Thunder

I'm perfectly okay with Bogaerts being the SS on the Red Sox. There is nobody else I would rather have. He fully encompasses what it means to be a Red Sox. I do like Correa's character though.

Now, back to the topic of the thread: The umpiring. I cringe at all of these complaints since I am an umpire and know how hard it is to get every call exactly right. In fact, it is impossible. When I'm behind the plate, there are about 5 or 10 ball/strike calls that I wish I had called differently, but I can't do anything about it. When we screw up a play at the plate, or a play on the bases, and we know we screw it up, it's a terrible feeling, and we're told to let the manager rant for a little bit, because it's not his fault his team got screwed, it's ours. But to be fair, players and coaches arguing these calls do so in a way that is taking it over the line, thus warranting the ejection. The example I look back to is the May 6 Red Sox-Yankee game when Ron Kulpa cost the Sox the game in the 9th due to his low strike zone. Why did Ortiz get thrown out? Because he ran onto the field screaming at Kulpa looking like he wanted to rip his head off. Umpires throw players and managers out when they feel threatened by their personal safety. Ortiz was allowed some room to let out his frustrations after each of the two low strikes that Kulpa called. Ortiz then took it to an inappropriate level. The point I'm trying to make here is that it's a two way street. The umpires need the players/coaches to have some patience. We're human, and when we make mistakes, it irritates us more than the players.

So I guess taking a royal siesta for a week makes me miss out on all this juicy action. There's a reason why I don't like to post on all these in depth threads, because everyone always shoots down my perspective (rightfully so), but all matters aside, I don't like what has happened to this forum since everyone came over from BDC. Yes, about 95% of you are positive additions, bringing great new opinions on matters that are very important and very entertaining to have educated discussions about, but the 5% that don't meet these standards are really ruining this place IMO. It's not my place to speak up, but I suggest you take a good look at yourselves, evaluate your childish behavior on the Internet, fix it, or be booted. It's that simple. It shouldn't take the youngest user on this site to tell people that they need to grow up a little bit.

Tulowitzki went on the DL. A SS would be nice.

I don't need help in the OF though. I'll take a look to see if I'm interested.

Which team is yours?

Yes. Cash has repeatedly said that the job is Boxberger's when he gets back.

Sox win + OKC win = A perfect day There's a reason why my username is Thunder.

With Brad Boxberger set to come back any day now, I'm looking to deal one of my closers. Familia, K-Rod, Allen, or even Boxberger are on the market. I'm looking for an infielder. I've been racking up the saves, but not the runs scored.

Wow, I've watched a total of 0 innings this week. I see Price pitched well, and it was good to see against KC, albeit their offense is much different than last year. I'm curious to see if the return home will heat up the bats again. I want to see us put together another 1 loss (or fewer) home stand. It's definitely doable, with Cleveland and Colorado, and the weather finally consistently beautiful.

How creative of you. I like that idea.

Well it's not going to be a one person job. It sucks that Hanley has been so good at first so far, because he would be a prime candidate. Would hate to have him only play 1st for a year, but he and Shaw could platoon into that role, and we could pick up a 1B or 3B, depending on who is available. I don't want to see this happen, because Shaw and Hanley both seem like legit Gold Glove candidates. Moancada could also play 3B, of course, but it all depends on who is on the market.

If I'm understanding it correctly, Schill and Tek "pouring over data" about hitters like that seems like it was way ahead of their time. Being in the Steroids Era made that even more difficult, and makes his accomplishments stick out even more.

On the field, I'm still a big fan. Off the field, not so much. Following him on Twitter is a drag. He's outspoken, judgmental, and is always boasting his political views, none of which I agree with. Of course, I cannot really recall his best Sox moments, which is sad for a guy like me, who can't remember much at all from the '04 playoffs.

Good thing the game was rained out. You might have screwed us with wrong team mojo.

I am loving this team right now.

W-i-n!

Wow, so before the Braves series, it was 4-6... That's surprising.

So glad I stayed up past my self-imposed bedtime to watch OKC storm back to shock the Spurs. That was so invigorating, but now game 6 is basically game 7 for the Thunder, because if they lose, there's no way they'll win game 7 in SA, given that the Spurs have already allowed OKC to beat them twice at home in the series. The way they've been playing defense though, they can definitely make the series with the Warriors interesting. Not saying they'll win the series, but they'll make it interesting.

Anyone know what the home record is now? Gotta be pretty darn good.

Tomas and Pagan? Yes. Cain and McCutchen are off to slow starts. Altuve's probably #1 in stats, and I've also found life in JT Realmuto.

Happy birthday!!! Let's make Sonny turn Gray!

If it helps, you're still not old enough to be the father of anyone born before 2010.

Right now my 4 best offensive players thus far are DTD. The offense overall has been a struggle thus far, but on the other side of thing, I'm on pace to set the record for saves (I think).

How disturbing were these PMs?