fly it deep to the track for a triple play

[redsoxrules]

Papi is the only red sox without a hit

[ms_sox]

What have we learned today?

 

Smoltz is a better comedian than a pitcher.

 

He's got mad "sneak gum placement attack" skillz.

[a700hitter]

Could be a gound ball triple play.