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Have to capitalize on that error , Duvall, just like vs the O's,

 

Can't pull the trigger on 3-2 ? Another guy who got lucky early and will ride that for the season.

 

Team needs clutch hits from someone other than Duvall…

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Exactly what the Pirates' FO isn't thinking. But if the SOX throw in Bra Man, maybe.

 

Too much! Make Pitt throw in Oneil Cruz..

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Have to capitalize on that error , Duvall, just like vs the O's,

 

Can't pull the trigger on 3-2 ? Another guy who got lucky early and will ride that for the season.

 

How many times last season did both JD and Bogey do the same thing? Duvall's gonna be fine. I have complete confidence in him.

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Tonight batting positions 1-4 have gone 2 for 11; 5-9 are 2 for 14, with McGuire having both hits. Arroyo needs to knock him in to make the 7th inning worthwhile
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Arroyo learns that when you are going poorly, the umpires expand the zone for the pitcher. marginal calls on him
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This first week is like a nightmare on bald mountain: it has exposed all the Sox weaknesses. Tonight it's both lousy hitting and an egregious passed ball on a pitch in the strike zone, swung on and missed for strike three, which then became a man on first with two outs, which then became a 2 run dinger--both runs unearned.

 

Last night it was a missed pop fly--very catchable--by Devers which led to what are now called 3 earned runs because Devers's ineptitude was so gross he never even touched that pop up. Later, he almost missed another pop up--this one in foul territory.

 

And both nights have also hinted that maybe the magic in the bats was short lived. Since that terrific 5 run first inning last night, the Sox have scored 2 runs in 15 freaking innings.

 

Isn't that something? I just saw the Pirates SS make exactly the same popup--same spot and everything, that made Devers look like an idiot last night--look easy.

 

Our first two starters in the rotation stunk in games 1 and 2. I mean awful. So was Crawford in game 4.

 

And the two guys, Houck and Pivetta, I figured would get hit hard have each pitched 5 innings and given up 3 earned runs (by Houck) and 1 by Pivetta tonight. So those two, along with the bullpen, give us a smidgen of hope.

 

But, frankly, this team so far seems hell bent on fulfilling our direst predictions. Definitely a weak defense, even without the game-costing misplays by Devers last night and McGuire tonight--absolutely no range and no arms in the outfield. Almost decent infield, but don't expect really good plays. Hitting that started out great but now looks ordinary. And a very suspect rotation.

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How many times will the SOX win a 1-0 game this season? Over/Under 1.5?

 

We had 2, last year, and both were in a 3 game stretch.

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This first week is like a nightmare on bald mountain: it has exposed all the Sox weaknesses. Tonight it's both lousy hitting and an egregious passed ball on a pitch in the strike zone, swung on and missed for strike three, which then became a man on first with two outs, which then became a 2 run dinger--both runs unearned.

 

Last night it was a missed pop fly--very catchable--by Devers which led to what are now called 3 earned runs because Devers's ineptitude was so gross he never even touched that pop up. Later, he almost missed another pop up--this one in foul territory.

 

And both nights have also hinted that maybe the magic in the bats was short lived. Since that terrific 5 run first inning last night, the Sox have scored 2 runs in 15 freaking innings.

 

Isn't that something? I just saw the Pirates SS make exactly the same popup--same spot and everything, that made Devers look like an idiot last night--look easy.

 

Our first two starters in the rotation stunk in games 1 and 2. I mean awful. So was Crawford in game 4.

 

And the two guys, Houck and Pivetta, I figured would get hit hard have each pitched 5 innings and given up 3 earned runs (by Houck) and 1 by Pivetta tonight. So those two, along with the bullpen, give us a smidgen of hope.

 

But, frankly, this team so far seems hell bent on fulfilling our direst predictions. Definitely a weak defense, even without the game-costing misplays by Devers last night and McGuire tonight--absolutely no range and no arms in the outfield. Almost decent infield, but don't expect really good plays. Hitting that started out great but now looks ordinary. And a very suspect rotation.

 

I don't believe that passed ball was in the strike zone.

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I left out baserunning, which this year is egregiously bad. Everybody steals bases right and left on our pitchers, but our baserunners are terrified of stealing.
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I left out baserunning, which this year is egregiously bad. Everybody steals bases right and left on our pitchers, but our baserunners are terrified of stealing.

 

The Pirates have one stolen base in two games…

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I left out baserunning, which this year is egregiously bad. Everybody steals bases right and left on our pitchers, but our baserunners are terrified of stealing.
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I don't believe that passed ball was in the strike zone.

 

It was definitely above the knees. I'm not sure whether it was outside the strike zone. In any case, McGuire did not have to lunge for the ball.

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Yoshida must have funky spin of his bat. He's reached already 3 times on errors this year

 

He appears to have a significant uppercut swing which will lead to top spin and a lot of right side ground balls.

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Sarcasm doesn't play well here.

 

I finally got around to watching the replay of the passed ball, which was definitely in the strike zone. I think the PB by McGuire, which I still consider to be egregious, was caused by two things, a very good breaking curve and a swing by the batter. Result: 2 unearned runs.

 

So far--and we are talking about a very small, almost infinitesimal sample--the defense, starting pitching, and baserunning are suspect. The bullpen seems OK, and so does the hitting, despite now going 17 straight innings while scoring 2 runs.

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