Maxbialystock
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Can't blame you.
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Agree with mvp 78 and of course you. A terrific game thanks to the rally in the 9th. People on here seem to have forgotten the Sox are on the dreaded WEST COAST, and playing a good Giants team with the 3d best ERA in MLB. What's it like in the stands?
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Oh, stop it. The Sox are 3-2 on this road trip so far. They scored 9 runs in 2 games against the 3d best pitching staff in MLB and they did it without Bregman or Devers. If Hammond doesn't make that error, we are out of the inning and Raffy leads off the next inning with the score 1-0. Bello pitched a heckuva start--6 IP and 1 ER. Plus that wasn't any stinking low bar. The Sox scored 0 runs in the first 8 innings and were down by 3 in the 9th. Then a double and 2 singles and a steal leading to an errant throw brought in 2 runs with a man on 2d and just 1 out.
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SF has the 3d best ERA in MLB and the Sox scored 9 runs off them in the first two games--without Bregman and without Devers. Bregman is due back, maybe in early July, and he replaces Hammond in the lineup. That's a pretty big bump. As for Devers move to SF, I like your idea of Yoshida/Ref at DH or even Anthony, who looks like the real deal. To me that's enough hitting, so I would prefer Breslow to focus on a starter or two. Pitching is our weakness, even with the recent spate of superbly pitched games. I agree with you that absolutely nothing is guaranteed about our hitting, our pitching, or the season. But I'm a lot more hopeful than when the Sox were 30-35. A win tomorrow would be huge for this west coast trip.
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Heckuva finish that fell short. No question that Hamilton's error cost the game and the Devers dinger won it for SF. But I do like this team The pitching was terrific--1 ER in 8 IP--and the rally in the 9th, started by 10 day rookie Anthony's hard hit double, was a thing to behold until the two grounders to end it.
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Whether or not he's a bum, he's the best available. I agree Campbell is better, but he is also in Worcester for good reasons. When Bregman returns, the Sox will have options on who they want as backup--and Hamilton could well be the one sent packing.
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Noticed the same thing.
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Sure was. 1 ER in 6 IP. 1 BB and 6K.
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Big crowd at Candlestick, however.
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Oh, stop it. My case is that someone far more knowledgeable than me picked Hamilton over Campbell when Abreu returned. Hamilton has always been a backup, and he's the best the Sox can come up with now. He has a positive DWAR and Campbell a negative one. He bats at the bottom of the order. When Bregman returns, Story or Mayer goes to 2b. The error cost 2 runs, but it was not a routine play. Yesterday Hamilton drove in 2 runs in a 7-5 game. If the Sox lose by more than 2 runs, the error didn't cost this game.
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???? Bello has gone 4 and given up 1 ER.
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I was wrong. The error cost 2 runs. If the Sox lose by 2, it's on Hamilton. Too bad you don't acknowledge any of the good plays he's made. By the way, which Sox player had 2 hits and a 2 run dinger last night? And didn't the Sox win by 2?
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Agree Campbell is better, and I'm not touting Hamilton as another Pedroia. I'm saying 2b is a weak spot in the lineup and that Hamilton right now is the best choice.
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Smooth is the right word.
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So far the difference between Bello and Roupp is that Roupp's breaking balls are way sharper. Bello's changeup, however, is looking good.
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Horrible call in favor of the Giants pitcher. The ump is getting us both ways. I'm not saying the Giants pitcher hasn't made some good pitches because he has. He has been excellent at getting the Sox to swing at pitches outside the zone.
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Ah, yes. That terrific grab on the the screamer/grounder in the first inning doesn't matter. Campbell is in Worcester because Hamilton is better at 2b. Sure errors count. This time it was an unearned run, in part made possible by an ump who ain't giving Bello any corners.
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I agree, but that's easier said then done.
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I wrote that before it happened. This ump is absolutely screwing Bello.
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Devers has a shot with this homeplate ump.
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This ump has been brutal for Bello.
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If the Sox pitch a good game today, I won't care how many rbi's Wong has.
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You got me there, pard.
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True, but Mayer is at 3b.
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Well, thank you for that. Should Cora forfeit the game because the Sox are down, 1-0?
