4/04 SOX at A's

[Oscars]

Imho, last year he was the best hitter in baseball. He's got a good shot of being the best hitter again this year.

 

Sale was good, but yes outside of that it's been a total disaster..... It's sad when we say Eovaldi's 5 inning 4 runs was not bad lol.

 

Putrid starting pitching in this one and lame hitting . There are 5 starters hitting under .208

[TylerD]

Putrid starting pitching in this one and lame hitting . There are 5 starters hitting under .208

 

It’s been an ugly start no doubt. I don’t know what to say. Just hope they get their s*** together

[d-money]

2-6. Arizona up next. Win a series plz!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

To tie last year's record the SOX will have to go 106-48 starting tomorrow.

[d-money]

To tie last year's record the SOX will have to go 106-48 starting tomorrow.

 

A lot of baseball left but this team has to do something here. Take 2 out of 3 from Arizona at least.

[Station 13]

These games with weird start times, so I must have missed the part where Cora explained why Benni is not leading off.

[TylerD]

To tie last year's record the SOX will have to go 106-48 starting tomorrow.

 

Tie last year? That means making playoffs as well. Playoffs..... don’t talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs!!! You kidding me. I just hope we can win a game.

 

Ugh classic lol.

[oldtimer]

Neither am I, lol. Although the triple he hit in the 9th inning rally to right center was a totally aggressive and nice swing. He's just very inconsistent on that type swing

 

I was hoping last year that he could pull at least some balls, especially when on the road. Places like Yankee Stadium reward left handed pull hitters. He does have an inside out swing which means a lot of balls are in the air to left field.

[TylerD]

We are only three games out of a playoff spot....... so there’s that.

[Thunder]

We just need to get out of our own way. It looks like we're thinking too hard and trying too hard. That fluke play in the OF won't ever happen again, you can bet on that.

[TylerD]

We just need to get out of our own way. It looks like we're thinking too hard and trying too hard. That fluke play in the OF won't ever happen again, you can bet on that.

 

It also would be nice if our pitching gave us a chance. Hopefully the rotation picks up when we get back home..... Or in Arizona.

[mvp 78]

If ERod doesn't pick it up, he'll be trade bait at the deadline IMO.

[BillyWilliams]

ERod does not have the mental capacity to recover. He does not even know to think about a recovery. ERod pitches one pitch at a time. He always did and I think he always will. Each pitch is an identifiable entity all its own to ERod. So if he cannot even sequence during a game, how is he supposed to consider the concept of recovering from a bad start and think from one game to the next? Now ERod would likely rationalize that "Ah ya' gotta' forget the bad ones and move on".

 

But hasn't moonslob told us a thousand times that it's the catcher's responsibility?

[BillyWilliams]

If ERod doesn't pick it up, he'll be trade bait at the deadline IMO.

 

If he doesn't "pick it up" what return could you really expect?

[TylerD]

If he doesn't "pick it up" what return could you really expect?

 

A new glove and bat would be an upgrade from his last two performances.

[Thunder]

Whatever the case, the hangover is definitely real

[dgalehouse]

We just need to get out of our own way. It looks like we're thinking too hard and trying too hard. That fluke play in the OF won't ever happen again, you can bet on that.

 

Overheard in the outfield. " You're a gold glover , catch the damn ball . " " You're a gold glover too , you catch it ." " Oops . Too late ."

Edited April 5, 2019 by dgalehouse

[moonslav59]

But hasn't moonslob told us a thousand times that it's the catcher's responsibility?

 

I've never said this once.

 

You are clearly a troll, a person who has no memory or a person cannot understand basic English and/or logic.

 

(maybe all of the above)

[BillyWilliams]

I've never said this once.

 

You are clearly a troll, a person who has no memory or a person cannot understand basic English and/or logic.

 

(maybe all of the above)

 

********, you carry on about CERA and the catcher's game calling ad nauseam

[jung]

It is actually a new world for JBJ and Mookie. Mookie is the newly crowned MVP, RF GG and the World's Champions also happen to be Mookie's team. JBJ is the newly crowned CF GG.

 

 

Mookie is the RFer and in spite of everything else just mentioned above, its Mookie's job to be looking for JBJ not JBJ's job to be looking for Mookie. JBJ is the CFer. Its his ball if he can get to it. They almost came together in one of the games in Seattle. So it has already happened twice this year. It happens that JBJ caught the damned thing the first time.

 

Mookie looked embarrassed after the missed ball in Oakland, rightfully so and JBJ looked pissed off, rightfully so. Mookie later went off on the home plate ump on a call that frankly IMO did not deserve Mookie's going off and then he bungled on the bases in the 9th. If folks remember I posted that Mookie looked frustrated and that visible frustration does not generally mean a comeback is in the offing in that game. It usually means the opposite is about to happen and sure enough!

 

The whole team has got to get used to all these accolades that came their way and the fact that accolades are fine, but that was 2018 and this is 2019. They are playing right now with the weight of their various crowns on their heads and they are not handling the weight particularly well at this point.

 

So what they are really adapting to is their new team and league status as individuals and as a team which actually should change NOTHING as far as the relationship between CF and RF. JBJ has to keep coming for balls he can get to and Mookie has to be the one that gives way. Its just that simple. They need to work it out.

Edited April 5, 2019 by jung

[mvp 78]

I've never said this once.

 

You are clearly a troll, a person who has no memory or a person cannot understand basic English and/or logic.

 

(maybe all of the above)

 

Moon, just put him on ignore please.

[jung]

But hasn't moonslob told us a thousand times that it's the catcher's responsibility?

 

A catcher cannot delve all the way into the head of his pitcher and the knowledge of which pitch the pitcher wants to throw against which batter and in what situation. Really that only resides inside the pitcher's head. The Pitcher really knows how his arm feels that day. The Pitcher is the guy who actually KNOWS or should know what pitch he has confidence in throwing to this batter in this situation and on this day. The Catcher can be a great help but that is all he can be. The Catcher does not reside inside the pitcher's head.

 

Now with ERod, has he EVER shown that he has any idea which pitches he wants to throw to which batter in what situation? Is there a particular pitch he has any real confidence in or are there only pitches he has no confidence in at all vs pitches he is sort of neutral about? The glass appears to always be half empty for Erod and that is a rotten way to pitch.

 

Take the Sale start in Oakland were a poster and I started talking about Sale beginning to land his Slider. Sale had nothing going for him at that point. But he found 1 pitch that he could land. A Pitcher starts landing a pitch while he is struggling and you know what the Catcher does? The Catcher starts calling for it more and in more places. What the frigg else is the Catcher supposed to do.

 

Too many times, ERod just leaves the Catcher, regardless of which one it is, just groping for something that ERod himself appears confident he can throw and sure enough, they get to the end of 5 innings at best, ERod has thrown a million pitches and the catcher still does not know what the heck ERod wants to throw! I have never seen a Starting Pitcher head out to the mound with no earthly idea what he wants to throw and no apparent idea how to figure it out more often than ERod. No wonder he ends up eventually throwing this lame duck up to the plate that just gets hit to Mars.

 

I ask you to search your memory banks Sox fans or watch for it next time ERod pitches. How often does he look like he is just trying to nurse some lame duck of a pitch up to home plate totally lacking in any confidence in what he is doing out there?

Edited April 5, 2019 by jung