The Red Sox Thread

[4bronxbombers]

Maybe Steve likes to defend Red Sox fans who have been banned and come back with new names. Gosh. Get off his back.

[EvanJ]

Today Wakefield will get his third no decision in his last four starts and it's his fifth consecutive failed attempt at 200 wins. His last win was July 24. Kansas City has scored 6 in the sixth and is still batting to take a 7-4 lead. Matt Albers got 1 out and allowed three to five runs depending on inherited runners on three hits and two walks,

[teknetic]

Matt Albers decided to pitch like Matt Albers (again). Why hasn't he done that more often?

[ArodEra]

Give Albers enough innings and he'll start to fold like a cheap camera.

[Gigi Buffon]

Youklis to DL, apparently.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...way_up_yo.html

Does his back only hurt when they're on the road?

Home .338/.446/.602
Away .191/.310/.356

[JDPNYY]

Does his back only hurt when they're on the road?

Home .338/.446/.602
Away .191/.310/.356

They have a very hard schedule you know.

[Bronson'sCornrows]

This is incredible:
http://www.necn.com/08/09/11/Haggert...edID=3352&qv=1

I just keep envisioning this happening and it never ceases to be absolutely hilarious.

He was a cool cat and funny. Some people here don't get his humor though.

He was ................ing hilarious. A quality poster, for sure.

[pjfan]

The division could certainly be decided in the next week or so, with the Sox facing the Rangers for 3 more, A's, Yanks, and Rangers again.

With the line-up they are thowing out there every night, they'll be lucky to be within 5 games. With a 7.5 game lead in the WC, I'm still not counting Tampa out by any stetch.

[just-blaze]

The division could certainly be decided in the next week or so, with the Sox facing the Rangers for 3 more, A's, Yanks, and Rangers again.

With the line-up they are thowing out there every night, they'll be lucky to be within 5 games. With a 7.5 game lead in the WC, I'm still not counting Tampa out by any stetch.

Nice reverse jinx, Simmons.

[Bronson'sCornrows]

Nice reverse jinx, Simmons.

Actually, a friend and I had been talking about exactly the same thing over the weekend and it appeared to be a common sentiment among the more rational (and perhaps more pessimistic) Sox fans I talked to. Tito was forced to shove out his patented Sunday lineups for like 4 games in a row and it was absolutely awful. Getting Ortiz and Ellsbury back has temporarily saved us. I still don't expect it last very long. Let's be serious, what are the Sox chances of taking 3-4 @ Texas where they always struggle? With today's pitching matchup? What are your chances of losing 3-4 at home to the ................ing A's? I fully expect to be tied at the end of today and I'll just be happy we didn't fall further behind while the PawSox were trotting out a better lineup than the big club.

[Reggiejackson2010]

The division could certainly be decided in the next week or so, with the Sox facing the Rangers for 3 more, A's, Yanks, and Rangers again.

With the line-up they are thowing out there every night, they'll be lucky to be within 5 games. With a 7.5 game lead in the WC, I'm still not counting Tampa out by any stetch.

You don't sh#t about The Sox........

[NerfBall55]

You don't sh#t about The Sox........

Translation anyone?

[pjfan]

I think it's either......

I don't know sh#t about them.
or
I shouldn't sh*t around them.

Either was, I'm glad to have been wrong about them, for at least a couple games. Like BC said, there's a ways to go still. We may be forced to play a DH on Saturday due to the Hurricane on Sunday, and then 6 more tough games after that.

[b-ball-lunachick]

Translation anyone?

I'm going out on a limb here but I'm thinking

You don't sh#t about The Sox........ = Troll

[awy]

LOL how the ................ did they fix andrew miller

[cptcarl]

LOL how the ................ did they fix andrew miller

Maybe he likes pitching with big leads.

[NerfBall55]

LOL how the ................ did they fix andrew miller

Lack of scraggly facial hair was the culprit.

[False1]

LOL how the ................ did they fix andrew miller

Fixed as in a good start against KC and a surprisingly good start against the cold Rangers?

[awy]

considerable improvement on his old self so yes

[1970cs]

Fixed as in a good start against KC and a surprisingly good start against the cold Rangers?

Is a serviceable #5, an upgrade over Dice K, and the Sox are 10-1 in games he's started.

[teknetic]

considerable improvement on his old self so yes

Not really, he still kinda sucks.

6.4 K/9
5.2 BB/9
10 H/9
1.7 WHIP

[nnysiny]

Is a serviceable #5, an upgrade over Dice K, and the Sox are 10-1 in games he's started.

its easy to go 10-1 when you score 8.2 runs per start. hes statistically horrible

[effdamets]

hes statistically horrible

OMG... This is hilarious!

[Jax Teller]

Not really, he still kinda sucks.

6.4 K/9
5.2 BB/9
10 H/9
1.7 WHIP

Yup. Besides last season where he had a 2.36WHIP, he's pretty much on par with his career of sucking.

[Bub]

I'm going out on a limb here but I'm thinking

You don't sh#t about The Sox........ = Troll

Limb is solid.