Red Sox (Bello) vs Brewers (Woodruff): 4/6/26, 6:45pm

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

The lineup shuffle for today can't hurt.  They scored first and Bello is holding on through 3 .  So there is hope for the turnaround guys.   

Yeah, but 66 pitches through 3 for Bello so maybe 1 more inning?  Then Cora gets to piece together 5 more innings.  I can hardly wait.

[vegasbob]

6 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Yeah, but 66 pitches through 3 for Bello so maybe 1 more inning?  Then Cora gets to piece together 5 more innings.  I can hardly wait.

Be assured that Bello is not on my highlight reel.  I have always found him immature and easily rattled if anything goes wrong against him

[Deja Doh]

Contreras went in late to Hamilton, spikes high.  Should be kicked out.  If I'm the Brewers, he's going to be seeing a bunch of up and in.

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, Deja Doh said:

Contreras went in late to Hamilton, spikes high.  Should be kicked out.  If I'm the Brewers, he's going to be seeing a bunch of up and in.

Borderline.  Spikes were a little high, but as Merloni said, in the old days Hamilton would still be down.  For a good example of the good old days, on YouTube, look up Hal McRae taking out Willie Randolph in the 1977 ALCS (Hal McRae take out slide should do it).

[vegasbob]

Contreras reminds me of a chihauhau,  all bark and no bite.  I understand he has history vs the Brewers but that pitch barely grazed his hand and the slide was like watching Machado take out the long retired Pedroia.

The only thing Willson has done besides mispell Wilson is to make us forget who Casas is.   A setback in his recovery, ? Probably from obsessive-compulsive overworking it.

[illinoisredsox]

Bello could save a lot of pitches by just waving the first 2 guys on every inning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Once a nibbler, always a nibbler.

[vegasbob]

Was Bello afraid his  FB wouldn't get to 2B in time. ? He had room, IMO, to get Hamilton

[iortiz]

Bello walked David f***ing Hamilton LOL a guy who can’t hit to safe his life 

 

f***ing bum! 

[FredLynn]

Just tuned in to watch the all star Durbin the Bum playing little league baseball.

This team sucks.

Again

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Starting pitching has been really  great so far.

[vegasbob]

Was Durbin's services retained for his glove or bat ?  I can't recall and sure can't see any productive outcome.

That is usually the kind of play that causes Bello to blow up. Cora, with his steel trap  memory, makes the move

[FredLynn]

More runs are on the way!

[FredLynn]

More little league baseball by Durbin the Bum. 
These bums are unwatchable 

[vegasbob]

Can Durbin  just stay put and let Story make a play.  ?     There is no defensive improvement visible on this team

[FredLynn]

Gonna walk in a run

[FredLynn]

Here comes the hammer

[vegasbob]

Unbelievable, blowing a 3 run lead, still bases loaded with 1 out,  no balls out of the infield

[Deja Doh]

Contreras was still "upset" from getting grazed (on the hand) when slid into Hamilton.  He didn't even try to get out of the way of the pitch (I hate awarding a player first for not trying to get out of the way).  

 

 

8 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Borderline.  Spikes were a little high, but as Merloni said, in the old days Hamilton would still be down.  For a good example of the good old days, on YouTube, look up Hal McRae taking out Willie Randolph in the 1977 ALCS (Hal McRae take out slide should do it).

 

[FredLynn]

Here come the boos

 

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

BOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Deja Doh]

Why didn't we resign Wilson?  We need pitching and don't seem to have it.

[FredLynn]

Well there’s a good hockey game on: Tampa v Buffalo. 
One more run and I’m outta here

[FredLynn]

I can’t believe we signed Durbin the Bum and IKF. Wtf was Breslow thinking?

[FredLynn]

Figures. Ex Flops player continues to make errors despite switching teams

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The much hated Masa was, is, and always will be a good hitter.

[vegasbob]

Lack of coordination between Mayer and Contreras on a simple bouncer. Mayer broke to cover second base and Contreras stood still .   If I had to guess, it was Mayer's ball to go after since Story had 2B well in hand.

Just more evidence of "rookie" type play .  This bunch was not ready to play MLB baseball

[FredLynn]

10 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The much hated Masa was, is, and always will be a good hitter.

Even when he’s not hitting he gives you a good AB. No power but good idea of the zone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This will be an entertaining season. I've always felt a very good team or a very bad team are both entertaining in their own different way.

A ,500 team is boring.

[vegasbob]

One of 2025's favorite comments was that the starting pitching did not go far enough in games, so Cora wore out the bullpen arms early in the season.  

Through 10 starts this year, twice through the rotation, the Sox starters are averaging 4.6 innings per start, not enough to be theoretically eligible for a win ( if they ever do so).  The BP has pitched a virtual equal number of innings with some success and some failure.   They have taken 4 of the 7 losses. 

 When a reliever gets a loss, it means they entered the game tied or AHEAD and gave up the winning run.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Japanese god of walks.