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The ONE game I get to watch (this damn 6 hour time difference) and the sox completely suck. Oy.

If it were a slap hitting singles playet, someone like ichiro, then by all means, go the other way. You may be making more outs by trying to hit somewhere where its not natural for you to hit, but when you do make contact the odds are greatly improved for the ball to get through. That said, it would never work with Ortiz. Have you seen his swing? He relies on the low and particularly inside pitches. He destroys those. I'd rather let Ortiz hit it over the heads of the shift then try to do something sneaky and hit it around

Indeed. Plus that guy was a speed demon.

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I just wanted to call some more attention to this post, as it is of questionable intelligence.

I'm not scared, but I'm not comfortable either. That about sums it up for me at this point.

It's 10:20 where I am in Europe. :dunno:

Ok, threads merged. Whereisnomar, please try to only make one thread each time, and post them in the correct forum. You have some good points, just keep them organized please.

There's always some team that seems to give us trouble. For the past few years its been Baltimore. It just goes to show how difficult it is to be consistently good against all teams.

I'm sure tattoo places in boston specialize in Red Sox ones. Anyway, welcome to Talksox. Always glad to have an international perspective here.

Welcome to Talksox. We're glad to have you.

Cora is easier to spell than Vazquez. It's an upgrade.

I'm as pissed as the next guy about foulke, but I think RSN learned its lesson with Lowe. He sucked with a capital S a year before turning into a stellar starter. You never know with closers. One game could be all it takes for Foulke to turn his season around. The boos got to Lowe as I'm sure they're getting to Foulke.

Remind me to read this thread later. You guys are weird.

Thank you, mlb.tv

So damn good period. I wouldn't want to face that guy, even if I was wearing a full complement of body armor.

Welcome to the site. If you'd like me to fix your little spelling mistake in your username, just shoot my a pm and I'd be more than happy to help ya out.

We have a thread on him, albeit from a while ago: http://www.talksox.com/forum/showthread.php?t=459

I dont believe you. You're saying that you're friends with Abe Alvarez? Most people here would know who he is. He's pitched for the sox in the majors before...

Welcome to Talksox. That's awesome that you have a friend in the minors. Good luck to him, whoever he is.

This'll be the last sox game I'm gonna catch in a while. I'm off to France for two weeks later in the day. Maybe I'll post from there, maybe not.

Whoa, hey now, that wasn't a personal attack. You will note the light hearted, albeit mocking tone that was used. You have to admit that there's at least something funny about a team with a 200+ million dollar payroll having a .500 record this late in the season. You support the team, I'm glad. There seem to be a lot of fans who have jumped ship over the past two seasons for your team. I'll be the first to admit that the Red Sox bandwagon is growing inversely proportional to the Yankees one. It's no coincidence. The only reason we're bitter is because MOST yankee fans, not all (you seem to be an exception rather than the rule), refuse to accept the fact that things may have changed, and will revert to arguments based SOLELY on the past in order to "shut Red Sox fans up". I know you're a good poster, from netsports and everything. Good for you for supporting your team, and thank you for not making stupid arguments. Because of the nature of message boards, the worst of all sides tend to come out. Most yankee fans on sox boards are insipid trolls, and sox fans on yankee boards are righteous *******s who think they're fighting the good fight but are only making fools of themselves. So, in the end, this post really has no point. I've lost my train of thought. We, or at least I, don't hate you for being a yankee fan.

You bring up a good point. The only reason I can see for it, and it's a small one, I admit, is the fact that the yankees winning percentage is, well, its .500, and they flat out suck. So I guess that might explain it. Otherwise, I'm at a loss.

If you aren't here because of the blowout loss, then what made you make your first post here since Halloween of LAST YEAR?

We need another road trip, that's what.