8/20 v Phillies

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

MLB has great heath coverage and a fantastic Workmen's Comp program.

[FredLynn]

Is anyone else worried about BJ's pitch count?

 

Extremely worried.....hopefully he will pitch his arm off today so we never have to see him again.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Would have been great to have had the Tigers following the O's in this home stand.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Extremely worried.....hopefully he will pitch his arm off today so we never have to see him again.

 

Better hope it's both arms or he could come back to the SOX as a RH.

[jung]

Boy I can't tell much diff between last year's Nola and this year's. Not wonderful for the Sox RH hitters.

[Station 13]

All swinging at fart pitches for outs.

[YastrzemskI]

Ughh.. hope the BJ gets better in the 2nd.. not impressed thus far. Not enough spit on the ball, the grip is off as is the trajectory and rotation..

[jung]

All swinging at fart pitches for outs.

 

Nola's stuff is nasty. Not sure the Sox hitters have really had much of a shot yet. Maybe the curve up and in to X. But not sure how X would have kept that fair.

[FredLynn]

Ughh.. hope the BJ gets better in the 2nd.. not impressed thus far. Not enough spit on the ball, the grip is off as is the trajectory and rotation..

 

The Big BJ is going to get hammered....he isn't ever going to get better, not this year, not next year...ever. He is a #7 SP at best.

[jung]

Nola WILL throw in the strike zone which is what I mean when I whine about most pitchers who will not challenge anybody. If you don't swing at Nola's pitch you are likely to have the ump call it a strike.

[Station 13]

JDM on the receiving end of a doubleplay for once.

[YastrzemskI]

About this whole Sale situation. If the SOX were a shoe in for the post season I'd be pretty darn pissed off right now.

Dude just can't pitch an entire season without falling apart.

[YastrzemskI]

The BJ is starting to settle in a bit. The timid nibbler phase is over.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If Porcello is BUTTER, then BJ is I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER.

[TylerD]

The BJ is starting to settle in a bit. The timid nibbler phase is over.

 

If the offense could settle in that would be nice

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

YAY for JBJ!

[TylerD]

JBJ. There we go

[jung]

That is what has to happen. Our LH hitters have to get Nola.

[oldtimer]

Nola is not invincible!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nola is not invincible!

 

He's definitely no Nola Ryan.

[jung]

Nola is not invincible!

 

No pitcher should be invincible to off handed hitters. If your off handed hitters can't get to a pitcher at all he is in fact pretty close to invincible.

[jung]

Pretty decent job BJ.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

BJ started out sloppy, but it resulted in a happy ending.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Walden has a pretty impressive hits per innings pitched stat.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No one individual did more for the Jimmy Fund than Ted Williams. One of his ideas for people to donate was that any check sent to Fenway, Ted would personally autograph. Teddy Ballgame was like an onion with many layers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

With Ted's many visits to the childrens' hospital I'm sure he probably asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. I wonder what Ted's reaction would have been if one of the kids had answered "I want to be sports writer." Edited August 21, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

VAZtly improved!

[jung]

Good job Vaz. Nola made a mistake...Vaz didn't miss it.

[FredLynn]

Moreland needed to get Vasquez to third, at least. That is a problem the Sox have had all year: poor situational hitting.

[TylerD]

Do something here. Tied this. Runner on 3rd.