2014 season

blondie wrote:

I just heard

what a way to end the game!

it's why I keep watching and listening to games.

koji gave up a dinger himself in the top of the tenth for his first earned run in more than 22 innings.

Still 6 gms under .500, but there is still life in them!

It's like we're watching the same team   


One area the Phil's have really improved is the bullpen. In the last month they went from the worst ERA to 3rd best. The guys who they thought would be good are now really good. Even Papelbon has been great.

Ez wrote:

Still 6 gms under .500, but there is still life in them!

they have a chance, slim, but a chance of making the playofs.

they ned the pitching to stay healthy, and maybe a bat besides brock holt to be more consistent.

If they can run off a few wins on this west coast trip I will feel a little better.

at least they are starting to win at home, even after winning 10 of the last 12 at home, they are only 1 game over 500.

they need to be better at home and try stay around 500 on the road to have a chance at it.


hopefully the american league wins the all star game so when st louis comes in again for the world series they have the home field   

I will pull for the AL in the All-Star Game, but I think the Giants are gonna win it all, where ever they are playing

way too early to predict that yet I think

too many teams are in limbo right now

Won four in a row for the first time in over a year

the sox almost managed to pull a loss from the jaws of victory last night, up 6-1 in the 8th, it took a homer by papi in the 10th to finally win the damn game.

we went 5-2 on our road trip - including a 2-2 split with the Cards

we'll see what happens against Miami the next couple of days. It would be nice to see them taking 2 out of 3 for the next couple of weeks.

well that was terrible, now lackey may have a injury, he definitely didn't look right on the mound.

the fork is is still in them, no sign of being pulled out.

the Phils are undoing their 5 game win streak by losing the last 3

iwantmycrayons wrote:

well that was terrible, now lackey may have a injury, he definitely didn't look right on the mound.

the fork is is still in them, no sign of being pulled out.

Maybe next year they will be buyers in the Free Agent market instead of sellers.  

Ez wrote:

iwantmycrayons wrote:

well that was terrible, now lackey may have a injury, he definitely didn't look right on the mound.

the fork is is still in them, no sign of being pulled out.

Maybe next year they will be buyers in the Free Agent market instead of sellers.  

they will be, but like I said, i don't expect them to do much of anything at the trade deadline, they will probably deal peavey, maybe doubront, but I don't see them making any big moves.

In another month they will be bringing up the kids to see what they have and making decisions about who they keep and who they deal during the trading season.

i can live with it, after winning it all last year, i'm willing to give them a mulligan for this year and see what the young'ens have to offer.

I can live with it too, just wish they would have put forth a better effort this year

stephen drew has been paid 2.8 million since the sox re-signed him, he has accumulated 6 hits in that time  

all done, bring up the kids and have a fire sale to see what you can get in return.

As long as Lester, Pedroia, Ortiz and Napoli are safe from said fire sale

Ez wrote:

As long as Lester, Pedroia, Ortiz and Napoli are safe from said fire sale

the last 3 are, not soo sure about lester at this point.
They would get more for him in a trade than they will if they let him walk.


not looking good
uehara is probably up for grabs, peavey, lackey, pzierzinski ( or however you spell his name, pretty much everyone except a chosen few.

Get rid of AJ,he's awful, and doesn't fit the Redsox personality!

Ez wrote:

Get rid of AJ,he's awful, and doesn't fit the Redsox personality!

yet he is second on the team in RBI, which give you an idea of just how woeful they are

They can't be so cheap next off season!

Ez wrote:

They can't be so cheap next off season!

yup.

In other news grady sizemore signed a minor league deal with the phillies, isn't he a little young to play for them??

  

 

well it is the minors, with a couple of years of seasoning he should be ready for the Bigs   

iwantmycrayons wrote:

Ez wrote:

They can't be so cheap next off season!

yup.

In other news grady sizemore signed a minor league deal with the phillies, isn't he a little young to play for them??

  

yes but his average is right where they like their bench players to be


I saw that one coming when Mayberry started coming up in trade talks - we'll need a backup CF. Or a starter if they manage to trade Revere.

A series win at Yankee stadium, I will take it!

actually going 4-6 on the raod trip is better than i thought they would do, I'll take that too.

Maybe they can string some wins together here playing the Cubbies.

still, that was a looooonnnnngggg half of a season.

but they are ONLY 6 games out with 80 to play, ya just never know.

Yea, it would take a miracle I think but there is still alot of baseball to play.

Ez wrote:

Yea, it would take a miracle I think but there is still alot of baseball to play.

the rest of the division sucks too, some of them more and some little less than the red sox.      what looked like the strongest division in baseball at the start of the season has been anything ut to this point.

what the hell has happened to the Eastern divisions? We used to rule now we all suck

blondie wrote:

what the hell has happened to the Eastern divisions?  We used to rule now we all suck

well the phillies decided to try their hand at the over 30 men's league appraoch and that didn't work out, and the red sox just decided as a whole team that scoring runs is unnecessary in the big leagues

we're against run scoring too

even in the post game report yesterday the broadcasters have given up on them. one said that they just played "stupidly"

Boston wants to play soccer, less scoring that way  

iwantmycrayons wrote:

actually going 4-6 on the raod trip is better than i thought they would do, I'll take that too.

Maybe they can string some wins together here playing the Cubbies.

 still, that was a looooonnnnngggg half of a season.

but they are ONLY 6 games out with 80 to play, ya just never know.

or not   

At least they weren't no-hit.   

Ez wrote:

At least they weren't no-hit.   

I think Drew is up to like 10-11 hits now   

iwantmycrayons wrote:

iwantmycrayons wrote:

actually going 4-6 on the raod trip is better than i thought they would do, I'll take that too.

Maybe they can string some wins together here playing the Cubbies.

 still, that was a looooonnnnngggg half of a season.

but they are ONLY 6 games out with 80 to play, ya just never know.

or not   

they took us out too

well now uehara is losing his value too, it will be a long summer and will mercifully end in september   

Only 64 days until the NFL Season starts   

I'm starting to look forward to the rebuild. If they let it happen. They're still spewing bullshit about it "not being fair to fans" and "seeing where we're at".

Watching a 5 game losing streak is not fair to fans.

Swept by the Cubs   

Congrats Derek

Ez wrote:

Swept by the Cubs   

Congrats Derek

that was just too painful to watch

We've lost six in a row

Rumors are starting that Howard could be a goner. He has been a disaster offensively.

Well Boston won't be buying.  

I don't think anyone will be "buying". I can see them just releasing him at this point and eating the money. Our GM had some no so nice things to say about the team - finally.

imma start watching the astros, they have a better offense than the sox do

A couple of more games and they won't be the Lastros anymore

Ez wrote:

A couple of more games and they won't be the Lastros anymore

they already are scoring more runs per game than the sox, which to me is absolutely unforgivable.

to be this bad, especially at home, against what should be beatable teams is just disheartening.

they managed 2 damn hits against a nobody pitcher for the white sox.
2 HITS 2 DAMN HITS!!!!!!      

Yea, I officially put the fork in them yesterday on the air, I caught grief for it from callers, but I stand by it, I haven't seen anything in them this season to believe they are capable of turning it around!

Ez wrote:

Yea, I officially put the fork in them yesterday on the air, I caught grief for it from callers, but I stand by it, I haven't seen anything in them this season to believe they are capable of turning it around!

even if they 'turn it around' they are too far gone to make the playoffs, they would need to go on a 12 game win streak just to get over .500   

it would take every hitter in the lineup getting hot at the same time and the pitching to remain or be better than they have been all season.

no way that's happening.