6/20 Marlins @ Red Sox

[a700hitter]

Who is Freddy?

SBF

[FredLynn]

Rays lose too.

[FredLynn]

SBF

 

He never posts during game threads on any forum. Also, he just got back from Chicago. He went there to see those three games.

[Emmz]

He never posts during game threads on any forum. Also' date=' he just got back from Chicago. He went there to see those three games.[/quote']

 

That old grandpa is probably sleeping by 7.

[SoxSport]

Nava--Kalish 1-2 in the order with 5 hits.

 

Salty hitting like Johnny Bench.

 

Life is good.

[jung]

This has been a decent night for Youk...perhaps the best kind of night for him to have...teams interested are not going to face A grade pitching every night. Youk hit the ball hard at least once...looked pretty good running around the bases...etc

 

I just think that the overarching issues for Youk govern any decision a team is going to make on him.

 

I think that the prevailing view is that nobody is going to pick up salary AND give up a prospect. So either the Sox pay his salary to get a player or leave some salary for the team getting Youk to pick up and don't get a prospect back.

 

Realistically I just don't think there is anything Youk can do at this point to change that picture to any degree worth talkin' about.

 

The funny thing here is that if the Sox are going to pay 100% of Youk's salary anyway if Youk can take his fate in stride, is it really that big a deal to just keep him till the end of the year. That would make no sense at all if a team were even going to pick up half his salary but so far nobody apparently has been willing to pick up any salary.

 

I think the other part of the problem is that nobody can envision any kind of a bidding war for him. In other words, analysts appear to be having a hard time seeing a situation where even two teams want to bid for his services and without that, the Sox are stuck with all of his salary I fear.

 

Would it be a complete surprise if the Sox do end up keeping him simply because they can't get anything at all back for him plus have to pay his entire salary? If so would we be completely surprised if Youk contributed something important in a stretch run? I know none of this is optimal from a Sox perspective but if they are going to pay the whole damn salary, maybe keeping him is the right move. Food for thought.

[FredLynn]

The home plate ump has not lost any of his enthusiasm it seems. He is going to be hoarse by the end of this game.

[jung]

Home plate ump has not given anybody anything to complain about either. He has called a very consistent game.

 

What kills you is that you are often left asking yourself...what the hell is so hard about that? If they can't see the damn pitches what are they doing there?

 

Not saying he has called everything perfectly but, he has been very very consistent and that is all these guys really want unless you "consistently" call something a foot off the plate a strike.

[FredLynn]

Orioles lose too. All the other ALE teams lost today.

[Station 13]

Dear Big Papi-- please please please please don't hit at the Home Run Derby.

 

He said he wont.

[mvp 78]

Geez Jerry why don't you just marry Don and get it over with.

 

No, then we'd have to hear all year long about the parking at their wedding.

[lesterkett]

Release youk today

[jung]

This would be a great time for the Sox to finally pull of a series sweep. Braves, Blue Jays and Mariners coming up. Braves have decent pitching. They could present a bit of a problem. Blue Jays have mucho injuries in the rotation. That could be the death nell for them. Mariners should not be much of a problem.

 

As someone said earlier I think the key will be sweeping some of these, as opposed to even 2 of 3 or 2 of 4. We need to sweep some of these series. The way the AL East and AL in general is going there is a big dif between going 9 for 9 instead of going 6 out of 9 especially if you are the Sox at this stage of the game.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Will Middlebrooks is pretty cool.

[jung]

Well if they just release Youk he could end up anywhere with the Sox paying 100% of his salary. That has implications that will have me looking to get all sharp instruments out of my house.

[FredLynn]

This would be a great time for the Sox to finally pull of a series sweep. Braves, Blue Jays and Mariners coming up. Braves have decent pitching. They could present a bit of a problem. Blue Jays have mucho injuries in the rotation. That could be the death nell for them. Mariners should not be much of a problem.

 

As someone said earlier I think the key will be sweeping some of these, as opposed to even 2 of 3 or 2 of 4. We need to sweep some of these series. The way the AL East and AL in general is going there is a big dif between going 9 for 9 instead of going 6 out of 9 especially if you are the Sox at this stage of the game.

 

The Braves rank 9th in pitching and 4th in runs scored in the NL. If our SP holds out we could be successful against them.

[FredLynn]

Dicey DiceK goes tomorrow. Time for him to man up.

[jung]

The Braves have had a recent spat of pitching a bit over their heads....they are not better than decent generally but have been a bit better than that of late. Of the teams we have to play going out of the month, they may be the only team that at present could take 1 or 2 games out of 3. None of the other teams we play going out of the month should even get a sniff of taking a series and should in fact be ripe to be swept.

[a700hitter]

Keep closing the gap.

[kapsis21]

coco mojo keep it up

[Cocos Disciples]

coco mojo keep it up

 

You know it.

 

Wicked hot today, but about as good a baseball day as you can have. Sox win big, other 4 ALE teams lose.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

BEATDOWN

[Klare]

Wow what a night: a 15-5 win for us and a grand slam loss to all our dear friends Yankees 5-10-Jays 3-8-Rays 2-3 and O's 3-4. It couldn't have been any better. Let's celebrate this !!

[kapsis21]

You know it.

 

Wicked hot today, but about as good a baseball day as you can have. Sox win big, other 4 ALE teams lose.

 

couldnt get any better.. lets keep it rolling man

[Palodios]

I'll be at the game tonight. Go Sox!

[Emmz]

You better bring good mojo.

[a700hitter]

You know it.

 

Wicked hot today, but about as good a baseball day as you can have. Sox win big, other 4 ALE teams lose.

It was about as good as it could get.