8/18 SOX @Yankems(in progress)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Dink hit for Gardner

 

Dink hit for a penis head seems appropo.

[Tedballgame]

Sox are painful to watch.

[Tedballgame]

The troll should be showing up soon.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Only one mistake by the SOX so far; the Bogey HR.

[illinoisredsox]

Only one mistake by the SOX so far; the Bogey HR.

 

Note that the hardest hit balls were by Bogie and Dalbec taking it the other way.

[illinoisredsox]

Juuust a bit outside.

[mvp 78]

The troll should be showing up soon.

 

Wow, rude.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sox are painful to watch.

 

I've made it even more painful by having the game on the YES feed with the mute off. Nothing more painful than listening to a happy Kay, Conehead, and O'neill. But, then, because the SOX fooled me for so long this season, I deserve to suffer.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Note that the hardest hit balls were by Bogie and Dalbec taking it the other way.

 

I noticed Bogey's, but I must have been taking a piss when Dalbec was up.

[jung]

Looking at the remaining games for us, Yankees and Rays, we have the easier schedule I think. Its a good think because we show no ability to beat good teams lately.

[jung]

I thought Eck was funny on the X HR call. "Second tank". Yea OK Eck...its debatable whether second tank in that spot in Yankmee stadium should even count as a HR.

[illinoisredsox]

I noticed Bogey's, but I must have been taking a piss when Dalbec was up.

 

Ripped one in his 2nd AB that LaMahieu used every bit of his 6’4” to nab.

[mvp 78]

Looking at the remaining games for us, Yankees and Rays, we have the easier schedule I think. Its a good think because we show no ability to beat good teams lately.

 

@IanMBrowne

Scheduling nugget that might make you feel better about Red Sox playoff chances. Of their last 39 games starting Friday, 23 are against sub .500 teams. In their most recent 39-game stretch which ends tonight, 30 were against teams over .500. 9 were against sub. 500 teams.

 

Who wants to end the season losing a WC game though?

[Oscars]

Good job by the bullpen for the Sox

[jung]

@IanMBrowne

Scheduling nugget that might make you feel better about Red Sox playoff chances. Of their last 39 games starting Friday, 23 are against sub .500 teams. In their most recent 39-game stretch which ends tonight, 30 were against teams over .500. 9 were against sub. 500 teams.

 

Who wants to end the season losing a WC game though?

 

It seems to me that the undeniable fact about bad teams this year is that they can't pitch.....like can't pitch AT ALL. Our greatest asset is still the middle of our batting order.

[Oscars]

Just like yesterday, Taylor is not sharp

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the whole point of a baseball season is to win a WS, and if the team one roots for has no chance of winning a WS, even if they do make the PO's, does it really matter if they get to the PO's. The SOX have won 4 WS since 2004, but with much better teams than the current one.

[illinoisredsox]

If the whole point of a baseball season is to win a WS, and if the team one roots for has no chance of winning a WS, even if they do make the PO's, does it really matter if they get to the PO's. The SOX have won 4 WS since 2004, but with much better teams than the current one.

 

Depends on the team. A very young team learning to win is decently served by making the postseason, even if they don’t advance.

 

A veteran team (and this years Sox are very much a veteran team) is not. What the Sox are is not extremely talented. They overachieved early but there’s a reason 162 games separates the contenders from the pretenders, and August is usually when that separation starts to occur.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There's that 600 foot HR someone was posting about earlier. Too bad it only counts as one run.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Depends on the team. A very young team learning to win is decently served by making the postseason, even if they don’t advance.

 

A veteran team (and this years Sox are very much a veteran team) is not. What the Sox are is not extremely talented. They overachieved early but there’s a reason 162 games separates the contenders from the pretenders, and August is usually when that separation starts to occur.

 

 

That makes sense, Thanks.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rizzo could be the Yankems' new Joe Pepitone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No save for Chapstick.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Speed or rather lack of is another weakness on this team.

[illinoisredsox]

No save for Chapstick.

 

Not a save situation for him; he came in with a 4 run lead.

[illinoisredsox]

Speed or rather lack of is another weakness on this team.

 

Anyone else on the team running there beats that out; when a team is going bad, it’s your back up catcher who hits that.

 

I was a little surprised that Schwarber wasn’t used there, even if it would have been lefty on lefty. He’s at least a threat to hit one out.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A little drama at the end. Similar to the long movie Doctor Zhivago.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Another exceptional game for Dalbec: 0 for 3 with a terrible defensive play. All in a day's work for the kid, Bobby D. I'm glad the Red Sox didn't replace him at the trade deadline.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not a save situation for him; he came in with a 4 run lead.

 

I was just looking for something to celebrate; well, at least, he didn't finish the inning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Anyone else on the team running there beats that out; when a team is going bad, it’s your back up catcher who hits that.

 

I was a little surprised that Schwarber wasn’t used there, even if it would have been lefty on lefty. He’s at least a threat to hit one out.

 

Like someone posted recently; this team has a bunch of piano haulers.

[a700hitter]

The kid from the Bronx Velasquez beat the Red Sox tonight at bat and with the glove.