8/29 Red Sox at Twins 7:40PM

[a700hitter]

That's what I've been saying here and there. This team has been poorly managed this year reason why Cora has to go IMO.

Kennedy gave Cora and Bloom a vote of confidence today. Very disappointing. Neither deserves it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

well seems like that zone of the world has a bad reputation regarding food.

 

Quoting Zappa's in Strictly Genteel (The Finale)

 

"Lord have mercy on the people in England

For the terrible food these people must eat..." LOL

 

Blood pudding sounds mouth watering.

[iortiz]

Kennedy gave Cora and Bloom a vote of confidence today. Very disappointing. Neither deserves it.

 

I read that today compadre. Cora definitely has to go. I had high hopes on Bloom though. I thought he was going to be Friedman 2.0. While he inherited a financially clogged team, he has made a lot of questionable moves. The only reason he will keep his job next year is because the team somehow made the ALCS last season. Speaking for myself, I want to give him one more year, but he is going to be on a very thin ice and I'll be in the front row being very vocal. No excuses.

[vegasbob]

Blood pudding sounds mouth watering.

 

Blood Pudding = BP = Bullpen, explains everything. looks like Ort accepted his instruction well and extends his inning with a 2 out walk, but no damage

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Blood Pudding = BP = Bullpen, explains everything. looks like Ort accepted his instruction well and extends his inning with a 2 out walk, but no damage

 

 

1-2-3 out innings are still a work in progress as is throwing under 20 pitches.

[Tedballgame]

4 terrible ABs by JD tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 terrible ABs by JD tonight.

 

Well, it could be worse. The SOX could have signed him for 6 years.

[Tedballgame]

Story looks better.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Stealing 2nd improved the SOX chance of scoring by 1%.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Story looks better.

 

He's definitely the best athlete on this team.

[vegasbob]

The moment that Urschela's bat touched Schreiber's slider in the 5th , this game was over. No hope once they were 2 down.

[vegasbob]

3 AAA unready guys in the starting rotation, and a bullpen including one rookie who pitched in his first MLB game tonight ( did well), and Kaleb ORT who ort to find a new line of work. Edited August 30, 2022 by vegasbob

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 AAA unreadsy guys in the starting rotation, and a bullpen including one rookie who pitched in his first MLB game tonight ( did well), and Kaleb ORT who ort to find a new line of work.

 

"Ort to find." Vegas, don't use up all your good shite in one game; there's over 30 games left.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Game thread OP's don't live long in this town, Pilgrim.

[iortiz]

Ort saw what happened to Sawa and Davis. He knew he had to pitch really good tonight otherwise the DFA guillotine could have taxed him as well LOL

[Tedballgame]

Another loss by listless Red Sox team. Lack of hitting and fundamentals.

[a700hitter]

Another loss by listless Red Sox team. Lack of hitting and fundamentals.

It is getting old.

[Tedballgame]

Sox lose by two so Dugo is off the hook for his base running blunder.

[iortiz]

This division is going to be nothing but tougher in coming years. Bloom better execute like a surgeon doing a open heart transplant operation next offseason.

[moonslav59]

Sox lose by two so Dugo is off the hook for his base running blunder.

 

Hardly.

[vegasbob]

Game thread OP's don't live long in this town, Pilgrim.

 

So true, Captain. No effort to be entertaining goes unrewarded during this comedy of a season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sox lose by two so Dugo is off the hook for his base running blunder.

 

And he did drive in a run, which was one more than Bogey, Devers, and JD combined.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Story, who was 3-3, had the misfortune of batting behind JD in the line-up.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Story, who was 3-3, had the misfortune of batting behind JD in the line-up.

 

Maybe Cora can fix that tomorrow, but I doubt it.

[Tedballgame]

Hardly.

 

He cost them one run. They lost by 2. He also drove in one. I'd say he didn't cost them the game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

He cost them one run. They lost by 2. He also drove in one. I'd say he didn't cost them the game.

 

MOON likes Dugo about as much as I like Cora.

[Oscars]

MOON likes Dugo about as much as I like Cora.

 

Dugo is a good singles and doubles hitter with warning track power.

He has a history with the Red Sox of blunders on the base paths.

[Old Red]

It’s not just the pitchers. Verdugo and Devers both made idiot plays. The team isn’t showing up mentally ready to play.

That’s on the manager.

 

They have been playing this since day 1, and yes it’s on the manager. He has to do more than just keep saying we have to play better, which he’s done 100 times already this year.

[Hugh2]

I hardly ever go to these game day threads, read it for curious reasons this morning.

 

It’s everything I expected it to be.

[Old Red]

I hardly ever go to these game day threads, read it for curious reasons this morning.

 

It’s everything I expected it to be.

Which it is what it should be when the team is 5 games under 500. Last in the division, and 9 games back in the L column for the last Wildcard spot.