5/31 Reds @ SOX

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Go SOX

 

Castillo vs Wacha

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Kike

Devers

JD

Bogey

Dugo

Story

Franchy

Plawecki

JBJ

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How many SOX runs tonight? 12 or 2?

[vegasbob]

Frustrating series with the O's .score high, and still lose one, can't score much in other 2 to lose series at home.

[vegasbob]

If we beat the Reds twice it still won't get us to .500 before a long West Coast trip.

 

I will get to see them live, Tuesday June 7 in Anaheim. I have tickets very near the Red Sox bullpen so i can introduce myself to our heroes.

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Dugo says, Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice with exactly the same pitch, another K for my collection

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If we beat the Reds twice it still won't get us to .500 before a long West Coast trip.

 

I will get to see them live, Tuesday June 7 in Anaheim. I have tickets very near the Red Sox bullpen so i can introduce myself to our heroes.

 

That sounds really cool, Vegas. If you get a chance to get Barnes' autograph, make certain you refer to him as Mr Barnes.

[harmony]

Frustrating series with the O's .score high, and still lose one, can't score much in other 2 to lose series at home.

In a three-game weekend series the Seattle Mariners outscored the first-place Houston Astros 13-3, with each M's starter going at least seven innings, but still managed to lose one game.

Edited May 31, 2022 by harmony

[vegasbob]

The defensive positioning is so incredibly good that no one may ever hit .400 again. Going on 80+ years with no one doing it Edited May 31, 2022 by vegasbob

[vegasbob]

In a three-game weekend series the Seattle Mariners outscored the first-place Houston Astros 13-3, with each M's starter going at least seven innings, but still managed to lose one game.

 

Can't wait for the Sox to finish up the WC road trip in Seattle

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Kike is so f'ing bad he injures Devers in the on deck space. Raffy was positioned excellently for Kike's hitting style

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Maybe it's safer when Kike just pops up. Please don't be injuring the SOX best player.

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Castillo's stuff doesn't compute with his lifetime stats. This guy s/b an 'ACE.'

[Bellhorn04]

It's Mowdown City so far.

[Bellhorn04]

The defensive positioning is so incredibly good that no one may ever hit .400 again. Going on 80+ years with no one doing it

 

That plus the heat. So many guys pumping 97 and up. It's almost no wonder Meddling Manfred is toying with the idea of moving the mound back a foot.

[Bellhorn04]

Thor got hammered in New York.

[vegasbob]

A 16-31 team comes in , shows us there best pitcher and we are scuffling. I'm loving the Forum thread arguments over what is more important---good consistent starters or a closer and BP in general.

[vegasbob]

Thor got hammered in New York.

 

Angels quickly descending the down staircase to mediocrity after a nice start. Rendon is a great example of a costly , long term contract not working out (yet) He cannot stay on the field. Ready to see if we can continue the LAA miseries next week.

[bmattioli]

Oh my.. falling asleep here..

[illinoisredsox]

Castillo's stuff doesn't compute with his lifetime stats. This guy s/b an 'ACE.'

 

His career ERA+ is 123, which if it’s not ace level, it’s pretty close. He’s been on some very mediocre and poor Reds teams.

 

Of course, to many posters here (not you, I repeat, not you), all players on a lousy team are terrible.

[JDavis76]

wacha with a no-no so far

[JDavis76]

Ooops, I spoke too soon......

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His career ERA+ is 123, which if it’s not ace level, it’s pretty close. He’s been on some very mediocre and poor Reds teams.

 

Of course, to many posters here (not you, I repeat, not you), all players on a lousy team are terrible.

 

I've seen many pitchers so far this season, but this Castillo has the best natural stuff I've seen. Not blaming the SOX offense because this guy is just plain nasty.

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I didn't realize that Votto will be 39 in September. He appears, imho, to be HOF material.

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Nice play by Brooks Devers and terrible base running by Reds'.

[iortiz]

Devers should stop doing those plays, he simply can't. The other day cost us a game.

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Nice play by Brooks Devers and terrible base running by Reds'.

 

My apologies to Brooks Robinson. Damn you Devers; you embarrassed me.

[Maxbialystock]

My apologies to Brooks Robinson. Damn you Devers; you embarrassed me.

 

Rafael Devers has never been even remotely comparable to Brooks Robinson. His glove is OK, but he simply can't throw the ball and never could--an exaggeration, but not that far off. And this guy is worth $300M?

[JDavis76]

Nice play by Brooks Devers and terrible base running by Reds'.

 

terrible play by rafael burleson and nice base running by the reds

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Good job by Wacha tonight. He deserved better.