July 20: Red Sox (Richards) @ Blue Jays (Hatch)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

God dammit. Now I have to watch something else

 

Oh well. Double Impact it is.

 

You really mean VAN DAMME it don't you?

[TylerD]

Well let’s try again today shall we.

[TylerD]

You really mean VAN DAMME it don't you?

 

Lol clever. I see what you did there haha. I should have done that!!

[oldtimer]

The Rays won in the 9th so we need to win this one tonight to keep them behind.

[mvp 78]

1 CF Enrique Hernandez

2 LF Danny Santana

3 SS Xander Bogaerts

4 3B Rafael Devers

5 DH J.D. Martinez

6 RF Hunter Renfroe

7 C Christian Vazquez

8 1B Bobby Dalbec

9 2B Michael Chavis

 

Sox going with 8 RHB against LHP Ray.

[mvp 78]

BTW, Ray is now pitching instead of Hatch.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Rays won in the 9th so we need to win this one tonight to keep them behind.

 

I'm wondering if the terrible O's 2nd baseman was paid by the Rays to run over the 1st baseman just as he was prepared to catch the ball in the bottom of the 9th.

Ironic that the most ugly team in baseball(for a long time), the O's, plays their home games in, perhaps, the most beautiful ballpark in MLB. In a fairer world, the O's s/b playing in the Tropicana Mausoleum and the Rays s/b playing in Camden Yards.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

BTW, Ray is now pitching instead of Hatch.

 

 

Bad news for the SOX. Ray is now the Jays' best pitcher.

[Maxbialystock]

I'm wondering if the terrible O's 2nd baseman was paid by the Rays to run over the 1st baseman just as he was prepared to catch the ball in the bottom of the 9th.

Ironic that the most ugly team in baseball(for a long time), the O's, plays their home games in, perhaps, the most beautiful ballpark in MLB. In a fairer world, the O's s/b playing in the Tropicana Mausoleum and the Rays s/b playing in Camden Yards.

 

Agree on Camden Yards, where I have watched the Orioles play several times. A tough drive from Fairfax County, however, not so much getting there but getting back.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm wondering if the terrible O's 2nd baseman was paid by the Rays to run over the 1st baseman just as he was prepared to catch the ball in the bottom of the 9th.

Ironic that the most ugly team in baseball(for a long time), the O's, plays their home games in, perhaps, the most beautiful ballpark in MLB. In a fairer world, the O's s/b playing in the Tropicana Mausoleum and the Rays s/b playing in Camden Yards.

 

The O's have 3 things going for them; Mountcastle(probably top choice for ROY), Mullins(wasted season with this clown show), and Mancini.

The Rays with 29 come from behind wins, including today, are tied with the SOX.

Rays' reliever, McHugh, may be best in the AL.

Btw, if Mountcastle(complete opposite of Bobby Dee) played for the SOX or the Yankems, every baseball fan in America would have heard of him. This kid is going to be special; too bad he's stuck in Baltimore.

Edited July 21, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Maxbialystock]

Bad news for the SOX. Ray is now the Jays' best pitcher.

 

And Cora is going with an all-righty lineup except for Devers. Verdugo and Duran are out.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Agree on Camden Yards, where I have watched the Orioles play several times. A tough drive from Fairfax County, however, not so much getting there but getting back.

 

 

The O's playing in Camden Yards is similar to putting lipstick on a pig.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In regards to timely hitting, which I believe the Rays lead MLB in, Austin Meadows is batting only .240, but has 65 RBI. Edited July 21, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Maxbialystock]

The O's playing in Camden Yards is similar to putting lipstick on a pig.

 

The pig isn't the team as much as it is Peter Angelos. In Earl Weaver's day, the Orioles were pretty good.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just watched former SOX alumnus Daniel Bard successfully get his 15th save for a bad Rockies' team. Glad to see he's recovered from that failed experiment with the SOX.

Bard was the SOX top pick in the 2006 draft and #28 overall.

Signed as a reliever who could top 100mph and was quite successful until someone higher up thought he'd make a good starter. That failed miserably in 2012 and Bard completely lost the strike zone. His last year with the SOX was 2013. He was signed by the Rockies in 2020.

Edited July 21, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[moonslav59]

Just watched former SOX alumnus Daniel Bard successfully get his 15th save for a bad Rockies' team. Glad to see he's recovered from that failed experiment with the SOX.

Bard was the SOX top pick in the 2006 draft and #28 overall.

Signed as a reliever who could top 100mph and was quite successful until someone higher up thought he'd make a good starter. That failed miserably in 2012 and Bard completely lost the strike zone. His last year with the SOX was 2013. He was signed by the Rockies in 2020.

 

I'm happy for him, but it may be smoke and mirrors.

 

1.526 WHIP

 

.823 OPS Against

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm happy for him, but it may be smoke and mirrors.

 

1.526 WHIP

 

.823 OPS Against

 

Yup. He's still having control issues. His fastball topped off at 97 today. It was unfortunate what happened to him in Boston, but, like you, I'm happy for him.

[illinoisredsox]

The pig isn't the team as much as it is Peter Angelos. In Earl Weaver's day, the Orioles were pretty good.

 

Pretty good?

 

The teams he had in the early 70s were great and they were always in contention throughout his first term as their manager.

 

During his first tenure with the Orioles, he managed 14 full seasons. They won 100 games 5 times (3 of those on a row) and he had only 3 years where the team failed to win 90 games (2 of those were strike shortened). He had a partial year in 1968 when he took over the club at midseason and he had them on a pace to win 96 games. He retired the first time after the 1982 season, and the O’s won the World Series in 2983 with a team Weaver built.

 

Camden Yards didn’t open until 1992, 6 years after his second tenure in Baltimore.

[illinoisredsox]

Just watched former SOX alumnus Daniel Bard successfully get his 15th save for a bad Rockies' team. Glad to see he's recovered from that failed experiment with the SOX.

Bard was the SOX top pick in the 2006 draft and #28 overall.

Signed as a reliever who could top 100mph and was quite successful until someone higher up thought he'd make a good starter. That failed miserably in 2012 and Bard completely lost the strike zone. His last year with the SOX was 2013. He was signed by the Rockies in 2020.

 

Didn’t Bard ask to be a starter? As for losing the strike zone, that began in September 2011, when he along with the entire Sox pitching staff imploded.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=bardda01&t=p&year=2011

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Didn’t Bard ask to be a starter? As for losing the strike zone, that began in September 2011, when he along with the entire Sox pitching staff imploded.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=bardda01&t=p&year=2011

 

It may have been a combination of Bard wanting to be a starter(a normal want) and SOX management thinking it would be a good idea.

[Maxbialystock]

Pretty good?

 

The teams he had in the early 70s were great and they were always in contention throughout his first term as their manager.

 

During his first tenure with the Orioles, he managed 14 full seasons. They won 100 games 5 times (3 of those on a row) and he had only 3 years where the team failed to win 90 games (2 of those were strike shortened). He had a partial year in 1968 when he took over the club at midseason and he had them on a pace to win 96 games. He retired the first time after the 1982 season, and the O’s won the World Series in 2983 with a team Weaver built.

 

Camden Yards didn’t open until 1992, 6 years after his second tenure in Baltimore.

 

Right you are. Weaver and the Orioles were both great—before Camden Yards opened. My older son became an Orioles fan because of their success and proximity.

Edited July 21, 2021 by Maxbialystock

[jung]

Game 96. This thing has just flown by....or is it that I am so old now that 96 goes by like 19 used to.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No Jays' batting practice pitcher tonight.

[Maxbialystock]

Pretty good?

 

The teams he had in the early 70s were great and they were always in contention throughout his first term as their manager.

 

During his first tenure with the Orioles, he managed 14 full seasons. They won 100 games 5 times (3 of those on a row) and he had only 3 years where the team failed to win 90 games (2 of those were strike shortened). He had a partial year in 1968 when he took over the club at midseason and he had them on a pace to win 96 games. He retired the first time after the 1982 season, and the O’s won the World Series in 2983 with a team Weaver built.

 

Camden Yards didn’t open until 1992, 6 years after his second tenure in Baltimore.

 

Right you are. Weaver and the Orioles were both great—before Camden Yards opened.

[Maxbialystock]

Good 1st inning for Richards.

[Swiharts Ghost]

Bobby D is due for a moooooon shot HR please have men on base

[d-money]

These bats have to get going.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice play by MC.

[d-money]

Richards has to get these outs.

[d-money]

Big run at second base.