Red Sox (Gray) vs Yankees (Fried): 9/30/26, 8:00pm

[dannycater]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

Last night you were complaining that they didn’t use him.  Or did you forget you posted the following: 

“why is Crochet on the roster??  There were certainly 2 options to use him.”

Now you’re complaining that they did?  Can’t have it both ways.

I think he meant that why hadn't they used him to that point.

[Bagwell Anderson]

Merloni looks like he wants to bitch slap Girardi 

[vegasbob]

Leaving Whitlock out there is another awful lack of judgement.

[iortiz]

We are not even competitive man. Whata clown show. 

[harmony]

39 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Tracy walked into a pile of dung. 
BresLOW made his own pile

In the offseason, Craig Breslow traded for Willson Contreras, who this year posted 4.6 bWAR, Caleb Durbin, who posted 4.4 bWAR, and Sonny Gray, who posted 4,3 bWAR.

That wasn't enough to offset the departure of Alex Bregman and the regressions of Garrett Crochet, who dropped from 6.0 bWAR in 2025 to a negative 0.5 bWAR this year, and Jarren Duran, who dropped from 4.9 bWAR in 2025 to 0.4 bWAR this year.

The Red Sox disappointed in the postseason after an exciting streak in the regular season.

[Bagwell Anderson]

Tracy will not escape massive ridicule for how he managed this game.  He’s no Bobby Cox that’s for sure 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, dannycater said:

Freddy Lynn made $19,500 league minimum won AL Rookie of Year/MVP...mind boggling back then 

Lynn was almost signed by the Yankems. The Yankems offered 60,000 dollars signing bonus, but Lynn's father wouldn't take less than a 100,000 and supposedly threw the Yankem scout out of his house.

[iortiz]

Why Gamboa?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, Bagwell Anderson said:

Tracy will not escape massive ridicule for how he managed this game.  He’s no Bobby Cox that’s for sure 

Hell, he's not even Wally Cox 

[vegasbob]

If only they had kept Jovani Moran to shutdown the Yankees the series would have been all ours

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, iortiz said:

Why Gamboa?

Why not?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, vegasbob said:

If we only they had kept Jovani Moran to shutdown the Yankees the series would have been all ours

You might have hit on something there.

[dannycater]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Hell, he's not even Wally Cox 

I'll take Wally for the win. 

[dannycater]

3 minutes ago, Bagwell Anderson said:

Tracy will not escape massive ridicule for how he managed this game.  He’s no Bobby Cox that’s for sure 

It was inept lineup, inept pull of Gray, inept use of Miller again, inept not pinch hitting for Jones by the 3rd at bat, leaving in Whitlock to die, it was epic bad agreed. But they were not going to win with 2 runs either. 

[dannycater]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Lynn was almost signed by the Yankems. The Yankems offered 60,000 dollars signing bonus, but Lynn's father wouldn't take less than a 100,000 and supposedly threw the Yankem scout out of his house.

So many stories of how some great players ended up with certain teams because of parents dislike of a scout or how they were being negotiated...insane how fate changed on stuff like that. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, dannycater said:

I'll take Wally for the win. 

Wally was great in It's A Mad, Mad World. Loved the scene where Jonathan Winters destroyed Wally's gas station.

[BOSOX11]

Fell asleep with us down 1-0. Woke up and we're down 9-2. Last time I take a nap during a Red Sox game.

[dannycater]

I realize Duran has been terrible all season, a given...but choosing Jones to bat 3 times in the leadoff spot, batting Story 8th, this was just awful managing. Duran played v lefties during the 32-5 run...he never sat in that streak or maybe once or twice and that's it

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, dannycater said:

So many stories of how some great players ended up with certain teams because of parents dislike of a scout or how they were being negotiated...insane how fate changed on stuff like that. 

Btw, Lynn had a full football scholarship at USC. He is quite the athlete.

[dannycater]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You might have hit on something there.

That would be more hits than a lot of the Sox last month.

[BOSOX11]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Wally was great in It's A Mad, Mad World. Loved the scene where Jonathan Winters destroyed Wally's gas station.

Wally wasn't in that movie.

 

[vegasbob]

Imagine the #3 team pitching staff giving up 18 runs in 2 games. while the offense effectively shut down simultaneously 

Too bad it's not  7 or even 9 game series so the Sox could come back

 

[dannycater]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Btw, Lynn had a full football scholarship at USC. He is quite the athlete.

I had a great Lynn story but not going to tell it here. He had a major impact on a kid and that kid went on to be a great pro player--not in baseball.

[vegasbob]

4 minutes ago, BOSOX11 said:

Fell asleep with us down 1-0. Woke up and we're down 9-2. Last time I take a nap during a Red Sox game.

Hope you're not tired. it may be a long time until the next RS game

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

To use this last game of the season as my platform, I continue to urge the morons on the HOF committee to induct Dwight Evans. And to the Sox officials put up #24 with the rest of those numbers.

F'ing idiots.

 

 

[Bagwell Anderson]

Now Tracy brings in Chapman on a 7 run game  in the eighth inning.  WTF is going on.  I do t get it. No point in pitching him here.  Let it go.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, BOSOX11 said:

Wally wasn't in that movie.

 

Wally Cox was definitely in that movie.

[Bagwell Anderson]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

To use this last game of the season as my platform, I continue to urge the morons on the HOF committee to induct Dwight Evans. And to the Sox officials put up #24 with the rest of those numbers.

F'ing idiots.

 

 

Couldn’t agree more   One of the best all around athletes in baseball.  

[dannycater]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

To use this last game of the season as my platform, I continue to urge the morons on the HOF committee to induct Dwight Evans. And to the Sox officials put up #24 with the rest of those numbers.

F'ing idiots.

 

 

Dewey had a tremendous career, offensively and of course defensively...loved his stance and his arm

[dannycater]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Wally Cox was definitely in that movie.

no, he wasn't in that movie. I don't remember him in that flick.