8/17 vs Rays

[Slasher9]

BJ v stanek

 

Everyone loves a BJ

 

Win

[jung]

1. Mookie Betts ® RF

2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

3. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B

4. J.D. Martinez ® DH

5. Xander Bogaerts ® SS

6. Ian Kinsler ® 2B

7. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B

8. Blake Swihart (S) C

9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Oops

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Keeping an eye on BJ's pitch count.

[d-money]

What a brutal start for Johnson.

[d-money]

Need the bats tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Well, Injury-Rod s/b back soon.

[jung]

Those were all hideously bad pitches that got tagged too. Rays are checking their watches thinking it must be 6:00 and its still BP.

[bosoxmal]

Get this bum outta there before he hurts himself!

[dannycater]

Leave the bum in

[dannycater]

Tampa starter now at 25 pitches

[illinoisredsox]

Tampa starter now at 25 pitches

 

Doesn't matter, it's his last batter no matter what happens.

[dannycater]

27 pitches

[jung]

Would like to see us get something out of this inning. Got a bad feeling about the way BJ pitched that first inning. That was ugly.

[dannycater]

True, forgot about Tampa and the reliever starts

[jung]

That was one handed with the bad hand. So I think the bad hand is OK

[dannycater]

Bad feeling? Bogaerts Triples in 2, it's 3-2 in the 1st and the team is 50 games over .500, 10-1/2 in front..bad feeling?

[dannycater]

Also Toronto up 4-2 for bad feeling guy.

[jung]

Bad feeling? Bogaerts Triples in 2, it's 3-2 in the 1st and the team is 50 games over .500, 10-1/2 in front..bad feeling?

 

About BJ tonight..YES.

 

We are going to give up some games in these last 40 anyway because Cora needs to make some decisions about this pen. So while I want to see the real rotation, not BJ getting something of a break down the stretch. I would prefer BJ not blow up in the first two innings.

[d-money]

Johnson needs to give us some shutout innings.

[dannycater]

jung, if you are worried about anything Red Sox right now, I feel bad for you, son. This is about as easy a team to watch in the history of Sox baseball. I haven't worried about anything with this team...all season.

[dannycater]

It's 3-2, soon to be Sox ahead. Brian Johnson was/is due for a bad start, just by odds alone, so get over it.

[Station 13]

Did Kermit misplay the triple?

[dannycater]

2 outs, I'm frightened

[dannycater]

soxmal is having a seizure over that walk.

[dannycater]

Leave the bum in.

[jung]

jung, if you are worried about anything Red Sox right now, I feel bad for you, son. This is about as easy a team to watch in the history of Sox baseball. I haven't worried about anything with this team...all season.

 

Well then I present the bullpen. This is not going to go like s*** through a goose in the post season and a zillion regular season wins really does not mean much to me unless it leads to something real in the post season. At this point anything less than a WS appearance is going to be something of a let down. Plus I have no idea what worrying about your home team has to do with enjoying its play. The two things are mutually exclusive.

[d-money]

Crappy inning. Need to keep this game close.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Btw, that was one hell of a catch and crash by Tampa's RF.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JBJ plays center like a walk in the park.