Nationals (Lord) vs Red Sox (Tolle): 7/1/26, 1:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

How are you feeling about yesterday's game? Just a hiccup, or more of the same from the 2026 Red Sox?

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	0	0	9	15	0	24
Tommy Kahnle	21	0	0	0	30	51
Ryan Watson	13	0	0	0	10	23
Justin Slaten	0	12	16	0	13	41
Greg Weissert	0	0	0	0	28	28
Garrett Whitlock	0	7	0	11	0	18
Danny Coulombe	0	0	0	19	14	33
Aroldis Chapman	0	20	23	0	0	43

 

[moonslav59]

IT's hard to know if last night was more of the "one step up and two steps back" feeling about 2026, but I'm still hopeful we are a .500 or better team.

Making a couple additions like B Lowe and Jeffers might be all we need.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Tolle needs to drill the first batter in the thigh, then strikeout the side and tell his defense, "Sit down, men."

[Old Red]

1 minute ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Tolle needs to drill the first batter in the thigh, then strikeout the side and tell his defense, "Sit down, men."

Wow! Rough crowd.

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31 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Wow! Rough crowd.

Rough start.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Can the Sox win their 4th game of the season down by 2? Stay tuned.

[jad]

Again, no Yoshida??  To give Eaton (.200) and Romy (.143) more ABs, I suppose? Both batting right, so those averages are likely lower.

Back when I played team sports, we had this weird convention that you played your best players, and if you weren't the best, you worked hard until you were.  But I guess putting your best players on the field is just way too passé for  a cutting edge team like this. 

[jad]

Walking Willson?  (Why not 4 pitches right in on his hands for a likely ejection?)

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Durbin, the 2nd best hitter on the Sox right now, is batting behind Gonzalez. Chad is an idiot.

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The worms don't stand a chance against this Sox lineup.

[FredLynn]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

IT's hard to know if last night was more of the "one step up and two steps back" feeling about 2026, but I'm still hopeful we are a .500 or better team.

Making a couple additions like B Lowe and Jeffers might be all we need.

We don’t need to ADD anyone. We need to be sellers and plan for the future.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I sure hope the Sox don't play Washington in the WS.

[FredLynn]

7-0

Hilarious! Anyone out there still think we should be buyers?

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I'd let Watson finish the game, even though he doesn't have his 'A' stuff today.

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Just now, FredLynn said:

7-0

Hilarious! Anyone out there still think we should be buyers?

Contain your happiness, Freddy.

[FredLynn]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Contain your happiness, Freddy.

Except when we are playing the Yankmees losses are best

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sox back to normal at Fenway. They had me worried there for awhile.

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Thank goodness that Early was diagnosed with only inflammation of the elbow. I remember when Crochet was originally diagnosed with only inflammation of the shoulder. 

[FredLynn]

This should end any and all discussion about being buyers. Several Flops players should start packing their bags

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The HP chUMP is legally blind. Fortunately, for him the Umpires' Union doesn't consider that detrimental to his job.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The only thing duller than watching this game is watching soccer. And that includes watching paint dry and watching grass grow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Telling me that Abreu is a good hitter is like pissing on my leg and telling me it's rain.

[jad]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The only thing duller than watching this game is watching soccer. And that includes watching paint dry and watching grass grow.

C'mon, dude.  I LOVE watching grass grow; I check my plants every day.

[vegasbob]

16 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Thank goodness that Early was diagnosed with only inflammation of the elbow. I remember when Crochet was originally diagnosed with only inflammation of the shoulder. 

So you're saying only 60-90 days?

How is Crochet's lats doing ? I trust the shoulder is less inflamedvthan my boy Contreras

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, jad said:

C'mon, dude.  I LOVE watching grass grow; I check my plants every day.

I have a lawn service that applies some type of steroids on my grass. I can actually see the grass growing while I'm mowing my yard. I'm guessing it's similar to the stuff that Clemens was taking.

[FredLynn]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The only thing duller than watching this game is watching soccer. And that includes watching paint dry and watching grass grow.

Yet you are still watching!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

So you're saying only 60-90 days?

How is Crochet's lats doing ? I trust the shoulder is less inflamedvthan my boy Contreras

It's probably for the best. No point in taking any chances.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Yet you are still watching!

Having you on my cell phone is similar to a virus.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I believe Romy needs more fine tuning at WOO.