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10/9 ALDS Game 4 at NY

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Pound that turd blowhard CC into oblivion. I f***ing hate that son of a bitch self righteous attitude. f***ing punk.

 

Love the way you put things.

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Everything is all set up exactly as it was last night except my front door is one half open due to the warm weather here in CT. I'll close it at 8:07.. This helps my head..

 

Go Sox..

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1. Mookie Betts ® RF

2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

3. Steve Pearce ® 1B

4. J.D. Martinez ® DH

5. Xander Bogaerts ® SS

6. Ian Kinsler ® 2B

7. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B

8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

9. Christian Vazquez ® C

 

So Cora goes JBJ in CF and no Holt anywhere. Standard lineup against a LH pitcher this year.

 

While I can just revert to "its the regular lineup against a LH pitcher" I also don't wonder if Kinsler's very professional behavior at the end of last night's game combined with Holt's slightly premature ejaculation were a factor as well. I would have bet Holt would have been plunked early tonight for one thing.

 

The other thing that sorta' does not make much sense is Vaz here without Holt in the lineup. They are a potent hit and run duo, best on the team without question. But I don't much think about Vaz as contributing over switch hitting Sandy without Holt in there.

 

If Holt was in and got plunked for your perceived "showing up the Yankees" then that would mean a baserunner. Kinsler and Nunez back to back better pay off. If this series goes back to Boston because 6 & 7 goe 0-9 or 10, then Cora blew it in the event of a close game.

 

I imagine if you had achieved the first cycle ever in the history of Little League, you would have just kept your head down and trotted smartly around the bases. Romine wasn't a catcher when he was pitching.

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Holt' full years averages mean

Holt .292 AVERAGE .395 OBP vs LHP

 

Will usually put up a good at bat, something Nunez and Kinsler are incapable of doing. He should be playing.

 

Holt's yearly averages mean nothing. He's a differunt hitter today than he EVER was! Want averages? Take a look at the last 15 days or a month. AND HE'S ON THE f***ING BENCH!

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Porcello can't give up more than 1 HR or 2 solo HRs. That is the formula for the Sox winning tonight.

 

I think jumping on them early will be key.

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I guess I'm one of few here who agrees with the Cora's lineup (even without Holt's taunting factor). But I'm well aware that it's a STARTING lineup. Lefty power can be brought in as needed.
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Tough assignment for Porcello tonight. Yanks will be looking for any lead past the 4th inning to start the cycle of closers from their pen. That is really all they are looking for from Fatbathia....4 innings, 5 tops of goose eggs which he is quite capable of providing. Hence, this is not the night for an early Porcello going over the wall.

 

Rick is capable though. I just wish it was Sandy catching him as Vaz has proven to be subpar in setting his targets for his pitchers in this ballpark. Eo led Vaz to where he wanted to throw the ball as Vaz just would not set good targets for him..Pretty rare for the pitcher to lead the catcher back to where he wants to and needs to throw the ball.

 

That is my only problem with the lineup. I don't like the first game all year Porcello pitches to Vasquez is game 4 vs NYY

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I trust him, but I would play Holt over Nunez.

 

Not playing Holt over Nunez is dumb. Holt is on fire, not just his last game, but for a while now. You have to ride the hot hand.

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Kinsler could have come home from 3rd on the first WP at the end of last night's game. But he simply refused to move. Then the 2nd wild pitch was just too much for Kinsler to cover. He literally walked home on that one. What else was he going to do. But he was obviously not trying to give the Yankees any incentive to think the Sox were rubbing their noses in it. Conversely, Holt is wagging his dingdong from 3rd base when he tripled and going ga-ga over a HR hit off the backup Catcher. The waggle from 3rd was probably fine. But the ga-ga over cycle v backup catcher heaped atop it probably even got under Cora's skin. I fully expected to see Holt plunked early in this game in any situation where he could be plunked without damage to the Yankees.

 

Notice how Cora handled idiot ERod who would not even cover 1st in the 7th inning of post season game2. Erod got to pitch the 9th inning of ultimate garbage time, up 16-1. Thats your reward Eddie. So its obvious Cora watches this stuff.

 

Has anyone seen an explanation from ERod on that play in game 2? To me it looked like he was going for the ball and by the time he realized Moreland wasn't going to cover 1st it was too late for him to change direction and get there. I could be wrong, but I blame Mitch more than ERod.

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