Boston Red Sox: 2007

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Manny better have a big second half, because he sucks right now.

[ILLCHILL]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Well the second half is starting, here are some thoughts.


If Papi doesn;t hit 40 homers, he can keep getting on base at a .440 clip as long as Manny starts to hit. If Manny is Manny, our offense will be totall different.

I expect Lowell to fall off a bit but not be non-exsitant like last year post-break. Same with Varitek.

I honestly believe this is the real Coco. I say trade Willy Mo right now for whatever you can, hopefully a good bullpen arm. Or you can hold your cards and hope Delcarmen hits his potential.

The Schilling situation scares me because there are no updates. I have a feeling he'll be fairly uneffective this second half, hopefully will be ready by playoff time.

[RockyTop1]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Well the second half is starting, here are some thoughts.


If Papi doesn;t hit 40 homers, he can keep getting on base at a .440 clip as long as Manny starts to hit. If Manny is Manny, our offense will be totall different.

I expect Lowell to fall off a bit but not be non-exsitant like last year post-break. Same with Varitek.

I honestly believe this is the real Coco. I say trade Willy Mo right now for whatever you can, hopefully a good bullpen arm. Or you can hold your cards and hope Delcarmen hits his potential.

The Schilling situation scares me because there are no updates. I have a feeling he'll be fairly uneffective this second half, hopefully will be ready by playoff time.

I agree on a couple of points. First off, Manny has to come around. He just has to...doesn't he? Second, Lowell will have to fall off at least some. He has played out of his mind up to this point. Lastly, I agree that they need to trade Willy Mo now while they still may be able to. They have proven that they have a few young outfielders who can come up and be of service every few weeks, which is basically what WMP is doing now.

[ILLCHILL]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Gabbard threw a 3-hit shutout against an offense that scored 9 times on Wakefield. Granted, KC still sucks, but congrats Gabbard.

This offense pisses me off. Nuff said.

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

This team is hard to watch right now. I think the Tavarez magic has run out.

[Dispatch]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

This team is not fun at all to watch right now. They can't seem to put up any runs on the board. And the pitching hasn't been as good as it was earlier in the year.

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

This is some bullsh*t right here. JD Drew hits a three run homer, but the umps rule it hit the wall. Replay (screw the replay, the naked eye could see it) clearly shows the ball lands ontop of the monster and hits the back panel on top. Instead of a 3-run lead, the Red Sox get only 1 and the inning is over (Manny was thrown out at the plate). The umps get together and no one overrules Tim McClellan. It's not even a hard call! Unbelievable...

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

The Sox overcame the incompetance of McClellan and the umps due in large part to a bases-loaded triple by Crisp and a Grand Slame by Lugo. Lugo is now hitting .500 in the month of July. That's certainly a number we all love to see, but I hope he can find a healthy medium between that and the .190 he hit up through June.

[Stu]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

How the hell did McLellan think the ball bounced UP after hitting the wall? Basic physics here. The sad thing is, it looked like the 2nd base and home plate ump were both arguing to overrule it. I'd love to hear his explanation for what he saw, although seeing Francona's reaction, it couldn't have been too good.

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

The more I think about it, the more ridiculous the call looks. I really have no idea how they missed it. Good thing they won though otherwise there would have been riots in the street if that 3-1 White Sox lead had held up. Really, why doesn't baseball just add instant replay for stuff like this? Do we have to wait for something like this to happen in the playoffs and cost a team a game before it's appropriately addressed?

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Fox sucks. I'm trying to watch the Red Sox game and the cut away from the broadcast to show me Bonds' at-bat live. I don't care, I'm in New Hampshire, I want to watch the Red Sox. It would be almost forgiveable if he was sitting on 755 and trying to break the record, but he can't even tie it here! This is asinine!

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

Seems like Lester picked up where he left off. He got himself into some jams and found a way to escape. Welcome Back!

And Coco continues to be on fire. It took awhile, but it's nice to finally see the real Coco Crisp.

[UMass03]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

So great to see Lester back on the mound. I agree, cut to Bonds when he is on 755, not before

[eXperiment63]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007



Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

[Misfit]

Re: Boston Red Sox: 2007

That is so terrible. I wasted a good 15 minutes going through that feature on boston.com at work today.