5/11 vs A's

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If you liked EO's 3-2 counts, you're gonna love this guy.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Actually that was me on the higher seams a few games ago. But somebody else might have mentioned it as well. Seems pretty obvious to me.

 

We need one of those TV time hogging David Price reports on this year's baseball. I am sure he would be happy to do it.

 

It was you whom I remember posting that. (Is it who or whom? I hate deciding).

[Maxbialystock]

Love those walks.

 

Not.

[mvp 78]

That positioning on Franchy...

[Maxbialystock]

It was you whom I remember posting that. (Is it who or whom? I hate deciding).

 

Former English P: who works fine and certainly sounds better.

[d-money]

Nice start to the inning. A walk.

[jacksonianmarch]

Darwinzon cannot locate again

[Maxbialystock]

And that sure looks like the old ball game.

[d-money]

Putrid offense. Like someone mentioned the As have won a lot of these close games. Not a good omen for this team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Former English P: who works fine and certainly sounds better.

 

Thanks. I've gotta do some research on 'who' or 'whom.'

[TylerD]

Bullpen blowing it. What a shocker.

[d-money]

They bring in the pen and they can’t do the job.

[jacksonianmarch]

They're not missing, Cora making the right move to pull him

[d-money]

I am loading up the bases now. This is a big run. This team hasn’t done anything offensively.

[jung]

I sure hope Oakland has a flock of RH hitters lined up for Vino. If not......YIKES.

[Maxbialystock]

Oakland's run differential, season to date, is -10. They are 21-15, which has to mean they are good at winning close games. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this game so far has been pretty close.

 

Prophetic.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bullpen blowing it. What a shocker.

 

Too bad the SOX couldn't have kidnapped a couple of the O's relievers.

[TylerD]

They bring in the pen and they can’t do the job.

Nope. This bullpen in one way or another finds ways to blow it. Every time I say it, someone brings up stats and says how I’m wrong. This bullpen f***ing blows. Everyone like Taylor and Brice can have stretches of good games but over all they suck. I trust nobody other than Barnes, and Whitlock. Whitlock had two bad outings but I still think he’s good with a ton of potential. If the bullpen has to come in for 3 or 4 innings and it’s a one run game, I just chalk it up to a loss.

 

Valdez has also been decent. Forgot to mention him

[Maxbialystock]

Nice play. I don't think the A's runner had much choice but to go home.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They're not missing, Cora making the right move to pull him

 

Except maybe Bobby Valentine, any manager would have pulled him.

[TylerD]

Too bad the SOX couldn't have kidnapped a couple of the O's relievers.

Lol true.

[jung]

A dying quail to RF

[Maxbialystock]

Hung that slider up.

[d-money]

That should be game.

[d-money]

If they don’t come back blame the bats tonight. Putrid.

[TylerD]

If they don’t come back blame the bats tonight. Putrid.

 

Yup agreed. Two nights in a row putting up one run. We score in chunks and then go silent. It’s frustrating

[moonslav59]

This pattern is disconcerting.

[Maxbialystock]

Putrid offense. Like someone mentioned the As have won a lot of these close games. Not a good omen for this team.

 

The Sox offense is good enough to lead MLB in runs and OPS, but the pitching by Bassitt has been amazing.

[jacksonianmarch]

The one good side effect of the dead baseball is the games are far shorter

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Most of you guys know this, but the way baseball is played today, if a team doesn't have a reliable BP, they're going nowhere.