8/21 SOX @ O's 7:10PM ET

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I noticed earlier today that JBJ is now a Blue Jay. I don't believe any team has picked up Robles yet.

[redsoxrules]

I can't believe they do this crap with in game interviews

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I noticed earlier today that JBJ is now a Blue Jay. I don't believe any team has picked up Robles yet.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do the Jays have to pay JBJ any money? I know the SOX are responsible for his remaining contract.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I can't believe they do this crap with in game interviews

 

It's never a good thing when your favorite team is televised on ESPN.

[redsoxrules]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do the Jays have to pay JBJ any money? I know the SOX are responsible for his remaining contract.

 

They do but just league minimum. 700K

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They do but just league minimum. 700K

 

That's what I thought. Thanks for confirming.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice play by Devers. That could have been disastrous.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The O's have a 'Castle' at 1st. The SOX have 'temporary housing.'

[vegasbob]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do the Jays have to pay JBJ any money? I know the SOX are responsible for his remaining contract.

 

I think the pick'em up team pays the MLB minimum prorated for the partial season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I think the pick'em up team pays the MLB minimum prorated for the partial season.

 

Well, it's good to see the SOX subsidizing other teams.

[vegasbob]

Odor, who stinks, makes zero effort to avoid the pitch brushing his jersey . Next time hit him flush

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Odor, who stinks, makes zero effort to avoid the pitch brushing his jersey . Next time hit him flush

 

 

The HP chUMPS are supposed to rule on that, but they very seldom do.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm pretty sure most little leaguers really don't appreciate a pitching duel, so, I'm guessing, most of them in the stands are bored to death.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm pretty sure most little leaguers really don't appreciate a pitching duel, so, I'm guessing, most of them in the stands are bored to death.

 

Do these dumb asses in the booth get paid by the word?

[FredLynn]

Do these dumb asses in the booth get paid by the word?

 

Not sure they are any worse than Youk.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not sure they are any worse than Youk.

 

Good point.

[Maxbialystock]

Odor, who stinks, makes zero effort to avoid the pitch brushing his jersey . Next time hit him flush

 

I've seen other opposing teams do something very similar, take an HBP that won't injure you. The Sox don't do that. I think it's smart baseball, depending of course on how well the batter can judge that the pitch won't injure him.

[jgar658]

Not sure they are any worse than Youk.

 

Youk is not that bad. Her is OK most of the time.

[vegasbob]

So the hitting slump continues through 6 tonight. The pressure barometer in the BP starts to rise.

[jgar658]

BTW, the X-man should have been traded.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good job tonight by Pivetta.

[moonslav59]

BTW, the X-man should have been traded.

 

No, the team leader has a no trade clause!

[Maxbialystock]

I'm getting madder and madder at the Sox not hitting, which means I'm ignoring the fact that Pivetta has battled beautifully since the 1st inning. Plus it's freaking 2-1 game. Of course, the Orioles have the better bullpen, especially with Schreiber and Whitlock throwing 19 and 25 pitches last night.

 

So, it's never too late to say, "Go Sox!"

[vegasbob]

probably just my eye test being in error but in this start and numerous previous ones, Nick sure seems to struggle with 2 outs , putting men on base, a lucky hit, etc. I have talked to Cora about it, and he agrees. Pull Nick whenever 2 outs.

[Maxbialystock]

Good job tonight by Pivetta.

 

Fantastic job. I admire a pitcher more when he has a rough first inning and then settles down to keep his team in the game.

[Maxbialystock]

Hold the phone! Is Strahm about to do his job? No.

 

At least not yet. He just walked a lefty batter hitting .203.

 

Of course, I have learned on these threads that what happens in the 6th inning isn't nearly as important as what happens in the 9th inning. That's where the games are won or lost.

 

But, ingenue that I am, I get excited about what happens in the earlier innings.

 

And lo and behold Strahm suckers Mateo into an easy-peasy fly out to deep center field.

 

And no, I haven't forgotten that recently Barnes has demonstrated he might still have a save or two in him.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Maxbialystock

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Fantastic job. I admire a pitcher more when he has a rough first inning and then settles down to keep his team in the game.

 

'Fantastic' is a liitle too much. Fantastic would describe going 9 and giving up 1 run or less. Words have to retain their meaning. The word 'great' has been abused so much that it's lost all meaning.

[Maxbialystock]

'Fantastic' is a liitle too much. Fantastic would describe going 9 and giving up 1 run or less. Words have to retain their meaning. The word 'great' has been abused so much that it's lost all meaning.

 

Agree. I'm just happy Pivetta came back after the 1st.

 

I use great excessively and obsessively. Like, what a great game this is so far even though the Sox are down (but only by 1).

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They should have left the little league fences on the field.

[Maxbialystock]

Also, this is the only game in this series I can watch because the other two were blackout restricted by those MLB contracts with "providers."