7/19 @ Oakland

[Jasonbay44]

Bello is on the mound. Martin, Jansen and Winck are well rested. Offense needs to show up and win this game

[vegasbob]

Today's game becomes essential, yesterday's opportunity with everyone else losing was a miss. Keep winning series and the cumulative effect will be a WC.

 

Is Devers out again ? Probably so he is fully available for Mets on Friday.

 

Bello needs to just shut these A's down early and often.

[Bellhorn04]

When you lose and the teams you're chasing all lose - missed opportunity!

 

When you lose and the teams you're chasing all win - f'ing disaster!

 

[mvp 78]

When you lose and the teams you're chasing all lose - missed opportunity!

 

When you lose and the teams you're chasing all win - f'ing disaster!

 

 

Losing the first game of the year is the worst of all somehow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Ref

Masa(DH)

Turner

Devers

Duvall

Dugo

Kike

Wong

Chang

[vegasbob]

Losing the first game of the year is the worst of all somehow.

 

Yes, it takes you at least 3 games played to get back over .500, so it is no longer early.

[vegasbob]

A little surprised Devers is back in. Thought AC may save him for Mets except for a PH, if needed today. Turner did take a beating at 3B physically last night. So AC runs the 38 year old right back at 1B. Is Bloom showcasing him or just trying to win?

 

If winning was the goal , then why is KIKE in and Duran out ? Too many OF'ers, and someone has to play 2B.

[Oscars]

Great start, Turner is money

[mvp 78]

A little surprised Devers is back in. Thought AC may save him for Mets except for a PH, if needed today. Turner did take a beating at 3B physically last night. So AC runs the 38 year old right back at 1B. Is Bloom showcasing him or just trying to win?

 

If winning was the goal , then why is KIKE in and Duran out ? Too many OF'ers, and someone has to play 2B.

 

Opposing pitcher is lefty so they are sitting a few lefties on a West Coast trip. No conspiracy here.

[Maxbialystock]

A little surprised Devers is back in. Thought AC may save him for Mets except for a PH, if needed today. Turner did take a beating at 3B physically last night. So AC runs the 38 year old right back at 1B. Is Bloom showcasing him or just trying to win?

 

If winning was the goal , then why is KIKE in and Duran out ? Too many OF'ers, and someone has to play 2B.

 

Perfect timing. You disparage Cora--yet again--for playing Turner, and he gets a 2 run dinger.

 

You also disparage him every time he doesn't play Devers. Too much resting of players!!

 

And now you have it both ways. Cora's wrong whenever he doesn't play Devers and now he's wrong because he is playing Devers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Salami, Salami, Belloni.

[Maxbialystock]

Whoops! Another mistake by Cora. He started Bello, who just gave up a 2 run dinger. What was he thinking?

[Maxbialystock]

Bello was quick to 1b on that third out.

[mvp 78]

Whoops! Another mistake by Cora. He started Bello, who just gave up a 2 run dinger. What was he thinking?

 

So much for that extension everyone wants to give Bello! Option him back to WOO!

[Maxbialystock]

This is not the Bello we've seen. Pretty obvious--to me, anyway--that he's thinking about what a lousy infielder Kike is and can't focus on his pitching. This is on Cora, not Bello.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This is embareasskin.

[Maxbialystock]

This is embareasskin.

 

Indeed.

[d-money]

Embarrassing to say the least. 🤦*♂️

[d-money]

All that momentum out the window if they don’t find a way to come back here.

[d-money]

Gotta find a way and come back

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Heads-up play by Turner.

[redsoxrules]

Oakland is so bad. If they lose this game I'm going to lose my mind

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kike gets on base because of throwing error. How Karma is that?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bello was due for a bad start. That it was against the A's was a bit surprising. Edited July 19, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[d-money]

What a f***ing terrible game.

[d-money]

Gotta get out of this.

[d-money]

Another embarrassing mark today. Any momentum is gone out the window in my opinion.

[vegasbob]

The Sox will get one last bite t the apple. Not exactly encouraging. Dugo through Chang/Casas are 1 for 11.

[vegasbob]

Sox go 3-3 vs sub.500 teams with Paxton and Bello below par efforts. That's a checkmark in the possible seller column. Time to go to Fenway and get ready for Mets

[d-money]

Awful!!!! Can’t get too high or too low with this team. They pulled you in and then they do this.