4/11 vs the Orioles

[Palodios]

I think I may have just broken a bone in my hand.

[CaliSoxFan04]

Remember when Ellsbury was a beast at the plate?

 

LETS GO RED SOX! *loud noise x5*

LETS GO RED SOX! *loud noise x5*

LETS GO RED SOX! *loud noise x5*

LETS GO RED SOX! *loud noise x5*

 

that seems like forever ago

[TylerD]

DAMN DAMN DAMN I HATE THE OS

 

This times 100000000000000

[TylerD]

I think I may have just broken a bone in my hand.

 

Dido.

[a700hitter]

The Orioles were not some kind of fluke in 2012. The play very well in tight games.

[BornToRun]

It's Joyce's fault. We would've had two on and then we could've bunted them over and go it in. O's got lucky.

[wyo-sox]

2 4 1 dogs..... remember we were here to see it.

[wyo-sox]

This times 100000000000000

 

Plus one

[BornToRun]

The Orioles were not some kind of fluke in 2012. The play very well in tight games.

 

********. They're 1-3 so far. They aren't this good and they will fall to earth. Just because Hanrahan blows doesn't make them worth dick.

[redsoxbeatz]

Boras wants to get Ellsbury $18-20M/yr??

 

For what?? Time to TURN IT ON, Sox!!

[BornToRun]

All the O's fans gonna be partying it up in their crack dens tonight.

[Station 13]

God I hate Hanrahan.

[RedSoxNC84]

All the O's fans gonna be partying it up in their crack dens tonight.

 

Somebody is getting shot tonight for sure

[BornToRun]

I hate that this bothers me as much as it does. Godf***ingdamnit!

[jung]

NESN continues the post game tradition of interviewing somebody from the enemy if they win.

 

"Just how did you f*** us right in the eyeball?"

 

I cannot stand that. Just interview a Sox player or nobody please.

[RedSoxNC84]

Can we get rid of umpires yet?

[BornToRun]

NESN continues the post game tradition of interviewing somebody from the enemy if they win.

 

"Just how did you f*** us right in the eyeball?"

 

I cannot stand that. Just interview a Sox player or nobody please.

 

I don't want them to be hawk harrelson but the nesn crew is far too unbiased. I've seen don get excited when the Yankees beat us and that's just unacceptable.

[SoxSport]

They missed Iggy tonite at SS. He might have had that grounder that tied the game. Drew looked slow footed on that one. He's a guy pushing 30 coming off a bad ankle break. On his last legs, maybe as a SS.

 

Bradley a great catch early, but looking tentative at the plate swinging at slow stuff low and inside. You figure he'll be going to AAA soon. Not sure the tradeoff of defense for hitting losing Iggy and Bradley will help the pitching.

 

Aceves pitched better tonite than Dempster, but Dempster is making the money. Same old story, same old Red Sox.

[Station 13]

We need a shake up from the 3-5 hole. They're not doing much. When's Ortiz returning?

[seabeachfred]

********. They're 1-3 so far. They aren't this good and they will fall to earth. Just because Hanrahan blows doesn't make them worth dick.

 

BTR, tonight we looked very much like that pathetic Red Sox team of last season, failing to hit with runners in scoring position, allowing the Orioles to beat us in a close game at home, blaming umpires for bad calls and God knows what else. We should all be pissed off right about now and so should the team. There should be no more fu##in' excuses; they need to start playing wise and confident baseball again.

[jung]

Royals start 6-3. Jays start 3-6. Go figure.

 

Iggy definitely helps the D at SS but I think Nava would have been steadier in LF than JBJ has been. JBJ has booted about four balls in the outfield, one for an error. He has actually made more mistakes out there than plays out there. JBJ is definitely better than Gomes but so is a shoe horn. If Nava continues to hit, Gomes should still have trouble breaking into the lineup when JBJ goes down. Nava should get the bulk of the play out there at that point.

 

Now Nava is not a great choice either but the whole Gomes thing and the Sox "plan" for LF appears to be the weakest part of the offseason player adds the Sox brought here at least IMO.

[seabeachfred]

Royals start 6-3. Jays start 3-6. Go figure.

 

Iggy definitely helps the D at SS but I think Nava would have been steadier in LF than JBJ has been. JBJ has booted about four balls in the outfield, one for an error. He has actually made more mistakes out there than plays out there. JBJ is definitely better than Gomes but so is a shoe horn. If Nava continues to hit, Gomes should still have trouble breaking into the lineup when JBJ goes down. Nava should get the bulk of the play out there at that point.

 

Now Nava is not a great choice either but the whole Gomes thing and the Sox "plan" for LF appears to be the weakest part of the offseason player adds the Sox brought here at least IMO.

 

Jackie is pressing badly and I don't think Nava can keep it up. He always start fast and then pisses out. Maybe he won't this year, but Gomes must play against lefthanders, otherwise why the f*** this we get him anyway? Only my opinion but I think we looked like s*** tonight. I'm getting sick of seeing those bastard Orioles always beating us now in our own backyard.

[jung]

Why did they get Gomes...A mistake I think...he will punish us almost every time we see him with a glove on his claw IMO. That is not to say, we had good choices for LF but how the Sox convinced themselves that Gomes would hold up in LF even as a platoon is beyond me.

[seabeachfred]

Why did they get Gomes...A mistake I think...he will punish us almost every time we see him with a glove on his claw IMO. That is not to say, we had good choices for LF but how the Sox convinced themselves that Gomes would hold up in LF even as a platoon is beyond me.

 

I was holding out this past winter for resigning Cody Ross, not the greatest fielder but better than Gomes with the glove. Yet we see Cody on the shelf in Arizona. We're just going to have to gut it out with Gomes and hope for the best unless.......

 

1. Bradley suddenly gets hot and nails down the LF position.

2. Nava finally stays hot for more than one month a year.

 

Aside from that there are few other choices. Gomes was considered a good team player, great clubhouse guy and murder on lefthanders. Let's pray that is strengths are an overmatch for his weaknesses.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Really starting to hate the O's. Not more than the Yankees, but it's getting there. This loss tonight really made yesterdays game hurt more. I expect Hanrahan to blow games, but he should have easily had that game yesterday. I hope next time we face these ****s, we destroy them.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Tough couple of losses the last couple days. Not worried, though. We're still in first in the East, and we're still playing at a 90 win pace, and we're doing all of this without the most potent bat in our lineup.

 

We out played the O's in 2/3, just imploded in the 9th in the 2nd game.

 

Yeah, Salty K'd in the 9th in an AB where both of the called strikes were outside of the zone, but regardless, this loss falls on Andrew Miller.

 

When you're pumping 98 from the left side with elbows, legs, and arms flying everywhere, why the hell do you go back to a slider down and away on the 2-2 pitch? Or even the 1-2 pitch?? But especially on the 2-2 pitch. That was just a horrible, horrible pitch selection by Salty/Miller.

[mvp 78]

Drew got on base more than any other Sox last night. The problem is the lack of production from the 4 and 5 hitters. It's great that WMB produced in a blowout, how abouta clutch hit in a close game?

 

All in all, Sox have won 2 of first 3 series in the division. Have to be happy about that!

[SoxSport]

April is a bad month to judge players. The hot ST hitters go cold and the cold ST hitters get hot. Drives fantasy players nuts. A guy hitting .500 in ST is bound to cool off. At least most of them do. I would say right now they are better off with Iggy at SS and Bradley in AAA, but it's the opposite--because they have more money at SS than in LF. Nava's play, however, makes Bradley's move to AAA imminent. I think he's become tentative at the plate. Tillman threw only two slow curves last night in the early innings-both to Bradley. And he missed both. That will get around fast.

 

At SS, they miss Iggy's defense and speed. Drew just watched that grounder go by him last night to score the tying run. Iggy would have dived for it. Maybe saved the run. But the FO has sunk $10million in Drew, and that's their priority.

 

But the real problem with the Red Sox is the 3-4-5 starters. They need an upgrade to contend. Last night, Aceves threw just 79 pitches. That's unacceptable if you expect to keep a bullpen from burning out in August. The BP has had 9 appearances the last two games. One inning each appearance. That's a lot of pitches, when you consider they are throwing about 20 or so heating up in the BP. They've got to get at least 100 pitches out of their starters if they expect the BP to hold together. Already too much pressure on them.

[SoxSport]

Tough couple of losses the last couple days. Not worried, though. We're still in first in the East, and we're still playing at a 90 win pace, and we're doing all of this without the most potent bat in our lineup.

 

We out played the O's in 2/3, just imploded in the 9th in the 2nd game.

 

Yeah, Salty K'd in the 9th in an AB where both of the called strikes were outside of the zone, but regardless, this loss falls on Andrew Miller.

 

When you're pumping 98 from the left side with elbows, legs, and arms flying everywhere, why the hell do you go back to a slider down and away on the 2-2 pitch? Or even the 1-2 pitch?? But especially on the 2-2 pitch. That was just a horrible, horrible pitch selection by Salty/Miller.

 

Salty just isn't a great catcher. Just watch Ross behind the plate if you want a comparison.

Any fool can see that.

[Dojji]

The Orioles are a team that won 90 games last year, so I don't feel too bad dropping a series to them. Get 'em next time. The only thing that sucked about it is that had Hanrahan made the save they would have salvaged the getaway day.