4/18 Twins @ Sox

[Maxbialystock]

GAME STARTS AT 11:10 AM

 

Listen, my children, and you shall hear

Of the midnight rid of Paul Revere

On the eighteenth of April in Seventy-Five:

Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year.

 

Righty Bundy vs. lefty Hill with 3 changes from yesterday's lineup--

 

Enrique CF

Raffie 3B

Bogey SS

JDM DH

Verdugo LF

Arroyo 2B

Shaw 1B

Vazquez C

JBJ RF

Edited April 18, 2022 by Maxbialystock

[mvp 78]

MLB.TV showing the pregame show.

[mvp 78]

MLB.TV showing the pregame show.

 

I guess they started rolling out pregame shows for some franchises last June. Seemed to be a missed opportunity in the past.

[Maxbialystock]

I guess they started rolling out pregame shows for some franchises last June. Seemed to be a missed opportunity in the past.

 

Agree.

[mvp 78]

The "BOSTON" jerseys are great.

 

On one hand, I'd like to see them more. On the other hand, I'm glad they save them for special occasions.

[mvp 78]

Down early.

[Maxbialystock]

Doesn't look as though two pitches, a big curve and an 88 mph fast ball, are going to be enough.

[mvp 78]

Another good stop by Devers.

[mvp 78]

Doesn't look as though two pitches, a big curve and an 88 mph fast ball, are going to be enough.

 

He has a cutter too, but really needs to have good location. He hasn't been very good this year.

[mvp 78]

He's not a guy that misses bats, he's just up there to induce weak contact. Sometimes it doesn't work though.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

More hangers that top of the inning then you'd get from the dry cleaners.

[mvp 78]

Is Bogey superstitious about the light blue shirts? Everyone else seems to have the red undershirts.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is Bogey superstitious about the light blue shirts? Everyone else seems to have the red undershirts.

 

I wouldn't doubt it. Superstition seems to run rampant in MLB.

[vegasbob]

Is the #44 on Hill's jersey his uniform # or his age? Wonderful, long career , local connection ( hometown discount), but limited application on a contending team. The bats need to work again today

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is the #44 on Hill's jersey his uniform # or his age? Wonderful, long career , local connection ( hometown discount), but limited application on a contending team. The bats need to work again today

 

Well, Hill does throw harder than Wakefield when Wake was 42.

[vegasbob]

Wow, , Shaw swings under a watermelon pitch at 88mph. May 1 will become the day of reckoning for a couple of the Sox. Travis may be one. Who is the other ?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Oh, Al.

[Maxbialystock]

He's not a guy that misses bats, he's just up there to induce weak contact. Sometimes it doesn't work though.

 

I love pitching to contact--just not real good contact.

[Maxbialystock]

I wouldn't doubt it. Superstition seems to run rampant in MLB.

 

Superstition and downright ignorance. See the new thread on the injury list by mvp78. Apparently, a bunch of Sox players won't make the trip to Toronto because they don't quite believe in vaccinations.

[mvp 78]

Wow, , Shaw swings under a watermelon pitch at 88mph. May 1 will become the day of reckoning for a couple of the Sox. Travis may be one. Who is the other ?

 

He should have never been on this club to begin with.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hope the season proves me wrong, but the SOX may have picked up Hill a day late, but never a dollar short.

[mvp 78]

Well, Hill does throw harder than Wakefield when Wake was 42.

 

I have the same feeling watching 2022 Hill as I did with 2011 Wakefield.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Over the Hill and over the wall.

[Old Red]

I have the same feeling watching 2022 Hill as I did with 2011 Wakefield.

 

Who’s the long guy now?

[mvp 78]

And to think I was excited to watch the Sox at work.

[Maxbialystock]

Like I said. Two pitches ain't enough.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

And to think I was excited to watch the Sox at work.

 

It's still early.

[mvp 78]

Who’s the long guy now?

 

Crawford/Valdez

[Old Red]

Crawford/Valdez

 

Nobody’s up yet.

[mvp 78]

Like I said. Two pitches ain't enough.

 

Needs to be 2 outstanding pitches.

 

Wonder how soon we sill Hill to the pen and Whitlock to the rotation?

 

Does Whitlock move to the rotation in the TOR series with Houck out?