6/09 SOX @ Yankems

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Martin has been excellent as a set-up guy.

[d-money]

Let’s see if they can close.

[d-money]

Damn it. Right down the middle.

[vegasbob]

Close and close... Interesting English language

[d-money]

Do not walk this guy again.

[d-money]

Never a dull moment with this team.

[vegasbob]

Arroyo will not be playing goalie for the Bruins next year. Also doesn't have the pads to do so

[FredLynn]

Kenley about to choke again

[d-money]

This guy keeps falling behind on the count.

[vegasbob]

Volpe hitting .190/.618....no chance

[d-money]

Throw a strike you *******!!!!

[vegasbob]

Kenley about to choke again

 

He does unravel from time to time

[d-money]

Thank gooodness!!!!!! The good guys win!!!!! Win the series tomorrow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Like pulling teeth. But a good win.

[vegasbob]

Jansen does close it out. A win is all that matters. Huge win, and a loss for Cole

[Maxbialystock]

Sox win and beat the Yankees ace in Yankee Stadium.

 

But you sure can't tell that from the scurrilous venom plastered all over this game thread.

[FredLynn]

“How sweet it is”

 

Gleason

[notin]

Sox getting good at taking the first game of a series…

[vegasbob]

Who says they need 5 runs ?? 3 was plenty vs the Bronx Bummers. That's why total scoring and run differential are not meaningful stats in terms of W-L's

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Arroyo will not be playing goalie for the Bruins next year. Also doesn't have the pads to do so

 

He gets injured regularly playing baseball. How long do you think he'd last in hockey?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sox win and beat the Yankees ace in Yankee Stadium.

 

But you sure can't tell that from the scurrilous venom plastered all over this game thread.

 

Scurrilous? You been in the thesaurus again?

[vegasbob]

Sox win and beat the Yankees ace in Yankee Stadium.

 

But you sure can't tell that from the scurrilous venom plastered all over this game thread.

 

Awwww Max, can't we just enjoy a rare win from our crowd of inept clowns who cannot play this game with any degree of certainty , finesse, skill nor energy ?

[vegasbob]

He gets injured regularly playing baseball. How long do you think he'd last in hockey?

 

Not long SS. He would not survive the first Tkachuk in that luscious mouth and playoff beard

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Awwww Max, can't we just enjoy a rare win from our crowd of inept clowns who cannot play this game with any degree of certainty , finesse, skill nor energy ?

 

Vegas, are you referring to us posters or the SOX?

[Maxbialystock]

Who says they need 5 runs ?? 3 was plenty vs the Bronx Bummers. That's why total scoring and run differential are not meaningful stats in terms of W-L's

 

20% of the time we don't, which is all the more reason to celebrate this win instead of picking on Arroyo and whoever. Kike made a couple of decent plays and also knocked in the winning run, but that doesn't count with anyone on good old Talksox. He's still the 2d rate SS who can't hit and belongs on the dung heap of history. And Devers, who has struggled at the plate, was just amazing--a double and then scoring from 2b on a hard hit single plus a dinger.

[Maxbialystock]

Scurrilous? You been in the thesaurus again?

 

Too many syllables. Samuel Johnson: when editing your own writing and you happen upon a particularly felicitous phrase, strike it out. Venom was right word all by itself. Churchill: when writing or speaking I find that the small words are best and the old ones are the best of all.

 

I was mad because:

 

1. The Sox are not out of it, not by a long shot.

2. This was the Yankees, in their park and with their ace on the mound.

3. The Sox have been lousy lately and last night got trounced by Cleveland, 10-3.

4. We just found out Sale is out for 60 days at least, so guys like Whitlock are all that much more important, and tonight he was terrific in just his 3d start this season: 6.1 IP, 1 ER.

5. The bullpen went 2.3 IP with 0 runs scored.

6. Devers is back! He doubled and scored on a hard hit single straight at an outfielder and later hit a dinger.

7. Kike (the leper) was good on D and knocked in the winning run with a dinger.

8. Sox are now 4.5 back of the Yankees, who currently have the 3d wild card slot.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Maxbialystock

[a700hitter]

Too bad Duran or Duvall can't play SS.

Neither can Kike.

[a700hitter]

It is nice to have a top closer. Last year, the pen would have given away this game.

[Jasonbay44]

I couldn’t watch the game tonight but great to see Devers is still Coles daddy. Beating the Yankees is always a positive

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Always fun to shut up multitudes of New York fans on a Friday night, bleeting like seals in a circus:

 

https://nesn.com/2023/06/yankees-fans-celebrated-foul-ball-not-walk-off-home-run-vs-red-sox/