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  1. Maxbialystock
    Like I said, Duvall is in a slump and is definitely hurting the team.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Agree, but I didn't expect another Paxton-level game.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Dugo struggles on a can of corn fly ball. Maybe the sun did that. Or the wild fire smog.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Devers gets 4 straight fastballs, 4 seamers, and K's. One, which he swung at and missed, was well above the strike zone. The 3d strike foul tip was pretty much right down the middle.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Lefty starter. I don't like today's lineup with all those useless righty bats.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I don't see. I agree the game should start whenever Canada, Toronto, and the Jays agree it should start. But I don't understand why the start time needs to be a secret, which it clearly was/is. The scheduled start time was 3:07. It now appears they intended all along to start at 3:30, but just not tell anyone of that intent.
  7. Maxbialystock
    It's Canada Day, which I suppose means the start time for the game is completely flexible.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Starts at 3 pm eastern time. I'm fine with Crawford, but worry about the Sox ability to hit a lefty. Refsnyder is in a slump and leading off in LF. Dugo and Devers are hitting 2d and 4th, which could be a problem against a lefty. Turner and Duvall batting 3d and 5th would be OK if Duvall were hitting, which he is not. Yoshida 6th and DH should be OK. But then the bottom of the order--Kike, Arroyo, and Hamilton--is just disheartening.
  9. Maxbialystock
    About Bogey. I think we all liked him a lot--and no doubt still do. But I honestly don't think his salary--which will continue for a bunch more years--matches his overall performance, nor will it. The Sox already signed Story for 6 years and $140. They also have the kid (Marcelo Mayer) at AA. However, Story is on the IL, and so are Chang and Reyes. That's four freaking SS's who are not available. Thus has Kike played SS a fair amount, and now Hamilton.
  10. Maxbialystock
    It pissed me off too because Arroyo did call for it and the replay did not show Devers calling for it. That said, this was an error of commission vice omission. With two guys battling each other for that popup, there was still a good chance one would catch it. With both of them making way for the other to catch it, there's a 100% chance it will not be caught.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Terrific win, especially Paxton's 7.2 innings and 0 runs. For a change, the Sox backed him up with with 3 dingers and 5 runs and some pretty good defense, the collision and dropped ball in the 9th notwithstanding.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Ball game. Bullpen not so hot--especially not Jansen--but overall the pitching was excellent and the hitting once again comatose. Plus of course the obligatory error, this one by Turner.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Jansen: 2 batters, two hits. What a piece of garbage he seems to be turning into.
  14. Maxbialystock
    I take back all the good things I've said about Turner, who absolutely stinks tonight. He got a very hittable 97 mph fastball right down the middle and couldn't do anything with it. Plus the 2 base error.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Great game by Bello, not so great by Martin, but he still got 3 outs and only gave up 1 run with men on 1st and 2d and no one out. Neat double play, Devers to Wong to Turner.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Luzardo vs Bello In case anyone's interested in commenting on this game and this absolutely worthless, scrofulous lineup, the ones who can't hit and can't play defense. 0-0 in the top of the 4th thanks largely to a magnificent 2d inning by Bello when worthless, useless Turner put the leadoff man on 2d base with a customary error--and Miami still couldn't score. Meanwhile, of course the Sox hitters look completely lost at bat. But maybe one of them will get a lucky dinger for the obligatory one run.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Dodgers pitchers pitched more innings in the 2018 postseason than did the Sox pitchers. And in 2019 the Dodgers won 106 games in the regular. So much for the "pitched themselves into exhaustion" theory (with respect to the Sox). What is entirely possible is that both Price and Sale simply ran out of steam in 2019 because both were not only lousy in 2019 but in every season since. And that--beyond any question--is what has to be bugging John Henry. He paid big bucks for both of them and got minimal value--with the giant caveat that 2018 was one pretty great season. Last year, 2022, the Sox paid Sale $30M and Price $16M. Same for 2021 and probably/maybe for 2019 and 2020.
  18. Maxbialystock
    The suspension and the letting go were definitely connected. Otherwise, Cora would not have been rehired for the 2021 season (and 2 seasons since).
  19. Maxbialystock
    It's bad, but not that bad. Try 14 runs: 4 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1.
  20. Maxbialystock
    It took 118 seasons to get to a season as good as 2018. You might want to adjust your frame of reference.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Who cares? The real point is that the Sox are losing because they can't hit, can't pitch, can't play defense, and can't run the bases. That was, you may recall, exactly the case last night and nothing's changed.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Box score says WP. Also says all 4 runs are earned.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Sox defense collapses yet again. Winck gets the K, then walks a man to load up the bases, then throws a wild pitch, followed by still another botched played by Hamilton who to me is just worthless.
  24. Maxbialystock
    In one sense, a perfect game--the Sox can't hit on the same night their pitchers can't pitch and their defense looks distinctly amateurish--despite the laughable fact they've been charged with no errors.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Really? A hard shot by Duvall is a sign of good pitching? I've already said the first inning was terrible by Whitlock, so please don't try to claim I said something different.
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