Red Sox (Bello) vs Blue Jays (Francis): 9/24/24, 7:07pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Going forward, I'd definitely rather be a SOX fan than a Jays' fan. 

Jays look like a team who could be the new cellar dwellers in the AL East for a while.

[illinoisredsox]

11 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Youk prattling on about Martin's ability to "fill up the zone" with strikes.  He walks the leadoff man,

but comes right back with the DP ball. It was all a setup, BJ fans

 

7 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I liked Youk as a ballplayer, but, imho, he's a nightmare in the booth. I'm getting the Jays' feed, so I'm not being tortured by the Youk.

Agree on Youk overall as an analyst, but at least today’s comment wasn’t without merit, that was walk number 3 on the season (one of which Cora held up 4 fingers for).

[FredLynn]

This bullpen is perfectly capable of doing what’s needed. 
Just lose baby!

[vegasbob]

Cora stretching his shorts a bit with Penrod to close a 4th straight victory, but it ain't over yet Ac

[illinoisredsox]

Don’t know about the choice of Penrod here, but they’ve used 5 relievers so they are just about out of bullets.  Not that it really matters.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

20 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Hey, Vegas, dig this. The SOX leadoff batter and the SOX number 9 batter are tied for 2nd in RBI for the SOX. You can't make this shite up.

Of course both of these players played the most games for the SOX, which wasn't that hard to do.

[FredLynn]

This bullpen is perfectly capable of doing what’s needed. 
Just lose baby!

[vegasbob]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Going forward, I'd definitely rather be a SOX fan than a Jays' fan. 

Jays look like a team who could be the new cellar dwellers in the AL East for a while.

[vegasbob]

Remember when the Jays were going strong with Guerrero Jr., Biggio and Bichette , plus Manea. Looked like they would own the ALE.  Not so fast, Pilgrim

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Don’t know about the choice of Penrod here, but they’ve used 5 relievers so they are just about out of bullets.

"Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets."

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

This bullpen is perfectly capable of doing what’s needed. 
Just lose baby!

Fred says what everyone is thinking, except  Moon

[FredLynn]

We need to be subjected to more innings

 

[vegasbob]

Relief pitchers totally incapable of challenging hitters with a strike. let them hit the ball or swing/miss.  Pitiful show between two marginal teams

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

"Put a little Shugart on it honey, put a little Shugart on it baby."

[FredLynn]

The Flops will lose, fortunately 

[vegasbob]

This f***wit Shugart does not belong in MLB. 

[illinoisredsox]

Throw it down the middle.  Maybe they’ll hit it at someone.  You can’t catch a walk.

[FredLynn]

Damn

[moonslav59]

Crazy game, this is.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Looks like the SOX found a new closer.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

80 wins and still counting. 

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

Crazy game, this is.

Even more amazing is that they could win out and miss the dance. Hope not, it would be too disheartening.

Take the 81/82 wins and call it a success, Sam Kennedy.  Something to build on

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Crazy game, this is.

"Crazy, crazy for loving you only. I'm crazy for crying and crazy for trying and crazy for loving you."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

17 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Remember when the Jays were going strong with Guerrero Jr., Biggio and Bichette , plus Manea. Looked like they would own the ALE.  Not so fast, Pilgrim

That'll be the day.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

"Crazy, crazy for loving you only. I'm crazy for crying and crazy for trying and crazy for loving you."

Well, my beloved team has won 4 championships this century, so I'm really not that crazy.

[moonslav59]

One of my biggest hopes of this season was that the other teams had bigger holes than we did. 

We've seen they do have gaping holes, but we had too many and too big ones of our own.

We can pretty easily run off a few legitimate and singular "what ifs and we'd be in the playoffs."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

37 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

One of my biggest hopes of this season was that the other teams had bigger holes than we did. 

We've seen they do have gaping holes, but we had too many and too big ones of our own.

We can pretty easily run off a few legitimate and singular "what ifs and we'd be in the playoffs."

If not winning the WS is considered a failure, then we are in the same boat as 28 other teams.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If not winning the WS is considered a failure, then we are in the same boat as 29 other teams.

I do think winning the ring is the ultimate goal, and I am not giving up on our chances of #5 under JH & Co., but we can't be thinking no major deals are needed to get there in 2025.

No way, can anyone expect these guys to keep the status quo, let alone improve on the 2024 team:

Pivetta> Giolito

Jansen> Hendriks

Martin> Whitlock

Sims/Garcia/Paxton> Fulmer

RHB O'Neill> RHB Story (Rafaela to CF)

This is NOT an improvement.

I'm not trading Anthony and DHam for a decent RPer and adding Anthony & Campbell/Mayer can be close to enough, either.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

31 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If not winning the WS is considered a failure, then we are in the same boat as 28 other teams.

On the bright side the SOX appear to have 4 legitimate starters for next season, 

Also, there's 4 or 5 promising prospects who will get a chance during spring training.

FO needs to strengthen the BP.

If the SOX can stay reasonably healthy next season, it could be a fun 7 months.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

On the bright side the SOX appear to have 4 legitimate starters for next season, 

Also, there's 4 or 5 promising prospects who will get a chance during spring training.

FO needs to strengthen the BP.

If the SOX can stay reasonably healthy next season, it could be a fun 7 months.

 

Gio and Hendricks are the big ?'s.