Red Sox (Giolito) vs Yankees (Gil): 8/21/25, 7:15pm

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Gotta love Anthony,  Huge dinger in the 9th when really needed.

But give some credit to the Yankees pitcher for not throwing the ball low and inside.  

Anthony ambushed him.  He’s starting almost always takes the first strike.  So pitchers save that down and in pitch for a two strike pitch.
 

 

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I come to bury the Yankems, not to praise them.

Terrific,  Really.  Marlon Brando played Antony in the movie Julius Caesar.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, Maxbialystock said:

Terrific,  Really.  Marlon Brando played Antony in the movie Julius Caesar.  

Stella!

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

Anthony ambushed him.  He’s starting almost always takes the first strike.  So pitchers save that down and in pitch for a two strike pitch.
 

 

He does indeed take the first pitch--but not always.  Fortunately, it's after 10 pm on a Thursday, so Cora gave him the go ahead.  

[Maxbialystock]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Stella!

I coulda been a contendah.  

[illinoisredsox]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Stella!

I’m a little weak on my 1950’s movies, but wasn’t that from A Streetcar Named Desire?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

I’m a little weak on my 1950’s movies, but wasn’t that from A Streetcar Named Desire?

Give that man a standing ovation.

[d-money]

Good start to the series. Really need 3 out of 4. A split will not help them. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

I coulda been a contendah.  

Make him an offer he can't refuse.

[moonslav59]

16 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

He’s sucked for a long time now. He gets a seat on my list

Then Houck should be on your no suck list.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Never could decide which actor was cooler. Was it Brando or McQueen?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That Lowe's a big dude.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, illinoisredsox said:

He had cred?

He lost all with me, tonight.

Total absurdity.

[Maxbialystock]

Tonight is why we watch MLB.  A shame it didn't happen at Fenway, but I'm not so sure Anthony's dinger reaches there.  

Bullpen is MVP--4.1 IP, 0 ERA.

lineup--Anthony's huge home rune not withstanding, was 3/`19 with RISP.  

Anthony drove in 3 runs and Lowe 2.  Duran is starting to po me, but, were I Cora, I'd leave the first five the way they are--Anthony, Bregman, Duran, Story, and Lowe.  

Rotten,  worthless Hamilton had a single and scored 2 runs despite that miserable, stinking pick off at 3b.  He a single and 2 BB's and 1 SB.  

Tomorrow night I would be tempted to go with the same lineup--including Yoshida as the DH.  

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Sox are 14-3 against the Rays and the Yankems, which means they're playing one game under.500 against the rest of  MLB.

[Maxbialystock]

17 minutes ago, d-money said:

Good start to the series. Really need 3 out of 4. A split will not help them. 

A fantastic, unexpected start.  Agree 3/4. Next 3 starters are Bello, Crochet, and May, all of whom are pitching well.  

Except for Narvaez lousy throw to 2b, I thought the defense was solid.  All 3 Yankees runs were earned.  

Yankees 3 errors led to 3 unearned runs, the margin of victory.  

[moonslav59]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox are 14-3 against the Rays and the Yankems, which means they're playing one game under.500 against the rest of  MLB.

Baseball is a funny game.

My guess is many winning teams could say the same about 2-3 teams.

[moonslav59]

Just now, Maxbialystock said:

A fantastic, unexpected start.  Agree 3/4. Next 3 starters are Bello, Crochet, and May, all of whom are pitching well.  

Except for Narvaez lousy throw to 2b, I thought the defense was solid.  All 3 Yankees runs were earned.  

Yankees 3 errors led to 3 unearned runs, the margin of victory.  

Imagine this: Fred is a Yankee fan on a Yankee forum.

How many Yankee players suck?

[moonslav59]

We had so many chances to bust this game into a double digit run total.

Our best hitters kept coming up short in the big moment, then BAM! Anthony breaks the mold.

Lowe was the perfect get, because he is oblivious to the "Red Sox Way." He keeps forgetting to miss RBI opportunities.

Thanks Brez.

May, Matz and now Lowe.

We coulda, woulda, shoulda... blah, blah, blah.

[Maxbialystock]

22 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Never could decide which actor was cooler. Was it Brando or McQueen?

McQueen might have been cooler, but he sure wasn't much of an actor. Brando turned into a fat slob, but he could still act.  Steve McQueen made a living out of playing Steve McQueen.  

[FredLynn]

25 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Then Houck should be on your no suck list.

My list only includes players currently playing on the team 

 

26 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Then Houck should be on your no suck list.

 

[FredLynn]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Imagine this: Fred is a Yankee fan on a Yankee forum.

How many Yankee players suck?

All of them. Except Judge. He’s not only great but a class act. 

[moonslav59]

Sox up 3 on KCR, 4 on CLE and 1 on SEA (the last WC slot)

We are 1/2 behind NYY and 5 behind TOR.

34 games to go!

It's showtime!

[FredLynn]

27 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That Lowe's a big dude.

He has a good track record. Maybe a change of scenery will reignite him. May and Matz are more dregs.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

All of them. Except Judge. He’s not only great but a class act. 

You lost me, Fred. I used to think you were just stuck in a negativity loop.

I shoulda listened to the others.

[Maxbialystock]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Imagine this: Fred is a Yankee fan on a Yankee forum.

How many Yankee players suck?

What an image/idea!!! 

Way back when on the MTM show, some of them were involved with an amateur theatrical which was reviewed by a newspaper critic, who panned them.  Murray reassured them with "he pans everything.  You remember last year when Richard Burton played Hamlet?"  "He didn't like Richard Burton!!!??"   "He didn't even like the play."

And that's our Fred.  

[Maxbialystock]

3 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

All of them. Except Judge. He’s not only great but a class act. 

He is indeed both.  But the Yankees have plenty of excellent players who just didn't look all that excellent tonight.  

[FredLynn]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

You lost me, Fred. I used to think you were just stuck in a negativity loop.

I shoulda listened to the others.

It’s ok

I understand.

I don’t post here to please anyone or “keep” them. 
I take ALL this with a grain of salt. All of it.

[Larry Cook]

Anthony is amazing 

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

He is indeed both.  But the Yankees have plenty of excellent players who just didn't look all that excellent tonight.  

The Yankees aren’t a great team. I watch some of their games to root for whoever they are playing against. Without Judge they are quite ordinary.