7/10 White Sox @ Boston

[Station 13]

Out bitch.

[BigPapi]

Does anyone no know more about sean coyle? Hes hitting .338 with 11 hrs up in portland.

[BigPapi]

HOW HAS THIS FOOL HIT 3 HR's THIS SERIES!

[Station 13]

f*** me.

[NativeBostonian]

That sucks.

[Station 13]

Lester got a 2.66ERA and he is screwed out another W.

[BigPapi]

Poor lester. Should have got his 10th today.

[NativeBostonian]

How in God's name was there enough evidence to overturn the call on the field? That should have been a solo shot and a win.

[BigPapi]

How in God's name was there enough evidence to overturn the call on the field? That should have been a solo shot and a win.

 

Plus alexei nudged koji

[BigPapi]

Don't lose this.

[RedSoxNC84]

Is this actually happening? Drew is drawing an IBB???????

[BigPapi]

Magic carp!!!!!!!!

[VA Sox Fan]

Gotta LOVE another Walk OFF! YAY Carp!!!!!

[RedSoxNC84]

MagiCarp used splash! It's super effective!! Hawk Harrelson fainted!

[BigPapi]

MagiCarp used splash! It's super effective!! Hawk Harrelson fainted!

 

Hahaahahahahaa.

[NativeBostonian]

f*** yeah! I love that dirty water, oh, Boston you're my home!!!

[BigPapi]

If we can sweep the astros, we can still remain alive.

[Spudboy]

This is the happiest that I have been to have a split in a series that I can remember.

 

I was sure once the call at first was reversed that Koji would cough it up and he did.

 

Three solid at bats at the end of this game.

 

Wins are good!

[Spudboy]

The series final game features two hot left handed pitchers.

 

 

Lester (9-7, 2.73 ERA) VS. Quintana (5-7, 3.20 ERA)

 

This game starts at 4:05 EST so leave work early, grab a 12 pack of your favorite brew and enjoy the game!!!

 

Last night we were treated to a thrilling walk-off win reminiscent of so many games from 2013. I see no reason why this can not happen again today!!!

GO SOX!

 

I'll settle for a nice easy 9 inning win.

 

Lol!

[BigPapi]

The rest of July is ver reasonable for the sox. We got the astros next, then the royals ( who aren't terrible but not great), then the jays, the rays, and the jays again. If they want to try to still contend for the playoffs, they are going to have to finish off this month very strong. Edited July 11, 2014 by BigPapi

[VA Sox Fan]

Spudboy MOJO!!

[a700hitter]

Spudboy MOJO!!

hey VA! Where have you been?

[Spudboy]

Not much chatter lately as the Sox continue to struggle.

 

So I will voice one of my observations.

 

The Sox execution of bunts ( for whatever intended purpose, get on base, advance a runner, etc. ) is plain pathetic.

 

I realize that historically playing small ball has not been the Sox offensive MO. However, bunting is one of the fundamental skills of batting and the Sox just are not good at it!

 

Yesterday Betts laid down a bunt to move Nava over to second base and scoring position. I was shocked when this happened and even more shocked that the bunt was a good one allowing Nava to get in position to score the game winning run.

 

I'm not a huge fan of Herrera and was not happy when he was penned to be the Sox utility player. But now that he has been demoted to Pawtucket, no one else on the roster seems to be capable of squaring off a decent bunt!!!!!

 

Do the Sox as a team even practice bunting during the season????? They probably do but it does not show in the games.

 

As the Sox continue to struggle to get hits and to score runs, I believe a greater emphasis should be put on bunting by increased practice. I'd rather the Sox be able to put up crooked numbers, to be sure. However, with runs being so hard to come by, bunting more effectively could not hurt!