June 1, Reds @ Boston

[Maxbialystock]

June is bustin' out all over

 

Sale vs. Greene, lefty vs. righty

 

Sale has his work cut out for him. Same old stinky defense. The same frightening bullpen that blew that magnificent 8 inning, 1 run start he had May 13. Last night Crawford and Winck both got hit hard. And Sox hitting that sure looks inconsistent to me.

[vegasbob]

I promise all comments, if any, will be straightforward, fact based observations of the happenings on the Fenway grass and dirt. Attempts at convoluted humor, irony, misdirection , hyperbole, caustic sarcasm will be banned. Going to be a quiet night.

 

Chris Sale again gets the job as the Stopper to halt this mini 3 game skid, and chill the pending home field sweep by the Reds. Chris should rise to the occasion and prevail , with good defense and timely hitting up and down the lineup.

[Maxbialystock]

I promise all comments, if any, will be straightforward, fact based observations of the happenings on the Fenway grass and dirt. Attempts at convoluted humor, irony, misdirection , hyperbole, caustic sarcasm will be banned. Going to be a quiet night.

 

Chris Sale again gets the job as the Stopper to halt this mini 3 game skid, and chill the pending home field sweep by the Reds. Chris should rise to the occasion and prevail , with good defense and timely hitting up and down the lineup.

 

No promises needed. Use what ever voice/perspective you prefer.

[dgalehouse]

Why not just take all of the humor, all of the fun out of the game thread ? Turn it into an analytics based stat fest.

[Maxbialystock]

Why not just take all of the humor, all of the fun out of the game thread ? Turn it into an analytics based stat fest.

 

Exactly.

[Dipre]

Just make sure if you're gonna be funny, actually be funny.

[Maxbialystock]

Just make sure if you're gonna be funny, actually be funny.

 

That is guaranteed to no one.

[Dipre]

That is guaranteed to no one.

 

What are you talking about? I make Dave Chappelle look like George Lopez up in here.

[dgalehouse]

Standup is tough.

[Bellhorn04]

Speaking of standup, the great Steven Wright just published his first novel.

[notin]

I promise all comments, if any, will be straightforward, fact based observations of the happenings on the Fenway grass and dirt. Attempts at convoluted humor, irony, misdirection , hyperbole, caustic sarcasm will be banned. Going to be a quiet night.

 

Chris Sale again gets the job as the Stopper to halt this mini 3 game skid, and chill the pending home field sweep by the Reds. Chris should rise to the occasion and prevail , with good defense and timely hitting up and down the lineup.

 

People will get criticized anyway.

 

As the saying goes, you can’t please all of the people all of the time. But you can please some of the people and the rest probably just hate everything anyway…

[vegasbob]

Speaking of standup, the great Steven Wright just published his first novel.

 

I haven't seen that book yet, but will search it out. I wish Steven was a contributor here because he does have the driest, wryest sense of humor since Carlin.

[vegasbob]

People will get criticized anyway.

 

As the saying goes, you can’t please all of the people all of the time. But you can please some of the people and the rest probably just hate everything anyway…

 

Just trying to be agreeable and learn some baseball from our crew of experts . I would try to be optimistic but the current circumstances of the Sox are suppressing that urge. I'm still trying to review how the 2018 team managed to lose 54 games ; lousy pitching; poor defense; unsettled roster; no CLUTCH hitting, etc.

 

Let's all enjoy tonight's win behind the resurgent Chris Freakin' Sale

[Maxbialystock]

Verdugo RF

Devers 3B

Turner DH

Yoshida LF

Duran CF

Hernandez SS

Casas 1b

Wong C

Valdez 2B

[Old Red]

Another night of 3 Yuckers in the booth. It’s tolerable when they are winning, but not when they are losing.

[Maxbialystock]

another night of 3 yuckers in the booth. It’s tolerable when they are winning, but not when they are losing.

 

turn the sound off.

[moonslav59]

turn the sound off.

 

I have for years.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I promise all comments, if any, will be straightforward, fact based observations of the happenings on the Fenway grass and dirt. Attempts at convoluted humor, irony, misdirection , hyperbole, caustic sarcasm will be banned. Going to be a quiet night.

 

Chris Sale again gets the job as the Stopper to halt this mini 3 game skid, and chill the pending home field sweep by the Reds. Chris should rise to the occasion and prevail , with good defense and timely hitting up and down the lineup.

 

Sounds like you're experiencing a 2018 flashback.

[Dipre]

Y'all hate the commentators too? Goddamn.

[vegasbob]

Chris Stopper Sale K's every Red who came up in the first, except for the leadoff jamjob bloop single . Now the Sox hitters can get a few runs across . Sox win often when scoring first, except a couple nights ago.

[Maxbialystock]

Chris Stopper Sale K's every Red who came up in the first, except for the leadoff jamjob bloop single . Now the Sox hitters can get a few runs across . Sox win often when scoring first, except a couple nights ago.

 

Dream on

[vegasbob]

6 outs, 6 K's. It works both ways.

 

Sale failed to K the Red side in the 2nd, only getting 2 , opening the possibility that one of the Sox will hit a fair ball .

Edited June 1, 2023 by vegasbob

[Maxbialystock]

Excellent at bat by Casas.

[vegasbob]

Casas will wear pitchers out with his 8-9-10 pitch AB's . This may help get Greene out of the game which could help.

[vegasbob]

Cinci lights the fuse on Sale and gets a score. Time to respond or maybe later innings. Who knows ?

[vegasbob]

Was checking to see who had the hits for the Red Sox and noticed that Yoshi had drawn a walk.

[wyo-sox]

Uh oh. Not good.

[vegasbob]

Sale has to leave the mound with an unspecified condition. . This may be a bad deal

[Maxbialystock]

Not good. Hopefully Sale is just sick and not hurt. But I'm proud of him. Absolutely no quitter.

 

In fact--and even though I'm really p.o.'d at the weak hitting--I'm kind of proud of our Sox tonight because of Sale's pitching and the defensive effort. Duran actually banged his head against the centerfield wall and I can't remember the last time I saw a Sox outfielder do that. Great throw by Dugo and just as great a play at the plate by Wong.

 

As for the hitting, the Reds have a monster on the mound with that fastball and slider.

[wyo-sox]

Hit the ball now... hit the ball!!!