5/14 vs Houston Astros

[Northern Star]

It was a ton of fun scoring all those runs, but playoff bound teams need to win games where they only score 3 or 4 runs.

 

need more consistent pitching than we're getting for that.

[jad]

Another example of the virtue of the attempted bunt. Why is it regarded as strange to let your .300 hitters swing away?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Maybe I unpinned that thread too quickly.

[d-money]

Gotta win this damn game.

[a700hitter]

Can't fault Hanley on that.

[Emp9]

If Hanley's bunt worked it would've been regarded as brilliant (Especially vs a tough closer like Gregerson). It didn't work, so I have to ponder what would've happened if he went for a typical AB because Hanley's typical AB this season cld very well have been a hit anyway.

[a700hitter]

If Hanley's bunt worked it would've been regarded as brilliant (Especially vs a tough closer like Gregerson). It didn't work, so I have to ponder what would've happened if he went for a typical AB because Hanley's typical AB this season cld very well have been a hit anyway.

It was stupid. Do you think he works on his bunting? How many bunts has he lais down in the last 3 years? He doesn't bunt. You don't go to something that you never do and don't work on in a big spot. It would be like Gregerson throwing a screwball for the first time in that situation.

[SoxHop]

Wooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[d-money]

Thank uuuuuuuuuuu.

[iortiz]

Wow! Justo wow.

[Dirt Schilling]

Please David give us one more year.

[iortiz]

Can somebody tell me why David Ortiz is retiring?

[Youk Of The Nation]

I could easily have predicted David Ortiz falling one hit short of the cycle, but I would never have predicted it would be the single he missed out on.

[NativeBostonian]

Can somebody tell me why David Ortiz is retiring?

 

He wants to go out on top.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

If Ortiz retires from baseball I'm retiring from watching baseball. I can't live without this

[iortiz]

If Ortiz retires from baseball I'm retiring from watching baseball. I can't live without this

I concur.

[Emp9]

It was stupid. Do you think he works on his bunting? How many bunts has he lais down in the last 3 years? He doesn't bunt. You don't go to something that you never do and don't work on in a big spot. It would be like Gregerson throwing a screwball for the first time in that situation.

 

It wasn't a bad bunt, if there was 1 out it'd been fine. Unfortunately there were two outs. Papi tied the game, so it was more of a free pass to try and win it if the defense was caught as off gaurd as I was. If we were down a run I could be upset about it.

[Spudboy]

That was so great that I won't even bitch about the No Brainer.

[jad]

It wasn't a bad bunt, if there was 1 out it'd been fine. Unfortunately there were two outs. Papi tied the game, so it was more of a free pass to try and win it if the defense was caught as off gaurd as I was. If we were down a run I could be upset about it.

 

It was a bad bunt. The only argument for it is completely tautological: if it had worked, it would have worked. Well duh.

[Northern Star]

If you told me Ortiz was one short of the cycle, single is not what I would guess.

[mvp 78]

Papi über alles.

[Northern Star]

I could easily have predicted David Ortiz falling one hit short of the cycle, but I would never have predicted it would be the single he missed out on.

 

Didn't see this before posting the same thing.

[d-money]

The tigers really stink this year. Orioles winning again. Ughh

[TylerD]

The tigers really stink this year. Orioles winning again. Ughh

 

Yup Detroit hasn't been great but still early. The White Sox this time last year I think we're top of the division and fizzled out half way into the season.

[Navafan29]

Great to get that first walk off win, to make the team feel like they are in every game till the end! Very clutch hitting, and clutch non-Buchholz pitching this game! I'm calling this my second favorite game of the year so far.

[a700hitter]

David Ortiz is a hitting God!

[jad]

What was that cloud of dust(?) they threw on Ortiz as he made 2 base? Rosin? Soda?

[Jack Flap]

Suspicious white powder.

[Emp9]

It was a bad bunt. The only argument for it is completely tautological: if it had worked, it would have worked. Well duh.

 

Meh... I've seen worse.

[Kimmi]

That bunt was one of the dumbest things I've seen. Pedroia's face when Hanley got to first was hilarious.

 

It is decisions like this and some of his base running decisions that had me skeptical about his ability to play 1B defensively in terms of the mental aspect. Thankfully, he has not had any Hanley moments at first so far.