Know Your Enemy:

by 0157H7 on Apr 30, 2009 12:26 AM EDT

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Huh?

21 votes

I get it. Two words: Momentum... sssssssssssSucking.

38 votes

Hey, what's the big idea? Lugo's hitting pretty well, and it's not like Green was superb on the field either.

38 votes

Down with Erroneous Imperialism!... No Lugo!... We Won't Stop, We Won't Yield, Lugo Leave the Middle Infield!

69 votes

Funny how Lugo sucked in 2007, and the Sox still won the World Series.

119 votes

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Since lowrie is sidelined….we dont have anyone better than lugo right now. HIs defense will even out and be decent. His hitting will be mediocre. If we had another HanRam waiting in the wings id be calling for lugos departure, but we dont. And by golly we have a pretty awesome team anyway.

by spinz on Apr 30, 2009 4:36 AM EDT reply actions

It is called player development/procurement, so

develop or procure another, better one. If you convince yourself to live with mediocrity, that’s what you will become.

by NG on Apr 30, 2009 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Easier said than done

And the Sox already have a better playe—Jed Lowrie.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 30, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Look, stop talking in circles.

As a loyal Sox fan who wants a championship this year, I don’t want Lugo as a regular starter because I am convinced from watching him that he cannot deliver a championship product, at least not anymore and probably not ever. If you agree, then fine, end of discussion! Make him a Back-up and let’s not talk about him anymore as a regular starter.

I am just afraid that Sox management has a masochistic guilt feeling about spending the big bucks on Lugo so they feel they have to start him. His play is awful for the most part and he poisons the team with his momentum draining performances or lack thereof.

by NG on Apr 30, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

BTW, anyone happen to notice the one game we lost in the last 13!

LUGO was in it poisoning the momentum and team spirit. He can not even catch a simple perfect throw into the center of his mitt when a DP was sorely needed. Such mistakes (which he makes often) do have consequences. Rallies like last night can have initiations and can often succeed, but not too often with a poisoner like Lugo in the mix! That’s the point, IMHO!

by NG on Apr 30, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

This last point is beyond silly

How was Lugo "poisoning the momentum and team spirit. " Sure, his error hurt. But the Sox had a lead late in the game (on a Lugo RBI, no less) and the pen couldn’t hold the lead. NG, there is no evidence that Lugo is unpopular with his teammates.

BTW, did you notice that the Sox scored the winning run last night after Lugo entered the game?

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 30, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Are You Kidding

Uhm…Green is way better than Lugo any day. Green can field and hit. Lugo hits once in a while and his fielding is garbage!

by Twisted_Wick on Apr 30, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Green… field? Six errors so far. That’s not very good…

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on May 2, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you?

All you have to do is look at Green’s career stats to see that he is playing way over his head.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 30, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Reply fail

to Twisted_Wick

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 30, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

by nuthinboutnuthin on Apr 30, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

True, in a way.

He is the worst player on the team, yes. But could they do worse? Yes. He is better than other SS’s in the league and was worth right around 1 win above replacement each of the last two years.

by BTLove on Apr 30, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions