Red Sox (Fitts) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 7/28/25, 7:40pm

[illinoisredsox]

I would not bring Hicks in.  He warmed up completely once, a 90 minute delay isn’t going to be good.

[Jasonbay44]

Great job Hicks!

[illinoisredsox]

4 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

I would not bring Hicks in.  He warmed up completely once, a 90 minute delay isn’t going to be good.

Called that one; Hicks blows it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I guess Daddy Day Care didn't want Whitlock to get hurt.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Trade Chapman because the Sox have closer Hicks.

[illinoisredsox]

That #9 Twins hitter started that whole thing with a fantastic 2 strike emergency swing to foul off a very good pitch, then singled.

Sox hitters could take a note from that.  I remember reading Eddie Murray used to take one round of BP practicing his emergency swings.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Started the game with Fitts and ended with Hicks. Yikes!

[illinoisredsox]

I don’t often criticize Cora, but that was a mistake.  Hicks threw 1 2/3 innings yesterday and then warmed up completely today for original bottom of the 9th.  Asking any pitcher to warm up again after that kind of delay is stupid.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Called that one; Hicks blows it.

You're almost as prescient as Fred.

[iortiz]

This happens when you don’t have a solid secondary pitch. Hicks became pretty predictable. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

I don’t often criticize Cora, but that was a mistake.  Hicks three 1 2/3 yesterdays and then warmed up completely today for original bottom of the 9th.  Asking any pitcher to warm up again after that kind of delay is stupid.

I often criticize Cora .

[Tedballgame]

Hicks can be effective in non-pressure situations. He cannot close. Choked too many times.

[iortiz]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

I don’t often criticize Cora, but that was a mistake.  Hicks threw 1 2/3 innings yesterday and then warmed up completely today for original bottom of the 9th.  Asking any pitcher to warm up again after that kind of delay is stupid.

Wonder who else was available. Yeah Cora s*** the bed here big time.  

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You're almost as prescient as Fred.

No, I basically said I didn’t like him having to warm up again after after a 90 minute delay when he ready to come into the game earlier.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Tedballgame said:

Hicks can be effective in non-pressure situations. He cannot close. Choked too many times.

His body language on the mound makes that very apparent.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

No, I basically said I didn’t like him having to warm up again after after a 90 minute delay when he ready to come into the game earlier.

You have to remember Cora's more of a best friend than he is a manager.

[illinoisredsox]

2 hours ago, iortiz said:

Wonder who else was available. Yeah Cora s*** the bed here big time.  

Whitlock should have been, but who’s available is info we never have.  The problem with Buehler and Fitts back to back is BP guys are forced into overuse.

[FredLynn]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Trade Chapman because the Sox have closer Hicks.

Trade Chapman because the team doesn’t deserve to be in the playoffs 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Trade Chapman because the team doesn’t deserve to be in the playoffs 

The team deserves to be in the PO's, but I'm not sure Cora does.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This is the kind of loss that may linger for awhile.

[FredLynn]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The team deserves to be in the PO's, but I'm not sure Cora does.

I don’t want to see them in the playoffs this year. I want them to lose as many games as possible. It would provide no satisfaction to make it into the playoffs for a one and done.

Just lose baby!

[illinoisredsox]

Follow-on to my earlier posts about using Hicks after the delay.

Whitlock apparently was sick and unavailable.

Prior to the tarp going on the field, Hicks was announced and entered into the line-up card.  Lou Merloni said on the radio side that there is no exception to the 3 batter rule in that situation, so Cora was forced to use Hicks for at least 3 batters.

But with Whitlock and Chapman unavailable, the Sox only had 6 arms in the pen.  They ran through Murphy, Alcala, Bernardino and Weissert, leaving Hicks and Wilson (who pitched Saturday and Sunday and may not have been available either).  They were screwed no matter what they did unless they used Weissert for a second inning or a starter.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

17 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Follow-on to my earlier posts about using Hicks after the delay.

Whitlock apparently was sick and unavailable.

Prior to the tarp going on the field, Hicks was announced and entered into the line-up card.  Lou Merloni said on the radio side that there is no exception to the 3 batter rule in that situation, so Cora was forced to use Hicks for at least 3 batters.

But with Whitlock and Chapman unavailable, the Sox only had 6 arms in the pen.  They ran through Murphy, Alcala, Bernardino and Weissert, leaving Hicks and Wilson (who pitched Saturday and Sunday and may not have been available either).  They were screwed no matter what they did unless they used Weissert for a second inning or a starter.

Whitlock needs his own personal hospital. He's either sick or injured.

[jad]

Shoulda had Rafy available to pitch the 9th.

[Bellhorn04]

7 hours ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t want to see them in the playoffs this year. I want them to lose as many games as possible. It would provide no satisfaction to make it into the playoffs for a one and done.

Just lose baby!

What a fan.

[notin]

7 hours ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t want to see them in the playoffs this year. I want them to lose as many games as possible. It would provide no satisfaction to make it into the playoffs for a one and done.

Just lose baby!

So you’d rather watch them lose 55 more games than watch them lose 2 postseason games?  Yeah that makes sense…

[Bellhorn04]

29 minutes ago, notin said:

So you’d rather watch them lose 55 more games than watch them lose 2 postseason games?  Yeah that makes sense…

It also makes zero sense to assume a one and done when the Sox have one of the best starting pitchers in the game and anything can happen in a 2 out of 3.

But that's Fred.

[Randy Red Sox]

8 hours ago, illinoisredsox said:

Called that one; Hicks blows it.

Hicks is terrible. We got nothing back in the Devers trade that is helping us and of course Henry is sitting on the $$ he saved.

[mvp 78]

8 hours ago, Tedballgame said:

Hicks can be effective in non-pressure situations. He cannot close. Choked too many times.

I'm not even sure about that. 

[Nick]

9 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I guess Daddy Day Care didn't want Whitlock to get hurt.

we have a winner...he's a wimp. He'll be second coming of Matt Barnes, later years.