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  1. Maxbialystock
    Last night Winckowski actually had a quality start. Crawford has pitched well lately. The lineup is what's screwed up--at bat, in the field, and on the basepaths. They look weak on the fundamentals.
  2. Maxbialystock
    How can any MLB pitcher, going lefty vs lefty, get an 0-2 count and then walk a guy?
  3. Maxbialystock
    Nice grab by JBJ. Duran doesn't get to that one.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo last night was completely different. He was picked off when there was no one out and he was on 3d base. To me that's just an indicator that Verdugo doesn't focus when he is on the field. Dever was extremely focused and knew that: a) he had a good chance of getting to 3d base; when he did, JDM would have a much easier job driving him home with just 1 out.
  5. Maxbialystock
    I love that expression "you have to make sure" when applying to what has to be an semi-instantaneous decision made on the basepaths.
  6. Maxbialystock
    If Youk said Devers was brain dead, he's a freaking idiot. As I recall, he used to throw tantrums now and then.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Yes, I think Dugo needs to ditch that very large and showy necklace during games. As for Vazquez, you have a point. I hate his baserunning and sometimes his work behind the plate, but his over WAR (1.3) says I'm wrong.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Excuse me, but I need to understand your point. Are you saying that Sox runners should never attempt to advance when there is a wild pitch? And, further, that any player doing so who is thrown out should be benched?
  9. Maxbialystock
    That changeup Winckowski throws is very hittable.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo sure looks pretty in his huge chain, the badge of real ballplayer. Look, he just caught a fly ball!!!
  11. Maxbialystock
    Since that is almost never done and Devers is the absolutely best hitter and overall best player on the Sox, your suggestion makes no sense. Plus it was a great play by the Rays catcher.
  12. Maxbialystock
    More great baserunning by the Sox. Only four things they don't do well: play defense, hit, pitch, and run the bases. Other than those four, a pretty decent club.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Season to date, Brasier had an excellent April (ERA 2.57, 7 IP), lousy May (ERA 7.84, 10.1 IP), excellent June (ERA 2.25, 12 IP), and lousy July (ERA 6.75, 4 IP).
  14. Maxbialystock
    One thing I grant you is the uncanny ability to ignore specific examples of how you just might have been wrong about Whitlock this year--and divert everyone's attention by focusing on the word "idiot." Thus this syllogism: Whitlock should have been the Sox closer on the first day of the 2022 season; he has yet to be the closer over halfway through the season and in fact spent most of it as a starter; Cora is the reason for this big misdeed; I (Old Red) have never said anything disparaging about Cora.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I'm happy to be wrong on this point. "Idiot" is no doubt an exaggeration. So, please enlighten me. What have you said about Cora that is in any way positive?
  16. Maxbialystock
    No, actually, Sale started the debacle by not coming out to pitch the 6th inning. That's silly, of course, but not much sillier than blaming the loss on Brasier, who actually got two outs in the 6th before Strahm was brought in to pitch to Choi, who was then pinch-hit for by Majia, who singled and was followed by Walls who also singled, which led to the two egregious errors by Strahm (not Brasier) and Cordero (also not Brasier). If anything, one can make a case for leaving Brasier in to pitch to Choi because he struck out the last hitter (Arozorena) he faced.
  17. Maxbialystock
    One more time. The Sox lost 3-2, and 2 of the Rays runs were unearned. By no conceivable calculation can this loss be blamed on Brasier or, for that matter, Cora. Verdugo got himself picked off 3b with no one out. Cordero and Stahm committed the errors that brought in the 2 unearned Rays runs. The top 4 in the Sox batting order went to the plate 16 times and got 1 hit, 1 BB and 5 K's.
  18. Maxbialystock
    If the Rays win this 3-2, they win by scoring one freaking earned run. The Sox defense sucks. So does the baserunning.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Brasier was not that bad. He gave up a run, but got 2 outs. Strahm was the absolute killer out there--two hard hit singles plus a stupid and bad throw did the most damage, then aided by Cordero's stupid throw home for a second error. Then, with no one out and Verdugo on 3b, he gets picked off. At some point, the players have to get some of the blame. Speaking of which, the Sox first four batters are 1 for 11 with 5 K's, 1 BB, and a single by Devers. Is that Cora's fault too?
  20. Maxbialystock
    Worst Sox game--in terms of just showing their asses in public--I have seen in years.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Unbelievable incompetence. Verdugo, tying run with no one out, picked off 3d base.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Sox first four hitters--Duran (in a slump), Vazquez, Devers, and Bogey are 1 for 11 with 5 K's, a single, and a BB.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Brasier should have stayed in to pitch to Choi. Strahm got hit hard by two consecutive right batters after Choi was substituted for. Dumb throw by Stahm--no play. Dumb play by Cordero on a throw home that wasn't needed. Great start by Sale ruined by rank stupidity and incompetence.
  24. Maxbialystock
    I might add the double was a ball Verdugo caught but dropped when he hit the wall.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Whoa, Nellie. How can you say he didn't look good with 5 K's, 1 BB, 3 hits (including a double) and 0 runs in 5 freaking innings against a team that has hit the Sox pitching with ease?
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