8/10 Sox @ O's

[Tedballgame]

Barnes grooves one.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Well, can't blame that on the butler. MOON's numbers have convinced me; this BP kicks ass.

[d-money]

This bullpen can still give up runs. They will make us nervous come october for sure.

[Tedballgame]

The Sox are a great team and yet no one on this board, including me, has any faith in any pitcher to pitch the 7th and 8th innings of a close playoff game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In defense of our BP, it's tough to stay rested when the last 3 starters pitched a total of 14 innings.

[oldtimer]

In defense of our BP, it's tough to stay rested when the last 3 starters pitched a total of 14 innings.

 

Onew more thing. Who gets the win?

[FredLynn]

The Sox are a great team and yet no one on this board, including me, has any faith in any pitcher to pitch the 7th and 8th innings of a close playoff game.

 

Barnes has been pretty reliable; so has Brasier. Thornburg lately has been very good as well. No pitcher gets the job done EVERY time out there. I think this pen is good enough to compete for a ring, especially when you combine it with the SP and the offense we have.

[d-money]

The Sox are a great team and yet no one on this board, including me, has any faith in any pitcher to pitch the 7th and 8th innings of a close playoff game.

 

Well we will see if they can get it done this October. We saw what happened last year with a chance to send it to a 5th game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In defense of our BP, it's tough to stay rested when the last 3 starters pitched a total of 14 innings.

 

Correction: The last 3 starters pitched 12.2 innings.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Onew more thing. Who gets the win?

 

I'd give it to Bra.

[illinoisredsox]

Onew more thing. Who gets the win?

 

Pomeranz was the pitcher when the Sox took the lead, so it would be him.

[Tedballgame]

Pomeranz in line for the win. He has to be thinking, wow, this relief pitching is ok.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JBJ never got a shot. A 1-2-3 inning; who saw that coming?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pomeranz in line for the win. He has to be thinking, wow, this relief pitching is ok.

 

Never would have happened as a starter.

[iortiz]

Barnes has been pretty reliable; so has Brasier. Thornburg lately has been very good as well. No pitcher gets the job done EVERY time out there. I think this pen is good enough to compete for a ring, especially when you combine it with the SP and the offense we have.

Once E-Rod is back, we will have Braiser, Johnson, Hector, Pom and a couple more kind of reliable —Barnes and Thornburg. The only guys I’d cut for once and for all are Hembree and Kelly.

[S5Dewey]

Kelley is up. Is Kimbrel available?

[jung]

Tonight's game is yet another example that in this league as currently constructed, Cora is effectively right in managing around the idea that virtually nobody we play can pitch their way out of a paper bag. Ergo....he can run with his starters longer than we might like as fans or that we are used to. But in truth the thing we are not used to is what an utter s*** league this is most particularly as it relates to pitching.

 

That is certainly no guarantees in October when we will face better pitching every night than we sometimes face in a month in this league. But there is really no questioning Cora's tactics in the regular season. Whether our pen survives post season play will mostly depend on our starters, much like the Astros formula for success.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The SOX now have a winning percentage of .701. That's amazing and they are a very good team, but it doesn't hurt to be in a league that has so many s*** teams.

[Slasher9]

Gee, it's always the butler.

 

Hahahaha.

[S5Dewey]

Does anyone other than me get the idea that O'B & Lyons aren't exactly great friends?

[Slasher9]

Btw....EFF showalter

[FredLynn]

Once E-Rod is back, we will have Braiser, Johnson, Hector, Pom and a couple more kind of reliable —Barnes and Thornburg. The only guys I’d cut for once and for all are Hembree and Kelly.

 

Hembree has not been consistently good, but overall I think he has been OK; I believe Kelly will find his groove again.

[Tedballgame]

I love to see Joe Kelly pitching with an 8 run lead.

[S5Dewey]

Btw....EFF showalter

 

Sideways

[Slasher9]

Does anyone other than me get the idea that O'B & Lyons aren't exactly great friends?

 

I hadn’t noticed. This will need further observation.

[jung]

Does anyone other than me get the idea that O'B & Lyons aren't exactly great friends?

 

Like I said the other night, they really do not like each other at all and frankly almost came to blows in what was yet another of those NESN moments when the production staff SHOULD NOT have taken the cameras into the booth. It was not pretty and I expected that night that Lyons was going to put his fist right through OB's face. I mean it was really bad and once the NESN cameras were in the booth and it was happening live the production crew just did not know what to do about it.

[Slasher9]

Geez. Have a night kid.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tonight's game is yet another example that in this league as currently constructed, Cora is effectively right in managing around the idea that virtually nobody we play can pitch their way out of a paper bag. Ergo....he can run with his starters longer than we might like as fans or that we are used to. But in truth the thing we are not used to is what an utter s*** league this is most particularly as it relates to pitching.

 

That is certainly no guarantees in October when we will face better pitching every night than we sometimes face in a month in this league. But there is really no questioning Cora's tactics in the regular season. Whether our pen survives post season play will mostly depend on our starters, much like the Astros formula for success.

 

The Astros' starting pitching is downright scary. The SOX offense is downright scary. If they meet in the post-season, it will be interesting to say the least.

[iortiz]

Whata night for the O’s rookie. What an expirience for him and his parents in the stands. Kid showing good skills.

[Tedballgame]

Does anyone other than me get the idea that O'B & Lyons aren't exactly great friends?

I think its just you. Actually, there is a good chance they are not great friends since they haven't done that many games together. That doesn't mean they can't work together. I haven't heard either say anything to indicate they don't like each other.