Slumpin' sox fall to 2nd place temporarily-Yanks hold 3rd lowest playoff % in AL East

[Zig]

It's not about that. Tex replaces overbuy and youk replaces Chris Nelson. That's what really matters

My bad I forgot Youk isn't a useless bag of piss anymore since donning the mighty magical pinstripes

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

29 teams would consider this a good thing...

To be fair, he was playing well, and when Chris Stewart is your only other option, his loss is actually impactful, but I hear ya

 

[Rock Strongo]

Dirt what happen to your Vcash?

dice game behind stans

 

[bksballer89]

My bad I forgot Youk isn't a useless bag of piss anymore since donning the mighty magical pinstripes

Well when your other 3B options are Chris Nelson and Jayson Nix....

 

[Kate Upton]

a ton of draft beer at the game.....man its funnier than i remember it being

It was hilarious. Uno is a fucking idiot, and as a troll, bush league.

The worst part of it is he has no clue of either.

 

[Down38st8]

To be fair, he was playing well, and when Chris Stewart is your only other option, his loss is actually impactful, but I hear ya

See...I don't see a practical difference between the 2...well...I didn't before Cervelli took a load of PED's that even made Bonds shake his head in disapproval...

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

My bad I forgot Youk isn't a useless bag of piss anymore since donning the mighty magical pinstripes

Ok. You seem pissed. If you don't see Youk as a mammoth upgrade over Jayson nix and Chris Nelson, well....

And yeah, Vernon Wells and Travis Hafner

 

[Rock Strongo]

It was hilarious. Uno is a fucking idiot, and as a troll, bush league.

The worst part of it is he has no clue of either.

you just figured this out?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

See...I don't see a practical difference between the 2...well...I didn't before Cervelli took a load of PED's that even made Bonds shake his head in disapproval...

Gotcha, so you admit he was playing well. That's all I was saying.

 

[PeteNYC]

David Ortiz: Accusations wrong



Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Wednesday that a Boston Globe column questioning whether his strong start to the season has been aided by performance-enhancing drugs is ethnically discriminatory.
"What is the point of criticizing someone who is working hard and trying to do it right?" Ortiz said in an interview in Spanish in the Red Sox clubhouse Wednesday, reacting to the column by Dan Shaughnessy of the Globe.

“

The thing that stung me was his statement about Dominicans. You mean that in Dominican Republic there are no players who try to do things right? We are all in the same boat. And the people here who have been caught, does that put everyone here in the same boat?
” -- David Ortiz
​

The column casts Ortiz as suspect of cheating because he's hitting well at his age (37), has suffered an injury (Achilles tendon) consistent with steroid use and is from the Dominican Republic, where a number of players have tested positive for PEDs.
"Yesterday, the guy came to see me and asked some questions about steroids, and when you see the writing, it basically focuses on the fact that I'm Dominican and that many Dominicans have been caught using steroids. And what about the Americans?" Ortiz said.
"If you're from the Middle East, because there are some people there who put bombs and terrorize civilians, I have to see you like that, as well? If you are a white American, I have to call you a racist because white Americans were in the Ku Klux Klan?
"The thing that stung me was his statement about Dominicans. You mean that in Dominican Republic there are no players who try to do things right? We are all in the same boat. And the people here who have been caught, does that put everyone here in the same boat?"
Ortiz shared his thoughts in a recorded conversation for the "Grandes en los Deportes" ("Big in Sports") talk show on an ESPN Deportes Radio affiliate in the Dominican Republic.



"I have spent many years in Boston and still do not know the right way to do things: Do it right or do it wrong," Ortiz said. "If you do it wrong, they'll finish you. If you're doing well, they'll finish you, too. There's no area where you feel safe."
Ortiz, who said he is a "big, firm believer" in Major League Baseball's drug-testing program, told ESPN's Pedro Gomez on Wednesday that he was tested for PEDs on Tuesday night. Ortiz also told the Globe he has been tested "probably" five times this season.
Ortiz told Gomez he never has entertained the idea of using PEDs.
"This is a stage in my career that it's never crossed my mind ... to get involved with anything related to PEDs," Ortiz said.
Ortiz has been linked to PEDs in the past.
The New York Times reported in 2009 that he tested positive for PEDs during the 2003 season. Ortiz later said a combination of then-legal supplements and vitamins likely caused a positive test.
"I've had a couple of bad Aprils and they have tried to bring me to the point of suicide, but the seasons have continued, and I got better and finished with good numbers, but they have continued talking about the bad Aprils. Now I'm having a good April and they attack me anyhow," Ortiz told the radio show.



Ortiz had his 27-game hitting streak snapped in Wednesday's loss to the Twins, going 0-for-5, but still entered Thursday with a .381 average with four home runs and 17 RBIs in 16 games. The torrid start came after he missed the team's first 15 games with the Achilles injury, which also sidelined him for most of the second half of last year.
After the Red Sox' 15-8 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, Ortiz wrote in his Twitter account: "The end of my hitting streak, but the season continues. Hopefully Dan Shaughnessy is a happy man now. No more .426, enjoy it."
"[Shaughnessy] thinks that because I'm 37, I go to the plate without a bat," Ortiz said. "I work a lot. I spend many hours before the game to prepare. I take on early practices, I watch videos, exercise. He should talk about that, about the routine I have for every game."

Ah... When in Doubt, RACIST!!!!

Fuck that shit!

 

[Down38st8]

Oh...and Austin Romine? Yeah...apparently he's a got a little too much of his dad in him...

 

[Zig]

Ok. You seem pissed. If you don't see Youk as a mammoth upgrade over Jayson nix and Chris Nelson, well....

And yeah, Vernon Wells and Travis Hafner

Not pissed at all. I like the Youker. I just know we'd be laughed at if we we're excitedly waiting for Youker to come back and save us.

 

[black francis]

i think the kate upton / chappee debate was just as entertaining

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

Prove it.

How does it feel to be looking at the Yankees and AAAA lineup?

No Youk

No Jeter

No Grandy

No Tex

No A-Rod

NO PROBLEM!!!!

Time to beat up on the Royals

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im happy that you are happy to have caught a team projected for last place

jerk

 

[PeteNYC]

ugh

why?

you could smell disaster on that a mile away

he is normalizing!

 

[b_lake]

scal i love you....you are an orioles fan but arent a fucking faggot...you get it..i would go to war with you even though you like a team that fuckin sucks...your a good shit

this was my favorite

fcukin uno...dont be such a fucking faggot more peoplr eould like you...but too much your a faggot...john isnt a faggot even though sometimes he want people to think he is an asshole....you always get faggoty when people dont tell you what you like



lets go mets

WOW...

 

[Village Plumber]

It's not about that. Tex replaces overbuy and youk replaces Chris Nelson. That's what really matters

More importantly than anything, the Yankees lineup will be somewhat respectable against lefties

Youk, Tex, and by catchers standards, Cervelli all hit lefties well

Granderson, like most people with a pulse are still huge upgrade over Ben Francisco (really, Grandy replaces wells in left, and wells replaces suckcisco at DH)

This lineup against lefties looks a lot better than what they're currently trotting out:

1) Gardner
2) Cano
3) Tex
4) Youk
5) Wells
6) Grandy
7) Cervelli
8) Ichiro
9) The abomination at SS that "we need to give 500 at bats" to

Of course that'll never happen, if for no other reason than Girardi will have a heart attack if there's 4 lefties in that lineup

But one can at least dream about a presentable lineup against lefty pitchers

 

[CowboyB]

Who turned JD into such a bitter slab of queer? Oh yeah, me. Damn I'm good at pissing people off.

 

[PeteNYC]

i think only snoogins said the sox would be in first all year

divisions shuffle, all season usually

the biggest problem now is this team was DESIGNED to be bullpen-centric if you will. sox starters are generally all #2's and 3's. the pen was designed to be deep with hard throwers, to take pressure off the staff and hold late leads...this teamisnt going to score a shit ton of runs like in years past.

now the pens falling apart

interesting note:

over the last 3 closers...jenks, bailey, hanrahan

sox have sunk 27 million bux

and gotten absolutely nothing

I am sure he won't be here ...but if he is, Ask DOWN about the same management as 04 and 07 and his faith that they get it right.

 

[BUCCS469]

i think the kate upton / chappee debate was just as entertaining

i missed a lot of that...i was having trouble focusing