7/4 Texas Rangers @ Boston

[User Name]

It would be! I bungled that up pretty good.

[Maxbialystock]

If the Sox averaged an additional 4 runs per game, they'd definitely win more consistently.

 

The point is, one guy in the lineup does not transform an offense (even though Ortiz comes close to that). Pedroia's OPS is around .800 and he got the AL MVP when it was I think around .850, so right now he is .050 short of being the AL MVP (and exaggeration) and you think he ain't hacking it.

[mvp 78]

Dropping 21 to the Angels, and spotting 4-spots to the other team in the first inning several other times 06/10-07/1? Not really.

 

Yes, really.

[mvp 78]

The point is, one guy in the lineup does not transform an offense (even though Ortiz comes close to that). Pedroia's OPS is around .800 and he got the AL MVP when it was I think around .850, so right now he is .050 short of being the AL MVP (and exaggeration) and you think he ain't hacking it.

 

I don't think the offense is a problem or needs to be transformed.

[mvp 78]

The Sox have lost 15 games by 2 or less runs. If they scored more runs every game (as was suggested), they'd win more consistently.

[a700hitter]

Pedroia could hit 1.000/1.000/1.000 with a HR every AB and this team still wouldn't win consistently with the pitching problems it has.

You are right. A winning streak now because the offense gets white hot, could mask the underlying fatal flaw of this team. If the offense gets hot and takes the pressure off DD momentarily, hopefully he still gets us some pitching reinforcements.

[Maxbialystock]

The Sox have lost 15 games by 2 or less runs. If they scored more runs every game (as was suggested), they'd win more consistently.

 

If pigs had wings, they could fly. The Sox currently lead MLB, by 30 runs and the AL by 43 runs. They average 5.63 runs/game to the second best AL team's (Baltimore) 5.12. That's better than the bodacious 2004 lineup, anchored by Manny and Papi, that averaged 5.85 runs/game vs. second place Yankees 5.54.

 

These guys are hitting up a storm and you guys are saying, "we need more hitting so we can win more consistently." How about, instead, "some pitching would be nice."

[Maxbialystock]

You let me have my fun. The ump was flat-out terrible today.

 

Terrible umpire. Horrible. Had zero effect on the game because the Sox were hitting and Porcello recovered nicely from that first inning, so the Sox win 12-5. And you will not see a headline anywhere in Texas saying, "our Rangers got screwed by that lousy home plate umpire." Why? Because missed calls on balls and strikes do not normally keep good pitchers from getting men out and bad pitchers from getting hit.

[Kimmi]

You are right. A winning streak now because the offense gets white hot, could mask the underlying fatal flaw of this team. If the offense gets hot and takes the pressure off DD momentarily, hopefully he still gets us some pitching reinforcements.

 

 

Give Dombrowski some credit. He understands the needs of the team a lot better than you or any of us do.

[User Name]

Terrible umpire. Horrible. Had zero effect on the game because the Sox were hitting and Porcello recovered nicely from that first inning, so the Sox win 12-5. And you will not see a headline anywhere in Texas saying, "our Rangers got screwed by that lousy home plate umpire." Why? Because missed calls on balls and strikes do not normally keep good pitchers from getting men out and bad pitchers from getting hit.

 

Stop making dumb excuses. The ump was bad, full stop.

[a700hitter]

Give Dombrowski some credit. He understands the needs of the team a lot better than you or any of us do.

Speak for yourself.

[mvp 78]

If pigs had wings, they could fly. The Sox currently lead MLB, by 30 runs and the AL by 43 runs. They average 5.63 runs/game to the second best AL team's (Baltimore) 5.12. That's better than the bodacious 2004 lineup, anchored by Manny and Papi, that averaged 5.85 runs/game vs. second place Yankees 5.54.

 

These guys are hitting up a storm and you guys are saying, "we need more hitting so we can win more consistently." How about, instead, "some pitching would be nice."

 

The hitting is fine.

 

I was just refuting the point that an extra 3 runs a game wouldn't help this team.

[Jasonbay44]

Stop making dumb excuses. The ump was bad, full stop.

 

I don't understand this guy's obsession with sticking up for umpires, regardless of how bad the ump is, he'll come in here and stuck up for them. Why? The Red Sox winning despite a s***** umpire doesn't change the fact that the ump was s*****.