7/23 vs Rays

[dduncan6er]

Let's get a streak going here. Need to get some runs across against Fausto...er I mean Roberto.

[jung]

Well Lester pitched his best 1st inning of recent outings by a long margin but promptly gives up the gopher to Myers to start the 2nd.

 

No middle ground for Jon. Either nipping on the edges or gopher ball city. That was a beautiful pitch for a RH batter to hit.

[mvp 78]

I see that people have come out in droves for this GT!

[User Name]

Settle down Lester, for the love of God.

[MANNYHOF24]

More up and down ******** for Lester. I am longing for the days of 94-97 from Lester. I think his regression to 92-94 has really hurt him as a pitcher.

[mvp 78]

Yeah, getting older hurts a lot of pitchers.

[Station 13]

More up and down ******** for Lester. I am longing for the days of 94-97 from Lester. I think his regression to 92-94 has really hurt him as a pitcher.

 

7 batter face, only 1 located 1st pitch strike (Molina). the other Meyers took him deep for a ball up and in, with his catcher setting low. His control sucks. He has more than enough stuff if he could locate.

[mvp 78]

F this 3rd base coach.

[dduncan6er]

With the play in front of him like that Ortiz is making that call by himself.

[Station 13]

s*** man.

[User Name]

Papi doesn't make a lot of baserunning blunders, and that one hurt.

[MANNYHOF24]

Carp!!

[SoxFanForsyth]

Extremely dumb baserunning. Line drive made Ortiz freeze and the play in front of you?? So dumb.

[Station 13]

that bounce kick the ball right back to Rodriguez.

[User Name]

All Carp does is hit

[User Name]

Fausto Hernandez is at 41 pitches already, and he's not out of this inning. It doesn't look like Roberto Carmona will have a long stay on the mound tonight.

[User Name]

Warning track power from Drew

[a700hitter]

F this 3rd base coach.

Butterball is a terrible third base coach. He has made some terrible decisions lately.

[jung]

The thing I did not like about Lester's 1st inning is that he was compelled to show every pitch in his arsenal. Kind of unusual for a 1st inning.

[User Name]

What is it with the Red Sox and their inability to find a goddman 3B coach that's competent?

[italstallianion]

Butterball is a terrible third base coach. He has made some terrible decisions lately.

 

When was the last time we had a good third base coach?

[a700hitter]

When was the last time we had a good third base coach?

I thought Hale was a good third base coach.

[dduncan6er]

Third base coach has to be the most thankless coaching job in sports. Only noticed when you're messing up.

[MANNYHOF24]

Lester got a little lucky on that strikeout, should have been ball 4.

[a700hitter]

Third base coach has to be the most thankless coaching job in sports. Only noticed when you're messing up.

Butterball gets plenty of notice every year.

[SoxFanForsyth]

The Sox aggression on the base paths is going to come back and bite sometimes. Given, you have to pick your spots better than that, and the Ortiz blunder tonight was awful and inexcuseable, but overall the 3B coach has not been bad at all IMO.

[Station 13]

iglesias can't be far off from a demotion. Take the few dozen infield hits and slice it by half, he's hitting about .280, slice by half again and he's barely over the Mendoza line.

[jung]

Lester is not pitching that badly so far. When he gets into those endless strings of 3-1 counts he is usually just a train wreck waiting to happen. Has not done that so far tonight.

[Palodios]

This is Lester's game to win.

[Standing Room]

iglesias can't be far off from a demotion. Take the few dozen infield hits and slice it by half, he's hitting about .280, slice by half again and he's barely over the Mendoza line.

 

My head hurts. I hope this was sarcastic.