FredLynn

This post was not to dispute your opinion about Buchholz. Clearly something is f***ed up with him right now. We can disagree about the reason behind that (you may say he just sucks, I may say there's something that is wrong with him). My post was more about your comment re: fans "being led to believe" certain things. You insinuate all the time that people here are just being dragged around in their beliefs like cattle with rings through their noses. It's demeaning and makes it hard to care about anything else you say. Ahh. I see. Sometimes I write things that can be misinterpreted. In no way do I really think that people on this board are gullible tagalongs who are incapable of forming independent opinions. On the contrary: people here have a very large assortment of such opinions, some of which are based on facts, and some of which are just opinions (which is also fine). It would have been more accurate for me to say that the FO is feeding us material that THEY would hope causes us to form the opinion that they want. Some examples: the "sellout" nonsense and the statement that Valentine made that indicated that he is satisfied with the current pitching staff, among other examples. In other words, the FO is trying to lead us to believe certain things, but people here are not as gullible as they would like.

All in all, the bullpen has pitched very well in this series. They have been called upon to do a lot. Now lets win the damn game already!

Anybody else locked out of MLB.COM?

Oh goody....Morales is warming up in the bullpen.

One would assume that swinging would also be called for. Damn MLB.COM...lost the video.

You gotta make contact in that situation.

Marlon Byrd is going to win this game with a walkoff HR right now.

Thats how that play is made Salty.

FaultySalty owes us here.

Ross is a good fastball hitter....

Pinch run for Papi?

Three more feet up and that was gone.

Technically, no. But with the Orioles bullpen the odds are not with us. It sucks that FaultySalty is still a member of the team while he performs like that-and Lavarnway is waiting.

Thats the game. FaultySalty cost us the game today.

We simply cannot allow this run to score. Or we lose.

Unbelievable. FaultySalty is horrible. He is pathetic.

FaultySalty will cost the Red Sox this game.

Screw Salty. How soon can we get rid of that stiff and bring up Lavarnway?

I can't even remember the last time that stiff came through for us.

Gonzo is going to K here folks.

Isn't it time Gonzo comes through here? Maybe we should PH for him with McDime.

Why isn't Byrd flying?

Great job by Fat Albers.

Padilla is not the only questionable guy on our staff. Still, they just cannot keep trotting Buchholz out there the way he is pitching. Eventually something will need to be done. DL is likely. Besides, DiceK is only two starts away.

I think that unless you DL him you would have to waive him before he went to the minors. And someone would certainly claim him. I am not convinced that he has the ability. You gotta to out and prove it. Clay hasn't done that in his five years except for one full year.