August 11th Red Sox VS Indians

[NativeBostonian]

Lillibridge ..bastard

 

I'm taking bets. How many times is lillibridge going to f*** us tonight?

[NC Sox Fan]

You know he's all "Oh yea? FU Boston, need a third baseman???"

[jung]

The little league game from bristol is a little more exciting although Connecticut is blanking New Hampshire. Sox and Guardians just seem to grind away at each other every time they play.

[TutGadol]

Get him out now. I don't want to see Morales pitching into his 100s to the top of the order.

[jung]

Upset with what call Ells...what the hell are you doing trying to get to third on that play anyway.

[jung]

This team turns stupid baseball into an art form.

[a700hitter]

We should be killing these pukes.

[jung]

I do understand Tut but I think V is still worried that his pen is gassed even with the one night of rest last night. Will likely try to preserve them for the rest of the season.

[a700hitter]

Upset with what call Ells...what the hell are you doing trying to get to third on that play anyway.

Nevermind going against the book that you never make the first or third out at third base, if the throw had been online he'd have been out by a full stride and a half.

[jung]

Great play by Pedey....Pedey stands out so much on this club.....not that it seems to matter to the rest of them......

[TutGadol]

Morales should never pitch past his 100s. Especially in this kind of situations.

[TutGadol]

For the record, I called it. But this year calling out how stupid the management is isn't very hard.

[jung]

Nevermind going against the book that you never make the first or third out at third base, if the throw had been online he'd have been out by a full stride and a half.

 

That was one of the dumbest plays I have seen on the base paths in a year that has seen buckets of dumb plays on the base paths.

 

and our reward is going to be runs for the Guardians in their half. I wonder how often the Sox think about how much momentum they give away to the opponent when they bail them out doing something that stupid.....Never mind...of course they don't....

[NC Sox Fan]

Don and Jerry are having a good time. What are they giggling about?

[jung]

I think V is in a no win situation at this point Tut....he is desperate not to put the pen into total oxygen depletion state where they will just be so ineffective that some game at some point turns into a complete embarrassment. Seems clear at this point that V did not think last night was enough.

 

While I get what he is trying to do, V always seems to push it to the point where the guy coming in has no room at all. Sure, they are pros...they are in the bullpen...the job is to shut the other guys down. But do you really want to leave the starter in so long when you have to go get him anyway. Given how Frank was pitching...clearly slowing...why was the first walk not enough for V....why push it out to the point where all the Guardians needed was a sac fly to take the lead in a tied game. But No....two walks and a hit batter and now he goes out to get him.

 

I just don't think it makes much sense to leave every reliever with no room ever and he usually does it with the game on the line.

[a700hitter]

And they are beating us without Kipnis.

[jung]

In the meantime we are the best confidence boosters any opposing pitcher ever saw.

[Station 13]

Two of the worst staff (Twins/Guardians) lowered their ERAs after playing this team.

[Station 13]

If that were the Sox, they would K'd or line into a DP to end the inning.

[CX360]

VERY impressive catch. Limited the damage.

[TutGadol]

What a catch. And Melancon is a minor leaguer, we gave away Lowrie for free.

[a700hitter]

Ah hem, at the risk of being annoyingly repetitive, we should know going into any game that the Sox have to score at least 5 runs to have a chance at winning.

[jung]

This is yet another season where the Sox have degenerated into playing thoughtless baseball. I know it looks like they are playing out there but they really are not.

 

Unless the Jays have already degenerated the same way, I think the Sox will have difficulty avoiding the basement this year.

[jung]

Wow, the Sox pen is averaging 3 innings of work per game now over the course of the last 30 games....do you know how bad that is?

[a700hitter]

This is yet another season where the Sox have degenerated into playing thoughtless baseball. I know it looks like they are playing out there but they really are not.

 

Unless the Jays have already degenerated the same way, I think the Sox will have difficulty avoiding the basement this year.

If the Jays hadn't lost three of their starting pitchers to season ending surgery and lost Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie to the DL, we would be in the cellar.

[Brennan]

bankee$ got Lowe?

[TutGadol]

Making Salty our day to day catcher is an insult to Varitek.

[a700hitter]

This team continues to embarrass itself. Lester will probably s*** himself tomorrow because it is a must win game.

[a700hitter]

bankee$ got Lowe?

Maybe we will get to see him ride a horse at Yankee Stadium.

[CX360]

Pretty good win. Not saying we're still in the hunt for the playoffs, but it's always good to get a win here and there.