5/20 @ U.S. Cellular

[jung]

Jeez Will...when he has funky fielding days, they are really funky. Weird.....still think his fielding this year is wayyyy improved. But the E's have come in bunches for him this year.

[redsoxrules]

Middlebrooks is having a putrid season

 

And yet leads the team in HR

[MANNYHOF24]

Salty worst defensive catcher in baseball

[MANNYHOF24]

And yet leads the team in HR

 

So... He had 3 in one game. Other than that he has sucked.

[CaliSoxFan04]

that was huge!!!

[jung]

WMB is soooooooo young. He is not close to fully developed as yet. Not saying bringing him up was a mistake. I think we will have to be patient with him though.

[italstallianion]

Nobat-atosis!

 

I was thinking something like "West Polynesian Neck Flu" or something like that.

[MANNYHOF24]

This is painful to watch

[jung]

This is as whacked as Lester's motion has been this season. All over the place

 

Bound to happen where he is in the strike zone

[iortiz]

Nightmare

[Jasonbay44]

Salty ripping s***

[WMB16]

Ellsbury SUCKS...........DFA

[italstallianion]

Turns out I am right.

Fast forward to 4:00 mark for the worst of the calls and 5:00 mark for the final out. If it doesn't work, lmk.

 

 

Looks like I was wrong on that one. Damn. I thought I had it.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Wow. Ellsbury is making me lose my mind.

[iortiz]

Ellsbury is useless

[Jasonbay44]

Ellsbury is so bad

[Station 13]

f*** you Jacoby.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Hitting a lot of balls hard just right at people. That and DP's are killing us.

[jung]

I guess some folks are tired of hearing about it but Ells has gotten completely ridiculous. Please Mr. Farrell drop him in the order....something

 

I can see Farrell maybe figuring if he just keeps getting AB's he will come around but at least drop him in the order till he does come around.

 

I guess some folks don't want to hear about injury either but here comes Vic out of the lineup again. I can't help it if I can see somebody hurting sooner rather than later. I have been injured enough in my life and in enough places to know it when I see it.

[SoxFanForsyth]

This team flat out cannot hit junkballers. It's outrageous how bad they are, especially sliders and changeups. Throw 55% changeups and you've shut down this offense. And it's been like that for years.

[SoxFanForsyth]

I guess some folks are tired of hearing about it but Ells has gotten completely ridiculous. Please Mr. Farrell drop him in the order....something

 

I can see Farrell maybe figuring if he just keeps getting AB's he will come around but at least drop him in the order till he does come around.

 

I guess some folks don't want to hear about injury either but here comes Vic out of the lineup again. I can't help it if I can see somebody hurting sooner rather than later. I have been injured enough in my life and in enough places to know it when I see it.

 

Meanwhile in Pawtucket, JBJ is hitting .315 with an OPS over .900

[jung]

This team flat out cannot hit junkballers. It's outrageous how bad they are, especially sliders and changeups. Throw 55% changeups and you've shut down this offense. And it's been like that for years.

 

Well not you SFF but some folks want to have their cake and eat it too. We do have some hitters now that will just lay off that s***. We have others that just have not learned to lay off that crap.

 

The pitches you are talking about are pitchers pitches. I don't care who you are as a hitter, swinging at a pitchers pitch unless you have to is just not smart. It does not matter whether it is a strike or not. The idea that every strike is worth swinging at is what gets hitters eventually swinging at s*** that looks like it is going to be a strike but ends up 6 inches outside and bouncing in front of the plate.

 

The idea that reducing your working strike zone is "minor league" suggests that some of the greatest hitters in history were minor league. The entire foundation for Teddy Ballgame's hitting approach was built around working a reduced strike zone.

[Jasonbay44]

"Napoli with the walk, the 2nd leadoff walk of the inning"

[CaliSoxFan04]

Come on WMB!

[RedSoxNC84]

"Napoli with the walk, the 2nd leadoff walk of the inning"

 

I noticed that too haha

[Jasonbay44]

Good s*** WMB.

 

Also, my MLB TV is being retarded and wont let me change broadcasts. Holy s***, I cannot stand these announcers.

[Station 13]

If only Ellsbury know how to work the count and draws walk, he'd be a lot less infuriating.

[CaliSoxFan04]

Good s*** WMB.

 

Also, my MLB TV is being retarded and wont let me change broadcasts. Holy s***, I cannot stand these announcers.

 

having the same problem

[jung]

And WMB does crush balls middle in....up, down sideways...if they are middle in he crushes them. He also can hit pitches on the outer half if they are up in the zone but he does not crush those.

[iortiz]

Let the guy pitch