6/23 @ Detroit

[Standing Room]

Baltimore's down 9 runs in the third inning. Like I said, just pitching well against us isn't going to win them the division.

[Station 13]

If I'm Doug Fister, this infield should all get fisted.

[RabbitIYH]

Exactly what Doubront needed. 1-2-3 inning on 8 pitches. I'll take that.

[Jasonbay44]

Great AB

[Station 13]

Idiot base running Lavarnwya

[Jasonbay44]

Good job by Victorino to get run home.

[RabbitIYH]

Verlander at 90+ pitches through 4 innings. I'm starting to think we might actually have a shot at winning this one.

[Station 13]

Is there a stats how many runners Pedroia has stranded? I swear he has to lead baseball in it.

[Station 13]

oh f*** you drew

[Jasonbay44]

Nice play Victorino

[italstallianion]

The bright side of trading for Lee is that it'd help limit our walks. Cliff Lee consistently has a great K/BB ratio. (So does Uehara for that matter) Then again Schilling and Martinez were among all time greats in that category.

[wyo-sox]

Shane is all ballplayer!

[Jasonbay44]

This is probably Verlanders last inning.

[wyo-sox]

Ok I'll say it, "button up you shirt Napoli"

[VA Sox Fan]

Nice shot Drew!

[jung]

Gotta' really appreciate how this Sox squad scrambles...game after game. The season is so damned long though. Makes you wonder how long they can keep it up unless Buch can come back soon and as good as he was early. While guys have pitched well this year without Buch there is nothing there you can rely on game in and game out. You could say that Felix will reliably give up runs early and MAY eventually turn in a decent to good performance on a given day. You could say that Dempster will likely do about the same. No idea what to expect from Lester these days and the 5 hole is a rotating cast. The way Lackey has pitched you could make the case that it is all good as long as Buch is there cause Lackey almost replaces the best Lester was producing early. Only problem there is we likely don't know if Lackey can keep it going first year back like this.

 

As much as we focused on Ortiz in the off season with the injuries and what have you the pressure on his spot in the order has grown to gargantuan proportions.

[wyo-sox]

Gotta' really appreciate how this Sox squad scrambles...game after game. The season is so damned long though. Makes you wonder how long they can keep it up unless Buch can come back soon and as good as he was early. While guys have pitched well this year without Buch there is nothing there you can rely on game in and game out. You could say that Felix will reliably give up runs early and MAY eventually turn in a decent to good performance on a given day. You could say that Dempster will likely do about the same. No idea what to expect from Lester these days and the 5 hole is a rotating cast. The way Lackey has pitched you could make the case that it is all good as long as Buch is there cause Lackey almost replaces the best Lester was producing early. Only problem there is we likely don't know if Lackey can keep it going first year back like this.

 

As much as we focused on Ortiz in the off season with the injuries and what have you the pressure on his spot in the order has grown to gargantuan proportions.

 

Pretty good assessment.

[mvp 78]

How many people actually take a pitcure of their screen for the barcode?

[VA Sox Fan]

Way to hang on that play Iggy and Napoli.

[wyo-sox]

Wow

[mvp 78]

Iggy sucks. Just horrible at 3b.

[jung]

Now Felix only going 5 becomes a problem because we don't have the two studs at the top sucking down big innings. You can afford a guy like Felix in your 5 hole if you are making up for it somewhere else. We have a lotta' guys but Farrell will use them up quickly at 1 inning per.

[VA Sox Fan]

Iggy sucks. Just horrible at 3b.

 

Couple of nice plays from him today.

[VA Sox Fan]

Nice Pedey & Papi.

[Jasonbay44]

Lets add some more runs please! Good start to inning by Pedroia and Ortiz.

[mvp 78]

Napoli showing some skin today!

[VA Sox Fan]

Way to tag Pedey. Atta boy!!

[jung]

I am still having difficulty with the amount of time Drew gets out there at SS. I would still prefer that WMB continue to get AB's at 3rd with Iggy sharing time with both WMB and with Drew at SS. I am simply not all that impressed with these occasional 3-3 hitting performances by Drew when they are sunk in between three and four Ofers in a row. Not so impressed that I am willing to see WMB just eat pine every day. If they can get WMB back on track he gives them so much more than Drew can even begin to give them. If not then bite the bullet and send WMB down so he can bat every day. Seeing Iggy at 3rd and Drew at SS every day does nothing for me.

[VA Sox Fan]

DAMMIT!

[Station 13]

That was bad. f***.