Maxbialystock

What old days are you talking about? The Sox have always been hitting centric. Breslow is changing that, but in the process giving away hitting.

Sox had their opportunities after the dinger. Abreu's hot and no one else is. OPS's are Anthony .746, Story .438, Duran .629, Contreras .540, Durbin .077, Yoshida .600, Mayer .889 (which is actually good), and Rafaela .600. Pitching was pretty good in games 1 and 3. Michigan just pulverized Tennessee 95-63. Mi

Oh stop it. This was his first start of the season and he threw 96 pitches. Weissert went in to pitch to righty hitters, walked one, and gave up a 3 run dinger to the next one.

If Durbin is average, MLB is no long watchable. He also has an error, so after 3 games more errors than hits.

Duran was brain dead.

Gotta like Durbin's bat. Who needs Bregman? Or for that matter, what's his name. Devers. Durbin stinks.

I'll buy that

Duran the saboteur.

What's fascinating about Anthony's last at bat is that they pitched to him, righty vs lefty, when righty bat Story was in the on deck circle. He struck out twice yesterday and twice today. Wong, meanwhile, has a double and a single today.

What's that song? "I lost my swing in Cincinnati." 1/9 in his last 2 games, both of them very close.

Meh. That's on Weissert not the manager.

Weissert, a name that will live in infamy. Three straight hardballs in the middle of the zone to a guy who hit 49 dingers last season.

You sure got that right. Forget how he's done today and look at his record and his age.

I think that's excessive, but I like that you said it.

Amazing. I would have bet cash money he doesn't have the change.

Just a reminder that this is the month of GW's first big win, the direct result of bookseller Henry Knox who had the creativity and the staunchness to propose and then execute hauling captured British artillery from Ticonderoga. It was, so help me, a contract job and brilliantly and courageoously executed. Pay off was 250 years ago this month when those Ticonderoga guns at Dorchester Heights drove the British Army and Navy out of Boston, never to return. When George Washington was made Commander of the Continental Army in June 1775, he was told to go to Boston, where his Army was. That's right, the Continental Army was the Massachusetts militia. I am convinced that the Boston win was what gave the 2d Continental Congress the courage to write and sign the Declaration of Independence 3-4 months later. What I don't understand is how the Boston baseball team opted for red socks. What I delight in remembering is that it was an American immigrant/baseball player who spoke up in April 2013 after the horror of the Boston Marathon. After thanking the Mayor and the Police for the "great job they did last week," he said: "This is our f***ing city and nobody gonna dictate our freedom. Stay strong. Thank you."

If he only had a changeup. A good changeup is almost unhittable. Crochet relies heavily on the heater and on his command and his confidence/determination. He is far and away the best player Breslow has signed. Good appraisal of the defense which had not occurred to me until I read your post. Two youngest Sox had 5 hits between them and Mayer scored all three Sox runs. I was not at all impressed with the three infielders Breslow brought in from the neither regions.

Durbin's a rookie and Contreras is past his prime and has never played 135 games in a season. .

Sounds about right. The pitching is better than that, but the hitting is worse.

NIcely written.

I've been engaged with ACC basletball since November, plus I don't know jack anyway. Nevertheless I can't resist saying I think Mayer will be more valuable and just as healthy as Durbin or Contreras. Absolutely weird seeing Anthony in LF and Duran DHing today, but it definitely worked.

Great stuff! Thanks. I did notice success of run scoring vs run prevention last year. Today, game 1, we saw exactly how much those 4 are missed.

Cubbies lost today, but not his fault.

Me, I would bat Contreras and Durbin 8th and 9th.

I'll take Anthony and Mayer and their extemely low salaries over those three newbie infielders Breslow brought in. Anthony and Mayer had 5 hits and scored all 3 Sox runs. Contreras, Durbin, and Kiner-Falefa had no hits hits and the Sox only error. So far, they stink. Pitching was terrific in large part because Breslow brought in both Crochet and Chapman. As for the challenges of balls and strikes, I like that system because it causes very little delay and squelches any and all complaints. You think you got screwed on a call, challenge it. I would far rather have this than robot umps.