Thunder

Sox need an offensive boost here.

Once again, too many men are being left on base. We should be slapping the s*** out of this jackass.

Guess I missed a pretty boring first.

Ross gets another start. Makes sense since Salty caught all 13 last night. Guess Napoli gets another day off.

Good for you! Have fun! I've always wanted to go to Camden Yards to see the Sox.

By the way, I edited out the Dempster picture I originally had. It appeared a bit too big.

You did. Have fun! Hopefully we win tonight so I can make the GT! :thumbsup:

That would be much appreciated.

After some thunder in the skies yesterday, it's a good day to Thunder Up to some Thunder mojo, eternally blessed by BTR. The matchup: Ryan Dempster (4-6, 4.40) http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ryan-dempster.jpg?w=400&h=225 vs Chris Tillman (6-2, 3.89) http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Chris+Tillman+Boston+Red+Sox+v+Baltimore+Orioles+6EloibvemqIl.jpg Lineups to come from VA... I have some sort of stomach bug, so let's go get a WIN!!!

Wonder who this PTBNL is

So are the A's. Wouldn't you agree?

Imagine that. 4 games lead over Yankees. :thumbsup: That's good, in a way. I don't root for people to get hurt, but Tulow can really do some damage with the Monster. Still have to watch for CarGo and Helton.

Our offense needs to learn how to beat the s*** out of these inexperienced rookies. The pitching will occasionally have bad nights.

This Machado kid is really good.

My thoughts exactly.

Are you sure? He's 20.

Basically the Opening Day lineup. If they can beat Sabathia then, they can beat some rookie tonight.:thumbsup:

Game 2 is on Saturday...

I expected them to at least contend for a playoff spot. If my expectations have changed at all, they have gone up. Especially with the current Yankees slide over the past 2-3 weeks, I think the Sox can easily win the division by 5 or so games over the Yankees and Orioles. This team is different. Even on nights when they face pitchers like Price, Sabathia, and Lee (just using actual games from this season), they get them out of the game by the 7th, giving them a chance to come back. The reason why they are in these games s their own pitching. Buchholz is the AL Cy Young, no doubt about it. Lester has been primarily good, but with some bad starts. Lackey has a low ERA, but no run support. Dempster and Doubront have been good when they need to be. Even Aceves has come up big in the spot starts he has made. Pitching has kept the Sox in games, giving their offense a chance, even when they are not having a bad night. Take last Thursday against the Rangers as an example. The Sox left 10 men on base through 6, but Lester had a quality start to keep them in the game, and Ortiz eventually won it. Last year, that never would have happened. That is why this team is winning games. They know they're not perfect, so they play to they're strengths. It has been ridiculously fun to watch so far.

I missed a lot of this game, but I saw Nava's bomb and the 9th inning. I was watching the Bruins... Damn

You were saying? In all seriousness, they have been good this season.

Yes! Ells, Pedey, Nava, Ortiz, Napoli. That's a winning lineup right there. Doesn't matter who you have after that.

Flipped over from NBC in time to see Nava's HR. Wow. He is something else.

Has he been to Miami recently? Just asking. I don't think it's humanly possible to hit 75 HR's in a season. Guys like McGwire and Bonds were juiced during their record seasons.

True. Longest win streak ever and a 136-26 finish.