4/9 vs Blue Jays

[jad]

Wrong! The best play Manny ever made was the catch in LF, one step on the fence, high-fiving the fan, and doubling the runner off first base.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Manny's had many SOX moments. Good and bad. But more good ones.

[Slasher9]

Wrong! The best play Manny ever made was the catch in LF, one step on the fence, high-fiving the fan, and doubling the runner off first base.

 

this was pretty freaking awesome.

[d-money]

They come home and lay and egg. Not the way you start a home stand. You dug a hole by playing s***** baseball out on the west coast.

[Thunder]

I, like most of the fans at Fenway, am falling asleep. Time to get something going

[Maxbialystock]

To say the SOX BP has been overworked is an understatement. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

 

True. But today was kind of weird. Sale was fine the first two innings, then sort of came apart after a barrage of singles and 2 runs in the 3d and 3 runs in the 4th. Then out of the game after 76 pitches. So in comes Thornburg, Hamlet-like: "the time is out of joint; o cursed spite that ever i was born to set it right!"

 

Maybe something is rotten in the state of Denmark. If not rotten, then at least strange. The bullpen, our presumed weak spot, has almost been a pillar of strength and certainly was Sunday with absolutely no starters allowed into the game. Instead, the rotation sucks, the hitting is uninspired, and even the fielding is not quite right--to say nothing of baserunning.

[d-money]

Do something on offense!

[Thunder]

Today, and most of the season so far, has been more bad luck than mental errors. All those Blue Jays singles have been ground balls that found holes in the infield. That's not going to happen everyday

[TylerD]

Today, and most of the season so far, has been more bad luck than mental errors. All those Blue Jays singles have been ground balls that found holes in the infield. That's not going to happen everyday

 

Valid point. I still hope Sale returns to form.... His lack of strikeouts and his starts against Seattle and a horrific Jays offense is concerning to me. Bad luck or not. Giving up 7 hits to a team ranked 28th in offense doesn't look pretty for a Sale like pitcher.

[Maxbialystock]

Manny's had many SOX moments. Good and bad. But more good ones.

 

Exactly right. I think that got him at $20M/year, which turned out to be kind of a bargain, shenanigans and all.

[Thunder]

Valid point. I still hope Sale returns to form.... His lack of strikeouts and his starts against Seattle and a horrific Jays offense is concerning to me. Bad luck or not. Giving up 7 hits to a team ranked 28th in offense doesn't look pretty for a Sale like pitcher.

 

Don't get me wrong. I'm part of the camp that thinks something is wrong with Sale

[Maxbialystock]

Oh, my, but ain't those solo dingers pretty?

[Thunder]

Didn't we walk off in the home opener last year? Or was that Sunday

[Maxbialystock]

Today, and most of the season so far, has been more bad luck than mental errors. All those Blue Jays singles have been ground balls that found holes in the infield. That's not going to happen everyday

 

Agree on today, not on the season. The Sox earned those 8 losses in the first 11 games. The rotation stank, except that one start by--wait for it--Christ Sale. Thus the absolute best-pitched game in now 12 games this season was the only game in which the rotation did not participate.

 

That, sir, is not bad luck, but stunningly poor pitching by some very well paid athletes.

[TylerD]

Down 2..... Can still take this.

[Thunder]

Agree on today, not on the season. The Sox earned those 8 losses in the first 11 games. The rotation stank, except that one start by--wait for it--Christ Sale. Thus the absolute best-pitched game in now 12 games this season was the only game in which the rotation did not participate.

 

That, sir, is not bad luck, but stunningly poor pitching by some very well paid athletes.

 

I agree that is part of it. I certainly didn't mean to say every game has been the result of bad luck. The rest of it, everything you mentioned, is just the hangover

[TylerD]

Agree on today, not on the season. The Sox earned those 8 losses in the first 11 games. The rotation stank, except that one start by--wait for it--Christ Sale. Thus the absolute best-pitched game in now 12 games this season was the only game in which the rotation did not participate.

 

That, sir, is not bad luck, but stunningly poor pitching by some very well paid athletes.

 

Agreed. I think we are in the bottom 5 for pitching. Just won't win many games like that. Unreal to think we had one of the best rotations in the league a season ago to being a bottom 5 toilet rotation through the first 12 games this season. And our bullpen for the most part has been excellent. It's all starting rotation.

[Thunder]

Maybe that will spark something

[TylerD]

I agree that is part of it. I certainly didn't mean to say every game has been the result of bad luck. The rest of it, everything you mentioned, is just the hangover

Sad thing is, our offense still isn't that bad. We aren't where we were last season but we are right around average to above average in terms of scoring and hits. If we had even slightly above average pitching we would be sitting with a pretty decent record. The pitching has absolutely killed us.

[Thunder]

I would love a Laser Show off (or over) the wall here

[vegasbob]

Finally a bit of luck to tighten up this game. Now a home run would completely turn the day around, or a double, or single or another error. Whatever

 

Not to be. Now Pedey has left , in effect, 6 LOB's. He will have to play his way back to baseball speed.

Edited April 9, 2019 by vegasbob

[jung]

The site froze up on page 7 of GT for me and I kept waiting for it to no avail. But I am getting tired of seeing Devers not take an athletic position at 3rd. So he was finally looking at that second 3rd base runner but looking is not anything that matters. Devers still looks like he is waiting for a bus over there. Surprised he wasn't chewing on his glove with his ankles crossed. Edited April 9, 2019 by jung

[TylerD]

The site froze up on page 7 of GT for me and I kept waiting for it to no avail. But I am getting tired of seeing Devers not take an athletic position at 3rd. So he was finally looking at that second 3rd base runner but looking is not anything that matters. Devers still looks like he is waiting for a bus over there. Surprised he wasn't chewing on his glove with his ankles crossed.

Lol!!

 

He can make some ridiculous strong throws and nice plays. But I agree with you!

[Thunder]

Getting out of this would be huge for momentum purposes

[Maxbialystock]

Finally a bit of luck to tighten up this game. Now a home run would completely turn the day around, or a double, or single or another error. Whatever

 

Not to be. Now Pedey has left , in effect, 6 LOB's. He will have to play his way back to baseball speed.

 

Actually, I'll take a lineout to RF from Pedey--way better than the 2 groundouts to SS.

[Thunder]

Are we ever going to get a shutdown inning?

[vegasbob]

2 out walks by Hembree and Workman . The usual kiss of death strikes again as Workman surrenders the run

[illinoisredsox]

Another bloop hit for the Jays; one of those days.

[TylerD]

That just made the comeback a bit harder.

[Maxbialystock]

Getting out of this would be huge for momentum purposes

 

Workman for Hembree not exactly working.