9/5 @ Mariners, game 138

[jung]

It was pretty funny but at the same time V hit the nail on the head when he said "Makes pretty good radio doesn't it". I would rather see them ask V real questions as opposed to just goading him.

 

The exact question that set him off was "are you trying to get fired bobby?". How the hell is he supposed to answer that question? Yes I am trying to get fired.

 

Ask him something about his strategy in a game....how he is handling particular pitching situations or other situations. Don't just set him off for purposes of setting him off....Ordway tried later to legitimize what he was doing hiding behind what had "been opined" in other media outlets but that is ********. This is the Manager of the Red Sox and a guy that comes on that show once per week and frankly all Ordway has done every week has been to try to goad V to go to a place where V could not go if he wanted to.

[jung]

Lester doing Ford truck commercials...probably accounting for a drop off in Ford truck sales in New England.

[Station 13]

getting shut out by Milwood. Deadwood can shut the team down too.

[Station 13]

3PA, 5 pitches seen.

[jung]

At least Ells has some stubble going tonight. He would do well to look a little grimier. I am getting tired of seeing Mr. Fancy Pants trotting up to the plate...dribbling the ball nowhere and trotting back to the dugout. At least grow a little stubble and look like your pissed off and have started hard drinkin' in an effort to drown your tale of woe.

[wyo-sox]

It was pretty funny but at the same time V hit the nail on the head when he said "Makes pretty good radio doesn't it". I would rather see them ask V real questions as opposed to just goading him.

 

The exact question that set him off was "are you trying to get fired bobby?". How the hell is he supposed to answer that question? Yes I am trying to get fired.

 

Ask him something about his strategy in a game....how he is handling particular pitching situations or other situations. Don't just set him off for purposes of setting him off....Ordway tried later to legitimize what he was doing hiding behind what had "been opined" in other media outlets but that is ********. This is the Manager of the Red Sox and a guy that comes on that show once per week and frankly all Ordway has done every week has been to try to goad V to go to a place where V could not go if he wanted to.

 

Well said. I agreed with everything Bobby said on the air today

[wyo-sox]

Sign Ross 2 to 3 year deal, see if he can transition to our first baseman.

[jung]

The guy that really surprised me when he made the transition to 1st was Yaz. He did not have the prototypical 1st baseman body. Yaz was never really that big a guy. Ya' figured his footwork would suffer around 1st because it was not something he had been doing. He actually did pretty well over there. Never really embarrassed himself and actually made some pretty good plays over there. Saved more bad throws over there than I ever thought he would.

[jung]

Talk about play around 1st...that was a hell of a play by Loney over there.

[wyo-sox]

Talk about play around 1st...that was a hell of a play by Loney over there.

 

Wow, it sure was. That was sweet.

[wyo-sox]

Yaz was well before my time, but what I read it sounds like he was a flat out ball player and competitor that would have found a way to succeed anywhere on the field.

[wyo-sox]

Nice at bat Mike.

[Taz]

Oh, hell no... not Aceves... Is it only for the one hitter or will he be back in for the 8th, I wonder...

 

The only mercy being that we are not in a winning position atm.

[TylerD]

Holy s*** do we suck. I know, sounding like a broken record.

[TylerD]

Oh, hell no... not Aceves... Is it only for the one hitter or will he be back in for the 8th, I wonder...

 

The only mercy being that we are not in a winning position atm.

 

All on the offense tonight. Looked absolutely dead out there. Pitching was our shining star tonight.

[Taz]

Thanks for small mercies... that this road trip is finally over, 1-8. Absolutely abysmal.

[jung]

It is the way they are playing for the most part that bothers me. No joy in their game whatsoever. They do seem to blend a bit better as a team with Ross taking on more responsibility in the middle of the lineup than anybody including myself ever expected. Obviously there is no doubt that Ortiz would slot right into this lineup without a problem.

 

If Ells can't get on base more than he does, that is a problem. I don't like anything he is doing and to be honest did not like what he was doing for the brief period before he was injured this season. One of my overarching impressions of Ells now having watched him for awhile is that he is a careless ballplayer. He does not seem to have a sense for what the team really needs from him and when it needs it. He feigns a bunt so many times yet when the team really needs one he can't lay one down. There are times when I am OK with him careening into walls and times when not. There are times when I am OK with a somewhat reckless base running technique and times not. His injuries seem to come out of left field. The game is just sort of rolling along, not at a particularly critical period and suddenly Ellls is on the ground and not getting up. How many times over his entire career has he made a play that we thought memorable? In truth....not very often. I am having difficulty convincing myself that Ells is actually a prime time player and as I said earlier tonight, these days when I seem him trotting around from dugout to batters box down the first base line and invariably back to dugout, I see dollar bills trailing off of him as he trots while Boras pulls his hair out by the roots.

 

Maybe in part Ells represents one of the major flaws in the Sox player analysis. They seem to become enamored with players that just are not really doing much that translates into wins. I really don't care much what a player is doing if he is not contributing to wins.

 

My enduring memory of AGons will be that while he is a terrific ballplayer, I have seen more exciting tiddlywinks matches than watching Agons play baseball because he rarely seems to be around in the most critical moments of a game.

 

Agons....zzzzzzzz.....Crawford.....zzzzzzzzz.......Ells.....?????????

[Brennan]

Is Papi on maternity leave? I mean WTF?

[a700hitter]

Ahead is another month of meaningless unwatchable regular season games followed by a month of post season games without the Red Sox. We have a couple of months before players file for free agency, so there is really nothing for us to discuss about the Sox until then. Other than Pedroia, there isn't a single player who creates any interest with the bat, We have 1 good starting pitcher--one. Lester has become a mediocre pitcher that grinds games out in a tortuous manner. The rest of the rotation is stocked with pigs. My goodness what a pile of s***. After creating such a prolonged period of fan apathy, good luck to the FO in recapturing the interest of the fans.

[a700hitter]

I wonder what NESN ratings will look like in September.