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  1. Maxbialystock
    Sox are back to .500, 9-9, and against an excellent starter for the Twins plus he best pitching staff in MLB. Wild applause for the Sox real star tonight, Chris freaking Sale!!! I have maligned him incessantly, but tonight he was just terrific and for six innings yet. Sale had great command of his pitches and apparently is comfortable with Wong behind the plate. Hello, CERA. For tonight, anyway. If anyone's interested, right now is the only Sox player with a + WAR. The vast majority are at zero, and Casas--of course it has to be Casas--is at -0.4.
  2. Maxbialystock
    About Schreiber. I still like him. He was going for the corners and was just a little off. That HBP was not that far inside--the Twins player smartly stood his ground and just moved his arm a tad to show intent to avoid the HBP--but not enough to keep from getting hit.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Casas, totally bereft of any feel for the game, made that DP possible. He also ran back to 2d base on the single to CF. We're lucky he wasnt doubled up going to 3b.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Great statement!!!!!
  5. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo saves the day after Casas demonstrates that he is a monumentally stupid baserunner on successive plays. Great game. I don't care if the jar says the brain is Abby Normal, Casas needs a transplant.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. Wong was terrific catching Sale, and McGuire has been terrific hitting. Who says Cora doesn't know how to manage?
  7. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely the dumbest thing in the history of baseball, walking a guy who just struck out 4 times.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Bad play by Vazquez. Block first, then catch. Get the out first with a 2 run lead.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Twins 4 hits and 4 runs, all earned, except the first run in the 10th inning. They struck out 16 times, which in the end didn't make much difference. They also got 4 BB's and 3, that's right, 3 HBP's.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Another thing the Sox don't do that other teams do--when the opportunity arises, take an inside pitch for an HBP instead of jumping backward 3 feet.
  11. Maxbialystock
    1. Moonslav keeps saying the pitching will come around. 2. And the hitting is abysmal--except, of course, they have scored runs.
  12. Maxbialystock
    The swung and missed at low pitches because that splitter is almost as fast as his fastball. A lethal combination.
  13. Maxbialystock
    The Twins Duran is an absolute monster. Reminds me a lot of Ichiro Suzuki, who also threw basically two pitches, fastball and splitter. Only Duran is 10 mph (or more) faster.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Agree. I call it an error, which it was, but that was a tough play.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I hasten to add this Twins pitcher is keeping the ball low--and doing it well. I know of no Sox pitcher who can keep the ball low and still get strikes.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely amazing. We score only because of the error. But the amazing part is the Sox have to be the only team in MLB that does not even consider bunting with a man on 3b and 1 out in a low-scoring game. And why is that? Because the Sox have decided bunts are passe and so they don't practice them. What they have gotten pretty good at is striking out with men in scoring position.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Just because he struck out 4 times? Boy, are you picky.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Against the best pitching staff in MLB. After our first three batters, our batting averages, 4 thru 9, are .170, .167, .137, .171, .333 (Duran), and .077. My guess is if you average them out, they are collectively below the Mendoza line. But, yes, it is frustrating to have 8 hits and just 1 run and 2/12 with RISP.
  20. Maxbialystock
    That was deliberate by Correa. He tried to push Devers off the bag.
  21. Maxbialystock
    The difference is command. He hit a lot of corners, including a couple the ump wouldn't give him. Vintage Sale even without the upper 90's fastball. Minnesota lead MLB with the lowest ERA, but they also are near the bottom in scoring runs. And now Winckowski gives up the dinger. But that slider was near the middle of the zone without much break on it.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo RF Devers 3B Turner DH Yoshida LF Hernandez 2B Casas 1B Wong C Duran CF Chang SS So Wong gets the nod to catch Chris Sale. Five lefty bats with Duran in CF. Kike at 2b for Arroyo.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. But my wife does--this is our 59th. And don't forget David Hackett Fischer's marvelous book on PR.
  24. Maxbialystock
    RHP Gray vs. LHP Sale, a complete mismatch favoring Minnesota, who are also 10-6 to the Sox 8-9. But this, ladies and gents, is baseball, and anything can happen.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Ivy Leaguer who helped build the Rays system, which dollar for dollar is the best in MLB. Also, it's clear that JH has provided guidance to spend less. Bloom replaced DD, who was given a free hand to buy whatever was needed--starters, a DH, a closer, you name it. Plus, when DD arrived in 2015 the Sox already had some good young players like Mookie, Raffie, Bogey, and Beni--either in Boston or on the way up. JBJ was still hitting (which he barely could in 2014, his first year starting in CF). In 2018 the Sox were the best Sox ever, and the very next season they stunk while JH was still paying a king's ransom for them. So out went DD, and in came Bloom with new guidance. Do more with less. Easier said than done. I cannot refute criticisms of specific trades/deals Bloom has made. Chapter 5 for Whitlock was brilliant. Others not so much. I'd definitely rather have Schwarber than Yoshida. Letting Renfroe go and bringing in JBJ was mindless. The new contract with Barnes in midseason 2021 was ill-advised.
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