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Those would be my words....LAST season. I think he has cooled off because with so many of the other so-called stalwarts sucking weenie big time there has been more pressure put on Xander to carry more of the load and it may be hard for him to do. It would be nice if the expensive Big Far Panda and Griper Ortiz and others started doing their job and if Farrell grew a pair and got Victorino out of the damn lineup once and for all. AND PUT HOLT BACK IN AND KEEP HIM IN THERE.

If Farrell won't get rid of Mujica, someone shoot the bastard.

And once again you saw it. That moron Farrell was slow on the draw in removing him from the game. I guess most saw Kelly imploding before Johnny did.

We're winning ugly with help from the other teams ineptness, and we are NOT hitting and our pitching is more cold than hot. Look at tonight and instead of panning Pedroia try throwing some s*** the Fat Panda's way. He hasn't been worth a turd offensively for us, doesn't drive in runs and leaves a ton of runners on the bases while still not getting ONE f***ing extra base hit so far.

Like tonight perhaps?

I AM worried about the offense now. We never seem to hit in double figures lately, Ortiz isn't hitting worth s***, the fat Panda clogs the bases when he gets a single and shows no power whatsoever and is leaving a lot of men on base. Many of our runs have been unearned and Farrell seems determined to ride it out with Victorino who is looking more washed up with each plate appearance. Even Xander has cooled off badly. Pedroia tries to pull every damn pitch and Napoli still hasn't gotten untracked. Yes, I am concerned that the offense hasn't erupted yet and better do it soon.

The good news? We won a pitcher's duel, 1-0. The bad news? We're not hitting lately worth a crap. With our starting pitching we need to put more runs on the board.....and our starters have to start going a little deeper in the game or our bullpen will be gassed by August.

I'll take the split too since I was convinced we might not get it. Masterson pitched courageously, not all that great, but decent enough when he had to and Farrell was wise enough not to push his luck and send him out in the sixth under those inclement conditions. Someone mentioned Craig. The only way he produces anything for us is if gets some extended time in the lineup. If we are just going to pinch hit him the results will be more strikeouts and weak contact. Remember Manny Ramirez? He was one of the great hitters of the early 21st Century but absolutely sucked when called on to pinch hit during a "day off". He was something like 4 for 42---under 100. Some people cannot pinch hit effectively. With Victorino hitting about 100 maybe four five starts in a row for Alan might be an elixir.

He's probably more right than you are Madam thought police. The only way we win today is if we score eight or nine runs and Farrell pulls his head out of his ass and has a quick hook for Masterson by the fourth or fifth inning. It could happen but after what we've seen the past few games I will not hold my breath. Still, I wish you are right on this one.

Another broadside from one of the thought police. Apparently he (she) didn't see the game or thought eight runs in six innings was a good piece of work. So I'll amplify what you said to the police lady......PORCELLO STUNK TODAY AND BUCHHOLZ STUNK YESTERDAY AND MILEY STUNK TWO GAMES BEFORE THAT.... That isn't supposition, the facts speak for themselves.

Well you can forget that d-money. Masterson most likely will be shelled into unconsciousness. We will have to put up a ton of runs tomorrow to win, but it is true, it is very early and we might brace ourselves and set things in order. It is just discouraging to see what we've witnessed with our starting pitching most of the past five or six games.

Look, Francona himself said he didn't like to give up outs and that was seconded by Epstein. I saw how he put the clamps on any running game at all those two series back in 2008. I don't need anyone to remind me of what I saw because I saw where the Rays didn't give a s*** about our runners at all, the pitchers didn't look at them before they pitched and not once did Francona turn them loose. I'm talking about a half dozen times in those two games we had runners on first and second and less than two outs and no movement whatsoever. That was the team's philosophy under those two and it was carried in my opinion to a ridiculous extreme.

Many are disillusioned somewhat, especially after the way Porcello got the s*** knocked out of him and the fact we have to send Masterson out there tomorrow on what seems to me to be a fool's errand. Yes, it is early but what I'm also seeing is that we aren't hitting too well either the past few games. Four, seven and six hits in a game with the kind of pitching we've been dispensing isn't going to get the job done, and I still insist that Panda is not going to be a power answer or even a run producing answer on third base. Notice WMB hit his third homer today? Just thought I'd through that out. Look, to me, it looks like our rotation is imploding and there seems to be no help on the way and we have a couple of people in that lineup who do not belong there save for their bloated contracts. May I suggest, though, we all take a deep breath and wait one more week before we go to the ledge. We may clear this up, but I do not want to wait until June or July for proactive moves. If my May 1 this horseshit pitching continues we have to look at the reality that we need pitching and have to be willing to give up some nice prospects down on the farm to get it.

That's the problem PaL------and I have deep concerns that they can hold out till then. This rotation of ours shows every indication of imploding. Buchholz is a total sunk cost, worthless and gutless to the core. Masterson is total horse dung.....he is finished with his loss of velocity and his penchant for now getting everything up in the batters wheelhouse. Miley is a question mark and we better pray his stinky performance against the Nats was just a hiccup. That leaves us with Kelly and Porcello, and they both better pitch for their lives because if they fail we are in deep s***.

Alert......NS, Panda's numbers are declined four years in a row and he does NOT with all that power. You better hope he can get enough singles and doubles to drive in 80 or so runs and hit close to 300, otherwise he may be a sunk cost.

Farrell is full of s*** and as dumb as a wall. Challenge? The guy is hitting 579 and playing well. Look around Farrell, you dipshit. See what the others are hitting and how many runners they're leaving on. Do you need a ton of horse s*** to fall on your addled brain to understand that salary or not you've got to get Holt in that lineup????

It will always be the Yankees first and foremost who will be on the top of my turd list. I go back a long way with those human insects, way back to my early New York days when they won so many damn WS Titles and acted like US Steel the way they went about it, and usually it was against my Brooklyn Dodgers. As for the present, is there any way Buchholz can go out there today and outpitch Tillman and help get us a 2-0 series win? I think he can if he will bow his neck and just kick himself in the ass and do his job.

Not any more Spud. He's made me eat my words already this season.....and glad for it. BTW, kudos to you for taking Goober and putting him next to your name. Kind of makes me feel like the jerk I was for making a big to-do about it.

SK, I would prefer not to think of LOB's as a good stat but I get what you mean. Let me say right out loud that I'm not a big fan of small ball, bunt runners over, squeeze, etc. However, I do like to use the hit and run and keep the opposition on their toes instead of letting them get all comfortable and just waiting for the ball to be it. Let them squirm and worry about the runners as well as the batter. When you are a threat to steal or hit and run or run and hit, if you're in the field you can't ignore one and just concentrate on the other. Francona never did that much, and BTW, his team right now isn't hitting a lick and his station-to-station baseball philosophy could be costing the Guardians some opportunities to turn base runners into potential runs.....but that is only MY opinion.

Right again Pal. Workman looked like a very good candidate for a bullpen job but for some reason Farrell and Co. insisted he could start and he couldn't. By the second time through the lineup he became human cannon fodder. Though the similarities between him and Bard are not so similar we see a mistake in trying to make a person with one talent try to become one in another. Workman is a reliever.

No Kimmi, I let my Italian temper get the best of me. I was the jerk in this, not you. Sometimes I amaze myself with some of the infantile things I do. I wish we could meet face to face someday....I think you would see a different Fred in the flesh. Besides, I shouldn't have been offended but laughed as Spud did. He even did better than that....He took Goober to heart and made it part of his persona on the board. One g ood thing that came from it. I gained more respect for him, and for you and for User who has tried to be my "big brother" through all this. Honest Injun, I am going to do my best to be on my best behavior.......at least for a while.

You're right.....no need to keep this pissing contest up. Kimmi has helped me with my avatars in the past, she is a teacher as I was, a Red Sox fan as I am, and a poster on Talk Sox. Time to stop being an ******* over this and get with the program. BTW, I notice Spud now uses Goober's picture next to his name. I guess that Goober doesn't bother him and makes me wonder if I should have just laughed it off from the beginning. Now if I could keep from getting pissed off at Buchholz today and he could pitch a gem and get us that win that would give us another leg up to taking this series. Thanks again User.......my opinion of you keeps getting better. You're almost acting as my "Big Brother".

I saw Mantle many times, both out here in California when the Angels were created in '61 and in the early 50's when I lived in Queens. He was just getting his bearings then but when he hit a ball square it looked like a rocket. I still remember his granny in the 5th game of the '53 WS off of Russ Meyer of Brooklyn. It turned the game around and led to another Yankee WS Title-----DAMN IT!!!!! Back then he was definitely second to Duke Snider as a CF and Willie Mays who returned from the Army to the Giants in '54 and led them to the title. By '56 Mantle was first in New York.

Right now we have Victorino in RF who is having trouble buying a hit. Apparently, the Red Sox do not hold Brentz in high esteem but if he continues to hit maybe he's worth a cup of coffee. Who knows? He might prove a revelation.

I live in Arcadia Nick......You anywhere close to that? Welcome aboard.