8/24 @ Tropical Tampa Bay

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I've got a nickname for Cora. "7 run rule."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Anyone know when Injury Rod makes his next start?

[jung]

I guess Velazquez won't be getting any more votes on the unsung heroes thread...

 

lol!!!!

[Station 13]

That Beeks guy ain't bad. Why don't we get guys like that?

[Bellhorn04]

That Beeks guy ain't bad. Why don't we get guys like that?

 

He looks great for a guy with a 7 ERA.

[d-money]

Cora gave away this game. I expect the skanks to pick up a game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That Beeks guy ain't bad. Why don't we get guys like that?

 

Eovaldi did shut out the Yankems; Beeks probably wouldn't have. That's all I've got concerning that trade.

[a700hitter]

He looks great for a guy with a 7 ERA.

I guess that he will be one of those guys who only pitches well against the Red Sox.

[jung]

Kinsler plays 2nd completely different from the way Pedey plays 2nd.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

BIG SMOOTH? I would change that to BIG EASY.

[a700hitter]

Pom is useless this season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Didn't see that coming.

[Station 13]

The PoMERBOMBZ obligatory

[Carbo-Diem]

Pom spelled backwards is Mop. How appropriate.

[Station 13]

Pom is useless this season.

 

Can't believe he is still here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I've got a nickname for this game: s*** SHOW.

[Carbo-Diem]

I've got a nickname for this game: s*** SHOW.

 

Trop Slop

[Gunrunner]

Hey, remember that Oriole game a few weeks back when we were getting our ass kicked and we pounded them? There’s still hope (although with Pom on the mound it’s a long shot).

[jung]

It is a little tough when Cora sends his personal surrender flag out to pitch. But hey anything is possible.

[jung]

Didn't we play like dog meat last year during this idiot uni series? I can't remember who we played but I do remember us playing like absolute dog meat.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm guessing POM is also on the 7 run rule.

[TylerD]

Just turning the game on guys.....

 

 

......

 

Just turning the game off guys.....

[a700hitter]

Lol!

[draws]

Cora blew it this evening. He sits and watches Velasquez give up 7 singles in a row without blinking an eye as though everything is fine 2+ innings and 80+ pitches. Then he brings in his other top notch pitcher Pomerantz who gives up a bomb to center. No problem, right Cora. Why didn't you just pull the team off of the field. Unbelievable.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Alex is inCORAgible.

[Maxbialystock]

I don't like what happened, but for once I'm going to agree to not bailing out Velazquez before 7 runs, which is what most managers do anyway, but which almost all managers would do with a 9 game lead in late August having just come off a tough 4 game series vs. Cleveland. And who know? Maybe the offense can still win this thing. I also seriously like the manager making the starter pay for his ineptitude with a nice bump in his ERA to remind him lousy pitching has consequences.

 

Also, and I mean this very honestly. Why the hell isn't anyone mad at Velazquez? Besides me, that is. He's the guy out there on the mound, and no way, no how is Cora or Swihart or the pitching coach encouraging him to keep throwing the ball right down the middle.

 

Did anyone besides me notice that Pom has already given up a 2 run dinger and is back out there pitching the 5th? It seems to me obvious Cora doesn't want to waste good pitching on a game that was/is probably lost anyway.

[Bellhorn04]

Cora blew it this evening. He sits and watches Velasquez give up 7 singles in a row without blinking an eye as though everything is fine 2+ innings and 80+ pitches. Then he brings in his other top notch pitcher Pomerantz who gives up a bomb to center. No problem, right Cora. Why didn't you just pull the team off of the field. Unbelievable.

 

Look, Sale, E-Rod and Wright are all on the DL. Which means Johnson and Velazquez are in the rotation. Which means Pomeranz is the only long reliever. Calm down before you blow a gasket. The team is 50 games over .500.

[a700hitter]

Look, Sale, E-Rod and Wright are all on the DL. Which means Johnson and Velazquez are in the rotation. Which means Pomeranz is the only long reliever. Calm down before you blow a gasket. The team is 50 games over .500.

What is the status of those 3 DL guys?

[Station 13]

There has to be somebody they can use at AAA over Pomeramz.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I don't like what happened, but for once I'm going to agree to not bailing out Velazquez before 7 runs, which is what most managers do anyway, but which almost all managers would do with a 9 game lead in late August having just come off a tough 4 game series vs. Cleveland. And who know? Maybe the offense can still win this thing. I also seriously like the manager making the starter pay for his ineptitude with a nice bump in his ERA to remind him lousy pitching has consequences.

 

Also, and I mean this very honestly. Why the hell isn't anyone mad at Velazquez? Besides me, that is. He's the guy out there on the mound, and no way, no how is Cora or Swihart or the pitching coach encouraging him to keep throwing the ball right down the middle.

 

Did anyone besides me notice that Pom has already given up a 2 run dinger and is back out there pitching the 5th? It seems to me obvious Cora doesn't want to waste good pitching on a game that was/is probably lost anyway.

 

Actually, I'm angry at E-rod. This guy's DL stints are becoming a habit. LAZ was never signed to be a starter, but with InjurE-Rod, this is what happens.