7/22 vS The Rays

[TylerD]

Martinez!

[YastrzemskI]

Wow... that looked almost WEIRD. It's sad that Martinez has been so up and down this season. You forget how

great a hitter he actually is when he is focused and locked in.

[S5Dewey]

Again they're scoring runs for ERod

[jung]

Surprised Cash kept Beeks in there for all of that. He was falling apart the entire inning. Still in there now. Maybe Cash is setting up for more than one "opener" game this series and needs arms to get through it. Who knows with this opener horse s***.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Beeks was 5-0 with an ERA OF 2.78 prior to this game. I just looked it up and I was shocked that that rag arm had such stats.

[S5Dewey]

Benintendi may never hit another HR again.

 

Ahem!

[YastrzemskI]

Happy Birthday Andrew!

[illinoisredsox]

Benintendi may never hit another HR again.

 

Good call 😉

[TylerD]

Lmao everyone is hitting.

[jung]

Of course the nerd in the booth goes on about the "opener" as if its some innovation when in fact its just a concession to the lack of good starters and good pitchers in general wearing MLB unis these days.

[Oscars]

Welcome back Beni !

[S5Dewey]

If ERod can hold this together this game should be in hand. However, if he falls apart and we go the pen all bets are off.

[Bellhorn04]

Any Clarence Beeks jokes yet?

[d-money]

They might have to sweep the rays and hope the Guardians lose some games. The As will take on the Astros.

[Bellhorn04]

Even a modern-thinking manager like Cash sometimes has to invoke the 7-run rule, I guess.

[TylerD]

They might have to sweep the rays and hope the Guardians lose some games. The As will take on the Astros.

 

Definitely. Losing the series to Baltimore was killer.

[S5Dewey]

Of course the nerd in the booth goes on about the "opener" as if its some innovation when in fact its just a concession to the lack of good starters and good pitchers in general wearing MLB unis these days.

 

The "opener" was an idea that was going to be seen as a horrible idea if it didn't work but is rationalized to death because it's frequently working.

[a700hitter]

Even a modern-thinking manager like Cash sometimes has to invoke the 7-run rule, I guess.

i think you meant to say a non-thinking manager like Cash. The guy is brainless.

[a700hitter]

This guy Beeks stinks. Glad we dumped his ass.

[Thunder]

Nice to see we showed up in a big game

[S5Dewey]

i think you meant to say a non-thinking manager like Cash. The guy is brainless.

 

That's a surprising comment. You usually have such a high opinion of managers! ..my friend

[Thunder]

This guy Beeks stinks. Glad we dumped his ass.

 

Until this inning, I was starting to think the Rays won that deal. Beeks has had good numbers this year. Other than Eovaldi in the WS, he hasn't done much for us

[S5Dewey]

Where's Wally on that play?

[Bellhorn04]

The "opener" was an idea that was going to be seen as a horrible idea if it didn't work but is rationalized to death because it's frequently working.

 

I don't like the 'opener' thing at all. It's nice to see an opener take his lumps.

[S5Dewey]

At the risk of criticizing our best pitcher at this time, but that's been the knock on ERod. He's lazy. He doesn't cover 1B and I can remember him not hustling to 2B when he was on base in a playoff game last year.

[YastrzemskI]

Nice to see Andrew doing some damage today. Now DD should get on the horn.

[jung]

I don't like the 'opener' thing at all. It's nice to see an opener take his lumps.

 

It is just a most extreme extension of "give me all ya' got for as long as ya' got it" which is simply going to burn out more arms faster. As bad as MLB pitching is now, the opener nonsense is just going to make it worse faster with more guys filling out MLB unis that should not be here at all.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just discovered there is a MATT BARNES in the NBA, who is seeking a reduction in child support payments.

[jung]

So maybe this game was supposed to be some sort of training session for Beeks. I have no idea why Cash left him in there for all of that and then let him pitch to 3 more guys in this inning......ridiculous. Just gave up the game unless he is planning on his hitters having an explosion that overcomes a 7 run deficit.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just discovered there is a MATT BARNES in the NBA, who is seeking a reduction in child support payments.

 

 

Make that 'former' NBA player.