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  1. illinoisredsox
    Velasquez has been mediocre as a reliever (4.29 ERA in 13 games and 21 innings). He has been beyond terrible as a starter (6.95 ERA in 8 games and 22 innings). If you’re going to keep him on the staff, he should only be used in long relief.
  2. illinoisredsox
    So you would hire a new manger each year?
  3. illinoisredsox
    That was my thought. Of course, that just means #5 pitches Saturday in Detroit.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Exactly. We can bitch all we want but who else is there right now for the #5 slot right now.
  5. illinoisredsox
    The reality is the games are the easy part. It’s the other less glamorous 5-6 hours every day that the fans don’t think about. Physical therapy, film study, working on technique, extra fielding practice to improve. Travel. For the borderline player, always looking over your shoulder for the next phenom. Not to mention the constant media scrutiny on virtually everything you do. Just like any job, it’s a grind. A well paid grind, but still a grind.
  6. illinoisredsox
    A play on Benny and the Jets. An Elton John song from the 70s. Kids:confused:
  7. illinoisredsox
    The Jays can hit; what they can’t do is pitch.
  8. illinoisredsox
    I've been listening to the radio play by play lately (Castiglione, etc.). Unlike the TV guys, they aren't sugarcoating things when they are suboptimal. They were talking last night about how Strohman has about worn out his welcome in the Jays clubhouse with his antics (they apparently go well beyond the Eck incident). Talent wise I would want him, but if he's that bad in the clubhouse ... OTOH, maybe he just wants out of a bad situation up in Toronto.
  9. illinoisredsox
    SoxnCycles pulled up a post from Madstork from a year ago just to illustrate what an idiot the Stork is. Actually, calling Mad an idiot is an insult to idiots.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Wish I could get that thumbs up emoji on my phone to work here.
  11. illinoisredsox
    Moon, he’s lawyering you. No matter what you say, he will not budge. You’ve both made your points, and while the back and forth was interesting for a while ...
  12. illinoisredsox
    A week or 2? He’s basically got to go through spring training again, and so far as we know, he’s not throwing at all yet. It would be a month minimum.
  13. illinoisredsox
    There's about 16 million reasons that ain't happening.
  14. illinoisredsox
    The Angels have had their share of premature deaths. Going back even farther, Lyman Bostock was shot to death; that had to be in the late 70s, and Donnie Moore in the 80s was also a tragic case.
  15. illinoisredsox
    There's always one guy on who has the collar on a hitting night. Sanchez went 0-4 on Saturday for the Yankees
  16. illinoisredsox
    Pitching coach can talk and give advice all you want. It’s up to the pitcher to actually follow through.
  17. illinoisredsox
    No I don’t.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Fans panic. Pros don’t.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Depends on how much he wants. Because he opted out, the Yanks are not on the hook for anything. Whoever signs him pays up full freight.
  20. illinoisredsox
    It makes some sense; at this point to start he’s going to have to ramp up ala normal spring training. That’ll take 5-6 weeks and I don't think they have that kind of time.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Or what?
  22. illinoisredsox
    Was about to post that maybe the Sox can hold the Yanks homerless and end that streak. I guess I won’t type it
  23. illinoisredsox
    A much overlooked loss in the pen was Hembree. He wasn’t always great, but he was pitching pretty well overall.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Chavis had 2 chances to end the inning on that one and blew both.
  25. illinoisredsox
    You might be onto something; the swings this inning have been far more aggressive. The hitters are definitely seeing the ball better than they were earlier.
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