Sox send Nats to their 3rd manager in 4 days on a high note Published by adming - On 15.30 - This post haved 0 komentar

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This is what the 2011 Ad Campaign should really look like (José M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune / June 26, 2011)

The Sox faced the Nats this weekend in what was sure to be an interesting weekend. The Nats were playing ridiculous baseball the past couple weeks, winning 11 of 12 coming into Chicago. As is typical during such hot streaks, their manager quit the day before they arrived.

Is that not one of the weirdest things to have happened this season? I'm going with uhhh yes. Since I didn't recap the first two games because Friday was 93 hours long and sucked, and I fell asleep for innings 4-8 on Saturday, we'll skip to today's rubber match.

It always starts out as promising, doesn't it. With two men on in the first, Adam Dunn struck out (what new?). Livan Hernandez was pitching, so the Sox should have gotten on him early and often. Instead, they got on him once to the tune of one run via a Paulie hit in the  third with two men on.

The Sox seem to lose in two ways. They are either almost no-hit or they have a million chances to score and don't. Today was the latter. Phil Humber took a no hitter into the 6th, making a one run lead seem slightly doable. With one swing of the bat in the 7th, though, he lost the lead on a two run home run from Espinosa. Argh.

There, there, Phil. We'll get the lead back. NOTTTTTT. (José M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune / June 26, 2011)

Humber pitched his ass off today and shouldn't take the loss for the offense's irreconcilable incompetence. That's just the way the Sox-flavored cookie crumbles, though.

I know fans are clamoring for Dayan Viciedo (.324/12/54 at Charlotte), the Cuban tank, to get called up to help us out but as Paulie has shown us, one person can't be responsible for the entire offense. If Dayan comes up and hits, that doesn't fix Adam Dunn. Also, who says the kid comes up and rakes right away? We'll see how that plays out.

Other thoughts:
-Steve Stone, the jinxmaster general, said Humber should go the distance today right before he fell apart. Thanks, man.
-why is the Cell obsessed with Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory"? That is NOT where we are.
-on a similar note, perhaps Adam Dunn should think about replacing the emo-downer song he uses as his at-bat music.
-Johnny Dnx heads to the DL, probably just to miss one start and have an extra arm in the pen. I know nothing about the new guy, Hector Santiago, except that in a strange turn of events...he's from New Jersey.

27 Jun, 2011

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