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yeah, thanks for correcting me. meant nobody expected him to hit like a 9 hitter, or a national league pitcher. and that's what he's been for the most part. was reasonable to expect a 250, 275 hitter with some extra base hits.

this lineup just has way too many holes in it. Here's my evaluation Ellsbury is good leadoff hitter, but he's really hurting us in this stretch, unless he gets plunked, not getting on to start games. Victorino has been consistently good. Puts the ball in play, speed pressures the defense, runs the bases well. Pedey is still one of the best hitters in the game, pure and simple. And usually pretty clutch, when he slumps, it's because he's hitting line drives right at people. Ortiz has come back strong, like the Ortiz of several years ago. Wish he could learn to push balls to the left side and force people to give up the shift...but that's being picky. Need him to keep hitting balls out of the yard, or we won't be scoring runs period! Napoli has classic power swing, but waaaaay too many strikeouts. Like 40 percent of his at bats. Can't continue to back up Papi with a guy every manager would prefer to pitch to as opposed to give Ortiz pitches to hit. He has to figure out how to make more contact, or he gets dropped in the order. Nava is a nice surprise so far this season. He's a switch hitter, short of him breaking BOTH lets, no reason to ever play Gomes who is an absolute joke. He's hitting 182 with 21 strikeouts in 66 ab. Gomes should simply not see the field again. Middlebrooks is horrible. Some claim he's hurt, but aside from one big game in Toronto, he's been awful all season long. Enough of a sample to know pitching coaches have him figured. 44 k's in 140 at bats. He's a rally killer! On top of that he's a huge liability in the field, so he needs a trip to Pawtucket to get things ironed out. Would rather see Double-A guy with potential filling that spot. seriously. Salty is a mystery. great swing, some nights he looks like he's impossible to pitch to, other nights, he looks like he's stoned in the box. 36 k's in 95 at bats. Wow, nearly a 40 percent clip. Drew has been a huge disappointment. 28 k's in 95 at bats, one whiff per game. He's had one decent 5 game stretch and that's it. A 232 hitter....not horrible for a 9 hitter, but nobody thought he'd be a 9 hitter when he was signed. And combined with the assclowns hitting ahead of him, it makes it too easy for opposing starters and bullpens knowing once they get by Ortiz, there's little chance we can hurt them. Synopsis....I know many are simply saying we're in a slump, and not getting any breaks, and no doubt there is some validity to that. But even when we were 20-8, I was bemoaning the bottom half of this order, saying sooner or later it would kill us. And at some point, as the slump prolongs, we have to ask ourselves, despite as good a starting rotation as anyone has, with this lineup, a continuing proclivity to make HUGE errors that cost us games, and a pen that's both hurt and suspect, maybe it's not a slump, we're just a 500 team. Sorry for the long post, but feel better putting it all down. Peace Sox fans!

or perhaps big league pitching coaches have had a little time to figure out his swing has a buttload of holes in it, and he's just not even a decent hitter. bad fingers don't make you miss a pitch by two feet, or swing at 3-2 pitch barely above your toes. this kid is in a serious mental slump and he belongs in triple-a until he can prove he can hit his weight!

s***** start, s***** end.

night all again

knew that was coming. fukc you fracoma....another good pitching move...leaving a tired ass pitcher in to give up the game....oh and 18 against the o's this year????????????????

we need him to hit him at this point....

at least he's cutting away. has no chance now with this sinker and fastball

come on kid, swat another one....

swings at 3 s***** fkin pitcher's pitches.....too proud to take the walk.

that should be ball four

goddammit quit swinging at that s***....this guys' really come up small this month is some huge situations...come on agon

awful damn pitch to swing at....

he's going to walk Gonzo....

this makes that ball popping out of ell's glove that much more painful.....come on Agon...all that cash this is what we pay you for, 3 RUN BOMB RIGHT FKIN NOW....

come on guy, hit ells...hit ortiz and then agon homers to tie it...then again, maybe fracoma will lift agon to rest him for later in the week....

unfortunately, watching on mlb network, which is airing NESN telecast, but won't get postgame. Good for Eck if he's chewing on some ass.... by the way, another stellar at bat for that cksucker crawford. too bad that foul ball didn't get him too.

once again, we're going to lose a game to a team that had fewer hits, that's 10 times now this month I believe....this team has perfected two things in this awful stretch, giving up unbelievably horrid runs with errors, walks, wp's and passed balls....and getting men on to strand them because of dp's, popups, strikeouts, baserunning mistakes etc

little disappointed remy isn't more critical during this collapse, you know he's pissed like we are, but wants to keep his job above real honesty. He should know the Sox and NESN can't can him for speaking the truth. Good analyst there has to be screaming for a pinch hitter for salty, given what we've all seen from him this month.

we simply don't deserve a playoff spot, frankly the rays are the better team. walk to chavez, he's going to the pen for the final out....let's hope this tampa pen implodes....

double play for shields, he's about to rack up his 12th complete game of the year, and talk about clutch. he has more of the clutch gene in one hair on his head than the entire red sox roster!!!!!!!!!!

yanks with leadoff man on.

Yeah where the heck was reddick....that's what i said before that at bat, at least he would have put the ball in play and once that happens, anything is possible....come on yankees, 5 run 9th. shields still pitching in the 9th. that's what guts and fire will do for you...we don't have one starter with the desire of shields.....

goodbye you worthless turd, hope you're not too hurt, just OUT!!!!!

too bad that didn't happen last inning, lavarnway problably would have hit the grand slam.....