7/7 Sox @ Yankee Stadium, 7:05

[Maxbialystock]

Watching Jansen pitch reminds me of Kevin Costner in the movie Tin Cup in which he breaks all of his clubs except the 7 iron, which he never misses with. That's Jansen and his cutter.

 

Huge win by the Sox!!!!! After yesterday 14-4 and winning the first game in extra innings, I think this win over the Yankees is like the signature game of this season.

 

It tells me these Sox are for freaking real.

[Maxbialystock]

SOX pitchers did a pretty good job holding 'big head' Soto down in this series. Also, they handled Judge well .

 

Sure did.

[d-money]

Watching Jansen pitch reminds me of Kevin Costner in the movie Tin Cup in which he breaks all of his clubs except the 7 iron, which he never misses with. That's Jansen and his cutter.

 

Huge win by the Sox!!!!! After yesterday 14-4 and winning the first game in extra innings, I think this win over the Yankees is like the signature game of this season.

 

It tells me these Sox are for freaking real.

 

The question will be can they get a starting pitcher . Will management go for it? It doesn’t have to be an ace but someone that can pitch good consistently.

[dgalehouse]

Now, I'm not a baseball expert or anything , not into advanced analytics at all, but it seems to me that the Yankees would have a team meeting before a Red Sox series and state firmly that " we are not going to let Devers beat us. " " You got that guys?"

[Old Red]

Watching Jansen pitch reminds me of Kevin Costner in the movie Tin Cup in which he breaks all of his clubs except the 7 iron, which he never misses with. That's Jansen and his cutter.

 

Huge win by the Sox!!!!! After yesterday 14-4 and winning the first game in extra innings, I think this win over the Yankees is like the signature game of this season.

 

It tells me these Sox are for freaking real.

 

Sorry Max but Brez is still evaluating, and he’ll let you know when he figures it out.🤫

[Maxbialystock]

Tomorrow's off, but Tuesday starts 3 vs the A's and the Sox going with Bello, Pivetta, and Houck, the same three who were excellent @ Miami.

 

It's remotely possible the Sox will be able to get on the winning side at the Fens.

 

My new theory is the Sox don't get enough doubles, especially from their righty batters.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Now, I'm not a baseball expert or anything , not into advanced analytics at all, but it seems to me that the Yankees would have a team meeting before a Red Sox series and state firmly that " we are not going to let Devers beat us. " " You got that guys?"

 

I've picked on Cora probably more than I should have, but thank goodness the SOX aren't managed by Boone.

[notin]

Now, I'm not a baseball expert or anything , not into advanced analytics at all, but it seems to me that the Yankees would have a team meeting before a Red Sox series and state firmly that " we are not going to let Devers beat us. " " You got that guys?"

 

He did a lot of damage this weekend. But that last home run came when being pitched around…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I think it's safe to say that the SOX have the most dangerous 9th batter in MLB.

[illinoisredsox]

He did a lot of damage this weekend. But that last home run came when being pitched around…

 

Yep. That pitch was 4-5 inches outside and above the strike zone as well.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Yep. That pitch was 4-5 inches outside and above the strike zone as well.

 

It would be interesting to know how many of Devers' HR's have been outside the strike zone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

What a difference a day makes. From 14 runs to zero runs. Again, a beautiful performance by Kutter tonight.

[dgalehouse]

I don't usually criticize the announcers too much , but I have to say this: When Jansen went to 3-1 on Judge in the ninth, Karl Ravech actually said, " I wonder if he will give him anything to hit here. " One of the dumbest comments I have heard. It was a three run lead with two outs and nobody on base. The last thing you want to do is walk him. How is Ravech is getting paid to be a baseball announcer when he doesn't even understand something as basic as that ?

[Beaneater]

I don't usually criticize the announcers too much , but I have to say this: When Jansen went to 3-1 on Judge in the ninth, Karl Ravech actually said, " I wonder if he will give him anything to hit here. " One of the dumbest comments I have heard. It was a three run lead with two outs and nobody on base. The last thing you want to do is walk him. How is Ravech is getting paid to be a baseball announcer when he doesn't even understand something as basic as that ?

 

Totally agreed, dgalehouse. As soon as he said that, I said, "I'd rather Judge hit a 550' home run than walk right now."

[Maxbialystock]

I don't usually criticize the announcers too much , but I have to say this: When Jansen went to 3-1 on Judge in the ninth, Karl Ravech actually said, " I wonder if he will give him anything to hit here. " One of the dumbest comments I have heard. It was a three run lead with two outs and nobody on base. The last thing you want to do is walk him. How is Ravech is getting paid to be a baseball announcer when he doesn't even understand something as basic as that ?

 

What an idiot, especially when Jansen actually struck Judge out. I hasten to add that, based on what the ump was giving to Yankees pitchers, two of the balls by Jansen could have been called strikes.

[Maxbialystock]

What a difference a day makes. From 14 runs to zero runs. Again, a beautiful performance by Kutter tonight.

 

To me that's the big deal with this series and this season. These freaking Sox are tougher than they seem, especially when they lose 14-4. The Yankees? Not so much.

 

Do I need to add that Friday in game 1 Yoshida, all 5'8" of him, tied it up in the 9th with two outs and two strikes and a man on first? Then in the 10th Rafaela, who's even smaller, hit another 2 run dinger?

 

The Sox rotation is not broken. Nor is the bullpen.

 

The lineup makes errors and sometimes can't score runs, but that bunch of no-names--not including Devers, of course--is getting better and better.

[Duran Is The Man]

f*** the yankees!

[moonslav59]

Wish I saw this game.

 

Huge win and great effort from Crawford.

 

Are Devers’ solo homers still bothering some?

 

Does this team have heart and soul or what?

 

Are others having FUN, yet?

[mvp 78]

I don't usually criticize the announcers too much , but I have to say this: When Jansen went to 3-1 on Judge in the ninth, Karl Ravech actually said, " I wonder if he will give him anything to hit here. " One of the dumbest comments I have heard. It was a three run lead with two outs and nobody on base. The last thing you want to do is walk him. How is Ravech is getting paid to be a baseball announcer when he doesn't even understand something as basic as that ?

 

Their whole broadcasts SUCKS.

[Duran Is The Man]

Wish I saw this game.

 

Huge win and great effort from Crawford.

 

Are Devers’ solo homers still bothering some?

 

Does this team have heart and soul or what?

 

Are others having FUN, yet?

 

it was a FUN game. Crawford was Madduxesque yesterday -no walks and very few pitches. would have been cool to see him finish it out.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

it was a FUN game. Crawford was Madduxesque yesterday -no walks and very few pitches. would have been cool to see him finish it out.

 

Crawford may not be a Hall of Famer -- or even a hallway monitor -- but I like his act, embracing emotions and sweating out each pitch and outcome.

 

It's not hard to imagine amateur pitchers reacting the same way, if suddenly forced to take the mound and battle the Bronx, smackdab in the middle of a national network's AARON JUDGE SHOW.

 

In that way, Crawford is more fun to watch than stone-cold Maddux, the android assassin from The Terminator.

[Maxbialystock]

Wish I saw this game.

 

Huge win and great effort from Crawford.

 

Are Devers’ solo homers still bothering some?

 

Does this team have heart and soul or what?

 

Are others having FUN, yet?

 

Sorry you missed it too. But you do say the right things.

[Maxbialystock]

Crawford may not be a Hall of Famer -- or even a hallway monitor -- but I like his act, embracing emotions and sweating out each pitch and outcome.

 

It's not hard to imagine amateur pitchers reacting the same way, if suddenly forced to take the mound and battle the Bronx, smackdab in the middle of a national network's AARON JUDGE SHOW.

 

In that way, Crawford is more fun to watch than stone-cold Maddux, the android assassin from The Terminator.

 

Good words, phrases. I like Judge. I think he's a heckuva player. But you are right about the overplay, which I believe is company policy.

 

These days--and for all I know, in days past as well--teams aren't nearly as important as individual stars. And that just might be the problem with Sox attendance this season. Winning is fine, Ok, good, glad you did it. But stars are what we pay the big bucks to see in person.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good words, phrases. I like Judge. I think he's a heckuva player. But you are right about the overplay, which I believe is company policy.

 

These days--and for all I know, in days past as well--teams aren't nearly as important as individual stars. And that just might be the problem with Sox attendance this season. Winning is fine, Ok, good, glad you did it. But stars are what we pay the big bucks to see in person.

 

I'd define Duran and Devers as stars, but I get what you're saying. Btw, I believe the poor performances at Fenway may have something to do with reduced attendance, along with JH's attitude as owner.

[cukes]

f*** the yankees!

 

It was a perfect weekend series especially with the 14 runs, I was really getting the heat after that but last nights game was beautiful and it shut everybody up about all the Yankee ********, after that game then you can't score 1 run it was a perfect script and everybody here in Yankee land is in dead silence. We are playing with a confidence we did not have the past two seasons and aggressive fundamental baseball is a welcome sight. However we finish is good because they are trying and it's a different attitude from management helping our confidence, shows us Bloom was more of a problem then I thought. Yes we are going to lose games we should win but it's OK team is showing resilience and not quitting, a fun season and shut all the Yankee fans up with all their excuses