Red Sox (Gray) vs Rangers (Alexander): 09/17/26, 8:05 PM

[Bagwell Anderson]

Roman Anthony is proving to be a complete poser.    And Durbin is equally useless

[notin]

8 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

What's he doing that RA or AR isn't doing?

Maintaining an OPS+ of 74 for over 580PA?

[vegasbob]

Just a bunch offering no resistance,  totally unlike the streak.

What changed ? 

[illinoisredsox]

6 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

2004 Yanks are the ultimate choke.

But we may be seeing 2011 redux

Very possible, though they already have won as many games this month as they did all of that year (they went 7-20 in 2011, they’re 7-7 so far this September).

The pitching absolutely imploded 15 years ago.  I think the ERA for September was close to 6 for the staff.  That was the month Daniel Bard began his descent.  Many think it was the next year when he tried to be a starter, but it was actually that September when he blew I don’t know how many games.

 

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Just a bunch offering no resistance,  totally unlike the streak.

What changed ? 

This is the real FLOPS. 
Bums

[FredLynn]

They’ll get swept in Tampa too

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Yeah

BA .204

OPS+ 74

=useless

The song 'Useless' is one of my favorites by Neil Young.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The song 'Useless' is one of my favorites by Neil Young.

My bad. The song was 'Helpless.'

[illinoisredsox]

9 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Just a bunch offering no resistance,  totally unlike the streak.

What changed ? 

The law of averages for one thing.  They went what, 32-5?  That’s impossible to keep up.

This series it looks like they’ve run into a team that is gotten into a hot streak.  Every bloop drops in for them, the few hard hit balls against them seem to go right at somebody, they get a break and take advantage of it. Over the course of 6 months, those things even out.  In a 3 game series, anything can happen.

It’s not always who you play but when you play them.

Plus the AAAA players who were doing so well then have come back to earth.

[Bagwell Anderson]

Can someone tell me who the leader of this team is?  It certainly isn’t Tracy. He’s got the energy of sloth with a lobotomy 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

My bad. The song was 'Helpless.'

Duran, RA, and AR are useless and the Sox are helpless.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

My bad. The song was 'Helpless.'

No wonder I couldn’t find it on YouTube

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

The law of averages for one thing.  They went what, 32-5?  That’s impossible to keep up.

This series it looks like they’ve run into a team that is gotten into a hot streak.  Every bloop drops in for them, the few hard hit balls against them seem to go right at somebody, they get a break and take advantage of it. Over the course of 6 months, those things even out.  In a 3 game series, anything can happen.

It’s not always who you play but when you play them.

Actually it’s because this is the real Flops. 
Lack of talent 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, Bagwell Anderson said:

Can someone tell me who the leader of this team is?  It certainly isn’t Tracy. He’s got the energy of sloth with a lobotomy 

It's the same Tracy when the Sox went 32-5. 

As for who the leader of this team is I'll have to phone a friend.

[FredLynn]

These bums are just unwatchable right now 

They don’t deserve to make the playoffs 

[vegasbob]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

My bad. The song was 'Helpless.'

Same difference 

[illinoisredsox]

6 minutes ago, Bagwell Anderson said:

Can someone tell me who the leader of this team is?  It certainly isn’t Tracy. He’s got the energy of sloth with a lobotomy 

Is Tracy all of sudden doing something different now than he was doing a month and a half ago.  Seems to me he exhibited the  same energy of a sloth with a lobotomy during the 32-5 streak that he is showing now.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, FredLynn said:

These bums are just unwatchable right now 

They don’t deserve to make the playoffs 

"Deserves has nothing to do with it."

[vegasbob]

Another out pissed away. 

The inept clown show goes on

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

These bums are just unwatchable right now 

They don’t deserve to make the playoffs 

Do any of the teams behind the Sox deserve to make the PO's?

[vegasbob]

Jansen. continues his rampage with a ground ball single through the slow SS position 

[illinoisredsox]

Everyone’s trying to hit 5 run homers again.  

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Do any of the teams behind the Sox deserve to make the PO's?

Yup

The Guardians

The Jays for example 

And the team that is beating the snot out of the Flops right now 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

Everyone’s trying to hit 5 run homers again.  

Earl Weaver's favorite.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Yup

The Guardians

The Jays for example 

And the team that is beating the snot out of the Flops right now 

As usual you missed the point entirely.

[FredLynn]

Story will K

[FredLynn]

Told ya

[Tedballgame]

Story can't hit that pitch EVER!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Told ya

Fred, you're so blessed with ESP.

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

As usual you missed the point entirely.

Oh-I got the point. You asked who deserves to be in the playoffs that are behind the FLOPS. I told you. You just didn’t like the answer