Red Sox (Crochet) vs Braves (Elder): 6/1/25, 1:35pm

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Always a good idea to walk the #9 batter twice.

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Braves have perfected the bloop single.

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Crochet has been skating on thin ice so far. 

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Campbell's bat died honorably.

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Wong's bat died a miserable death.

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Another real quality start by our Ace.

[vegasbob]

What if it turns out that Crochet is actually good ?

He shows the young guys what Cowboy Up means through 7. 

They better get the BP a few extras though .  I would hate to see this one get blown.

[vegasbob]

Mayer and Wong have a $100 bet on who gets an RBI first.  

Marcelo, like Campbell, getting an education in the cities of the nation regarding the exact difference between AAA and MLB.

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Watching Mayer and Campbell makes it obvious how shitey the pitching must be in the minors .

[vegasbob]

It was an unfunny joke over the past few years but i swear Sox batters come out of the dugout down 0-2 and before long walk back down 0-3 K .

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2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Watching Mayer and Campbell makes it obvious how shitey the pitching must be in the minors .

I don't know , SS, we keep the turnpike full bringing AAA guys up all season long..   Maybe other teams don't ?

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5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

I don't know , SS, we keep the turnpike full bringing AAA guys up all season long..   Maybe other teams don't ?

I'm sure there's a few major league ready pitchers in the minors, but most are not. So take triple A stats with a grain of salt.

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4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I'm sure there's a few major league ready pitchers in the minors, but most are not. So take triple A stats with a grain of salt.

Excellent D by Story.

[Tedballgame]

Story has earned a small portion of his salary today.

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2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Excellent D by Story.

Story has started June quite well 

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Can't afford for Chapman to be hurt.

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Murphy struck out 3 times on sliders down and in. Chapman walks him on fastballs.

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You can't have a winning streak without winning the first one. Good job today by pitchers and Story.

[vegasbob]

Well, that's good, got the first of a 10 game win streak in the books.  Really good pitching, one swing of the bat by Story that mattered.   12 more K's by the usual suspects .

[Old Red]

Good, and much needed win today. Good also to see everyones favorite SS today not named Mayer  have a good game.

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1 minute ago, Tedballgame said:

You can't have a winning streak without winning the first one. Good job today by pitchers and Story.

[iortiz]

This offense keeps anemic while your best prospect down there is getting rust, but hey a win is a win. 
 

Regarding Crochet I don’t need to see more, he’s a legit ace entering into his prime, period. Also Story showing lights of waking up at both phases of the game. 

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3 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

You can't have a winning streak without winning the first one. Good job today by pitchers and Story.

The BP was excellent in this 3 game series.

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4 hours ago, Old Red said:

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I heard a rumor that whomever programmed this forum is hiding out in Mexico.

[vegasbob]

5 minutes ago, iortiz said:

This offense keeps anemic while your best prospect down there is getting rust, but hey a win is a win. 
 

Regarding Crochet I don’t need to see more, he’s a legit ace entering into his prime, period. Also Story showing lights of waking up at both phases of the game. 

Just an idea, but offer Story to Atlanta right now for Bummer

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4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Just an idea, but offer Story to Atlanta right now for Bummer

The worst Atlanta can say is no. Well, there may be some not so nice words before the word no.

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There's a lot to argue about regarding baseball, but one thing is unarguable, the NL is much stronger than the AL this season.

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4 hours ago, iortiz said:

This offense keeps anemic while your best prospect down there is getting rust, but hey a win is a win. 
 

Regarding Crochet I don’t need to see more, he’s a legit ace entering into his prime, period. Also Story showing lights of waking up at both phases of the game. 

Ahem.  We've already seen how difficult it has been for Mayer to adjust to MLB pitching.  

The simple fact is that the hitting was hurt bad by the Bregman injury.  

I'm still in favor of bringing Anthony up, but I'm less sure than you he can fix the hitting this season.