5/9 vs. The Oakland Athletics

[a700hitter]

ahem, it is my at the game mojo. Credit where it is due.

Corrected

[a700hitter]

Good work Mr. 700

i'll do whatever it takes to win. I'm a team player

[mvp 78]

JBJ can't hit. We need Trout! Trade the farm!!!

[Youk Of The Nation]

More runs than we could ever Axford!

[S5Dewey]

Jbj should be declared illegal!

[Jasonbay44]

JBJ!!!! MVP MVP MVP

 

This is fun

[SoxHop]

Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man o man......................... Jbj!!!!!!!!!!!!

[a700hitter]

Save some for tomorrow fellas ... Oh wait, I will be here again. No problem.

[Sox Fire]

slow clap for JBJ

[S5Dewey]

Bradley looks like he's going to re-create August of 2015.

[bosoxmal]

Never in m91+ years have I had this much egg on my face. Way to go, Jackie!

[SoxHop]

JBJ can't hit. We need Trout! Trade the farm!!!

 

I love your default celebration......

[S5Dewey]

Wait.... the next thing you'll be hearing is that we should trade Bradley because he's "streaky".

[iortiz]

Save some for tomorrow fellas ... Oh wait, I will be here again. No problem.

 

Series is ours. Best talksox mojo at game.

[Northern Star]

I only wish this was against the Yankees.

[Navafan29]

If JBJ is gonna make an error, it might as well be in the game where we're up by 79 runs. Could not mind less. And it meant we got to see Smith pitch to another hitter with his amazingly entertaining pitches.

[TedWilliams101]

"Free Tom Brady" chants. Love it!

[Slasher9]

W

 

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[a700hitter]

If JBJ is gonna make an error, it might as well be in the game where we're up by 79 runs. Could not mind less. And it meant we got to see Smith pitch to another hitter with his amazingly entertaining pitches.

He had a grand slam and 6 RBI and people booed him on that play. Unbelievable.

[TedWilliams101]

14-7. Football game score!

[SoxHop]

He had a grand slam and 6 RBI and people booed him on that play. Unbelievable.

 

What??????????? Really???????????

 

Makes me not so sure about Sox fans being the most knowledgeable..... lol...

 

Damn...... I can't believe you just saw that game.......... that must have been fun....

[Jasonbay44]

He had a grand slam and 6 RBI and people booed him on that play. Unbelievable.

 

You have to be one hell of an idiot to boo JBJ for that, his errors are few and far between and had an ridiculous night at plate. People are stupid.

[a700hitter]

What??????????? Really???????????

 

Makes me not so sure about Sox fans being the most knowledgeable..... lol...

 

Damn...... I can't believe you just saw that game.......... that must have been fun....

Yes, there were boos. Pretty shocking in light of the game he had and the score.

[a700hitter]

The Ortiz pop up RBI single was pretty funny. I guess that it evened out the 2 rope line outs.

[a700hitter]

What??????????? Really???????????

 

Makes me not so sure about Sox fans being the most knowledgeable..... lol...

 

Damn...... I can't believe you just saw that game.......... that must have been fun....

By that point the place was more than half empty, so the idiots tend to stand out when the crowd is thin. It wasn't prolonged or vitriolic, but it was noticeable. It made me chuckle, because it was ridiculous. I think people were cold and getting antsy to leave. I left in the top half of the 8th. How did the A's get the final 2 runs.

[a700hitter]

And Happy Birthday Youk!

[Youk Of The Nation]

Thanks!

 

As for the final two runs, Hembree gave up two doubles and a single in between the three outs.

[Dojji]

Hembree's an excellent junktime reliever, I'm glad we don't have to count on him for more than that. Sometimes a guy is just best in a subordinate role, like Hembree, like Holt, and possibly like JBJ -- he's thriving in the bottom of the lineup and I for one would be glad to leave him there all year. We need offense all over the lineup after all.

[Jasonbay44]

Pretty crazy that we have only two guys in the whole lineup batting below .280, those two guys are Vazquez and Betts and we all know Betts is much better than the .246 average he has at the moment.

[Navafan29]

He had a grand slam and 6 RBI and people booed him on that play. Unbelievable.

 

If they were serious boos at JBJ for a very insignificant error, all I can say is: It's still better for us to have a wacko sitting somewhere in the stands than an empty seat. Some other teams only have a few baseball nerds who attend, and the embarrassing empty void. They'd love some wackos to fill those seats and make their fanbase better.

 

JBJ had an amazing game, and is probably the best #9 hitter in MLB right now. I am really warming up to him. I used to not be a big JBJ fan, since he stuck out swinging at everything without putting much effort into strategy or plate discipline. But today, he had one really good take on a curveball that started in the zone and ended up a ball just off the zone down & in. I think it was with two strikes, and the old JBJ would have swung and missed at that 95% of the time. That said it all to me. I think his current hot streak has gone on long enough such that he'll develop muscle memory from it, and increase his minimum skill level & development.

 

I get why JBJ is the #9 hitter instead of #7 or #8 - because they want a fast runner to lead off before the leadoff guy, instead of having a slow running catcher blockade the bases. But would it make sense to temporarily switch JBJ to leadoff and move Betts to #9? I'm torn, because logically it makes sense considering the hot streak, but it may cause a slight chemistry harming rift, if Betts feels like he's being punished for nothing. But having JBJ as a leadoff hitter while he's still hot is hard to resist.