Duran on 1b and Hamilton flies out, so Devers is smiling.
Duran on 1b and Hamilton flies out, so Devers is smiling.
Did I not say you absolutely must throw strikes when you throw heat to Devers?
OK. 2 on, 2 out, and Yoshida to the plate. I'll take a lying, cheating, no good, lowdown sneaky single.
SOX continue their tradition of losing the 1st game of a series. They've got it down to a science.
5 of 6 hits against Bello were off of his sinker/fastball. He likes it, and so do opposing hitters. Ain't that nice?
They also continue to struggle against the teams over .500Originally Posted by SPLENDIDSPLINTER
Continue? Continue!!!???? They just took 2 of 3 from the Phillies.
Well, at least the Celtics got another NBA title. Oh, wait . . .
Not much fun at all, tonight.
Gotta bounce back, next game.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Bad night/good night. The Celtics sucked, and got embarrassed by the Mavs, and also embarrassed themselves in a well deserved loss. On the Red Sox side BBB (Big Baby Bello) couldn’t last 5 innings, and had another bad outing raising his ERA to an unimpressive 5.00 in a well deserved loss. On the good side Dugy got to strut his stuff hitting a HR on the first pitch he saw, and getting a couple of more hits as well. I said when Dugy got traded to the Yankees he would come back to haunt them, which was an easy prediction to make, and I’m sure he’s not done yet. Go Dugy!🤫
Meh. You exaggerate mediocrity and you ignore the simple fact that this year, without Verdugo, the Sox outfield is crowded with talent. I'll take Abreu in RF anytime, plus his cost is lower. FWIW, Abreu has a higher WAR and higher OPS.
That said, yessireebob, he hammered the Sox last night. That dinger was in straightaway CF, the deepest part of Fenway. Getting Dugo was a definite plus for the Yankees, and he looks pretty happy too.
A shout out to SPLENDIDSPLINTER, who brought us two terrific wins over the Phillies.
That wall is hard, and right now Duran, in this season of endless trips to the IL, leads the Sox in games played, total bases, and WAR (3.8).
Were I Cora, I would have told Duran when he came in from left fied, "nice move. Don't go near the Monster unless you are sure you won't bump into it. If Drew Barrymore or some other damsel in distress shows up, that's a different story."
They really do have to tell Duran to be a bit more careful.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
The thing about NY, is that the fans can turn on a player, very quickly. (Sound familiar?)
Dugo has been a success for the Yankees. Every Yankee fan would agree. I do think the issues he had with the Sox have not gone away. At some point, they will resurface, and let's see what happens, then. The other thing about the Dugo trade was the years of control: one. Weissert and Fitts both have 5 years.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
2 of 3 vs. the Phillies has me pumped up again.
I am, hands down, the least expert and most ill-informed contributor here, so take this with a grain of salt. Last night Bello was up for the Yankees and way better than against the White Sox--or the Tigers, for that matter.
I thought he threw hard, but that sinker fastball just maybe doesn't sink very much because the Yankees pounced on it, including when it was over 97 mph. Also, his changeup, which is an important pitch, didn't look so hot--not much break and not command control. I hasten to add that Bello was not calling his own pitches--they were coming from Wong or from the bench.
To me it's instructive to compare Judge's first at bat with Dugo's. Granted, righty vs righty, advantage to the pitcher, but Bello struck out a guy having a great season and did it with 4 breaking balls--slider, slider, changeup, slider--and one sinker fast ball, which barely nicked (or missed) the inside low corner for called strike 3. But when Dugo came to bat, it was time for his sinker, with a little oomph--which Dugo was ready for and hammered.
5 of the 6 Yankees hits were off that sinker. The other one was a single off a slider up and in the middle of the zone. Those 5 hits included 2 doubles and the Dugo dinger.
And then there's the top of the 3d inning when Soto grounded out, Judge struck out again, and Dugo grounded out. A one, two, three inning in which Bello threw 15 pitches and just 3 of them were sinker fastballs.
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