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  1. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely. I think we started that two games ago when Shwarber tied it 4-4 in the 9th with a 2 run dinger--after the bullpen had pitched 5 scoreless innings-- and even though Robles gave up 5 runs in the top of the 10th. Even then, however, the Sox scored 2 in the 10th and would have had more if Vazquez doesn't hit into that double play. Shwarber has been a good shot in the arm and tonight he played freaking 1b! Dalbec got another hit tonight. So I think the hitting will be OK if guys can stay off the CL (covid list). And Cora and Bloom have reassembled a pitching staff that just might be good enough. Four of the five starters--but not Houck--have the potential to go 5 or 6 good innings. And the bullpen shambles, as you kind of predicted, is somehow getting back to getting guys out. Richards right now is pretty solid--1 run in 10 innings as a reliever--as are Whitlock and maybe Ottavino. Then there are Sawamura, Taylor, and, wait for it, some guy named Barnes who I think can come back if not as the closer. Plus others like Valdez and DHernandez when the get off the IL.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Let me be honest and say I've always had doubts about ERod. I never liked his preference for throwing fastballs most of the time. I think someone told him (or he told himself) to look calm not matter what, and I have interpreted that as not caring. Wrong. This year we've seen him have big ups and downs, but my overall impression is that he has shown real grit, especially lately. Plus he is definitely mixing up his pitches and using the fastball less. His stuff and control aren't as good as Sale's, but he is pitching the same way--mixing 3 (actually 4 including the cutter) pitches and throwing to spots rather than the middle of the strike zone. Tonight I think he pitched a big game, especially given that the Sox were behind from the get go. This is also his 4th good start in his last 5 games.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Agree with moonslav--great one!
  4. Maxbialystock
    That leadoff walk was awful, but after that Ottavino was masterful even though he's lousy at holding runners on.
  5. Maxbialystock
    I misread what you said and agree overall the bullpen has stunk it up for several games, with Barnes being the biggest culprit by far. Therefore I am astounded that in the last three games it has been very good except for that disastrous 9th inning--shades of Barnes--by Robles, which cost us that game which also included a tying 2 run dinger by Shwarber in the 9th.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Ball game!!!! This absolutely was one of those incredible comeback wins that can give a team real confidence.
  7. Maxbialystock
    That was an incredibly gutsy slider for the 2d K. Gutsy call by Vazquez and great pitch by Ottavino.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Ottavino walks the leadoff batter because he can't control that slider.
  9. Maxbialystock
    I'm going with tedballgame--Richards.
  10. Maxbialystock
    I'll be honest. I think he has earned this. It was like 1 or 2 games ago when we argued about whether Richards could be "trusted," I think everyone agreed, "not yet." Well, tonight Cora has decide it is in fact "yet." And Richards looked great. I hope he pitches the 9th.
  11. Maxbialystock
    My goodness gracious!!! Richards pitching the 8th with a 1 run lead. Cora is definitely rolling the dice tonight. OK!! 1 up, 1 K.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I thought the word was magnificent, which he also was not.
  13. Maxbialystock
    That was not clowning, but rather a brilliant deception plan. It's a unique signal from the Sox 3d base coach, which fortunately our guys are good at executing: "make bad bunt attempts". The actual signal is kicking himself.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Madness, madness!! I said before last night's game that the night before that, when the Sox lost, I thought I saw signs of improved attitude. Certainly the bullpen was great until Robles pitched the 9th. If this lead holds up, lucky pierre--also known as ERod--gets another win, only this time it will be richly deserved.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I'll be honest and admit I am clueless about what "a good approach at the plate" means. To me a good approach at the plate is not dropping to the ground and holding my head when the pitcher throws the ball.
  16. Maxbialystock
    2 on, no one out!!!
  17. Maxbialystock
    BB for Vazquez, just what dr moonslav ordered.
  18. Maxbialystock
    What hole? The problem isn't with the pitching but with the hitters. My guess is that the flight to Cleveland last night was late and possibly bumpy. Whatever the cause, last night's juggernaut--all of whom are in the lineup tonight--are a bunch of wimps tonight. I think the cause is that good Guardians pitching, especially by Allen. ERod's 7 innings and 3 runs is in fact a quality start which Sale did not have last night.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Great play by ERod!! I have repeatedly excoriated him for piss-poor defense, but he has made two fine plays tonight. Yes, he was lucky to grab that grounder, but, unlike most pitchers, he turned around and made an accurate throw quickly to 2b to start the double play. Too bad about the dinger, a changeup up in the zone. The only explanation I have for seeing ERod out there for the 7th is that Cora does not believe the Sox will score any more runs.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Wow. All the excuses in the world for horrible hitting, but total condemnation for good pitching by ERod.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Actually, and I know this will come as a huge surprise to you, Allen is pitching well. He has a good mix of breaking balls and is throwing them in the right places. And he's doing it against a lineup that scored 12 runs last night. Yes, yes, I know, Kike and Arroyo are out tonight, but last night those two managed one stinking single between them. The big hitters--Schwarber, Devers, Duran, and especially Dalbec--are all back tonight. Oh, and the guy who went 0 for 5 last night is also out.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Oh, stop it. ERod pitched better tonight than Sale did last night. That immaculate inning masks that fact that Sale only went 5.1 innings and gave up the same 2 run dinger that ERod gave up tonight.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Wrong again. For an Old Timer, you seem remarkably unobservant. Tonight ERod pitched better than Sale did last night. ERod showed a lot of guts tonight.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Allen is making the Sox lineup look just awful. Bogie is just clueless. Leadoff walk to our 9th hitter with the top of the order facing Allen for the third time, and he just wipes them out. But let's keep blaming ERod because he stinks. He's only pitching as well as Sale did last night.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Would you look at that? The Cleveland shortstop caught that flip toss with his bare hand!!! Boy, wouldn't it be great if our infielders could do that? But, as we all know, it's a really, really tough play to make.
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