Astros (Brown) vs Red Sox (Criswell? May?): 8/1/25, 7:10pm

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I agree. That's a good thing.

You must mean it’s a good thing YOU can’t watch it. You very much need my commentary. And you know it

[Maxbialystock]

3 hours ago, Kimmi said:

Stupid Apple+,

At least the Roku games are still available with the Extra Innings package.

 

You should be mad.  I hate it when mlb.com does this to us.  I got lucky--my ipad gets the game.  

[FredLynn]

Must lose. Losing more games gets us a better draft pick and increases the chances we won’t make the playoffs in which case Breslow and Cora are likely gone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The only reason I have Apple+ is because it's free if you have Hulu.

[Maxbialystock]

Amazing pattern is emerging so far.  Toro and Story both took pitches that were strikes, then swung at pitches that were out of the strike zone.  They aren't the only ones.

That's the downside.

The upside is that Criswell is in the 5th inning having given up 1 run.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Must lose. Losing more games gets us a better draft pick and increases the chances we won’t make the playoffs in which case Breslow and Cora are likely gone.

Cora will probably be the next CBO of the Sox. JH loves the guy.

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The only reason I have Apple+ is because it's free if you have Hulu.

I don’t know why you have Apple plus but it’s not free with Hulu:

No, Apple TV+ is not free with a Hulu subscription. Apple TV+ is a separate streaming service with its own content, and it requires a separate subscription

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[Maxbialystock]

Error by Story on throw.  Not good.  

[Maxbialystock]

Error by Astros baserunner, easy double play for Sox.  

Criswell is 3 outs from a quality start.  Who woulda thunk?  

But the Sox hitting stinks tonight.  

[Maxbialystock]

Narvaez just repeated the pattern.  Takes 2 strikes and then swings at a pitch way outside.  

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

Error by Astros baserunner, easy double play for Sox.  

Criswell is 3 outs from a quality start.  Who woulda thunk?  

But the Sox hitting stinks tonight.  

They’re demoralized. They needed a couple of steaks and management bought them cheetoes

[Maxbialystock]

Credit Brown for hitting a lot of corners.  

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

They’re demoralized. They needed a couple of steaks and management bought them cheetoes

No one in their right mind could have expected "a couple of steaks."  

The Astros Brown is just demonstrating why his ERA is 2.44.  

[Maxbialystock]

Are the Astros the worst baserunners in the history of MLB?  No, but they're trying.  That's 3 inexcusable mistakes leading to 3 easy outs for the Sox.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

16 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t know why you have Apple plus but it’s not free with Hulu:

No, Apple TV+ is not free with a Hulu subscription. Apple TV+ is a separate streaming service with its own content, and it requires a separate subscription

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My bad. I get Disney+ with Hulu. Actually, you don't have to know why I have Apple+.

[Maxbialystock]

Criswell never got the word that on the Sox the changeup is to be neglected.  His is pretty good.  

Quality start for Criswell.  My oh my.

What Criswell and lousy baserunning have taken away from the Astros, the Sox lousy hitting has given back--and then some.  

[FredLynn]

6 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

No one in their right mind could have expected "a couple of steaks."  

The Astros Brown is just demonstrating why his ERA is 2.44.  

If management didn’t want to give the team what they needed to become competitive in October then they should have been sellers. This BS of playing it on the fence leads to perpetual mediocrity. Is that to your liking?

Id rather they sucked

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

My bad. I get Disney+ with Hulu. Actually, you don't have to know why I have Apple+.

Just correcting your misrepresentation. You seem to need that sometimes.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Just correcting your misrepresentation. You seem to need that sometimes.

You need to stop posting the same posts over and over. It's quite a bore.

[Maxbialystock]

Finally, finally, Bregman does the right thing and nails a first pitch--straight to the third baseman.  

Strikeout king Duran doubles, also on a first pitch.  

[moonslav59]

Just now, Maxbialystock said:

Finally, finally, Bregman does the right thing and nails a first pitch--straight to the third baseman.  

Strikeout king Duran doubles, also on a first pitch.  

And your guy, Toro, keeps killing rallies.

[Maxbialystock]

I keep blaming the Sox for 0 runs, now in 6 IP, but the fact is that Brown has been tough.  

Uh, oh.  Here's trouble.  Leadoff double.

Followed by an easy pop fly.  

I see Varitek is still growing.  Weight-wise.  

[Maxbialystock]

7 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

And your guy, Toro, keeps killing rallies.

He sure is.  But right now he's still better than--wait for it--Devers with the Giants.  The guy I wanted the Sox to hang onto, Duran, left 2 on with 2 outs.  So I would definitely be a crappy CBO--and after all the training and schooling I've had.  If only SADULU actually meant something in baseballese.  Ditto for LARS,.

[FredLynn]

8 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You need to stop posting the same posts over and over. It's quite a bore.

Don't read them.

[FredLynn]

9 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Finally, finally, Bregman does the right thing and nails a first pitch--straight to the third baseman.  

Strikeout king Duran doubles, also on a first pitch.  

This is what players do when they are demoralized.....swing at a lot of first pitches just to get the game over with

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A very good job by Criswell tonight. Better than most of us thought he'd do I'm sure.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

This is what players do when they are demoralized.....swing at a lot of first pitches just to get the game over with

This is your guy, Moon? I'm very disappointed.

[Maxbialystock]

Sox with 2 errors which did not lead to unearned runs--only adds to the luster of Criswell's night.  

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

This is your guy, Moon? I'm very disappointed.

Good. You should be after the management again sat on the fence instead of either getting the players we needed or been sellers. You must be a real Flops fan if you are disappointed.

[Maxbialystock]

5 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

This is what players do when they are demoralized.....swing at a lot of first pitches just to get the game over with

Try to keep, up, Fred.  I said that tonight the Sox have hurt themselves by not swinging at first pitch strikes or even second pitch strikes.  And they've shown little hesitation in swinging at 3d strikes that are outside the strike zone.