[eddieisannoying]

I'm OK with the split screen at crucial times, but can they make the screens bigger and cut down on the @!&%ing Fox logo

[Patrick Pass]

Ozzie Guillen = Mike Martz of baseball

[Sea Bass]

This is infuriating! The box with the freakin' announcers' names is bigger than the Sox screen. I cannot believe they are pulling this crap on us.

[sam vincent]

this is @!&%ing preposerous. i can't even watch the @!&%nig sox game WTF!!!!

[Poston Brothers Inc.]

baskerville holmes, on Oct 1 2005, 02:37 PM, said:

I dont really want to watch the cleveland game an occasional score is fine

Seriously WTF?

Were missing the @!&%ing game. WTF are they thinking.

Stop it now

[Cooz14]

Nixon. One Pitch. :angry:

[baskerville holmes]

Im completely perplexed, why is fox torturing me ?

[Kevin]

Hey, there's a guy on first. Can we go back to our game now???

[Feejis]

:angry:

Enough already.

Honestly, I might have to gouge my eyes out so I don't have to see this **** anymore.

Hey aresholes - the Sox have men on base too.

[Patrick Pass]

sam vincent, on Oct 1 2005, 02:38 PM, said:

this is @!&%ing preposerous. i can't even watch the @!&%nig sox game WTF!!!!

If they're going to do split screen can they at least make the Sox game the bigger split screen? Jesus Christ. :angry:

[Feejis]

I miss Wally. :(

[sam vincent]

THIS IS AWFUL. told you they don't care about their viewers. 200 million people could complain about this and it wouldn't make a difference.

[Sea Bass]

I guess they assume our game is over because it's 6-2. This is a joke.

[baskerville holmes]

Id like to know the count on Damon

[Miserable Fellow]

Feejis, on Oct 1 2005, 02:32 PM, said:

That Chicago game is an example of small ball coming back to bite you in the arse.

Back to back singles to start the inning. Guy can't get the bunt down. Fouls off the first attempt, then ends up trying anyhow with 2 strikes. Next batter, double play - inning over.

Small ball backfired on the Sox twice yesterday but benefitted them once. It's a percentage play, and the case against it is often overstated.

2 of the top 3 AL teams in Stolen Bases are in the playoffs, and 3 of the top 6 in the majors. If Boston or NY miss the playoffs, only 1 of the top 5 in OBP in the majors will make it. Plus, a team with almost the same stolen base success/failure profile as this year's ChiSox won the World Series two years ago in the 2003 Marlins.

Sox steal another base. When it really counts, they're going to try some small ball tactics. New York has let up the 2nd most steals in the majors this years, so it makes sense to try.

[Feejis]

Sea Bass, on Oct 1 2005, 02:41 PM, said:

I guess they assume our game is over because it's 6-2.    This is a joke.

Yet they'll stick with a 30-10 NFL game all the way to the end.

[Patrick Pass]

Fox25 in Dedham (781)467-2525

Edit: When I called 411 the operator said "Are you calling for Fox too?" when I said Dedham. She said that is all the calls she is getting. :lol:

[Feejis]

ANyone want to put money on which game we get when they come back from commercial?

[Kevin]

Patrick Pass, on Oct 1 2005, 02:42 PM, said:

Fox25 in Dedham (781)467-2525

Edit: When I called 411 the operator said "Are you calling for Fox too?" when I said Dedham. She said that is all the calls she is getting.  :lol:

Busy signal, of course.

[Cooz14]

Miserable Fellow, on Oct 1 2005, 02:42 PM, said:

Small ball backfired on the Sox twice yesterday but benefitted them once.  It's a percentage play, and the case against it is often overstated.

2 of the top 3 AL teams in Stolen Bases are in the playoffs, and 3 of the top 6 in the majors.  If Boston or NY miss the playoffs, only 1 of the top 5 in OBP in the majors will make it.  Plus, a team with almost the same stolen base success/failure profile as this year's ChiSox won the World Series two years ago in the 2003 Marlins.

Sox steal another base.  When it really counts, they're going to try some small ball tactics. New York has let up the 2nd most steals in the majors this years, so it makes sense to try.

Um...so you are saying the Sox or Yankees will miss the playoffs because of their offense? :wacko:

[Feejis]

Miserable Fellow, on Oct 1 2005, 02:42 PM, said:

Small ball backfired on the Sox twice yesterday but benefitted them once.  It's a percentage play, and the case against it is often overstated.

2 of the top 3 AL teams in Stolen Bases are in the playoffs, and 3 of the top 6 in the majors.  If Boston or NY miss the playoffs, only 1 of the top 5 in OBP in the majors will make it.  Plus, a team with almost the same stolen base success/failure profile as this year's ChiSox won the World Series two years ago in the 2003 Marlins.

Sox steal another base.  When it really counts, they're going to try some small ball tactics. New York has let up the 2nd most steals in the majors this years, so it makes sense to try.

I think it has its place. But they're going against a Cleveland team that can't hit recently. Not that Ozuna is a particularly good hitter, but essentially giving up the at bat when you had a chance at a big inning might not be the best timing.

Wakefield. :angry:

[Kevin]

Thankfully, they didn't miss the A-Rod homer.

[lobstah]

Unfair and Unbalanced Fox coverage !!

[eddieisannoying]

ok, you can stop dialing now. the cleveland game is more important now.

[Kevin]

Weren't Tim Wakefield's numbers on three days rest horrible?? I guess there's something to it.

[baskerville holmes]

The Spanish announcer just told me Alex had promised his boyfriend a home run this afternoon.

[Feejis]

Why would they bring in Stanton? Not sure using a lefty specialist in the 5th inning of a blowout is the best time.

It was nice of Buck to recap everything we missed while these jackasses were making us watch the other game. I wonder if even he gets annoyed at these things.

[sam vincent]

FOX doesn't care about people's complaints. they have Butch @!&%ing Sterns on the air every night.

[Kevin]

Feejis, on Oct 1 2005, 02:49 PM, said:

Why would they bring in Stanton? Not sure using a lefty specialist in the 5th inning of a blowout is the best time.

It was nice of Buck to recap everything we missed while these jackasses were making us watch the other game. I wonder if even he gets annoyed at these things.

He sounded kinda pissed.

[Poston Brothers Inc.]

Its not exactly a blowout. Unit looks shaky. If we score a couple were right back in.

[Miserable Fellow]

Cooz14, on Oct 1 2005, 02:44 PM, said:

Um...so you are saying the Sox or Yankees will miss the playoffs because of their offense? :wacko:

No. It's just annoying that whenever a bunt fails in the western hemisphere we have to sit through a lecture from the Bill James Bible.

[AthleticFamily]

The girl made a better play than Millar. :(

[Feejis]

Poston Brothers Inc., on Oct 1 2005, 02:51 PM, said:

Its not exactly a blowout.  Unit looks shaky.  If we score a couple were right back in.

I know. And should Stanton/Myers come in right now and face the next 2 lefties, that would be a benefit. But then if the game gets closer later on, you only have 1 more available for either Matsui or Giambi. The Yanks would presumably hit for Tino late in a close game.

Tough call. I'm glad I don't have to make it.

[Sea Bass]

OK, Joe Buck keeps saying that if Cleveland loses today and the Yankees win, the Yankees clinch the AL East. That can't be right, can it?

EDIT: Sorry for posting this 3x, new browser issues.

[LarryLegend]

Hey things aren't that bad.
My New England Patriots just won the Super Bowl on Madden.


So we've got that goin for us. :unsure:

[Feejis]

Sea Bass, on Oct 1 2005, 02:54 PM, said:

OK, Joe Buck keeps saying that if Cleveland loses today and the Yankees win, the Yankees clinch the AL East.          That can't be right, can it?

Yep. If the Yanks and Sox split these final 2 games and end up tied, and both in the playoffs, the Yankees get the division due to better head to head.

Cleveland losing today means they can't catch the Yankees if they win, but Cleveland and the Sox could still tie pending tomorrow's games.

[sam vincent]

2 pitches 2 outs.

it's a blowout now.

[AthleticFamily]

Yes.

How about working the count Edgar, you too Papi.

[baskerville holmes]

Its wrong to hope Millar trips on a batting donut and hurts his ankle on the way to the box but I do.

[eddieisannoying]

Sea Bass, on Oct 1 2005, 02:54 PM, said:

OK, Joe Buck keeps saying that if Cleveland loses today and the Yankees win, the Yankees clinch the AL East.          That can't be right, can it?

yes it is. If the Yanks and Red Sox tie at the end of the year, The Yanks get the AL East title by virtue of winning the season series against the Sox.

[Jason]

wow i blinked and the inning was over

[Feejis]

At least BC is winning. Too bad it's not on TV.

[Sea Bass]

eddieisannoying, on Oct 1 2005, 02:56 PM, said:

yes it is. If the Yanks and Red Sox tie at the end of the year, The Yanks get the AL East title by virtue of winning the season series against the Sox.

Makes sense. Thanks.

[AthleticFamily]

Enough with the f'in Fox broadcast, I am heading out to the truck to listen to Joe and Jerry.

[sam vincent]

can they go to the split screen now?

[Cooz14]

Miserable Fellow, on Oct 1 2005, 02:52 PM, said:

No.  It's just annoying that whenever a bunt fails in the western hemisphere we have to sit through a lecture from the Bill James Bible.

The way I look at it and it frustates me that Sox don't do this is that you play most of the game high OBP style and then in the 7-9 innings when you are +/=/- 1 run from your opponent, manufacture a run and get than guy from second home at any cost.

[Patrick Pass]

Sea Bass, on Oct 1 2005, 02:54 PM, said:

OK, Joe Buck keeps saying that if Cleveland loses today and the Yankees win, the Yankees clinch the AL East.          That can't be right, can it?

EDIT:    Sorry for posting this 3x, new browser issues.

That would be correct, because they'd be a game back of the Sox in the wildcard tomorrow. If the Sox win tomorrow, they can't catch the Sox. And the Yankees win the tiebreaker of a 2 way tie. If the Sox lose tomorrow, well the Yankees win the division anyways.

[sam vincent]

wow. millar almost @!&%ed up the run down. how can a major league ball player be so awful with a fundamental play like making sure you get the runner coming back to first base?

[Feejis]

OK, so maybe we should have done this Stanton thing a while ago.

[Patrick Pass]

Feejis, on Oct 1 2005, 02:57 PM, said:

At least BC is winning. Too bad it's not on TV.

You could always listen to Meter. Or stick hot pokers in your eye. About the same thing, really.