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  1. It's those short porches in LF and RF. Plus Yoshida actually weighs 192 lbs. @ 165 lbs, Rafaela no longer goes to the beach. Brewers are leading the Dogers, 5-2--make that 5-4--in LaLaLand.
  2. True. I was being hypercritical of Houck in the 4th inning. Probably because Cortes seem unaffected by the delay and pitched 6 excellent innings.
  3. One or two really good righty bats, and the Sox would also have a winning record at the Fens.
  4. Cora is clueless. Houck should never have come out for the 4th inning. Heck, for that matter, neither should Valdez. I think I'll just send a short note to Breslow saying he needs a new manager--and that I'm willing to step in.
  5. As well you should have. Sox need a new manager.
  6. But he has had the hot bat since June 24--and that's an awfully short porch in RF. If Yoshida takes over the DH position--which may have already happened--Cora needs to find ways to get at bats for Ref and O'Neill. So I think Rafaela might just stay at SS, which puts Duran in CF and Abreu, Ref, and O'Neill to fill the LF and RF slots. Right now O'Neill is better against lefty pitchers and Ref against righties. Abreu has the third best OPS on the team against righties.
  7. Houck struggled, no question, but the Sox bullpen went 6.2 scoreless innings. Plus all 5 runs were off dingers by Gonzalez, who needs to take over at 1b, Yoshida, who has had the hottest Sox bat over the last 9 games, and Rafaela, who I think should stay at SS.
  8. Not a total loss for the Yankees. Attendance tonight was 47,158.
  9. Ball game! How about that, sports fans!
  10. Ump tonight has been tough on Sox pitchers and a good friend to Yankees pitchers.
  11. You're wrong again about Rafaela. I just read, right here on talksox, that Rafaela needs to fix his swing and never, ever hit another dinger. He's costing the Sox hitting and games with his wild, undisciplined approach at the plate. Hmmm. Jansen for the save.
  12. Could be coincidence, but those dingers were hit by guys who didn't play 12 innings yesterday. Yoshida was the DH, and Gonzalez was a substitute hitter/1B in the 10th inning.
  13. Who needs Yoshida? Maybe we do. Absolutely unreal--except that he has had a hot bat recently.
  14. Nope. If the DP is good, Houck returns for the 5th and give up 4 or 5 runs.
  15. Gonzalez has 2 of the Sox 4 hits tonight, plus he made a spectacular grab off a very high Devers throw--and still landed on 1b. His OPS is .788. Why would Smith ever be allowed back at 1b?
  16. Nope. The Sox weak hitting took care of that little dilemma. K's by Duran and Abreu, both lefty bats vs. righty pitcher. Then a week grounder by O'Neill. Sox now 0/4 with RISP.
  17. I think both teams are trying to forfeit this game.
  18. Absolutely the right word--a pitcher--and an excellent description of why he was so good tonight.
  19. Hold that thought on the AAAA Yankees. It might have potential. Nope. Valdez was a lot worse.
  20. I'm fine with missed calls now and then, but I think tonight all of those have favored the Yankees pitchers.
  21. After 7 innings, this game is tied, 1-1, but for Valdez's really awful error. Of course, the Sox pitching should get no credit because the Yankees are just another AAAA team that can't hit a lick. That's the new rule, isn't it? Never, ever give a Sox pitcher any credit.
  22. It might be a "groove," but tonight I think Houck, Valdez, and the Sox no-name lineup just might be intimidated by Yankees Stadium and the crowd. Also got to give credit to Cortes with 8 K's, 1 BB, 3 hits, and 1 run in 6 innings. Both rightfielders, ours and theirs, had to run extra long and almost misjudged distances to catch high flies that drifted from right to left (as we look at the field). Maybe a wind is blowing that way which maybe helps left pitchers. Horn just pitches 2.2 scoreless with 3 K's and 0 BB's and 0 runs. That was one terrific changeup by the Yankees reliever Weaver, who also made a terrific play on an excellent bunt by Gonzalez.
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