08/09 kc royals @ red sox

[vegasbob]

Jordan Lyles, 3-12 with a 6.24 ERA, taking on Nick Pivetta 7-6 4.19 ERA .

 

Nick prospered when coming in after an opener , but now needs to start the game from first pitch.

 

Sox hitters for the second time this season have been stuck in an extended (10 games+) group slump . Not sure how all of them can go bad at once. But with Lyle on the mound , what could go wrong ?

 

Looking for a Red Sox rebound putting up 8 or 9 runs tonight, while the pitchers hold KC to 4 or less.

 

Quick Note: Story will DH tonight, Reyes at SS, while Justin Turner lets his heel heal : Lamet is DFA'ed, Robertson demoted ,with Barraclough and Walters in line to earn $4,444.44 each for being there. (MLB $min/162)

Edited August 9, 2023 by vegasbob

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Lament? I hardly got to know him. But I do enjoy a bear claw once in a while. Edited August 9, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Bellhorn04]

Can the Red Sox please put some runs on the board early? That's still legal, right?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Can the Red Sox please put some runs on the board early? That's still legal, right?

 

You were polite enough to say please, so it will probably happen. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't comment on the legal part.

[redsoxrules]

If they can't win this game tonight against this s*** pitcher, just forfeit the rest of the season

[Tedballgame]

Kyle Barraclough called up. He has to be better than some of the clowns who have been pitching for the Sox. He was doing well at AAA.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kyle Barraclough called up. He has to be better than some of the clowns who have been pitching for the Sox. He was doing well at AAA.

 

If he does well, you know he has to be called Bear Claw. If he doesn't, well there's a whole list of names he'll be called.

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Speaking of ex-SOX relievers, I watched Bra Man pitch for the Dodgers last night.

[vegasbob]

Just imagine the deep dives the analytics staff will do this winter to figure out the Sox tendency to struggle with weaker teams and 2 game sweep teams like the Braves.

 

If Reyes's GS walkoff the other night did not jack up the Sox for last night's game, and it clearly did not, then perhaps blind optimism should be temporarily shelved until tonight's game is in the books.

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Speaking of ex-SOX relievers, I watched Bra Man pitch for the Dodgers last night.

 

Bra has pitched 4 inning in 4 games for LA and he's given up only 1 run. So far, he's been a good pick-up. I almost posted push-up.

[vegasbob]

Bra has pitched 4 inning in 4 games for LA and he's given up only 1 run. So far, he's been a good pick-up. I almost posted push-up.

 

Amazing how a legit WS contender can take out our trash and make them good , i.e. Brasier and Kike, oh and Mookie too.

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Amazing how a legit WS contender can take out our trash and make them good , i.e. Brasier and Kike, oh and Mookie too.

 

 

I don't believe Mookie was trash when he was SOX property.

[vegasbob]

I don't believe Mookie was trash when he was SOX property.

 

He must have been or Bloom would have been directed by JH to pay him what he had earned to keep a generational talent in Boston, perhaps adding a another WS title to the first 4.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Ya gotta admire Pivetta's body language. He makes it obvious that he's out there to win.

[vegasbob]

Is it too early yet to analyze Story's output to date, LOL

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

He must have been or Bloom would have been directed by JH to pay him what he had earned to keep a generational talent in Boston, perhaps adding a another WS title to the first 4.

 

Betts was offered 300mil for 10 years by the SOX. Betts decided he wanted 420mill for 12 years. Betts didn't want to play in Boston. He wanted to go to LA from the get-go.

[redsoxrules]

That was a bomb. Wow

[vegasbob]

Can the Red Sox please put some runs on the board early? That's still legal, right?

 

You know, Bell, there's nothing like the feeling a come from behind win gives us. So By Nick P. giving up the 2nd inning HR, and the Sox 1-2-3 first, we are now officially playing from BEHIND AGAIN

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is it too early yet to analyze Story's output to date, LOL

 

 

Be patient, Vegas. He's had an abbreviated ST.

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You know, Bell, there's nothing like the feeling a come from behind win gives us. So By Nick P. giving up the 2nd inning HR, and the Sox 1-2-3 first, we are now officially playing from BEHIND AGAIN

 

The SOX play from behind more than Elton John.

[redsoxrules]

Pivetta is getting some generous calls early on

[redsoxrules]

Can anyone field on this team?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Pivetta pitching lights out.

[vegasbob]

Pivetta pitching lights out.

 

Ok, that's a winner 5G !

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Another 1st at Fenway.

[redsoxrules]

Sox got a break there

[bmattioli]

Yaz or Rice would have had that, this team rots

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Ok, that's a winner 5G !

 

Yup, that was too good for this thread.

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Not a Roy Hobbs type of light breaker.

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Goodness Casas!