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Going into the final day of the first playoff round, both matchups are up for grabs. Whichever 2 teams emerge will be very tough matchups going forward. Personally, I would rather not face my Buddy Iortiz, because my track record against his teams is historically bad. That being said, all 4 teams look strong.

It’s September 12th, which Red Sox players have COVID today!

Without his emergence, the team’s tailspin would have knocked the Red Sox completely out of the playoff picture. If ERod also had rebounded, we would be in very solid shape, but he continues to perform poorly and we are hanging in by our fingertips.

So what is the verdict on Seabiscuit?

Sale will now be out for at least 1 start due to COVID. There is no depth on the staff to handle this.

Sale will miss at least 1 start after testing positive for COVID.

Let him walk.

Arroyo has been plagued by injuries during his career. There is no question about that. Is he fragile? Does it matter? A pattern of missing big chunks of time is being established.

It opens the gate to the pig pen.

That will not work out well.

It's ruled a foul ball, so they shouldn't kick the fan out of the game.

Or the Red Sox drop or throw away the balls they put in play.

Our lineup looks like they are facing Sandy Koufax.

More keystone cops defensive play.

I don’t miss many games, but I am glad I missed this one. I saw the keystone cop imitation on Sox in 2.

This game was a defensive blooper reel for the Red Sox.

Arauz has a live bat. He needs more experience to develop a more polished approach to his ABs. Right now, he is going up to bat without a game plan and MLB pitchers are dictating his AB s.

It is not a competitive defense.

When is Bogaerts eligible to return?

Bullpen game?

Is this discussion still over?

Despite the lack of reinforcements from the FO that immediately induced a tailspin dropping them from 1st place to being out of contention for the Division or and now the decimation of the roster from COVID, this crew has not given up and they are still fighting. It’s nice to see.

Big pitching by Richard who looks to have found a useful niche.

Dalbec is salvaging his season with the bat. He needs work on the glove too.

There is so much untrue and disingenuous in this post. I don’t ever recall any expression of regret from you for personal insults. You have often been the first one to resort to insults in your exchanges with me. Fairly recently we were disagreeing about issues and after going in a circle as our discussions often do, I said that you would disagree with anything I say because you just don’t like me. In response to that, you launched into a lengthy post insulting me and attacking me personally. Maybe you are suffering from dementia and don’t remember the insults on that day and several other occasions where you threw the first stone. I do remember. You are right about one thing in your post. I am the master at hurling personal insults, but only those who truly deserve it, who have insulted me first or engaged in undue mockery are on the receiving end. So, Mindreader Moon, I have your number. I don’t hate you. I have never met you and you are probably a good person on balance, but you do hate me. That’s too bad for you.