Nationals (Mikolas) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 6/29/26, 7:10pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That's 2 K's on ABS challenges by Narvaez.

[FredLynn]

Suarez isn’t sharp. Nats are right back in it!

Just lose baby!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Fred was hoping for a grand slam.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Seigler is only the second Navajo to play MLB. Each played for the Sox and the Yankems.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Seigler is only the second Navajo to play MLB. Each played for the Sox and the Yankems.

Ellsbury is Navajo 

He’s the only other one

[FredLynn]

7 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Fred was hoping for a grand slam.

It would have helped 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Seigler is only the second Navajo to play MLB. Each played for the Sox and the Yankems.

My bad. Although Seigler was a first round pick by the Yankems, he never played for them.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Ellsbury is Navajo 

He’s the only other one

No shite.

[JoeBrady]

51 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You complained when the Sox weren't hitting or winning. Maybe you're just a passive aggressive.

I don't generally complain when we lose.  But I've heard the passive aggressive thing before.  I'd prefer to think of it as a highly-developed form a snarkiness.

[FredLynn]

Embarrassing. The umps didn’t know the count

[jad]

55 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

He tapped his own helmet towards his own dugout without saying a word, kind of making a gesture he wished he could challenge check swing strike call at first. 

Can't recall, but I think I heard earlier this year that tapping the helmet was an automatic ejection--same as arguing balls and strikes.

[JoeBrady]

34 minutes ago, alsoason said:

do we have an ignore button here?

I have Fred on ignore.  It makes the site far better, at least for me.

[FredLynn]

Just now, JoeBrady said:

I have Fred on ignore.  It makes the site far better, at least for me.

Good for you! But it won’t change my technique here at all 

[JoeBrady]

14 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Fred was hoping for a grand slam.

RS winning causes him much angst.  He was near catatonic in 2007.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, JoeBrady said:

RS winning causes him much angst.  He was near catatonic in 2007.

Fred's hoping for a high draft pick. Maybe the Sox can luck out and get another Mayer.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, JoeBrady said:

RS winning causes him much angst.  He was near catatonic in 2007.

We all know this season is over-no playoffs. Again. The only rational approach is to plan for a better future by improving our draft position. Wins now are pretty irrelevant.

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Fred's hoping for a high draft pick. Maybe the Sox can luck out and get another Mayer.

First BresLOW has to go and be replaced by someone competent. But yes-the higher the pick the better the chance of drafting talent.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

First BresLOW has to go and be replaced by someone competent. But yes-the higher the pick the better the chance of drafting talent.

As I posted before, Mayer wasn't drafted by Breslow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

As I posted before, Mayer wasn't drafted by Breslow.

Also, Leiter was the number one pick in the same draft as Mayer and he, also, has been a major disappointment.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

As I posted before, Mayer wasn't drafted by Breslow.

But Breslow is responsible for this last place team. He’s the guy that assembled them. He got IKF, Gaspar, Durbin (who is actually doing better but still has crappy overall stats) instead of signing talented players that would have put us in contention.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Sox have a better chance of making the PO's than drafting a future star.

[FredLynn]

103!

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox have a better chance of making the PO's than drafting a future star.

If we get a top 5-6 pick there’s an excellent chance that pick could contribute 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, FredLynn said:

If we get a top 5-6 pick there’s an excellent chance that pick could contribute 

Btw, Mr Baseball, you were wrong about Rafaela. Just thought I would point that out.

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Btw, Mr Baseball, you were wrong about Rafaela. Just thought I would point that out.

The season isn’t over. Last year he faded at the end of the year. I’ll admit he’s much better this year but I want to see his end of the season stats 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

The season isn’t over. Last year he faded at the end of the year. I’ll admit he’s much better this year but I want to see his end of the season stats 

Being that you are a real Sox fan, I'm sure you're hoping he has a strong 2nd half of the season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

You know the starting pitching is good when you almost forget that Crochet is on the IL.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Being that you are a real Sox fan, I'm sure you're hoping he has a strong 2nd half of the season.

Of course! I certainly want him to continue to do what he has done so far this year. If he can do that he’ll be a major contributor once the team becomes relevant again. I’d love to be wrong about him. He’s a small man and I’m just not sure he can make it through an entire season being consistently good. He could tire out like last year. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Yankems lo.

Oops, different team.

[JoeBrady]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You know the starting pitching is good when you almost forget that Crochet is on the IL.

It's hard to believe that we could be doing so well without either Crochet or Bello.  It's been so good that we don't even get to use Crochet's injury as an excuse.