Red Sox (Crochet) vs Astros (Javier): 8/11/25, 8:10pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Returning mercenary receives a hero's welcome.

[Maxbialystock]

My goodness that deep fly from Toro stayed in the air a long time  

[Maxbialystock]

Not very smart--Rafaela picked off.  

[vegasbob]

Rafaela is still rash 

[Maxbialystock]

Narvaez K's on a pitch that almost hit the plate.  

[Nineintime]

Just now, vegasbob said:

Rafaela is still rash 

Drifting off of second right after you stole it is just dumb baseball

[Maxbialystock]

Javier back in control since Bregman's dinger.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Crochet has two runs to work with. Hopefully, that will be enough.

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, Nineintime said:

Drifting off of second right after you stole it is just dumb baseball

He may be a skilled fielder but not a complete baseball player

[vegasbob]

Did the Sox dangle Burdi on the DFA wire for any purpose ?  How about I. Campbell?

[Maxbialystock]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

He may be a skilled fielder but not a complete baseball player

Seriously?  He has the highest WAR, 4.0, among the Sox lineup players.  

[Maxbialystock]

That fastball just above the strike zone seems to work on a lot of hitters, not just Anthony.  

[Maxbialystock]

Great.  Another 4 takes on Bregman's dinger.  

[d-money]

They better not go scoreless the rest of the way. 

[Maxbialystock]

Another good IP for Javier.  Still a long way to go for both teams. 

[Maxbialystock]

I think the ump may be reacting to the catcher' pulling their mitts back toward the center of the zone.  He's assuming the ball had to be outside the zone.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

I think the ump may be reacting to the catcher' pulling their mitts back toward the center of the zone.  He's assuming the ball had to be outside the zone.  

Good umps call the pitch where it crosses the plate, not where the catcher moves it. The key words here being 'good umps.'

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Amazing how quickly a pitcher can become hittable.

[Maxbialystock]

Crochet threw no fastballs to Walker, who was ready for that cutter.  

Whoever is calling the pitches is dumb.  

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Good umps call the pitch where it crosses the plate, not where the catcher moves it. The key words here being 'good umps.'

Of course they try to do that, but it ain't as easy as you make it sound.  

[Maxbialystock]

Ok, now it's ball game and the Sox lineup looks like crap since Bregman's dinger in the first.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

Of course they try to do that, but it ain't as easy as you make it sound.  

Of course it's not easy. That's why there's so few good balls and strikes umps in MLB.

[Maxbialystock]

Wow.  Now the Astros pitcher is griping about the calls.  And getting away with it.  

[vegasbob]

8 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Crochet threw no fastballs to Walker, who was ready for that cutter.  

Whoever is calling the pitches is dumb.  

I thought early on that pitches were being called from the bench (Bailey; Varitek?). 

Later learned it is the catcher going by the game plan and what the pitcher is executing in the given game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This guy's 1st start in 14 months and he's neutering this Sox offense.

[Nineintime]

I worry about  this offensive flow with this team.  Cora has a different, largely different lineup every game with players out of position and no continuity in the line up.   Our World Series teams all had consistent predictable line ups.  The chaos of these lineups with marginal talent in many spots doesn’t bode well

[Maxbialystock]

Sox have 1 hit in the 4 innings/12 outs since Bregman's dinger.  

And let's not forget that, after Bregman's dinger, the Sox went 0/3 with RISP.  

I love when Bregman throws the breaking stuff low, but not on every single pitch.  

[vegasbob]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Of course it's not easy. That's why there's so few good balls and strikes umps in MLB.

I saw the clip of Jen Pawol calling her first HP game. First pitch is 4" inside and she called it a strike.  

She will fit right in with these F'ups

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

Sox have 1 hit in the 4 innings/12 outs since Bregman's dinger.  

And let's not forget that, after Bregman's dinger, the Sox went 0/3 with RISP.  

I love when Bregman throws the breaking stuff low, but not on every single pitch.  

Why is Bregman pitching ?

[vegasbob]

Ump should toss Dubon