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  1. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely. Also appreciate the correction on my comment about batters stepping out of the box. That said, it sure looks as though the batters are more in control than the pitchers. I happen to have that apple tv subscription, but tonight it was a huge pain getting the game anyway. Don't forget that I also cannot watch--live, anyway--Sox games vs. the Nats, Orioles, and Braves. That's because the MLB's blackout restrictions.
  2. Maxbialystock
    My bad. I even like him in RF.
  3. Maxbialystock
    One too many.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I do not think Yoshida is a great leftfielder, but I'm fine with him there so that Turner can DH and Casas can play 1b and Reyes 2b.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Excellent indeed. Hitting, defense, quality start by Bello, and an almost decent bullpen. Whitlock and Bernardino not so great, but Martin was terrific with men on 2d and 3d and just 1 out--and no one scored.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I must say that these new rules do seem to favor the hitters, who can simply step out of the box just about any old time they want to and with the complete support of the ump. Meanwhile, the pitchers are held to the 22 seconds--which I'm very much in favor of--and limited to the number pickoff attempts, etc. The old fart Turner is getting interviewed. Great!! He has been a godsend this season, plus at, what, 39, you know he's loving it.
  7. Maxbialystock
    What a great strike three pitch--looking--by Martin. Right on the corner and right after a slider that missed the corner, only this wasn't a slider.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Did not take the best route, but I wouldn't call that brain dead.
  9. Maxbialystock
    So you're saying Judge is a weak hitter?
  10. Maxbialystock
    Yankees bullpen has looked good tonight. Thank goodness for Brito.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Give the guy calling for those sinkers some of the blame because it's clear that's what Judge was looking for. The changeup, on the other hand, has been unhittable tonight--especially against righties.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Not if he throws a changeup instead of that sinker.
  13. Maxbialystock
    I think there just might be some dumb guys on this Sox team. Whitlock doesn't call his own pitches, but some idiot kept telling him, basically, to lay off that deadly changeup to righties and go with the very hittable sinker fastball to Judge.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Upbeat as always. I will support you on this basis: Cora right now has the right guys--with Houck back on Aug 21. No good fielders or hitters are absent unless you think Rafaela should be brought up (and I think you said Bloom won't want to). No good pitchers in the Sox system have not been given a shot with the big club, and about a thousand not so good pitchers have. In fact, Garza is still there. In other words, Cora has the hitting, pitching, and an almost adequate defense to get to the playoffs. The issue seems to be whether they have fire in their bellies.
  15. Maxbialystock
    FWIW--and it ain't worth much--I like the way check swings are called. The corner ump with the best view calls it and does so quickly based on what he sees--with absolutely no reclama. Absolutely the way it should be, even on what looks like a bad call (like the one that recently benefitted the Sox).
  16. Maxbialystock
    About Cora and the rest days. Yoshida reportedly needs them. Turner does too. I think just about everyone else gets them based on performance and/or whether the opposing starter is a lefty or righty. Yesterday was heavy righties and today heavy lefties. Also, right now Wong and Wright seem to be about even steven in starts.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Nod goes to you with a tailor-made GIDP.
  18. Maxbialystock
    3 games are definitely makeupable. Depends upon which Sox team/players show up on any given day. The injuries are basically over with just Houck due back in 3 days, reportedly as a starter. No one on the IL right now is important. However, a pretty good case can be made for removing Garza from the active roster. One presumes Houck will do that.
  19. Maxbialystock
    If I'm John Henry and watch any of these games, I'm giving serious thought to firing both Cora and Bloom at the end of the season. All those injuries were a great excuse, but now everybody except Houck, is back, and they can't seem to beat anybody.
  20. Maxbialystock
    That's all she wrote. Pure and simple, these Sox stink more than any Sox team I can remember because they are beyond question playing below their capability. Even Wong is showing defensive weakness. They are not trying too hard. They are barely showing up.
  21. Maxbialystock
    OK, nuttin' in the 8th. Back to normal.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Duvall getting the Sox hitting back on track: he K's swinging. He was such a bad signing. He stinks on defense too.
  23. Maxbialystock
    How absolutely awful were Winck and Murphy? Llovera just took the mound and pitched a clean 7th with a K, a ground out, and a pop to the catcher.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Never fear, Trevor's here with his patented strike out swing. End of the Sox 7th. Is there anyone in the Sox bullpen who can actually get someone out without giving up a handful of runs?
  25. Maxbialystock
    Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Ice cold Devers just made in 9-7 with a 2 run dinger. No one would be happier than I to eat his words. But the Sox still need 3 more runs and they still have a porous defense and bullpen that thought today was an off day (which it turned out to be!).
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