8/19: Sox vs. SF Giants

[Thunder]

Now Lester's up... probably a SAC bunt

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

lmao Timmy

[Thunder]

Lester scared him... lol

[jung]

Good to see Jon smile for a change

[Thunder]

I want to see these Sox pitchers swing away during this trip.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Vic putting in work tonight

[jung]

Boy what do you do if you are a Tim Lincecom? Does not have the heater any longer and if the splitter is not down in the zone it could just as well be a change up in the zone....meat.....at $20m per year.....Holy Cats

[Station 13]

Pedroia could use a day off. We got no back up for him though.

[jung]

Can't stand that McDonald's "one more bite" commercial. Just kick his skinny ass out of line for Christ's sake.

[Station 13]

I want to see these Sox pitchers swing away during this trip.

 

No need. Buccholz injured himself I think 3 years ago.

[a700hitter]

I thought Posey got all of that.

[RabbitIYH]

I thought Posey got all of that.

As Eck pointed out, that ball would have been gone is most parks.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

This is the Lester I would like to see more often. I know it's against the Giants, but it's still good to see improvement.

[jung]

So far so good for Jon. He is showing a lotta' his stuff early but he is attacking and he is not allowing the hitters to just control the whole plate.

[jung]

TL throwing everything but the kitchen sink to get Ortiz out

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Can't express how much I hate that damn shift

[jung]

Eck talking about the SF earthquake at WS time. I am sure many of us were watching that whole bizarre thing as it was going down....very strange time.

 

While there was so much damage and lives lost, I kept thinking how terrible it would have been if a deck had completely, totally collapsed with all those people in the stands.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I love watching pitchers hit! #shitnobodysays

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Old school Lester

[Station 13]

Too early for a pinch hitter.

[jung]

I love watching pitchers hit! #shitnobodysays

 

I can't really say that the DH makes for inherently better baseball. It can make for more offensive baseball and more challenge for pitchers. But I cannot say that it is inherently better. The Sox already have three runs. So they might have scored more if WMB got to bat or if Lester was not a "Lamb" as Eck called him. But as a team you either score more runs than the other team or you don't. What is the dif in that respect if the final score is 8-6 or 4-3?

[Station 13]

Is MLBGameday completely frozen for anyone else?

[Thunder]

Vintage Lester right here.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I can't really say that the DH makes for inherently better baseball. It can make for more offensive baseball and more challenge for pitchers. But I cannot say that it is inherently better. The Sox already have three runs. So they might have scored more if WMB got to bat or if Lester was not a "Lamb" as Eck called him. But as a team you either score more runs than the other team or you don't. What is the dif in that respect if the final score is 8-6 or 4-3?

 

I don't care what the score is, it doesn't change the fact watching pitchers hit is boring as s***.

[Station 13]

Pedroia is making me sad.

[jung]

Like I said early in the thread, this should be the kind of game that Jon would come out and pitch this way. But he has got to get it into his head that if he does not pitch this way, he gives himself no chance to win. It is not like that seeking the edge of the edge pitching style works some nights....it does not work any night...against anybody. Sure he has lost a little off his FB but not that much...certainly not enough to justify pitching the way he pitches some nights.

[Thunder]

This umpire has been bad, but for both teams.

[Thunder]

Buster Posey looks like he's my age.

[BigPapi]

The cutter is back for jon.. When it works, he will be more consistent and better.

[BigPapi]

If tim brings back the moss, maybe he'd have better success...