5/14 SOX @ Rangers 7:05PM ET

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Hill (0-1) vs Otto (1-0)

 

 

Pivetta resting the BP last night may pay big dividends today.

 

Go SOX!

[Thunder]

Let's go Dick Mountain!

[Bellhorn04]

Let's go Dick Mountain!

 

Very creative!

[vegasbob]

How many ways will any Red Sox player reach base today in any manner ? Possibility 1.: None, if the Rangers' Otto throws a perfect game . Other than that, just keep scoring 6 or 7 a game and see the difference.

 

You do realize, we could win again today and still not catch the Orioles.

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Woe is me; the BRUINS lost today to a better team, but they did take 'em to 7.

Now I have to pin all my hopes on the SOX. Woe is me.

Edited May 14, 2022 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

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Let's go Dick Mountain!

 

 

"This time you gave me a Mountain; a Mountain I could never climb.

It isn't a Hill any longer; you gave me a Mountain this time."

 

Apologies to Marty Robbins.

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JBJ proves my point. If you can't hit a lick, at least be a good bunter.

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DEVERS DEliVERS!

[Thunder]

Very creative!

 

I stole that from a guy on social media who goes by the name PitchingNinja

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If Devers isn't extended I'll be really pizzed. Even more so than losing Betts and Bogey.

[Old Red]

Go Bobby D.

[jad]

If Devers isn't extended I'll be really pizzed. Even more so than losing Betts and Bogey.

 

If you're rebuilding, build around your best players, not around your worst. As even the Texas announcers say,

what's the point of finding, developing, and bringing up players if, when they turn into stars, you don't try to retain them.

[Old Red]

Bottom guys even hitting tonight.

[Oscars]

Great to the Sox hitters putting up a lot of runs.

Maybe this is what Bloom envisaged when he put this lineup together !

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It's a shame the SOX don't play 18 games against these Rangers.

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Speaking of Dick Mountain, I had a friend in high school named Richard Liss. His parents just weren't paying attention enough when they named him.

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Fun fact:

 

In each of Hill's last 76 starts he hasn't given up more than 3 runs. WOW!

[Tedballgame]

If Devers isn't extended I'll be really pizzed. Even more so than losing Betts and Bogey.

 

Devers must be signed. Sox are a big market team. Don't go cheap. Devers is an elite offensive player and he has really improved defensively.

[Tedballgame]

Nice job by Hill but the tank is empty. Go to the pen.

[Tedballgame]

ERA's of the 5 WooSox pitchers tonight at AAA: 20.77, 7.11, 6.43, 5.23 and 6.45. Help is NOT on the way!

[moonslav59]

ERA's of the 5 WooSox pitchers tonight at AAA: 20.77, 7.11, 6.43, 5.23 and 6.45. Help is NOT on the way!

 

Are they the only ones going tonight that Woo has?

 

How about...

 

2.75 Winckowski (.498 OPS Against)

 

2.93 Seabold (.563 OPS Against)

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Hill now up to 77 straight games.

[moonslav59]

Fun fact:

 

In each of Hill's last 76 starts he hasn't given up more than 3 runs. WOW!

 

I wish Bloom could find guys like him & Wacha!

 

Oh, wait...

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ERA's of the 5 WooSox pitchers tonight at AAA: 20.77, 7.11, 6.43, 5.23 and 6.45. Help is NOT on the way!

 

I believe Buchholz was the last good starter to be developed in the SOX farm system. I doubt any other team in MLB has a worse track record in developing pitching.

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ERA's of the 5 WooSox pitchers tonight at AAA: 20.77, 7.11, 6.43, 5.23 and 6.45. Help is NOT on the way!

 

 

Thank goodness the SOX aren't looking for starting help; at least right now anyway.

[Tedballgame]

This is when Barnes should pitch....with a 7 run lead. That way, the Sox can still win by 2.

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The Rangers' announcers were discussing Dick Radatz regarding his holding the record for most strikeouts in a season by a relief pitcher. It was in 1964 and he struck out 181 batters while pitching 157 innings. Hell, nowadays, most of these pampered starters don't pitch 157 innings.

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Btw, during an interview after he retired Mickey Mantle was asked who was the toughest pitcher he faced during his career. Mantle quickly answered Dick Radatz. "I knew he was going to throw me a fastball and I still couldn't hit it."

[Tedballgame]

Nice to see JBJ hustling down the line to get a hit with Sox up by 7.

[Tedballgame]

Btw, during an interview after he retired Mickey Mantle was asked who was the toughest pitcher he faced during his career. Mantle quickly answered Dick Radatz. "I knew he was going to throw me a fastball and I still couldn't hit it."

 

Dick Radatz had some really good years for the Red Sox and he was MLB's first real relief pitcher.