After going 5-22, the Sox have won two in a row in Tampa. This could become a trend, with 2 more in Tampa against no-name pitchers and a 3 game set in Kansas City against the last place (barely) Royals.
A couple of good things - Scott Podsednik is back at lead-off and hitting and running well, sparking both of these wins. Also, Andy Gonzalez is pounding the ball since Ozzie put him second in the batting order - who'd a believed it? The relievers pitched scoreless ball the last two nights - unbelievable. I'm thinking things might be looking up, even if we are playing the perennially worst team in baseball, the fightin fish.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Death knell overheard to Toll Mightily, Sox tatter and stain
BJs 4, Sox 3
(hey, at least they stole 3 bases)
Thome, ever the positive force, homers and announces that there are 110 games to go, a modest streak will put us right back in it.
Even a modest streak is impossible to imagine with the team hitting below the Mendoza line for the last month and the bullpen pitching at the rate of 9.06 runs per game over the last 22 games.
Joe Crede, grow your hair back, man! That Samson thing is in full effect! Paulie, try to hit one up the middle!
The last two glaring losses to the formerly struggling Bleu Jaix featured extreme give-aways by McDougal (enough!), Aardsma (more than enough!) and Masset (et tu?). (Oz won’t even let Sisco near the mound anymore.)
If Kenny is promising a re-do, lets hope it comes today. I vote for emptying the bullpen of everyone but Thornton and Jenks – our current crew is shell-shocked, burnt-out, dazed & confused. They're all just obviously waiting for the axe to fall. They should all be inspecting the universe from the back end of Triple A busses by this time tomorrow or all be traded for a bag of practice balls and a new Hammond B-52 organ for Nancy Faust. I really can’t picture anyone wanting these guys for a major league team – well, maybe the Reds would take them? McDougal can’t even find the plate well enough to resemble a good batting practice pitcher. (But, he says his "confidence is good out there!" Say what?)
The latest rumor, your 2005 World Series MVP for Oz-friend Bobby Abreu rates in the “Say it ain’t so, Joe!” category of harsh Sox rumors of history. Dye for nothing is preferable. I’ve been watching Abreu play for the Yanks this year. He is now “No Field, No Hit High Pay Bobby”. His batting eye is gone and he’s been looking worse than Pablo Ozuna in right field. Philadelphia hated him when he was going good because he was one of those “front-runner” type hitters: if the Phils were ahead 8-0, he hit like Babe Ruth, if the Phils were down a run in the late innings, he hit like a wounded, lefty version of Brian Anderson. His salary is something like a trillion dollars a year, too. If you thought you didn’t like George Bell, well just wait. Hell, Mackowiak is a better right fielder than this self-impressed, over-inflated underperformer.
Again, here’s my outfield: Left: Ryan Sweeney. Center: Brian Anderson. Right: Jerry Owens. It couldn’t be much worse than what we have. I think these guys could hit in the high .220s at least. Trade Dye to San Francisco for their first five draft picks and a couple of AA pitching prospects and Ray Durham if you have to trade him.
I’m glad that Nelson Fox and Luke Appling aren’t around to see this mess! O, the humanity!
(hey, at least they stole 3 bases)
Thome, ever the positive force, homers and announces that there are 110 games to go, a modest streak will put us right back in it.
Even a modest streak is impossible to imagine with the team hitting below the Mendoza line for the last month and the bullpen pitching at the rate of 9.06 runs per game over the last 22 games.
Joe Crede, grow your hair back, man! That Samson thing is in full effect! Paulie, try to hit one up the middle!
The last two glaring losses to the formerly struggling Bleu Jaix featured extreme give-aways by McDougal (enough!), Aardsma (more than enough!) and Masset (et tu?). (Oz won’t even let Sisco near the mound anymore.)
If Kenny is promising a re-do, lets hope it comes today. I vote for emptying the bullpen of everyone but Thornton and Jenks – our current crew is shell-shocked, burnt-out, dazed & confused. They're all just obviously waiting for the axe to fall. They should all be inspecting the universe from the back end of Triple A busses by this time tomorrow or all be traded for a bag of practice balls and a new Hammond B-52 organ for Nancy Faust. I really can’t picture anyone wanting these guys for a major league team – well, maybe the Reds would take them? McDougal can’t even find the plate well enough to resemble a good batting practice pitcher. (But, he says his "confidence is good out there!" Say what?)
The latest rumor, your 2005 World Series MVP for Oz-friend Bobby Abreu rates in the “Say it ain’t so, Joe!” category of harsh Sox rumors of history. Dye for nothing is preferable. I’ve been watching Abreu play for the Yanks this year. He is now “No Field, No Hit High Pay Bobby”. His batting eye is gone and he’s been looking worse than Pablo Ozuna in right field. Philadelphia hated him when he was going good because he was one of those “front-runner” type hitters: if the Phils were ahead 8-0, he hit like Babe Ruth, if the Phils were down a run in the late innings, he hit like a wounded, lefty version of Brian Anderson. His salary is something like a trillion dollars a year, too. If you thought you didn’t like George Bell, well just wait. Hell, Mackowiak is a better right fielder than this self-impressed, over-inflated underperformer.
Again, here’s my outfield: Left: Ryan Sweeney. Center: Brian Anderson. Right: Jerry Owens. It couldn’t be much worse than what we have. I think these guys could hit in the high .220s at least. Trade Dye to San Francisco for their first five draft picks and a couple of AA pitching prospects and Ray Durham if you have to trade him.
I’m glad that Nelson Fox and Luke Appling aren’t around to see this mess! O, the humanity!
Friday, June 1, 2007
Buehrle Doesn't Pitch No-Hitter, Loses: Back-slide at 5 straight
Big Dirty Loud Birds 2, Sox 0
Buehrle should have taken my advice and knocked The Big Hurt onto his kiester, then the Sox would only have lost 1-0.
My Proposed Sox lineup: Charlotte Hornets lineup
Trade Iguchi, Crede, Konerko, Dye, Thome, Mackowiak, Uribe (if anybody wants him), McDougal, Podsednik, (when he returns) for all the Blue Chip prospects known to man. Trade the starters except for Garland and Buehrle. Let the other three starter spots shake out between all the young arms. Keep AJ. We're totally buried behind Cleveland and Detroit and this plan has a better chance for success than status quo.
Stick a fork in them. Good God, they're as bad as the Yankees!
Buehrle should have taken my advice and knocked The Big Hurt onto his kiester, then the Sox would only have lost 1-0.
My Proposed Sox lineup: Charlotte Hornets lineup
Trade Iguchi, Crede, Konerko, Dye, Thome, Mackowiak, Uribe (if anybody wants him), McDougal, Podsednik, (when he returns) for all the Blue Chip prospects known to man. Trade the starters except for Garland and Buehrle. Let the other three starter spots shake out between all the young arms. Keep AJ. We're totally buried behind Cleveland and Detroit and this plan has a better chance for success than status quo.
Stick a fork in them. Good God, they're as bad as the Yankees!
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