Red Sox (Bennett) vs Rangers (Gore): 09/16/26, 8:05 PM

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

I’m a little surprised Bennett is back out there, although last night’s Sandoval outing is probably factoring in.

Sandoval is a BP eater.

[FredLynn]

Bennett did his job. The Rangers hit LHPs well 

[JimEd]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Sandoval is a BP eater.

yep. Tracy should have left him out there yesterday until his arm fell off. but, hell no...gotta use half the f***ing pen to clean up his mess.

[FredLynn]

Knew runs were on the way

[FredLynn]

The FLOPS are limping into the playoffs 

[illinoisredsox]

Can’t really blame Weissert on that one.  Wakefield threw his knuckler faster than that ball was hit.

[FredLynn]

Flops will lose this one

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

13 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

1st and 3rd , no outs, only a balk on a dropped baseball could score a run. 

Gasper and Anthony are disappointing 

Gasper isn't disappointing. He's given the Sox more than anyone here expected.

As for RA, never believe hype until it becomes reality.

[vegasbob]

Warning track power is only useful with a runner on 2nd or 3rd , less than 2 outs

[FredLynn]

Looked like it hit the bat

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Gasper isn't disappointing. He's given the Sox more than anyone here expected.

As for RA, never believe hype until it becomes reality.

In that AB and situation,  Mickey failed.  What you have done beforehand does not alter the need to come through Now

[FredLynn]

Not gonna win many games getting three hits

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There's 3 knobs involved on this play. The one on Contrares' bat and the two knobs in the Rangers' booth.

[FredLynn]

The FLOPS aren’t just mediocre-they’re BORING 

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

In that AB and situation,  Mickey failed.  What you have done beforehand does not alter the need to come through Now

Now Rutschman and Durbin are disappointing

[NHNative]

43 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Does anyone here wear a baseball glove while watching the game?

I lost my Wilson Nellie Fox glove years ago. 

Yup..HoH 3039

[NHNative]

Its a baseball game fellas. Enjoy it.

[FredLynn]

14 minutes ago, JimEd said:

yep. Tracy should have left him out there yesterday until his arm fell off. but, hell no...gotta use half the f***ing pen to clean up his mess.

I wrote exactly that last night 

[vegasbob]

8 minutes ago, NHNative said:

Its a baseball game fellas. Enjoy it.

We do, any thought to the contrary is unfounded

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Now Rutschman and Durbin are disappointing

Disappointing is when you expect someone to accomplish something and they failed. With AR I don't expect him to accomplish something, so it's not disappointing.

[vegasbob]

Story is most disappointing. 

OB mentions he has hit safely in 14 of 15 games !  But his season OPS is .618, disappointing. 

Duran is equally disappointing. 

OTOH,  Nate Eovaldi is a guy I still respect  for his work in the WS .

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Disappointing is when you expect someone to accomplish something and they failed. With AR I don't expect him to accomplish something, so it's not disappointing.

Hey, at least they hit the ball.  Something good could happen if you put it in play (the hit the Rangers got to tie the game being an example). It’s the K’s in those situations that are truly failures.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

Story is most disappointing. 

OB mentions he has hit safely in 14 of 15 games !  But his season OPS is .618, disappointing. 

Duran is equally disappointing. 

OTOH,  Nate Eovaldi is a guy I still respect  for his work in the WS .

Truth is that there are very few players on this that are quality players.

3-3

Im calling it over because they are just going through the motions 

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Story is most disappointing. 

OB mentions he has hit safely in 14 of 15 games !  But his season OPS is .618, disappointing. 

Duran is equally disappointing. 

OTOH,  Nate Eovaldi is a guy I still respect  for his work in the WS .

Correction, Duran has been a disaster.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

Hey, at leasit they hit the ball.  Something good could happen if you put it in play (the hit the Rangers got to tie the game being an example). It’s the K’s in those situations that are truly failures.

If someone is expecting AR to get a hit, that someone is gonna live a life of disappointment.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice catch by Abreu.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If someone is expecting AR to get a hit, that someone is gonna live a life of disappointment.

Especially a timely hit.

[FredLynn]

Winning run at 2B

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

Correction, Duran has been a disaster.

Only referring to that AB as disappointing.  

But you are correct,  fighting the Mendoza line for a full season is disastrous .

The fact that a Talksox writer had to break Duran down and show what he needed to do tells how disastrous it

is

[illinoisredsox]

Miller has picked a bad time to lose his mojo.  He wasn’t going to keep going the way he was, but he’s imploding.