6/30 @Toronto

[S5Dewey]

And where did Boyer come from? He's done a good job for us.

 

And as a sidebar here.., something I've said before.... OMG I'm sick of that Southwest commercial.

[S5Dewey]

C'mon Hanley. Get on base and give JBJ a chance to drive you in. I've got NO faith in the rest of the order.

[S5Dewey]

These are the games when we really miss having an Ortiz-like player in the order

[S5Dewey]

Thanks Hanley. now don't do anything stupid on the bases.

[SoxHop]

Gotta give credit tonight to Hanley

 

Man on second no outs........... we HAVE to get one this inning...

[SoxHop]

Bradley is just killing it now......

[S5Dewey]

The last guy in their OF that you want to run on is Bautista and they keep hitting their fly balls to RF. :-(

[S5Dewey]

There! Bogaerts > Lin!

[SoxHop]

The hit machine comes through......

[S5Dewey]

Now Kimbrel for the save and it's over.

[SoxHop]

Oh.......... My ........... Effin........... Marrero

[Jasonbay44]

Marrero has come up big the past few nights.

[S5Dewey]

Oh.......... My ........... Effin........... Marrero

 

Yep. One of the guys I had no confidence in. Baseball is a funny game.

[SoxHop]

Marrero has come up big the past few nights.

 

Hasn't it been three nights in a row with big hits........ I love it...

[SoxHop]

14 walks tonight from Canada......WTF????

 

Lets put these guys out of their misery and make them sellers...

[S5Dewey]

If he can keep hitting like this we may not need to pay for another 3B.

[S5Dewey]

..and Pedey does what he's done best lately. Ugh

[SoxHop]

At this point...... Kimbrell coming in is .................. Showtime........... let's see how foolish he can make people look.

[S5Dewey]

How'd you like to be Mailie?...hitting ~.100 and you have to face Kimbrel in the 11th. LOL

[S5Dewey]

Well, they staggered through that one! But it goes down in the book with a W. Now two day games in a row.

[SoxHop]

We have major pitching advantages the next two games........... this was a very good win..... I guess I wasn't sure about Fister who....... was ok and that is good...

 

Toronto really blows this year......... they seem a shell of what they were before...............

 

Marrero........... is heating up....

 

The LVP of the game..... Least Valueable Player of the game was D-money............. who didn't come through making the thread........... I had to sub......... and I'm handing the ball back to you d-money to start the next thread............ get it done...

[moonslav59]

14 walks. That will boost our OBP.

 

Nice to see Marrero get on base 4 of 6 times.

 

I'm glad they finally moved JBJ up in the line-up. I'm wondering, if he should be moved to 4th. He's a beast! 3 hits tonight.

 

 

[S5Dewey]

14 walks. That will boost our OBP.

 

Nice to see Marrero get on base 4 of 6 times.

 

I'm glad they finally moved JBJ up in the line-up. I'm wondering, if he should be moved to 4th. He's a beast! 3 hits tonight.

 

 

 

I was a bit apprehensive about this because in the past every time they moved JBJ up in the order he went into a slump. Then when they moved him back down he started to hit again. Let's hope he's over that!

 

And at the risk of peeing on this party, let's also not forget that he tends to vacillate between what he is at this moment and hitting ~.200 for a spell. Let's hope he's over that too!

[SoxHop]

I was a bit apprehensive about this because in the past every time they moved JBJ up in the order he went into a slump. Then when they moved him back down he started to hit again. Let's hope he's over that!

 

And at the risk of peeing on this party, let's also not forget that he tends to vacillate between what he is at this moment and hitting ~.200 for a spell. Let's hope he's over that too!

 

As much as JBJ and us Sox fans wants to believe that this is the real JBJ. I think you are right, he will come back to earth at some point. Maybe I'm hoping the lows aren't going to be as low the more years he plays the game and gets more experience.

[Maxbialystock]

14 walks. That will boost our OBP.

 

Nice to see Marrero get on base 4 of 6 times.

 

I'm glad they finally moved JBJ up in the line-up. I'm wondering, if he should be moved to 4th. He's a beast! 3 hits tonight.

 

 

 

Yeah, yeah, you've said that a zillion times, but this time you could be right. The problem in the past was that moving him up in the order usually led to a drop off in production. This year, for example, his OPS's for batting 6th and 8th are both over .900, for 7th it's over .800, and for 5th it's barely over .500.

 

Nevertheless, he his hitting now as though he has turned a corner in terms of consistency. His May OPS was over .800 with 5 dingers and for June was over 1.000 with just 4 dingers. He's hitting to left field as well. He still strikes out a lot--on a par with Ramirez but not as bad as Moreland, but is otherwise pretty darn consistent.

[Maxbialystock]

My daughter finally went to be after the Sox scored 3 in the top of the 11th, so she continues to be a good luck charm--two come from behind wins as soon as she started watching the game (and stayed watching in the case of last night). This is at no small risk to her losing her standing as sane, normal, human being. Fortunately, she goes back to Greensboro in a few days and has no subscription to mlb.com/TV.

[SoxHop]

My daughter finally went to be after the Sox scored 3 in the top of the 11th, so she continues to be a good luck charm--two come from behind wins as soon as she started watching the game (and stayed watching in the case of last night). This is at no small risk to her losing her standing as sane, normal, human being. Fortunately, she goes back to Greensboro in a few days and has no subscription to mlb.com/TV.

 

Let's get her on the payroll........ I think you have a lucky charm there.....

[Maxbialystock]

Reading these game threads is a study in contrasts--me included. Early on I was as free as anyone with my condemnations, then quickly turned around when the Sox rallies. I was amazed when Price went 7, which to me showed a lot of guts. Right now that's three pretty good starters--Sale, Price, and Pomeranz (of all people), plus the possibility of one in last year's Cy Young and the likelihood of one in Eduardo Rodriguez.

[Kimmi]

D-Money not on point..

 

Kudos to SoxHop for stepping up and overcoming D-Money's bad mojo!

[Kimmi]

Marrero has come up big the past few nights.

 

Bellhorn gets all the credit for that. He called it!