Red Sox (Tolle) vs Rays (Martinez): 6/9/26, 6:40pm

[vegasbob]

Damnable warning track power.

Sox are always a few feet short of a better hitting team

[FredLynn]

11 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Yoshida's hitting may be another victim of Driveline. He needs to go sooner than later if he can't start slashing line drives.

 

He should have been gone over the winter if Henry the Cheap wasn’t lying to us about making winning a priority. 
I remember several posters here over the winter saying they weren’t worried about signing bums like Gaspar and IKF because they were just ancillary pieces who wouldn’t play every day. Well guess what-they are playing every day. 
bums

[vegasbob]

Martinez with 49 pitches through 5 innings , only allowing 2 hits tells the story

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Martinez with 49 pitches through 5 innings , only allowing 2 hits tells the story

The story is that he is pitching to a bunch of AA bums

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

10 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

A series f 2 out hits sink the good ship Sox-a-pop.   

Just something about that 3rd out

How about calling this team the good ship Sux-a-lot?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

On a positive note one run on two hits is pretty efficient.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Sox fans deserve a better team, a better CBO, and a better owner. But in the famous words of  William Munny "deserve's got nothin' to do with it."

[vegasbob]

Just cannot do it. get the 3rd out. Give up rbi single to 9th hitter

[vegasbob]

 But with this offensive offense, none of it makes much difference. except for the all important run differential

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

28 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Damnable warning track power.

Sox are always a few feet short of a better hitting team

Actually, they're a few miles short of a better hitting team.

[notin]

42 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Yoshida's hitting may be another victim of Driveline. He needs to go sooner than later if he can't start slashing line drives.

 

Every team in MLB uses Driveline…

[vegasbob]

10 minutes ago, notin said:

Every team in MLB uses Driveline…

That does not prevent Yoshi from being a victim.

Why does Driveline's hitting tactics work for some but not Sox?

[vegasbob]

Good for Mayer, now bring him home, top of lineup

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Good for Mayer, now bring him home, top of lineup

You should know better.

[vegasbob]

Perfect positioning vs Rafaela but need a medium deep fly.

Abreu far from clutch

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You should know better.

But they did score more than one run and I'm very proud of them. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A catcher who can't catch. Ya gotta love this team. 

[vegasbob]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

But they did score more than one run and I'm very proud of them. 

They sure try hard and darn, people like them

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

They sure try hard and darn, people like them

I'd say this Sox team is as popular as a hemorrhoid.

[vegasbob]

My opinion  is that Contreras as a hitter only looks good  in comparison  to the other dogs around him

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

One thing that's been pretty consistent most of the season is the Sox don't waste any time completing their last at bats.

[vegasbob]

These dudes wearing Boston unis not only are getting beat but they look beat.

They are realizing this year is a failure and they a big part of it.

[vegasbob]

Olney is probably correct,  morale on the Sox sux.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

My opinion  is that Contreras as a hitter only looks good  in comparison  to the other dogs around him

Or perhaps the plethora of weak batters in this poor excuse of a line-up puts additional pressure on his at bats.

I like the word plethora.

[Maxbialystock]

Don't forget Tolle, the guy with the error on a popup he had no business going after,   Then he failed to cover first base in time on an easy grounder to the right. 

Sox were actually lucky it was such a close game, what with the bonehead plays by Gasper and Tolle.  Rays had 12 hits but just 4 runs.  Big play by Durbin at 3d base.   Also nice assist by Rafaela.  

[UtahSox]

3 hours ago, vegasbob said:

My opinion  is that Contreras as a hitter only looks good  in comparison  to the other dogs around him

I think he has ZERO protection in the lineup. Dude has been mashing, but why give him anything to hit with the rest of this Absolute ass roster. Beta Breslow needs to be canned.  We need two more bats….. go get them. There are no solid bats in FA. Need to get via trade. 

[vegasbob]

Tracy finally said the magic Cora words, "We just have to be better"

He is looking fried now knowing he is on the street this October

 

[iortiz]

Will this team be the worst in Sox history? I don’t see them winning 60 games and my memory doesn’t help much but this is for sure the worst offense I’ve ever seen. 

[iortiz]

The Rays have a $109,993,601 payroll. The Red Sox have a $98,500,000 payroll on the IL or AAA. Yet Breslow still has a job. We are run by inepts. 

[notin]

3 hours ago, vegasbob said:

That does not prevent Yoshi from being a victim.

Why does Driveline's hitting tactics work for some but not Sox?

Because Boston keeps emphasizing a “one side fits all” approach to hitting rather than letting hitters do what got them to MLB in the first place…