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  1. Maxbialystock
    As good as Kelly is, I think that home plate ump might be better. I don't think he's missed a call yet and there have been a whole lot of close ones.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Six up, six down for Houck. Neat.
  3. Maxbialystock
    This looks like a game the Sox have no hope of winning, but I find both pitchers fascinating. Kelly continues to dominate our guys every which way but loose. But Houck now seems to have settled in.
  4. Maxbialystock
    This reminds me a tiny bit of Houck's last start. He gave up the early run, then just got better and better. This time he gave up 3 in the 1st, 1 in the 2d, and nobody even got on base in the 3d. Kelly has just stayed tough.
  5. Maxbialystock
    That's a fact, jack.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I did my complaining/worrying before the game started. I was--so far--right about the Sox hitting. Kelly has them mesmerized. But I also thought Houck would pitch a lot better than he is. But to your point, what we all need to do today is to remember how well the Sox played last night. Not a lot of hitting, but good defense and terrific pitching. Or as Notin puts it so well, "just win 6 out of every 10 . . ."
  7. Maxbialystock
    I guess I'm wrong again. The problem so far today isn't the Sox hitting--which so far stinks--but Houck's pitching.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Yesterday Whitlock was fantastic and so were Crawford, Martin, and Jansen. And the Sox barely won, 2-1. The day before against a lousy Arizona starter (Pfaadt) they won 7-3, which was great, but in the previous 4 games they scored a total of 4 runs. So in 5 of the last 6 games the Sox hitting has been marginal, and what I'm worried about is a 2-1 loss today or something like it.
  9. Maxbialystock
    I think Houck could be better than Kelly. What worries me is the Sox hitting.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo RF Devers 3B Turner DH Yoshida LF Duran CF Casas 1B Hernandez SS Valdez 2B Wong C Devers is back! Six lefty bats vs. righty Kelly.
  11. Maxbialystock
    I already like this starting 5 more than any Sox starting 5 since at least 2019. But we still need a good bullpen and some scoring to win. Last night was just the second low-scoring win by the Sox this season. Today I think the Diamondbacks have the edge with Kelly. Just 6 days ago Houck was terrific for 6 innings (and just 1 run) and the Sox lost because we only scored 1 run and Crawford gave up the 2d and winning run to the Angels.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I'm sorry, gang, but I think this entire thread is just silly. I do not disagree Kluber is a bust, $10M down the drain. But even my weak memory remembers some much worse and far more expensive deals in the past. You do too. But the real silliness is contributing to a thread that seems not to be aware that right now the Sox have the best rotation they've had in years: Sale, Bello, Paxton, Houck, and Whitlock. Plus Winck, Crawford, Martin, Schreiber (when he returns), Jansen, and Garza to back them up. Kluber and Pivetta can long relieve in games the Sox are sure of winning or sure of losing--or be sent packing.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Streaky's OK when the net result is above .500 and when our expectations were below .500. Sale, Bello, Paxton, Houck, and Whitlock are the best rotation this season and better than last year's or 2021 or 2020. Bullpen of Winck, Crawford, Martin, Schreiber when he's back, Jansen, and Garza is pretty good too. I gotta say McGuire came on strong last night catching one of the best pitched games all season and batting in the go ahead run. So, me, I think the catching is the best it's been in years and defy anyone to refute that. "No name" lineup (without Devers in two straight wins) continues to astound me and are ranked 4th in MLB in runs scored. Plus Notin compiled a list of guys who aren't meeting their hitting potential--meaning this team can actually hit/score more than they have.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Maybe me. Houck's last start was absolutely remarkable and a possible indicator of his future. And last night Whitlock's curve/slider was worthless, so he relied heavily on his fastball and changeup--and pitched 5 freaking innings while giving up just 1 run. Very gutsy start. So you're right. Right now I like the rotation better than any since 2018. Dropping Pivetta and Kluber was a no-brainer: they can long-relieve in games in which the Sox are way ahead or way behind. The best six in the bullpen are Winckowski, Crawford, Martin, Schreiber when he returns, Jansen, and Garza--all righties.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Not just nice--fantastic is the word. Bottom of the order--Kike and McGuire--drove in both Sox runs.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Huge win, just huge. Both managers wanted this game, and the Sox have won very few low scoring games this season. Whitlock was just gutsy, going 5 innings (1 run) with basically a fastball and a changeup. Then Crawford, who was great, including that spectacular play in which he was injured (ankle contusion). Then Martin and then Jansen to seal the deal with a K for the final out of the game. Sox are now 4-4 on this road trip with Houck going for #5 tomorrow afternoon @ 4:10.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Crawford is on fire!!!
  18. Maxbialystock
    One more shout out to McGuire, who has been good behind the plate.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Kike and McGuire with the 2 rbi's. No hits by the top three in the order, but 4 and 5 (Yoshida and Duran) have 2 hits each.
  20. Maxbialystock
    I think we're watching a pretty good game tonight. Sox pitching excellent and Diamondbacks' just good enough to keep it at 2-1. Good defense by the Sox, including Tapia's effort on the double and Casas's recovery from the fumbled grounder.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Do not disagree at all. But bunting is still a skill I'm not sure Duran possesses. To bunt your way on, you have to drag it down the first base line, or bunt it to the left, not too hard (third baseman) or soft (catcher) or too close to the pitcher.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Wow. Great 6th by Crawford. He used a cutter, a 4 seamer, a curveball, and a changeup.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Crawford, who's been pretty good. But last time out he gave up 1 run in 2 innings. Casas blunders badly, twice, but recovers in time for the out.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Really? Is that why the Sox signed Tapia?
  25. Maxbialystock
    Three straight sliders to K Kike. Almost 70 years ago the 1954 Giants had a pinch hitter named Dusty Rhodes. Could not hit a changeup to save his life, and once said that, if they played in Alaska, an Eskimo would say, "can't hit the change." In the 1954 World Series he hit a key dinger--off a change up.
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