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  1. Maxbialystock
    Great K! Really needed that!!!
  2. Maxbialystock
    For whatever reason, Sale is mostly staying away from the changeup.
  3. Maxbialystock
    This is last week's Sale.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Another hard hit ball off a sinker.
  5. Maxbialystock
    That slider was way out side and still hit hard.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Funny thing, but Valdez is basically just throwing a curve and a sinker, two pitches, without much control, and he's thrown two scoreless innings despite two walks and 3 Sox singles. That said, the Sox have hit nothing hard. The Astros have hit Sale hard, but only have the one hit, the one walk, and one wild pitch, and the one sac fly for a run.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Two GIDP's in 2 innings. Easy GIDP's. Valdez is throwing 50% strikes, but he has our guys fooled.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Devers and Verdugo both single going to LF.
  9. Maxbialystock
    2017 is ancient history. September 2021 Sale is the best we can hope for.
  10. Maxbialystock
    That GIDP by Schwarber hurt a lot. Plus Renfroe was too eager to swing.
  11. Maxbialystock
    The amazing thing so far is that the Astros haven't pounded him. Finally, pitch 28, his first changeup, a ball. 29 pitches to get 3 outs. This is October Sale when we need September Sale.
  12. Maxbialystock
    We saw this Sale last week vs the Rays and before that vs the Nats.
  13. Maxbialystock
    No command. No changeups.
  14. Maxbialystock
    With 2 walks already and the bases loaded, renfroe needed to at least see a third pitch.
  15. Maxbialystock
    The Brewers and Braves are that awful? It's also a good bet that the Giants were going to have to beat the Dodgers to get to the WS, so why not play them after the wild card game?
  16. Maxbialystock
    Sure luck is involved. Hitting and pitching are extremely hard to do successfully--to hit that round ball with a round bat squarely (or at least where it won't be caught) or to throw the ball in just the right place with the right spin and speed and motion--so luck is inevitably a factor. But Cora has made so many good moves this year it's unthinkable to say managerial skill isn't involved. He flat outmanaged Cash in the ALDS.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Meh. The Dodgers had to play the wild card game before taking on the Giants in the NLDS, which gave the Giants a big advantage, just as it gave the Rays over the Sox in the ALDS. In fact, that's why MLB added the second wild card team in both Leagues--to force a wild card game and put the winner at a disadvantage in the Division Series.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Yep. On the other hand, it was one heckuva NLDS.
  19. Maxbialystock
    I do favor umps. They have never been better in 150 years of organized baseball. Have you already forgotten all the commentary that says the Rays were robbed by that call in the 13th inning of game 3? The only correct call was ground rule double, but that hasn't stopped people from discussing "what if . . . " ad nauseum. Besides, Flores was dead meat. The count was already 0-2 and he was going against Scherzer.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Agree.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I am the opposite of complacent, so I apologize if I seem that way. Yes, I like our chances after the ALDS and with McCullers not on the Astros Roster, but they are still a tough out. I just don't think the ALCS depends on what Sale does tonight.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Possibly. But I still like the way Cora managed the final series vs. the Nats, especially playing Schwarber and JDM with no DH and pulling Sale early in game 3. And I think he was terrific in the ALDS given that he couldn't start Eovaldi until game three and his first two starters, ERod and Sale, crapped out.
  23. Maxbialystock
    When you are "playing with house money," it's already in your pocket.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Good point. I think the call in the 13th inning of game 3 vs. the Rays was equally outrageous. As a minimum, the Rays lead runner should have scored the go ahead run and their batter sent to 3d base. Renfroe was rewarded for misplaying the ball.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Controversial has become a huge tent for all kinds of calls these days, like in the 13th inning of game 3 of the ALDS when people were outraged by what was essentially a ground rule double.
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