8/15 @O's

[redsoxrules]

Me too!

 

What series ?

I'll be there for the Yankee's Sept 11-13

[VA Sox Fan]

What series ?

I'll be there for the Yankee's Sept 11-13

 

Oh, I won't be there. Just hoping they are doing better for your trip!

[SoxFanForsyth]

Gonzo likely complaining about Strope not coming set

[mvp 78]

This ump should throw out the NESN crew too. Do me a favor.

[VA Sox Fan]

Has Gonzo EVER been thrown out of a game????

[VA Sox Fan]

This ump should throw out the NESN crew too. Do me a favor.

 

I'll take them all day and every day over th MASN crew.

[Station 13]

How many more Ks are Ross and Salty going to add up each game?

[mvp 78]

Haha Strop... Celebrating like k'ing Salty is impressive.

[crc2120]

I'll take them all day and every day over th MASN crew.

 

Hell yeah...

[crc2120]

f*** Strop f***ing idiot....

[CaliSoxFan04]

f*** Strop f***ing idiot....

 

that was ridiculous

[Station 13]

f*** Strop f***ing idiot....

 

Dude was just practicing for the playoff. LOL

[Station 13]

Just how hideous is the bench? Full of bush league cast offs.

[SoxFanForsyth]

that was ridiculous

 

Did you see that HUGE bases empty jam he got out of to preserve the lead by striking out Salty, who has K'd at around 38% of the time in the 2nd half?

 

No wonder he was so pumped.

[a700hitter]

The O's should celebrate. They are playing good ball. We continue to embarrass ourselves. Our starters flat out suck.

[Station 13]

The O's should celebrate. They are playing good ball. We continue to embarrass ourselves. Our starters flat out suck.

 

held to 2 runs by a starter the Sox release last season. This team can't hit 90% of the games. Can't pitch 98% of the games.

[mvp 78]

Wonder what the outrage was when Radatz first thrust his arms in the air...

[a700hitter]

Wonder what the outrage was when Radatz first thrust his arms in the air...

He was too damn big to show any outrage at him.

[Brennan]

The offense isn't the problem. Regardless' date=' win.[/quote']

 

 

 

Unfortunately more often than not it is the problem.

[jung]

This was another pretty bad lost game for the Sox. Starter implodes...pen can't get out of the inning without letting the runners on home. Can't muster more than two runs against pretty modest pitching. At this rate they are going to be deep into the basement by the end of the year. Pedey still playing...most of rest are sleepwalking and have been for awhile now.

 

No matter how much you questioned this team's potential this year you would not have guessed basement. I sure as hell didn't and I did question how far they could go this year.

[Thunder]

This was another pretty bad lost game for the Sox. Starter implodes...pen can't get out of the inning without letting the runners on home. Can't muster more than two runs against pretty modest pitching. At this rate they are going to be deep into the basement by the end of the year. Pedey still playing...most of rest are sleepwalking and have been for awhile now.

 

No matter how much you questioned this team's potential this year you would not have guessed basement. I sure as hell didn't and I did question how far they could go this year.

 

Through 5 innings, I thought that there would be 2 no hitters/perfect games on the same day. Stupidest thought ever. You can't expect that from this team.

[jung]

Buch is next up in the rotation...a game we can win for a change. Lately we end up with a good chance to win 1 out of 5.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Why is Aviles on this team? .676 OPS. Come on man. Get this guy out of here. Seriously. He's an embarrassment.

[a700hitter]

Why is Aviles on this team? .676 OPS. Come on man. Get this guy out of here. Seriously. He's an embarrassment.

This whole organization has embarrassed itself from top to bottom.

[jung]

Somebody was saying there was a bite on Aviles but the Sox wanted to much for him. Man I don't get that at all. What is special about Aviles.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Somebody was saying there was a bite on Aviles but the Sox wanted to much for him. Man I don't get that at all. What is special about Aviles.

 

Yeah, A's wanted him. Not sure why they didn't let him go. He's awful. Makes almost less than zero sense.

[Station 13]

He's hitting around .230 since the break. it's time to find a replacement. Iggy or anyone.

[jung]

The last stuff I read from the Sox on Iggy was that while his hitting has improved, now he must improve his power hitting in order to meet their criteria....just stop for crying out loud....just trade him if they are going to pull this s*** forever. What a totally f***ed up bunch.

[SoxFanForsyth]

The last stuff I read from the Sox on Iggy was that while his hitting has improved' date=' now he must improve his power hitting in order to meet their criteria....just stop for crying out loud....just trade him if they are going to pull this s*** forever. What a totally f***ed up bunch.[/quote']

 

I have never heard anyone say anything about Iglesias having to improve his power hitting. I'm not sure where you heard that.

[jung]

I have to find the stuff again. Mike Hazen recently had some extensive comments on Iggy and each of the reporters present appear to have focused on different comments Hazen made. It seemed to me that Hazen was in part trying to address the fact that Iggy has clearly improved and offer caution that while Iggy's numbers were better, he thought Iggy had the where-with-all to improve his power numbers. While Hazen appeared to me to acknowledge that Iggy would likely never be more than a contact hitter, it was clear at least when I pieced it together that Hazen wanted to see more power hitting from Iggy...more gappers and I got the impression that until he was doing that, even his current successes were simply insufficient in Hazen's eyes.

 

I am to the point where if it comes down to whether Iggy hits more gappers or not, I want to see him up here and if he starts to hit more line drives in the gaps...fine...if not...I am also fine with that. I just do not want Iggy spending more time in Pawtucket because he is not hitting enough gappers and piecing the comments together I got the distinct impression that Hazen held the view that though Iggy had made progress, at least Hazen would not be satisfied until he saw more line drives in the gaps from Iggy. I really don't think that is likely to be honest and, I am not encouraged by Hazen's comments in that regard. I would have been much happier if Hazen had just acknowledged that Iggy had made significant progress and at least intimated that he had made enough progress for the Sox to be willing to give him a real shot....more than a "bring him up in September" shot.

 

Instead I got the distinct impression that Hazen was trying to tell us that while we uneducated fans might be thinking Iggy is ready to get a real shot up here, Hazen will not think so until he sees more gappers. That sort of comment makes no sense to me. If you are going to acknowledge that the guy is always going to be a contact hitter, then how many gappers do you want to see? Why qualify comments about Iggy's progress at all especially with regard to power hitting unless you were trying to set the stage for seeing Iggy spend even more time in Pawtucket.