TedWilliams101

I can't believe they are ruling that a hit. That's a clear error. If that's not an error, I don't know what is.

Is this real life? Wow!

Well, there goes that game.

Something has to be done about this offense and infield (outside of pedey). You can't expect to win 1-0 every damned night...

I jinxed Price, damn it! I really wanted it to be true!

3.39 If we are going to hate on Price, let's at least give him credit where credit is due. He's been good so far this season. Let's hope it continues...

Can we get Ortiz in as a hitting coach? Something... anything...

And another out on the base paths. I have never seen a team run into so many damn outs. Yay, we tied it... but now we'll probably still lose but have to play even more extra innings. f***ing stupid.

Even a f*cking pitcher can get that down...

We need a real 3B, 1B, and DH. This lineup is just suck up and down.

Marrero can't even f*cking bunt... pathetic

Back to extras. This offense is killing me.

It'd be Christmas in July if Price has figured his s*** out. Please let it be so. It would be just dandy if Price could dominate, have a great playoff run, win back the media, and have fun. Oh what a summer that would be...

The fact that we consider that an 'unlikely' win just shows how we have become reserved to this offense sucking. 4 tuns in 6 frames should be a very winable game with our bulpen. The fact we see it as a likely loss doesnt reflect sell on the offense. Scoring 5 runs should be the norm, noy a mountain to climb...

Yes, there is risk in Every big contract, but those risks should be as minimal as possible (ie, injury, decline, etc). You back up the brink truck for guys who have proven consistency and who don't have red flags. Guys like Arenado, Longoria, Machado (looking at 3B). Pablo has the 2nd? biggest contract at 3B behind Longoria, but was way more in average annual salary. That's just stupid. I wouldn't have put Panda in the top 10 at 3B (prior to the deal). Giving him #1 money is just insane. Way overspending just because you need a quick fix and it is all that is available is just not a good strategy. This isn't football where you can just a guy if he doesn't turn out. The flip side is the Albert Pujols kind of contracts. You pay for consistency and projected production, not for past performance. Pujol's contract destroyed the Angels and it will keep them in hell for years to come.

This x100. You just don't take chances with huge contracts.

No team deserved to win today.

No, this team can't hit, and it's been painfully obvious since the start of the season. With how amazing the entire pitching staff has been this season, they should have an enormous lead in the division. They can't score runs.

Need Big-League hitters

1-10 w/ RISP. Did Price's choke rub off on the offense?

15 innings. 1 run. They better make a move before the trade deadline.

I said all offseason the Sox needed to replace the loss of Ortiz and that there were just way too many question marks with Panda, Moreland, Hanley, catcher, and then expecting all the young guys to match the seasons last year (Mookie, Benni, Boggie) and even Pedroia, with his age and injury history the last handful of years. People thought I was crazy. Now we can't win a damned game our pitcher goes 8 shutout innings...

Gonzo was fine, but he wasn't better than OCab. OCab had nearly double the career WAR and far superior offensively. As for the "we got x and y from comp picks!", those are crappy arguments. You can spin anything if you take that road long enough. Who's to say we don't still draft Ellsbury, get comp picks for moving on from a different player and keeping OCab, etc etc. It's apples and oranges. Especially trying to weave it into getting Sale!

His first year he was fine, but his second year his power dropped off and it never came back. He was a .500+ and .900 SLG/OPS and most thought leaving Petco would give his numbers a boost + coming into his prime. Year two in Boston he posted .469/.812 line and he hasn't come close to 0.500 SLG or eclipsed .830 OPS since. People were expecting a 30/40 HR monster and instead he fell apart year two and then the personality issues.

Ellsbury was the best move of all, no one could have predicted that he would become pedestrian with the Yankees. But I'd say Papelbon wasn't a great move if it wasn't for getting really lucky with Koji. I'd say it worked out, but wasn't a "move on from a star who falls off a cliff" with Papelbon. Bay was a no-brainer, I don't think anyone felt good about his knee situation. Agon and CC were different situations with them just sucking. I don't blame the FO for the trade and signing though as no one saw CC becoming useless and Agon becoming a major problem and his power disappearing. I completely disagree with OCab. They went from OCab to Rent-an-error, AGon, and then Lugo. From 2005-2008 OCab posted WAR of 2.0+ every year, including 4.2 in '07. In contrast, no one on the RS came even close to posting a 2.0 WAR year at SS. SS was an absolute disaster after 0Cab left. Disaster. It was a terrible decision to let him go, not a good one! My point was more aimed at what the FO has done since Theo left, not during Theo's tenure (though Beltre technically was at the end of Theo's tenure). Lester/Price, Panda, Lackey trade for Craig/Kelly, Castillo, Cespedes, Ramirez, the whole Bobby V disaster. While Theo made some mistakes of course and the Sox have made good trades/signings since he left, I feel like there are way more boneheaded trades and crazy contracts since he left.