Maxbialystock
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What's this "we" stuff, paleface? You come back for one reason only--to pronounce this team as dead, deader, and deadest. Die hards actually believe something good could happen. You never do.
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Ahem. Fred Lynn doesn't like anybody or anything this season. He reminds me of a scene from the Mary Tyler Moore show decades ago. They put on a play or were involved in one, and a theater critic panned it. Murray informs everyone that the critic, very much like Fred Lynn, pans everything. He then tells them that about 3 years earlier Richard Burton came to town to play Hamlet. Mary says/asks, "he didn't like Richard Burton??!!!" And Murray answers, "he didn't even like the play."
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Agree completely low-scoring games put the Sox at risk because the bullpen is unreliable. But the Sox won 3-1 five days ago and 3-0 12 days ago.
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Simple, basic arithmetic says you are dead wrong. This season is definitely not over. I don't disagree the odds are against the Sox, not just the gap to the 3d wild card team, but the other teams also vying for the 3d slot. Plus issues with pitching, hitting, and fielding. As for talent, I must remind you the 2019 Sox were drowning in talent, high paid talent at that: Betts, Bogaerts, Devers, JDM, Beni, JBJ, Vazquez/Leon, Moreland, Holt, Sale, Price, Porcello, ERod, Eovaldi, Workman, Barnes, Taylor, et al. They had the highest payroll in MLB and finished out of the money.
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A pretty impressive list . . . . of a team that is perhaps 60-84, not 73-72 and with still a shot at a wild card slot.
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I'm with you. And with Devers.
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Agree on all points. Crawford in fact had a quality start. Going into this game we knew the Sox biggest weakness was/is the bullpen, so of course Bernardino gives up 2 runs in .1 (1/3 of an inning). The Sox scored 12 runs last night and 1 so far tonight.
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Now a really dumb K by Duran who swung at 4 straight balls to K.
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Crawford back to giving up dingers, which gets easier when you throw 91-92 mph fastballs and not much else.
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Sox are only mostly dead--too soon to be checking their pockets for loose change. 18 games to go, 3 games back of the Twins and tied with Detroit and Seattle. Lately Sox hitting has been unreliable, as has the bullpen. Nevertheless, if the Twins falter, the Sox have a shot--as do Detroit and Seattle. I'd like to say righty Suarez will find all those lefty Sox bats tough, but that's not really true. Duran CF Devers 3b Abreu RF O'Neill LF Yoshida DH Wong C Casas 1B Valdez 2b Rafaela SS
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part III
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Right now, Tuesday, Sep 10, the 3d wild card slot, currently held by the Twins, is a dogfight among the Twins, who have the 3d slot, and the Tigers, Sox, and Mariners. The latter 3 are all 73-70 and 3 games behind the Twins. All 4 teams have 18 games to play. The Twins are in the catbird seat, but have just lost 4 straight. Up ahead are 2 more against the Angels, 3 vs the Reds, 4 @ Cleveland, 3 @ Boston, 3 vs Miami, and 3 vs Baltimore. If the Twins finish 9-9, the Sox (or Tigers or Mariners) have to go 12-6 to tie them, so a big edge to the Twins. If the Twins go 7-11, which right now looks very possible, the Sox/Tigers/Mariners only have to go 10-8 to tie the Twins, which is doable. While I think it's possible for the Twins to be caught, I have difficulty seeing the Sox doing the catching. Bullpen is a disaster, and the hitting is inconsistent. -
Astonishing game, completely unpredictable. Terrific win for the Sox, especially because of the hitting and 12 runs scored.
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He's missing on his pitches, but he is not mindless. It's possible you are however.
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Yesterday was grim if only because it reconfirmed how rotten the Sox hitting has become and the bullpen has continued to be. The Orioles have beaten the Sox like a drum this season except the 4 game series 3+ weeks ago in Baltimore which ended at 2 games apiece.
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After 2 K's, Valdez pops up to the infield. So, progress. Sox have scored 2 runs in 8 innings. Not good.
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Sox are of course 0/5 with RISP.
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Also a gross error by me. I didn't see that misplay by Casas. Grounders are in fact his weakness. And yes, both runs are unearned thanks to Casas. Abreu ties it up with the Sox second solo dinger.
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I deserve that. Looks like maybe Fitts just ran out of gas.
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Horrible, horrible hitting and baserunning by the home team, with absolutely no excuse for it.
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You think? The rest of the team absolutely stinks at the plate and on the basepaths, so the game is tied without his dinger. Plus his catching doesn't seem to have hurt Fitts' first ever MLB start, now 5 IP with 0 runs scored.
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We're in the 4th and so far the Sox hitting stinks, period. Baserunning also stinks, which actually means the baserunning had been stupid. Dummies include the 3d base coach, Abreu, and Story. Defense looks pretty good, especially the starter Fitts, 4 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, Another nice double play, Fitts to Story to Casas.
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Horrendous baserunning by home team in the 1st. Duran waved home when he didn't have a chance. Then Abreu tries to steal 3b when he too did not have a chance.
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Excellent graph/display!!!
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Once again, excellent laydown and analysis. Recently I said the Sox need righty bats, but now I'm not so sure. So it's hard to disagree with focusing on the pitching. And your big point is that fixes are doable within almost any budget.