8/26 Twins at Fenway

[Key2Delock]

Interesting stat about the “Immaculate Inning” in MLB history.

 

Among the five times the Red Sox have been victims of an “Immaculate Inning”, three of those have been by (1) Jim Bunning on August 2, 1959 in the ninth inning against Sammy White, Jim Mahoney and Ike Delock; (2) Nolan Ryan on July 9, 1972 in the second inning against Carlton Fisk, Bob Burda and Juan Beniquez; and (3) Roger Clemens on September 18, 1997 in the first inning against Nomar Garciaparra, John Valentin and Mo Vaughn.

 

If you have to be victimized by an “Immaculate Inning”, suffering it against two Hall of Famers and one who had a Hall of Famer career isn’t too bad.

 

The other two who victimized the Red Sox with an "Immaculate Inning" were the Yankees' Michael King on June 4, 2021 in the fourth inning against Hunter Renfroe, Marwin Gonzalez and Christian Vázquez and the Guardians' Justin Masterson on June 2, 2014 in the fourth inning against Jonny Gomes, Grady Sizemore and Stephen Drew.

[redsoxrules]

Does JD not have access to video anymore???

[Key2Delock]

10 less RBIs than Bogey and 150 less PAs, too.

 

Ten

RBIs than Bogaerts. s/ Stannis Baratheon

[Oscars]

Poor JD can’t even get a hit against the slow-pitch pitcher

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I doubt JD could hit off a tee at this point.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Does JD not have access to video anymore???

 

Pornhub.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Trivia:

 

Which great HOF hitter employed a split grip on the bat?

 

And the answer is (drumroll) Rogers Hornsby. Thanks for playing or not.

[Tedballgame]

Where are the Bobby D. haters tonight?

[Tedballgame]

Matt Barnes is BACK baby!!!!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

And the answer is (drumroll) Rogers Hornsby. Thanks for playing or not.

 

Hornsby was 2nd only to Cobb in lifetime BA.

[redsoxrules]

Well at least Barnes didn't give up any runs tonight. Still not a good outing though

[redsoxrules]

Matt Barnes is BACK baby!!!!!

 

Back? Hit a batter, walked a better, threw a wild pitch. He's lucky that no runs came across. Oh and also needed 26 pitches. Not good

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Where are the Bobby D. haters tonight?

 

I do have a 'hate list', but none of them are ballplayers.

[Tedballgame]

Back? Hit a batter, walked a better, threw a wild pitch. He's lucky that no runs came across. Oh and also needed 26 pitches. Not good

 

Apparently you don't recognize sarcasm when you see it. LOL!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Back? Hit a batter, walked a better, threw a wild pitch. He's lucky that no runs came across. Oh and also needed 26 pitches. Not good

 

Baby steps.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Apparently you don't recognize sarcasm when you see it. LOL!

 

I just read a book where the author stated that identifying sarcasm was a main definer of intelligence.

[Tedballgame]

Chavis 4-5 tonight for Pirates.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Chavis 4-5 tonight for Pirates.

 

"Batten down the hatches."

[TylerD]

Domination folks. Good night.

[moonslav59]

Chavis 4-5 tonight for Pirates.

 

Why can’t we ever find guys like him?

[Maxbialystock]

Attendance 33,746 on a Thursday night vs last place Twins and with delta version lurking. Not too shabby.

 

Some Sox fans remain hopeful and supportive.

[Maxbialystock]

Shwarber was walked 4 times to get to JDM, who went 0 for 5.

[moonslav59]

Shwarber was walked 4 times to get to JDM, who went 0 for 5.

 

Gotta love the .571 OBP.

 

There are still posters who think Bloom did “nothing” at the deadline.

 

Schwarber>>>> Rizzo

[mvp 78]

Gotta love the .571 OBP.

 

There are still posters who think Bloom did “nothing” at the deadline.

 

Schwarber>>>> Rizzo

 

How did his acquisitions help while the team was in freefall the first two weeks of August?

[Bellhorn04]

How did his acquisitions help while the team was in freefall the first two weeks of August?

 

They didn't.

 

However, Schwarber is pretty freakin' good. I wouldn't mind seeing him in a Red Sox uniform next year and beyond.

[mvp 78]

They didn't.

 

However, Schwarber is pretty freakin' good. I wouldn't mind seeing him in a Red Sox uniform next year and beyond.

 

I agree. If he comes back next year on that option, it's a great deal. If the deal was Aldo for 1.5 months of Schwarber, it's less of a great deal IMO.

 

I love how patient he is. He just has a command of the batters box. JD looks lost most of the time. Schwarber always looks confident.

[Bellhorn04]

I agree. If he comes back next year on that option, it's a great deal. If the deal was Aldo for 1.5 months of Schwarber, it's less of a great deal IMO.

 

I love how patient he is. He just has a command of the batters box. JD looks lost most of the time. Schwarber always looks confident.

 

Yeah, I love that he doesn't mind taking a walk.

[mvp 78]

Yeah, I love that he doesn't mind taking a walk.

 

There's a lot of value in driving up a starter's pitch count.

[redsoxrules]

Chavis 4-5 tonight for Pirates.

 

That's one game. Just like Dalbec had last night.

 

Chavis is a minus 0.2 on War this year a career 0.1.

 

We're not missing anything yet from him.

[Maxbialystock]

Gotta love the .571 OBP.

 

There are still posters who think Bloom did “nothing” at the deadline.

 

Schwarber>>>> Rizzo

 

I am getting the impression that adding Schwarber this year is like adding JDM before the 2018 season--almost everyone else in the Sox lineup got better. He was billed as a home run threat, which no doubt he is, but he strikes me as simply a good hitter.