That's because it's much more memorable when the Red Sox don't hit a junkballer than it is when the Sox don't hit a power pitcher. When the Sox don't hit a power pitcher, no one thinks anything of it because that's what they expected. That's the beautiful thing about statistics, they don't changed based on perception.
Just because you ramble on for longer doesn't make your strange "observations" any more true. I asked if you had any evidence that the REd Sox have struggled against junkballers the last two seasons, and it's become pretty clear now that you don't. One game is not a telling sample size.
I know this guy's been a raging dick, but let's not stoop to his level. It's like they say about never wrestling with pigs because you get dirty and they enjoy it. Let him wallow in his own filth.
Isn't pitching low and away, keeping the ball out of the middle of the strike zone and throwing stirkes exactly what Cy Young caliber pitchers do? There doesn't need to be a sun behind the pitcher to make them effective when they're doing that.
Entering today, we were 9th in the league in GDP. Honestly, the GDP don't bother me that much because it's typically the teams that get on base that ground in to double plays.
Not sure why Ellsbury's running there other than to pad his stats. It's a three run game and now Nava doesn't have a wide open right side of the infield to hit through.
Yeah, not sure we're going to take advantage of the Yankees losing. The fact that Sabathia continues to struggle bodes well for us though. His ERA had been significantly lower than his xFIP for a while.
Yeah, looks like Sabathia's getting hit pretty hard. He gave up a home run to Sean Rodriguez and James Loney, who hasn't hit a home run off a lefty since 2011. His ERA is now over four.