Red Sox (Crochet) vs Rays (Rasmussen): 9/19/25, 7:35pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Agreed.  It’s funny to watch YouTube reactions to it, especially by youngsters.  Sometimes they get the point but a lot of times they can’t get past certain words.

Frankie Laine was lied to by Brooks to get him to sing the opening theme song. He told Laine it was gonna be a serious western. Frankie never forgave him.

[FredLynn]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

Thats my favorite one; I was always a huge Teri Garr fan.

Is Fred actually A.B. Normal?

No

But I have his brain

Meanwhile Rafaela has three hits

[FredLynn]

The Twinkies have tied the Guardians 

[FredLynn]

Why is Whitlock up?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

The Twinkies have tied the Guardians 

Could be a bad day for Fred.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This game would have been more appropriate in their old circus tent ballfield.

[FredLynn]

This game is in the bag

[Maxbialystock]

2 hours ago, FredLynn said:

That’s the ONLY way the Flops win

Enough with the flops talk.  

On second thought, as our nattering nabob of negativism, maybe you are morphing into the master of reverse mojo.  

 

 

[vegasbob]

Sorry. not home to watch now. but congrats to the hitters

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

28 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Frankie Laine was lied to by Brooks to get him to sing the opening theme song. He told Laine it was gonna be a serious western. Frankie never forgave him.

Frankie was a great singer, but he must not have been too intuitive.

[Jasonbay44]

I know the game looks like a blowout now, but that Duran homer was such a big swing, changed the entire momentum of the game.

 

Also glad Crotchet could battle and give a quality start

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Sorry. not home to watch now. but congrats to the hitters

Right after I called them mimes they went crazy.

[FredLynn]

KC has a three touchdown lead over the Jays (almost) but they missed an extra point

[Larry Cook]

A lot of timely hits tonight. And the rays were sloppy 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Larry Cook said:

A lot of timely hits tonight. And the rays were sloppy 

Timely hits and a sloppy opposition will guarantee a win.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The clean-up guy is making a mess.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Murphy must like Woo.

[Deja Doh]

We needed that win to stay ahead of Cleveland.  Keep winning Sox.

[mvp 78]

15 hours ago, FredLynn said:

They’re nice thing about not getting in would be that there’s a better chance of getting rid of Breslow and Cora and a bunch of incompetent position players 

Breslow and Cora aren’t getting fired even if they lose out.

[Maxbialystock]

48 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow and Cora aren’t getting fired even if they lose out.

Agree.  I think Breslow, despite mistakes like Sale, Buehler, etc, has the Sox going in the right direction.  He is helped by all those youngsters signed by CB, but acquisitions like Crochet, Chapman, Bregman, Narvaez, and Gioliito have made a difference this year.  

Attendance this year is over 34,000 for the first time since 2019.  In 2018, the greatest Sox season ever, average attendance was 35,747.  

As for Cora, he has managed his buns off this season.  When Bregman was announced as the Sox 3b for 2025, Devers was crushed and unhappy, but Cora convinced him to embrace DH, where Devers was in fact a huge success.  He missed no games and had an OPS of .905.  

Cora has gone thru `13 starters this year if you include Crawford who didn't play or start this season and exclude Bernardino's three "starts."  Also 33 pitchers overall.  And this Sox team has the best team ERA since 2018.  

As for the lineup, he has started 43 different guys at 1b, 36 at 2d base (including his fantastic CF, Rafaela), and a whole bunch in the outfield (Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony, Yoshida, Ref, Eaton, Garcia, and Campbell).  Of the 9 players in last night's lineup, just 4 were in the opening day lineup.  

Just 3 Sox players have or will have played in 75% of the games this year:  Duran, Story, and Rafaela.  Those 3 also lead the Sox lineup players in WAR with 4.5, 4.3, and 3.9.  Bregman, his best player, missed 7 weeks May 23-July 11 and has been in a slump since Aug 23.  His best hitter was Devers until June 16.  Anthony was his best hitter in July and August and until his injury on Sep 2.  Mayer went on the IL July 25 and Abreu August 21.  

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow and Cora aren’t getting fired even if they lose out.

Exactly. Zero chance.; Not even 0.00001% chance.

[moonslav59]

As for the lineup, he has started 43 different guys at 1b, 36 at 2d base (including his fantastic CF, Rafaela), and a whole bunch in the outfield (Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony, Yoshida, Ref, Eaton, Garcia, and Campbell).  Of the 9 players in last night's lineup, just 4 were in the opening day lineup.  

Are these typos?

6 players have played 1B and 6 have played 2B.

 

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

Agree.  I think Breslow, despite mistakes like Sale, Buehler, etc, has the Sox going in the right direction.  He is helped by all those youngsters signed by CB, but acquisitions like Crochet, Chapman, Bregman, Narvaez, and Gioliito have made a difference this year.  

Attendance this year is over 34,000 for the first time since 2019.  In 2018, the greatest Sox season ever, average attendance was 35,747.  

As for Cora, he has managed his buns off this season.  When Bregman was announced as the Sox 3b for 2025, Devers was crushed and unhappy, but Cora convinced him to embrace DH, where Devers was in fact a huge success.  He missed no games and had an OPS of .905.  

Cora has gone thru `13 starters this year if you include Crawford who didn't play or start this season and exclude Bernardino's three "starts."  Also 33 pitchers overall.  And this Sox team has the best team ERA since 2018.  

As for the lineup, he has started 43 different guys at 1b, 36 at 2d base (including his fantastic CF, Rafaela), and a whole bunch in the outfield (Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony, Yoshida, Ref, Eaton, Garcia, and Campbell).  Of the 9 players in last night's lineup, just 4 were in the opening day lineup.  

Just 3 Sox players have or will have played in 75% of the games this year:  Duran, Story, and Rafaela.  Those 3 also lead the Sox lineup players in WAR with 4.5, 4.3, and 3.9.  Bregman, his best player, missed 7 weeks May 23-July 11 and has been in a slump since Aug 23.  His best hitter was Devers until June 16.  Anthony was his best hitter in July and August and until his injury on Sep 2.  Mayer went on the IL July 25 and Abreu August 21.  

Good su.mary.  I've never understood the Alex Cora hate, for years now he has been saddled with a roster full of holes.

[Maxbialystock]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

As for the lineup, he has started 43 different guys at 1b, 36 at 2d base (including his fantastic CF, Rafaela), and a whole bunch in the outfield (Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony, Yoshida, Ref, Eaton, Garcia, and Campbell).  Of the 9 players in last night's lineup, just 4 were in the opening day lineup.  

Are these typos?

6 players have played 1B and 6 have played 2B.

 

They were and are obvious exaggerations.  I'm sure your numbers are the right ones.  

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

They were and are obvious exaggerations.  I'm sure your numbers are the right ones.  

But, Max, in 2024 we sued 9 guys at 1B and 11 at 2B, and that is no exaggeration.

We sued 6 1Bmen for more than 64 innings each, including Wong.

We used 10 2Bmen for more than 18 innings each, including Wong & Gasper. 9 were used for more than 30 innings and 6 for more than 99 innings

This year, Wong has been used for 1 inning at 1B and zero at 2B.

We basically started with Casas, replaced him with Toro upon injury and then transitions to a Lowe/Romy platoon with Sogard getting 94 innings over the season.

At 2B, we stuck with Campbell for 59 games (472 innings) then transitioned to DHam/Romy and used Rafaela for a stretch when DHam sucked and Romy was needed at 1B, when Toro moved to 3B for the Breggie injury. Mayer would have played more than 57 innings had he not gotten hurt. Sogard has 56 innings. 4 guys have played 1265 out of 1378 innings at 2B. That is light years better than 2024, in terms of merry-go-roundness.

In 2023, we had more stability at 1B, since Turner was the Casas back-up. Casas (1037) Turner (289) and Dalbec (98) got all but 6 innings at 1B filled.

2B was a complete mess is in 2023, with Arroyo 442, Valdez 357, Urais 208, Reyes 196, Kike 131 and even Turner playing 49 innings at 2B! Chang, Rafaela, DHam and Wong combined for 46+ innings and Dalbec played 1 inning at 2B.

1B and 2B still remain major issues for this team, but we've lessened the merry-go-round aspect of the positions, this year.

[FredLynn]

7 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Breslow and Cora aren’t getting fired even if they lose out.

We will see. If they don't make the playoffs AGAIN this year the chances are higher that at least one of them will get canned. Both would richly deserve it.