5/19 VS Astros

[a700hitter]

Bogey should have been on 2nd base.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

We'll take it. Pride be damned.

[jung]

The ole' reliable for the Sox offense....a muff in the field by the opponent

[OH FOY]

Blues up 1-0.

[YastrzemskI]

Uhmmm.... ump??

[Oscars]

Terrible call on JD by the umpire

[vegasbob]

Springer's back may be hurting him but I'm not sure JDM's isn't hampering him too. He's a gamer but not making it happen like before. New game, maybe Sale can hold it together for one more then the BP again

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

DD ought to buy the entire organization and team tickets to the Bruins Stanley Cup opener so they all can see what it means to work hard to win.

 

That is true. Hard work plus having Duncan the walrus in goal.

[FredLynn]

Bogey should have been on 2nd base.

 

Good point. Bogaerts has been sleepwalking for days. Error yesterday (should have had two)....and no hustle today.

[jung]

C'mon Chris. hold them off here. Springer gone should leave a hole they can't really fill in their order.

[d-money]

Wish we had taken the lead.

[jung]

That is true. Hard work plus having Duncan the walrus in goal.

 

I love that commercial. I especially like when Duncan gestures at the opponent after he blocks his shot as if to say f*** You. Its so hockey. Even a walrus named Duncan tells you to f*** off in hockey.

[vegasbob]

The non hitting CF'er won't give up the body to jump the padding and save a leadoff double ?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bogey should have been on 2nd base.

 

This isn't the 1st time he's failed to hustle on a play. But he's definitely over-priced the market on SS's.

[Station 13]

Keep making such bad pitches to this ******* all series.

[jung]

Yes he is. Betts in CF, JD in right. Demote Bradley and bring someone up who might possibly be able to hit the baseball. Or wait until Holt gets back...he has to be close. Bradley sits. Betts is a good OF; I am not buying your assertion that he sucks in CF. Sorry.

 

Didn't say he sucks. He is average at best in CF. So you take your GGer in RF who happens to play in the toughest RF in baseball and turn him into an average CFer moving some below average OFer (JD for example) to the toughest RF in baseball in the process. Good luck with that.

 

Then what do you get for your efforts as far as offense goes? Nunez....Pearce? Good luck with that too. When Holt comes back, there is a little more flexibility but not much. I don't expect to see Pedey for more than a week at a time in an endless process of IL back to rehab back to lineup for short stints. Does not seem there is much help to expect from Pedey either.

Edited May 19, 2019 by jung

[d-money]

Come on. Don’t give this back.

[vegasbob]

This isn't the 1st time he's failed to hustle on a play. But he's definitely over-priced the market on SS's.

 

There is some complacency on this team . The hardware is in the trophy case and on the finger, and the wallets are full. Let's find another Chavis, although he is really not fully ready for where he is , but still a step up over about 4 other roster spots.

[d-money]

Throw strikes .

[TylerD]

About how this series goes. Get some momentum and let it slip away. Come on Sale.

[FredLynn]

Then you have not been watching.

 

Show me data to prove that Betts is an awful CF.

I can show you data that Bradley doesn't belong in the lineup.

[OH FOY]

This is a big at bat. Got to get the out.

[Station 13]

Middle order has left villages stranded this series. What a disappointment.

[vegasbob]

If Sale can't get out of this, call it Leon's Baby game. The stats by Moonslav do show remarkably different results from Sale when Leon catches , and Sale never shakes him offf. With Vaz it's a different story. But I put the blame on the pitcher who cannot control his mind or the pitches. Sale needs to win his own games. Edited May 19, 2019 by vegasbob

[d-money]

Just a terrible job by sale here. Astros about to blow this open.

[Station 13]

Terrible game Cora. Sale shouldn't be pushed another inning.

[d-money]

Walks always come back to bite you. Sale should be out of the game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Note to OB: Number of K's has little or nothing to do with a well-pitched game. Sale doesn't even qualify for a quality start today.

[d-money]

Boy do they need a dp in the worse way here or a strikeout.

[jung]

Show me data to prove that Betts is an awful CF.

I can show you data that Bradley doesn't belong in the lineup.

 

Got eyes. Its what he does not get to that matters. He plays too deep for one thing. Usually when a CF plays too deep its because he is not confident he can get back to the wall. Then he really does not come in on balls at all well from CF. For the few times he has played CF this year he has already let 3 hits fall in right in front of him. Mookie does not get good reads in CF which happens to be the thing that actually defines a CFer. The play Marisnick made in this series....Mookie does not make in CF. He does not even try to make it.