06/25 Mookie, Ranger Slayer @ Odor's Bush League Circus Show Extraordinaire

[User Name]

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Knucklin' Steven Wright

8-4, 2.01 ERA

 

Vs

 

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AJ "Injured since 2013" Griffin

3-0, 2.94 ERA

 

Let's continue the offensive explosion.

 

Score runs and win *******s!

[User Name]

In b4 TBSB annoying comment.

[Spudboy]

I'm in for some more excretory functions.

 

GO SOX!!!!!1!1!

[Bellhorn04]

Great thread title and OP.

[bosoxmal]

Year Team LG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS GO/AO

2014 BOS AL 52 189 34 55 84 12 1 5 18 21 0 31 7 3 .291 .368 .444 .812 0.77

2015 BOS AL 145 597 92 174 286 42 8 18 77 46 1 82 21 6 .291 .341 .479 .820 0.66

2016 BOS AL 73 322 65 94 167 17 4 16 53 21 0 49 12 1 .292 .334 .519 .853 1.02

 

Notuce. re/Betts, the consisten BA, while everything else goes up. This is ancredible set of numbers

[TylerD]

Let's get another one boys!!! Last night was wild... hopefully they adrenaline and luck carry over into tonight.

[Nick]

I promise to watch all 9 innings today.

[mvp 78]

Red Sox 8 - Tejas 1

[Jasonbay44]

What is up with the 9:20 start time?

[Maxbialystock]

Hot in Arlington, TX. 91 degrees last night.

 

Sox are going with a pretty steady lineup: Betts, Pedroia, Bogaerts, Ortiz, Ramirez, Bradley, Shaw, Brentz, Vazquez. Plus our ace Wright, who has been way, way more consistent--amazing for a knuckleballer--than our presumptive ace Price. AJ Griffin coming off the DL will start for the reborn Washington Senators. You remember them--first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. The current Nationals are the third Washington MLB franchise. The first one decamped for Minneapolis, and the second went to Texas. The current franchise has been successful largely, I think, because of enlightened ownership, the same thing that saved the Boston Red Sox and ended the 86 year curse/drought.

 

The Sox have now won two straight by identical 8-7 scores and both times with some good bullpen moves by Farrell. Against the Chisox he got a 2 inning win from closer Kimbrel, so last night he went back to Uehara, who has been very up and down this year. But the save opportunity, great control, and a splitter that was working provided some real magic--3 batters, 3 K's against a pretty fair Rangers lineup.

 

Even with last night's loss the Rangers have the second best record in MLB and best in the AL and are 8-2 in their last 10. They are an insane 26-12 at home.

 

Another win tonight would be huge, incredible, fantastic, whatever. And it's actually possible if Wright is on and Vazquez can catch him.

[Maxbialystock]

What control this guy has. Every pitch to betts on the edge.

[Jasonbay44]

That guy just struck out the side and made Betts-Pedroia-Bogaerts look bad..

[Jasonbay44]

Very nice first inning by Wright

[Jasonbay44]

Hanley is on fire

[Nick]

wright just makes it look easy.....

[Jasonbay44]

JBJ makes very difficult plays, like easy.

[Nick]

That stolen base was on Pedy.....great slide

[Jasonbay44]

Very interesting catch by Brentz

[Jasonbay44]

Back to back very nice plays by Brentz.

[Jasonbay44]

Why would they use a shift like that on a guy like Odor who is a GREAT bunter? That's his 7th bunt single, by far the most in baseball.

[Jasonbay44]

How many f***ing DP's can Pedroia hit into? Jesus Christ.

[Station 13]

How many f***ing DP's can Pedroia hit into? Jesus Christ.

 

it's an epidemic with him.

[Maxbialystock]

Second time in the past week or so that Pedroia has come up with the bases loaded and just s*** in his pants. That GIDP was on an inside pitch. The other time he struck with the bases loaded and no one out.

[Jasonbay44]

Two errors in the inning, awesome.

[User Name]

How many f***ing DP's can Pedroia hit into? Jesus Christ.

 

Came here to post this.

[Jasonbay44]

f***ing awesome, you can't beat one of best teams in baseball when you

1. Waste huge scoring opportunities (Thanks Pedroia)

2. Making not only 1, but two f***ing errors, in the same damn inning..

[Maxbialystock]

It's really simple what happened to Wright tonight. He lost control of his knuckler and started giving up very hittable fastballs. The errors hurt too of course.

[illinoisredsox]

Giving a good hitting team 5 outs in an inning is a recipe for disaster.

 

Thats an almost unbeliveable 13 unearned runs allowed by Wright this season (14 if Andrus scores).

[Jasonbay44]

Rangers have 5 unearned runs... f***ing. Awesome.

[robert vonhalle]

f***ing awesome, you can't beat one of best teams in baseball when you

1. Waste huge scoring opportunities (Thanks Pedroia)

2. Making not only 1, but two f***ing errors, in the same damn inning..

 

is it just me or are the sox leaveing an awfull lot of runners on base???????