8/31 Tampa Rays @ Boston

[a700hitter]

Game time 1:35

 

Smyly vs Wright

 

At the game mojo. Hoping to get Wright back in the groove after Farrell broke him.

[Station 13]

f*** you, Farrell.

 

Obligated pre-game Farrell trashing. It worked before.

[Wade Boggs]

Lineup....

 

Pedroia 2B

Bogaerts SS

Ortiz DH

Betts RF

Ramirez 1B

Leon C

Young LF

Hill 3B

Bradley CF

[Maxbialystock]

f*** you, Farrell.

 

Obligated pre-game Farrell trashing. It worked before.

 

If it works, I'm signing up.

[Maxbialystock]

Lineup....

 

Pedroia 2B

Bogaerts SS

Ortiz DH

Betts RF

Ramirez 1B

Leon C

Young LF

Hill 3B

Bradley CF

 

I see two lefty bats--Ortiz and Bradley--which means Smyly must be a lefty. If Wright gets thru the first unscathed, is there hope? Maybe, but then there's the bullpen whose job seems to be to freely dispense hope to the other team.

[Maxbialystock]

Last of 23 straight days/games without a break and with a fair amount of traveling. With tomorrow off, the whole bullpen should be available today--more's the pity. Then 3 at Oakland, 3 at San Diego, and 3 at Toronto.

 

Sox at 4-6 over last 10 games need this win today. Still only 2 back of the Jays, but also only 1 ahead of the Orioles, 2 ahead of the Tigers, 3 ahead of the Astros, and 4 ahead of the Royals for a wild card slot.

 

Right now I like the first 5 in our lineup but not so much the last 4. Leon is cooling, Young could be OK, Hill is cold, and Bradley is colder.

[mvp 78]

It's not humid or raining. Wright should be fine.

[Station 13]

It's a chore to watch him now.

[illinoisredsox]

Getaway day, which usually translates to zero offense for the Sox.

 

Why is that?

[Bellhorn04]

Getaway day, which usually translates to zero offense for the Sox.

 

Why is that?

 

It's too early in the thread for riddles of the Sphinx. Maybe we'll score some today.

[a700hitter]

Thanks Farrell for breaking Wright.

[d-money]

Sick of this team's ineptitude. Can they lose another series at home? To a s***** rays team? It's not only the s***** manager but the players as well.

[bosoxmal]

If I don't see Moncada on third base Friday night, I think I'll just go to bed early.

[Maxbialystock]

I haven't watched much because I'm at the office, but the numbers suggest the Sox are in trouble on this one. The Rays have a good bullpen to protect their lead, and Wright looks to be gone by the 5th, which brings in our terrible bullpen.

 

Two on, 1 out. Time for our patented GIDP by Ortiz.

[d-money]

Pathetic. They better win this game. You cannot be losing series at home to awful teams.

[mvp 78]

Thanks Farrell for breaking Wright.

 

It was the right move to make at the time! I don't remember you saying not to pinch run with Wright before he was injured!

[d-money]

Since june 9th this team has played 25 series and only won 9. That's awful! They play like a team that's in 4th place in the division. Each game's precious.

[a700hitter]

It was the right move to make at the time! I don't remember you saying not to pinch run with Wright before he was injured!

i gave the manager the benefit of the doubt and assumed that he knew something that I did not know, because to me Wright looked like an out of shape guy that was completely unfamiliar with running the bases. After all, managers have a lot of information that I don't have

[d-money]

No excuses for wright. This has been a lame performance. This offense has been pathetic as well. How can anyone take this team serious when they dropping games to bottom- feeders.

[moonslav59]

Talk about black holes:

 

August OPS:

Shaw .542

Hill .594

 

2nd half OPS:

Shaw .629

Hill .514

[BOSOX11]

The only bright spot about watching this game is not having to see Maddon's ugly mug in the Ray's dugout.

[mvp 78]

 

[illinoisredsox]

A actual hit with the bases loaded? Is that allowed?

[VA Sox Fan]

YAY Hanley!!!

[mvp 78]

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You turned the season around with this meme! You're the best!

[mvp 78]

ps Hanley sux

 

He is not good enough to DH next year something something

[illinoisredsox]

Now they just need to find someone from the bullpen (besides Kimbrel) who can pitch successfully with a lead.

 

Oh, and drill Longoria every time he comes up.

[Maxbialystock]

Last of 23 straight days/games without a break and with a fair amount of traveling. With tomorrow off, the whole bullpen should be available today--more's the pity. Then 3 at Oakland, 3 at San Diego, and 3 at Toronto.

 

Sox at 4-6 over last 10 games need this win today. Still only 2 back of the Jays, but also only 1 ahead of the Orioles, 2 ahead of the Tigers, 3 ahead of the Astros, and 4 ahead of the Royals for a wild card slot.

 

Right now I like the first 5 in our lineup but not so much the last 4. Leon is cooling, Young could be OK, Hill is cold, and Bradley is colder.

 

Can I pick them? Except for blasting Bradley, I was right about the top 5 in our lineup, and I could not be happier about being wrong about Bradley. Heck, I'd love being wrong about the bullpen too.

 

This game ain't over, but that was one huge grand slam by Ramirez, reminiscent of the one Ortiz hit I think in the 2013 ALCS against Detroit.

[mvp 78]

Now they just need to find someone from the bullpen (besides Kimbrel) who can pitch successfully with a lead.

 

Oh, and drill Longoria every time he comes up.

 

Miller is pretty good too.

[a700hitter]

Can Lurch give us a clean inning and get us to the 8th and 9rh inning guys?