7/8 D Rays

[a700hitter]

That is about how far a 5'6" player can hit the ball. Rather than pinch running Travis, I would have pinch run Marrero and pinch hit Travis for Lin. Travis is a power threat. I don't understand that move by Farrell.

[d-money]

Just a pitiful game for this offense

[d-money]

Not finishing up strong. I will be disgusted if we lose 3 out of 4 to the damn rays

[OH FOY]

Don't swing on 1st pitch all game, then give Mookie a green light on 3-0. You want to put pressure on this Colome.

[a700hitter]

One of our hottest hitters is getting a rest, even though he will get 4 days off after tomorrow.

[d-money]

I rather lose 10-0 than a game like this where your offense can't scratch one or two runs

[OH FOY]

Great pitched game by Porcello against a tough team. Good sign.

[TylerD]

Absolute beauty of a game for Porcello. It's unfortunate we can't give him some run support.

[Oscars]

Betts is 3 for his last 25AB. He's in a mini slump

[TylerD]

I rather lose 10-0 than a game like this where your offense can't scratch one or two runs

However Porcello has definitely found his game his last three starts. A good thing to see.

[OH FOY]

Still not buying Colome. We can win this.

[OH FOY]

Unreal!

[Jasonbay44]

f*** you Hanley, really? He didn't even throw a f***ing strike

[Station 13]

Hanley f*** you

[Jasonbay44]

Gotta pinch hit JBJ here..

[Jasonbay44]

Predictable ending

[TylerD]

Pathetic.

[d-money]

Hanley Ramirez f***ing bum!

[d-money]

Can't even do the small things right

[Bellhorn04]

Love to know why JBJ didn't pinch hit for Young there.

[Maxbialystock]

Hanley Ramirez is either the dumbest or the most unaware Sox player I can remember. Everyone else could see what Colome was doing--throwing the ball down or below the zone, but only HanRam the idiot swung every single time.

 

Kimmi defends him and says he's a serious player who is giving his best, but I just don't see it. He is terrible on the basepaths. When he swings, more often than not he swings as hard as he possibly can as though he is at the plate to get some exercises. He demonstrably does not, repeat, does not study pitchers before the game, and it's a pretty good bet he doesn't pay much attention to the pitchers during the game when he is not at bat.

[Maxbialystock]

Love to know why JBJ didn't pinch hit for Young there.

 

I would probably have batted JBJ myself, but I also would have started him. This year so far Young is hitting righties better than JBJ, hitting Tampa pitching better than JBJ, and JBJ is hitless as a pinch hitter. Young actually had a decent at bat against Colome but was screwed by the early strike call on a low pitch in a game in which Porcello had thrown I'd guess at least 5 pitches higher in the zone that were called balls.

[moonslav59]

Maybe Porcello is finally out of the woods.

 

Great game by him.

 

[Maxbialystock]

I am not that much of a Farrell fan, but I have to say it always amazes me how after a loss one or more of us will unerringly want to blame the loss on the manager.

 

The fault today clearly lay with the lineup, but especially on that idiot HanRam who once again demonstrated he is normally oblivious to what is going on out there during the game. With men on 2d and 3d and 1 out, that was a terrible, terrible at bat and demonstrated conclusively he paid no attention to the previous at bats in that inning.

 

We had 3 singles and a double because Cobb was throwing a lot of good pitches. I give Farrell a lot of credit for leaving him in there to pitch the 8th, which was clean.

[bosoxmal]

I am not that much of a Farrell fan, but I have to say it always amazes me how after a loss one or more of us will unerringly want to blame the loss on the manager.

 

The fault today clearly lay with the lineup, but especially on that idiot HanRam who once again demonstrated he is normally oblivious to what is going on out there during the game. With men on 2d and 3d and 1 out, that was a terrible, terrible at bat and demonstrated conclusively he paid no attention to the previous at bats in that inning.

 

We had 3 singles and a double because Cobb was throwing a lot of good pitches. I give Farrell a lot of credit for leaving him in there to pitch the 8th, which was clean.

We have replaced one 'Napoli' with another. Couldn't Bradley have had a "day off" and still be the DH?

That was about as disgusting 9th inning as we'll see (I hope) all year.

[SoxHop]

6 and 4 on the road trip. Maybe 7 and 3.

 

I was thinking I'd be good with 5 and 5 before this whole thing went down.

 

It would be great to win the last one before the all star break....

[S5Dewey]

Hanley Ramirez is either the dumbest or the most unaware Sox player I can remember. Everyone else could see what Colome was doing--throwing the ball down or below the zone, but only HanRam the idiot swung every single time.

 

Kimmi defends him and says he's a serious player who is giving his best, but I just don't see it. He is terrible on the basepaths. When he swings, more often than not he swings as hard as he possibly can as though he is at the plate to get some exercises. He demonstrably does not, repeat, does not study pitchers before the game, and it's a pretty good bet he doesn't pay much attention to the pitchers during the game when he is not at bat.

 

When the count on Hanely went to two strikes I said to my friends, "Watch this. Splitter down and away. Hanley swings at it and strikes out." -- and that was the next pitch and the result. And it's not that I'm a genius. It's that it was so predictable. Predictable that the pitcher would throw it (why not? It worked on the previous pitch) and predictable that Hanley would swing and miss.

 

I sometimes get the feeling that Hanley isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer nor the sharpest hoe in the shed. He strikes me as someone who has tremendous baseball talent and no idea about the mental part of the game. It's what we used to call a 99 cent body and a 1 cent brain. Compare that to Mookie Betts, who studies every pitch and play and asks questions about them, and then ask yourself who's the better player, and why they are.

[Maxbialystock]

I am not that much of a Farrell fan, but I have to say it always amazes me how after a loss one or more of us will unerringly want to blame the loss on the manager.

 

The fault today clearly lay with the lineup, but especially on that idiot HanRam who once again demonstrated he is normally oblivious to what is going on out there during the game. With men on 2d and 3d and 1 out, that was a terrible, terrible at bat and demonstrated conclusively he paid no attention to the previous at bats in that inning.

 

We had 3 singles and a double because Cobb was throwing a lot of good pitches. I give Farrell a lot of credit for leaving him in there to pitch the 8th, which was clean.

 

I apologize for the first sentence because the mention of JBJ by others was not really blaming the manager for the loss--it was just a criticism.

 

I did think Cobb pitched a heckuva game and also thought Colome gave us an opportunity in the 9th. I also thought that Young had a smart at bat--the exact opposite of HanRam's--and might have gotten a "pitch to hit" if the ump had not given Colome that gift strike on I think the first pitch. I'm not at all sure JBJ would have done better as a pinch hitter.

 

Whoever suggested JBJ as the DH has a point--he would certainly have been better than HanRam.

 

I criticized Betts for swinging on a 3-0 pitch in the 8th with a man on, but now think he was right and I was wrong. It was definitely a hittable fastball and a double would have probably tied the game. In other words, good for Betts--and shame on me.

 

After the first game or maybe before it I said I would be happy with a 2-2 split. The Rays are better at home and we are worse on the road and the Rays have to be motivated. I mean, look at the roaring crowds! The capacity of the Trop is around 31,000 and they usually get 14,900, but so far in this series they are averaging 24,000. I'm surprised we aren't reading about huge traffic jams in the Tampa-St Pete area if not all over Florida.

Edited July 9, 2017 by Maxbialystock

[Station 13]

Hanley is hitting .193 with RISP, he is not a guy to wait around on to "turn" things around. He needs to sit more often and or at least be buried at the 7-8-9 hole.

[Station 13]

Maybe Porcello is finally out of the woods.

 

Great game by him.

 

 

Maybe. If he keeps the HR to a decent rate he'd easily flipped back to being a demi ace again. He pitches deep in games. And would be the #1 in innings chew up on many other staff. The juiced ball hurts him most. The lack of runs support for him is astonishing as well, that was the 9th shut out when he pitches.