FredLynn
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In the playoffs you have to suck it up and perform. I don't care if he threw 200 pitches yesterday-all the pitchers are getting much more work in unfamiliar situations. I do not expect anything different from him than we have seen in the past; why expect something else? He has had what-10 postseason starts? And how many games has he won as a SP? Zero. Like every Red Sox fan I will be cheering for him to succeed tonight, but I am not expecting success. I am expecting more of the same. As the saying goes, "Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it"...or something like that. Perhaps the best strategy is for Cora to tell Price he is only going to pitch a maximum of three innings, so give it everything you have for those innings. He was good as a RP in the playoffs. Make this a bullpen game with Price first up.
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No, you don't (ever know). But if history teaches us anything about Price is that he is the consummate choke artist. If I were forced to bet on this game I would not bet that he would keep the game competitive. This is his chance for redemption. Lets see if he is up to the task.
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Four innings. Four runs. Price v Verlander is a mismatch. But his is baseball; anything can happen.
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Perhaps....but thats YOUR opinion. Under the current rules you cannot grab the leg of the IF and you have to try to maintain contact with the bag. Machado knows the rules but intentionally went out of his way to grab the leg of the guy trying to turn the DP. He is a punk.
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I heard that statistic during the game 2 broadcast. I guess it wasn't totally accurate. That said, its not a position the Sox wanted to get into I am sure.
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Its not like Price tanked and gave up 8 runs in the first inning. That said, I am holding him to a higher standard than, say, Velasquez. Everything in life is relative. Price knew his team was down 1-0 and that no team has ever won a 7 game series after losing the first two at home in MLB. Yet he didn't do the job out there. His team was depending on him to hold the other guys down and he failed-again. Its only because the bats woke up that saved his butt. Relative to the situation, IMO he sucked.
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Sale is out of the hospital and will rejoin the team before game 3: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/chris-sale-update-red-sox-ace-released-from-hospital-set-to-rejoin-team-before-alcs-game-3/
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I am sure Cora is disappointed in Price's performance, again. But he would never admit it.
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I watch ALL of the games, in the playoffs at least. I saw Bogaerts get his feet set on that play in order, I presume, to get more on the throw. It would have been a tough play even had he not briefly hesitated. Correa is fast. I am not sure he would have been out even with a good throw by Bogaerts. Then Price surrendered a double to Maldonado, the #9 hitter. Great pitching, no? Springer dumped a lucky double after that, but had Price retired the #9 hitter-who had a solid hit off him-Springer would not have had the chance to drive in two runs there. Price also gave up a HR to Gonzalez as you recall. He walked four guys in less than five innings and gave up four ERs. Of his 80 pitches only 50 were strikes. Sorry. He sucked. And he sucked when his team really needed him to pitch well. Maybe he didn't suck as much as he has in the past during some playoff games, but nonetheless, he sucked.
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He certainly was not good at all. When you give up four ER in less than five innings and walk a man an inning to a good team, especially when your team really needs a dominant game, I think "sucked" is an accurate word to describe your performance. Sucking is nothing new for Price in the postseason, is it. I think I would use ERod and not Price to start game 6. At least ERod hasn't proven that he sucks in the playoffs. Price has.
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Chris Sale was hospitalized with what was described as a "stomach ailment": http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24985260/chris-sale-boston-red-sox-hospitalized-stomach-illness
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Sure. I would keep him too. But I would never give him another start in the postseason.
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True, but Kimbrel is a concern. He has surrendered runs in at least three games in a row now. Not exactly a shut down closer any more. He is taking zeros off his new contract.
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No need to deal him. He was very good during the regular season. However he should NEVER start another playoff game for this team.
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Price gives it up again...no surprise here. He is a loser, a consummate choke artist.
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Whether or not the first pitch thrown by Verlander was going to be a strike to Betts or not I didn't like him swinging at it. We had him on the hook. He had just walked in a run. A little patience was in order.
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Time for everyone to hold their collective noses as Price goes out there and once again proves that he is the consummate choke artist. I hope I am wrong.
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Got it. The Astros should be favored. Their pitching is superior to ours. And until someone dethrones them they are the champions. If we can somehow hold serve in the first two games I like our chances.
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I do not bet much, but if I am reading the odds correctly the Sox are favored to win the series in Vegas. They are at anywhere from -110 to -125. I think the negative number means that in order to win $100 you would have to bet $110-$125. The Astros are at +105-+110. http://www.vegasinsider.com/mlb/odds/las-vegas/
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We will not get the "scaled back Sale". He had all his pitches working, including a 96mph FB, against the Yankees. He might get beat but I can't see him losing his fastball again. I think if he gets beat its because Verlander tosses a gem and our offense fails to support Sale.
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Yup-IMO its already been a great season. We won a record 108 games and eliminated the Yankees IN YANKEE STADIUM. Priceless are the moments that the Sox marched around your home turf celebrating winning the East then eliminating your team and sent them packing. Sure I hope we can finish the job and win a ring, but as everyone knows the odds of doing that are less than 50/50. Houston is a great team and there is no shame in losing to a great team. That series is a tossup IMO. In no way is this season a failure if we fail to win a ring. Its been a great year, one I am sure you enjoyed watching (especially the four game sweep of the Yankees in August) as much as most of us did.
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You can bet he will be even more motivated this year to do well. That is just human nature. If you fail at a task once you will try harder to do it correctly next time. Whether or not it will translate into success is another matter: Houston has a great team.
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It had a lot more to do with fatigue than motivation. That said, I am sure he knows what happened last year and will be resolute in making up for it. Call it motivation or whatever you like.
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According to Jacko its only over for this year. Next year the Yankees will be much better because they are going to go out and buy some good players and for that reason they will bury us. He says that we should enjoy this year (which of course most of us are) because we will soon fall off a cliff. Lets just see how that all works out. Hopefully it will work out just like this year.
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He might retire....I think he will. His knee is not going to get better and I think he is professional enough to know that he will only hurt the team going forward.