Red Sox (Crawford) vs Mets (Peterson): 9/3/24, 7:10pm

[gojohn99]

Here we go again, can we score more than 1 run?

[mvp 78]

David Peterson is a LHP. Asking for 1 run seems like a lot. 

[mvp 78]

 

[notin]

Surprised no Wong at DH.  Especially with Gasper on the roster…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Now Duran's in a slump. Hits a grounder to short and only gets a single.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Peterson's on pace for a 27-strikeout game.

Red Sox now have 1335 Ks, with a month to go.

The '07 Sox had 1042 for the season (nine by pitchers).

[FredLynn]

Watching Rafaela with a bat in his hands is like having a never ending toothache 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Watching Rafaela with a bat in his hands is like having a never ending toothache 

... unless you're running right at him, and he's swinging at your mouth.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

... unless you're running right at him, and he's swinging at your mouth.

I think he swing and miss at my mouth too

[FredLynn]

These bums just plain SUCK!!! They can’t even make contact. 
they have already checked out.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I know what a 78-84 team looks like, and this SOX team is a 78-84 team.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Peterson's not still on pace for 27 Ks.

After 3 IP, he's got 7 punch-outs... on pace for only 21 Ks.

 

 

[FredLynn]

2-0

game over

BUMS BUMS BUMS

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

BTW, last night's HP chUMP had 17 mistakes. The most of any chUMP working HP yesterday.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2-0. Don't worry; it's late yet.

[jung]

NESN apparently in the process of grooming new booth teams. I don't know whether to be surprised or not.  Makes sense.....however there is not much that NESN does that makes sense.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

BTW, last night's HP chUMP had 17 mistakes. The most of any chUMP working HP yesterday.

 

His union told him not to worry. It's a lifetime job.

[FredLynn]

When does the basketball season start? Not soon enough.

[FredLynn]

Gonzalez Ks

The worst thing about this team is that they aren’t going to be any better next year

[mvp 78]

22 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I know what a 78-84 team looks like, and this SOX team is a 78-84 team.

They will win 79 to spite all of you.

[Oscars]

Well it is September, and that is the time for the annual complete capitulation from the Red Sox. 

[mvp 78]

11 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

When does the basketball season start? Not soon enough.

Feel free to change the channel if you’re just waiting for something else to come on anyway.

[FredLynn]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Feel free to change the channel if you’re just waiting for something else to come on anyway.

Very soon

these guys are unwatchable 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Feel free to change the channel if you’re just waiting for something else to come on anyway.

They just had Mo Vaughn on. When he led the AL in strikeouts the year he was MVP, he had a 23.6% K-rate.

That's lower than '24 Devers, Rafaela... O'Neill, Casas, Abreu... Refsnyder, Hamilton...DOM-IN-IC Smith...

... Romy Gonzalez, three Garrett Coopers, two Reese McGuires... and a Dalbec in a Woo-Staaaah.

[jung]

5 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Very soon

these guys are unwatchable 

Well their athleticism has been interesting. I don't know how anybody thought the pitching would hold up over a full season. That the bats have gone this silent is a surprise to me. I expected their athleticism to carry them through the ever looming late summer Sox hitting slump. But they are hitting so poorly that they cannot turn their athleticism into an advantage.

Don't get me started on the fielding. That has been inexplicably bad. Then Cora throws in an occasional brain fart courtesy of the Sox Front office Nerds and you have a cluster in the making. 

My early prediction for this team posted in this forum was a record either just above or below 500 and missing the post season. I probably should have bet it.

[jung]

7 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

They just had Mo Vaughn on. When he led the AL in strikeouts the year he was MVP, he had a 23.6% K-rate.

That's lower than '24 Devers, Rafaela... O'Neill, Casas, Abreu... Refsnyder, Hamilton...DOM-IN-IC Smith...

... Romy Gonzalez, three Garrett Coopers, two Reese McGuires... and a Dalbec in a Woo-Staaaah.

I would offer that its a different game now and not for the better. Nobody cares about K rate any long. Nobody cares about BA either.

[FredLynn]

3 minutes ago, jung said:

Well their athleticism has been interesting. I don't know how anybody thought the pitching would hold up over a full season. That the bats have gone this silent is a surprise to me. I expected their athleticism to carry them through the ever looming late summer Sox hitting slump. But they are hitting so poorly that they cannot turn their athleticism into an advantage.

Don't get me started on the fielding. That has been inexplicably bad. Then Cora throws in an occasional brain fart courtesy of the Sox Front office Nerds and you have a cluster in the making. 

My early prediction for this team posted in this forum was a record either just above or below 500 and missing the post season. I probably should have bet it.

Except for some really spectacular plays the fielding has been awful for years 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

5 minutes ago, jung said:

I would offer that its a different game now and not for the better. Nobody cares about K rate any long. Nobody cares about BA either.

Except anyone who has swung a bat anywhere in the world at any level this year... (or any year).

I bet every batter in the history of baseball would rather get a hit than strike out.

[FredLynn]

Here comes a GIDP

[jung]

6 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Except anyone who has swung a bat anywhere in the world at any level this year... (or any year).

I bet every batter in the history of baseball would rather get a hit than strike out.

You aren't serious are you? The stat nerds are driving the boat now and the stat nerds say K's are fine as long as you hit enough HR's.

Now HR's are how you get paid in MLB, home runs and pitching. HR's are how you get to sign endorsement deals. 

Sure being an MLB player yields a tidy income. But if an everyday player reality wants to get paid, he better be hitting the ball over the fence.

I am hoping the new rules brings us back to more of the game I grew up watching.