8/30 bos @ tbr

[a700hitter]

He has no idea where he is throwing the ball.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bringing in Robles tells me that Cora already considers this a loss.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bad pitching+bad defense=duck for cover.

[a700hitter]

Watching Robles is torture.

[Noles_1335]

Again…. Another genius decision by Cora… let’s throw the guy in there that can’t lob a strike in there! Ohhh and great pickup there Bloomer

[MADSTORK]

It's good that Bloom is building for future...not realizing we're wasting another good year from Devers as an example.

 

It's been a long day for me. We're down 3-1. If we get swept by the Rays, I'll probably quit watching.

 

I have no confidence for next year.

 

Who cares if we jump out to the lead? We've shown that we can blow it and management will sit on their collective asses.

 

Later boys.

 

Orlando needs to grow a pair and rid this Team of the journeyman pitching slugs. Robles Davis Perez must go.

No reason not to call on the handful of arms in AA AAA to gain experience and perhaps find a gem

 

Another stiff traded for today from Cleveland is mind boggling

[Oscars]

More butchery in the field.

The Red Sox have the 2nd most errors in MLB

[d-money]

What a pathetic game. Looks a 3-1 series or maybe even a sweep.

[moonslav59]

More butchery in the field.

The Red Sox have the 2nd most errors in MLB

 

I bet we have double the next team in non-error bad defensive plays.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

VAZ tried to throw that to center, but Bogey showed good range preventing that.

[moonslav59]

Watching Robles is torture.

 

So's this thread.

[redsoxrules]

We'll be lucky to take one game. Meanwhile the Blue Jay's are playing the O's so probably looking at only 2.5 up on the Jay's come Thursday

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job by Robles.

[a700hitter]

I guess this bum Robles limited the damage.

[moonslav59]

Robles for CLOSER!

 

Wow! That was the best Sox relief effort I've seen by anyone not named Whitlock in weeks!

 

Cora walks on water, again!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

ESPN morons talking about a pitch clock. If a pitch clock is employed, it will only be in effect when the bases are empty.

[TylerD]

Any chance we can score runs.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The game should be 2-1, but, unfortunately for the SOX, defense is also a big part of the game.

[oldtimer]

The game should be 2-1, but, unfortunately for the SOX, defense is also a big part of the game.

 

Sloppy defense has hurt the Sox in thee second half in particular.

[Noles_1335]

Nope!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

When the Rays say 'keep the line moving,' they're not talking about baserunners, they're talking about players coming from their farm system.

[TylerD]

No chance hey.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sloppy defense has hurt the Sox in thee second half in particular.

 

It's been sloppy all year, but the SOX using MOJO and Magic were able to overcome it for more than half the season.

[Oscars]

It's been sloppy all year, but the SOX using MOJO and Magic were able to overcome it for more than half the season.

 

The Red Sox have 88 errors and the rays have 66, a big difference that has cost the Sox a number of games

[Noles_1335]

This organization really needs to look at the coaches from the farm up! We don’t hit well at all… we can’t even square up low 90’s fastballs on a regular basis. We don’t develop pitchers at all! And can anyone rattle off a few names that our farm system has developed that had mad a difference… a real difference and I’m not talking about the guys who jumped from start up… why can the Rays develop talent and we can’t! Maybe it’s the way we draft!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I think the most amazing thing about the Yankems picking up Rizzo and Gallo was, in a league of so many Latin players, that they were able to acquire 2 Italians. Mamma Mia. Edited August 31, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Espinal; nice debut.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This organization really needs to look at the coaches from the farm up! We don’t hit well at all… we can’t even square up low 90’s fastballs on a regular basis. We don’t develop pitchers at all! And can anyone rattle off a few names that our farm system has developed that had mad a difference… a real difference and I’m not talking about the guys who jumped from start up… why can the Rays develop talent and we can’t! Maybe it’s the way we draft!

 

One could argue that Buchholz was the last decent starter developed thru their farm, who pitched for the SOX.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Poor Duran looks over-matched. Every time you look up, the count is 0-2 against him.

 

Duran needs to play full time next year, bat in the ninth spot, give him a few months to make adjustments.

[jung]

As I said the last Rays series, I do not believe we can beat this Rays team. They are just that much better than we are. If we get one great pitching performance in this series they will win this series 3-1 IMO. If we get lucky we might get a split. We will likely get to the Wild Card and could beat the Yankmees. After that, I just don't see us going anywhere if we even get that far.