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  1. Maxbialystock
    Now the ump is screwing the Yankees pitcher, but he got Valdez out anyway.
  2. Maxbialystock
    For once wouldn't it be nice for Bernardino to actually do his job and not give up runs counted against Winck. Good thing Trevino had the double and was bunted to 3b--too slow to score on that grounder. Good grief. Now Berardino has "throw it in the middle of the strike zone" disease. Thank goodness, a fly out to Rafaela. The Sox have been a tad lucky today because our pitchers have served up some very tasty middle of the strike zone home run balls. Just one dinger by the Yankees in a ballpark created for dingers is slightly miraculous.
  3. Maxbialystock
    That pitch was well inside and hit hard. Winck might not get through the 4th. Nice play by Devers for first out.
  4. Maxbialystock
    If you can say that about Winck, imagine what Yankees fans are thinking about Cole. In fact, allow me to say that in he first three innings Winck, the reliever forced to be a starter, has matched the $324M Cole. 3d time through the Sox order--in the 4th inning. Duran still hasn't figured him out. That knuckle curve by Cole is pretty darn good and makes that fast ball even more effective.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Well, that seemed almost inevitable. Today Winck has struggled with his control and inevitably has thrown some fat pitches right down the middle. 3-3. This being very pro-Yankees Fox coverage, we now get to see Dugo's dinger 10 times.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Agree. Agree too on getting a great arm. But meanwhile this 2024 Sox pitching staff with absolutely zero great arms is pitching their buns off. The entire Sox rotation is paid less than Jansen.
  7. Maxbialystock
    While I still agree, I'm watching $324M for 9 years Gerrit Cole struggle to get through 3 innings vs. the Sox. Let's see how no-name, bargain basement Winck does in the 3d.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Winck's our guy. And he's a reliever being asked to start. And so far--it's still very early in this game--he's doing better than the Yankee's ace/former ace.
  9. Maxbialystock
    That heater was 98.5 mph. So Yoshida singles, weakly, to bring Devers home easily. Love it!!
  10. Maxbialystock
    Judge has a great arm, but Hamilton to ran on it and scored with a superb slide.
  11. Maxbialystock
    And he got out of the inning with a K. That to me showed a ton of heart. And, oh, by the way. Winck is supposed to be a reliever. He's starting because they Sox need a 5th starter. It's OK to worry about how he's doing, but to me not OK to never give him any credit. Devers stole 2b base??? Where's the respect?
  12. Maxbialystock
    I think we all agree with that. However, the 2024 Sox are much weaker in their lineup (13 players) than their pitching (also 13 players). The team ERA is 4th best in MLB, which is the best its been since 2007 and this year's ERA is lower than the one in 2007. The lineup, on the other hand, leads MLB in freaking errors and unearned runs and what moonslav calls disputable earned runs (from plays that should have been made). Plus the Sox are 12th in MLB in runs scored.
  13. Maxbialystock
    That may be. He was certainly cautious in the 1st inning. And we know he can be very good. But I like that he needed 42 pitches to get 6 outs. Right now by far the bigger problem is Winck, who can't find the strike zone except right down the middle.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Finally. Winck got the call on pitch 4, but then he got royally screwed on pitch 6. So far, just as last night, the homeplate umps are giving the Yankees pitchers the calls. Winck is losing it. Yes, that bad call, but then a walk followed by an almost walk that turned into a single on a pitch right down the middle.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Not sure I buy "squander." Rafaela was clearly overmatched. Cole threw nothing but heat and the K pitch was right down the middle.
  16. Maxbialystock
    I was going to complain about that toss by Smith, but it was fine under the circumstances.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Rafaela completely overmatched by Cole's heater. That last one was right down the pike for a big swing and miss. Cole looks pretty decent today except for the pitch count--42 in 2 innings.
  18. Maxbialystock
    What did moonslav say last night? All 5 rbi's came from the bottom 4 of the Sox order. Now Rafaela comes up with 2 outs and the freaking bases loaded. Bad call on McGuire's swing. Thank goodness.
  19. Maxbialystock
    McGuire the putz singles! Will wonders never cease.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Second straight game in which the ump is giving the close ones to the Yankees pitcher. But, to Cole's great credit, all 3 strikes to Devers were right on the edges. That knuckle curve was definitely low, but called a strike. But the great one, Juan Valdez, gets the Sox first hit. Another curve, same place, to Yoshida, but called a ball.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I think Winck was lucky in the first inning. Yes, the dinger, but he throw a lot of pitches in the middle of the zone. Also, he threw nothing with a real break in it--no changeup, no slider, no curve. Just cutters, sinkers, and straight fast balls.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Another cutter right down the middle to Dugo, fouled off.
  23. Maxbialystock
    His fast ball started at 94 mph, but then got up to 97 mph. I think he focused on control in the first inning. Looks like the Yankees are able to score in the 1st inning. Winck threw that 91 mph cutter right down the middle. But then he got the popup from Soto with basically the same pitch.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Cole needed 19 pitches, but did get 3 straight outs. Sox tend not to be good at scoring runs in the first inning. Maybe that's true of most MLB teams.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I always keep the sound off, so am fine with whatever Fox wants to sell, including non-baseball stuff. Also, I don't mind a little building-up of our arch-rival for, what, over 100 years? They do have 27 WS titles, but they also have fallen on hard times, which basically began right after JH became the Sox owner.
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