Game Thread - 08/11 Rays at Sox

[TylerD]

So, Tyler, you are replacing one nightmare with another.

 

Lmao except this one is entertaining. The Sox put me into a sleep state.

[TylerD]

Bruins won for you guys. So there’s that.

[a700hitter]

I was so looking forward to baseball starting, but this staff that Bloom has rolled out is not major league caliber. It is a 2 man starting rotation followed by Independent League quality arms and a Pen full of pigs. It's painful to watch. I have seen some bad Boston pitching over the past 50 years, but this isn't major league quality at all. It is an embarrassment. You can all rationalize your excuses for Bloom. I can't.

[mvp 78]

I was so looking forward to baseball starting, but this staff that Bloom has rolled out is not major league caliber. It is a 2 man starting rotation followed by Independent League quality arms and a Pen full of pigs. It's painful to watch. I have seen some bad Boston pitching over the past 50 years, but this isn't major league quality at all. It is an embarrassment. You can all rationalize your excuses for Bloom. I can't.

 

Very hard to watch.

[a700hitter]

Very hard to watch.

How do you manage to be 4 games behind the putrid Orioles one-third of the way through a 60 game schedule?

[mvp 78]

How do you manage to be 4 games behind the putrid Orioles one-third of the way through a 60 game schedule?

 

Extrapolated to a 162 game season, at this point in the year they'd be 16 games out. If the Sox and Yanks continue their pace, the Red Sox will lose the division by 54 games (prorated for a full season).

 

In a normal year, they'd be mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in August.

[mvp 78]

Sox are 3.5 games ahead of the Pirates for the #1 pick. They need to go on a losing streak.

[a700hitter]

The games were less painful to follow last week when my electricity was out from the storm. I had no power from Tuesday until Saturday. Following sporadically on Gameday on my phone limited the pain. Plus, the rest of my day without power made the Red Sox pitching comparatively less upsetting.