Red Sox (Crochet) vs Yankees (Warren): 8/23/25, 1:05pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bases loaded. Need a balk.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Now that's what timely hitting looks like.

[vegasbob]

That's the rest of the Story, 2 out hitting makes a huge difference 

[vegasbob]

Lowe looks like a hitter.  And doesn't chase

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Duran 0-2 ? What's new

Bases loaded again and chasing.

OK , trade him. keep Abreu 

Duran is anti-clutch.  You can just see him tense up in those situation and he chases everything.  Ant-clutch players see their averages go down significantly in those at bats.

Guys like Ortiz are able to relax and just do what they normally do.  Their averages are about the same in those situations.  Doesn’t mean they come through every time, but they will put a good AB together.

[d-money]

Crochet needs a good inning here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Breggy throwing the leather.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Duran is anti-clutch.  You can just see him tense up in those situation and he chases everything.  Ant-clutch players see their averages go down significantly in those at bats.

Guys like Ortiz are able to relax and just do what they normally do.  Their averages are about the same in those situations.  Doesn’t mean they come through every time, but they will put a good AB together.

Papi was in a class by himself. Not fair to compare anyone to him when it comes to clutch.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good shutdown inning.

[d-money]

47 pitches through 3 innings. Maybe he can give us 6. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rafaela might have caught that one.

[vegasbob]

9 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Duran is anti-clutch.  You can just see him tense up in those situation and he chases everything.  Ant-clutch players see their averages go down significantly in those at bats.

Guys like Ortiz are able to relax and just do what they normally do.  Their averages are about the same in those situations.  Doesn’t mean they come through every time, but they will put a good AB together.

Duran is. notably wound tight to his disadvantage. Tge fear of failure overrides his natural  ability

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bases loaded. How rare is that?

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Rafaela might have caught that one.

Finally seeing a much worse defensive team hurting themselves

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Bases loaded. How rare is that.

Followed by an rbi ? Rare enough. Roman comes through as does Bregman

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sac flies. I'll take it 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Finally seeing a much worse defensive team hurting themselves

Stanton reminds me of Dewey.

[vegasbob]

Duran. would improve his game by slashing outer half pitches to left instead of the rollover pull  grounder

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Stanton reminds me of Dewey.

Dewey Crowe. For fans of Justified.

[d-money]

Gave one right back. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

When a player has more muscles in his head than most people have in their entire body, he can probably hit HR's.

[vegasbob]

I'd say GC needs a DP right now

[d-money]

Crochet has been a little spotty here. 

[d-money]

Gotta handle the bottom of this lineup. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, d-money said:

Crochet has been a little spotty here. 

You may not believe this, but Crochet is human.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hammy throwing the leather.

[vegasbob]

Story is all you need 

[illinoisredsox]

Story says to Stanton “Anything you can do I can do better”

[Deja Doh]

Story is playing well.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Story:  Based on a true story.