4/05 Sox at Diamondbacks

[jung]

Ump how much of a strike does it have to be to call it?

 

Frigging ump. That was disgraceful.

[mvp 78]

s***

[mvp 78]

Ump how much of a strike does it have to be to call it?

 

Robot would be better

[jung]

Thank God that was foul cause Devers was going to throw that into the ground even if fair. He has to be willing to move his feet or he is NEVER going to be a good or even average 3rd baseman.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Ump how much of a strike does it have to be to call it?

 

Frigging ump. That was disgraceful.

 

There are so many cow turds umping in MLB that they're adding to the high C02 levels in the atmosphere.

[TylerD]

Well at least they got a run out of the lead off hitter of the inning doing his job. I just hate when lead off gets on and we just flub up the rest of the inning. Of course we have seen darn little of lead off hitters getting on so far this year.

 

Yes and I jinxed it

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Arizona picher is ungodley.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thank godley that Bill Maher is on after the game. He always makes me laugh.

[jung]

Geezus H Christ....this is looking like another triple bourbon on the rocks night.

[bmattioli]

This is getting old. This team needs to get home quickly, can't wait for Sunday and this awful trip is done. Who the hell ever would agree to this schedule to open the season??

[jung]

I thought mookie was back too far in CF. Its the Pitcher hitting for God sake.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Normally when the pitcher bats it's an advantage to the opposing pitcher. Not in this case.

[jung]

Normally when the pitcher bats it's an advantage to the opposing pitcher. Not in this case.

 

What the heck was Mookie doing...his best Puig impression?

[jung]

Why don't they just put a cheerleader's outfit on Salty and get it over with. At least we could laugh at him. Never heard so many nonsense excuses in my life.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The better pitchers in the league can win even when they don't get much help from their offense. Unfortunately, Porcello is not one of them.

[Station 13]

They forgotten what defense is.

[jung]

Rick is committing the mortal sin of short arming the ball. He is not extending toward home plate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the SOX turn the remainder of this season around, the few of us here can say we were here during the road trip from hell. Edited April 6, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[jung]

So I think I can offer that IMO Rick was not ready to start the season. He rarely short arms the baseball. Hembree does it all the time. He does it so much that if I were his coach I would be motivated to tell him not to do it before he threw his first pitch of a stint. Rick is not generally a short armer. For a Starter to be doing it would suggest he has not been releasing the ball at full extension during ST and he is just not there yet.

[Maxbialystock]

This team is playing miserably.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rick is still the SOX best hitting pitcher.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Damn, I miss those good old days of one year contracts.

[jung]

Not expecting much from Rick this inning. At this point if he just starts extending toward home plate I will be happy with that. Look at that 0-2 to Jones. Was that short armed or what?

[jung]

Forget it. Get him outta' there before he hurts himself.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not expecting much from Rick this inning. At this point if he just starts extending toward home plate I will be happy with that. Look at that 0-2 to Jones. Was that short armed or what?

 

One would think if that's the case, the pitching coach might notice. Or even Pedey.

[oldtimer]

Another sorry start and poor defense and hitting. Ouch.

[redsoxrules]

Porcello in fine season form I see. Giving up his usual dingers

[TylerD]

I give up. We’re horrible.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I give up. We’re horrible.

 

Expensibly horrible.

[jung]

One would think if that's the case, the pitching coach might notice. Or even Pedey.

 

I expect at this point they are trying to see if he will at least work his way to full extension. He does need to pitch his way out of this. But this is work he should have been doing in ST. Now they are stuck trying to get him to get back to full extension during actual game action. I am sure Lavanche sees it. Hes not blind. They tolerate it with Hembree. You can't tolerate it with a pitcher like Rick.