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  1. Maxbialystock
    Last night the WEEI guys were saying that poor starting pitching does have an effect on the lineup. They are guessing, of course, but it sure seems as though there is some kernel of truth in the idea.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Heart was a regular on this team for big chunks of this season and might return with Sale.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Where did the Sox get this guy from? He throws 90% fastballs and is getting pounded. Robles, a name to remember. Kind of makes Perez look OK. This game truly is over.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Looks that way to me as well. Kike, Raffie, and JDM all faced Skubal for the 3d time, and couldn't get a hit among them. Kike did move Marwin from 1st to 2d. Maybe the hit song of the musical Damn Yankees is, "You Gotta Have Heart." The only Sox player in today's game with any heart, so far, was Valdez.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Tigers have made some good plays in the field. The Sox, except for Valdez, have not. Especially egregious was Verdugo's lazy played that let a runner go from 1st to 3d on a clean single straight to Verdugo in LF. Valdez is also pitching with a lot of heart, which seems to be lacking in his teammates.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Time to applaud, I guess. Sox got 2 on (2d and 3d, actually) with one out and not everyone K'd. JDM did, but at least Bogie flied out.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Astounding. Truly astounding the difference between Perez and Valdez. It's like Cora decided to start a reliever and just left him in too long.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Tigers could put it away in the 2d inning. Perez is a lost soul out there on the mound. Can Valdez bail him out with the bases loaded and 1 out?
  9. Maxbialystock
    That's at least two solid hits off what is probably Perez's best pitch, his changeup.
  10. Maxbialystock
    With a man on 3b and no one out, Short with his .157 average easily delivers a sac fly to deep CF.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Whatever Perez is throwing, the Tigers seem to see perfectly and hit hard--a dinger, triple, and double in 3 outs.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Perez pounded in the 1st and lucky to give up just 1 run. Dalbec strikes out, looking clueless yet again, with 2 men on and 2 out in the 2d.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Perez, like almost all Sox starters, loves to go out in the first inning with the intent to "establish his authority" with his fastball. After getting pounded, he then agrees to go with breaking balls, especially changeups to righty hitters. Some culpability also resides with Plawecki.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Thanks for the reminder--this is a Thursday afternoon game and starts at 1:10.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Agree on the hitting and fishing. He had great eyesight and reflexes, ideal for a fighter pilot, but he never really delivered on the fighter part of it. He was shot down--but was still able to "limp" back to his base--by antiaircraft fire while on a bombing/strafing raid in Feb 1953, near the end of the Korean War. He never flew in combat in WW II, which was undoubtedly one of the reasons he was called up for the Korean War, which he bitterly resented because he was an inactive reservist and felt active reservists should have been called before him. He also tried to avoid service in WW II by saying he was the sole support for his mother. Nevertheless, Ted Williams was a rarity in that he served in two different wars while also being one of the very best hitters in MLB. In both wars he was in fact a trained fighter pilot--an instructor in WW II and John Glenn's wingman in the Korean War. Yes, he griped some, but he was unquestionably a patriot.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Jim Brown was the best running back in NFL history and a college lacrosse legend.
  17. Maxbialystock
    ERod threw a ton of fastballs, and by golly they worked. So did the changeup. Not many sliders or curves. Congrats to him and his catcher Vazquez. Bullpen did another fine job of course. All 4 rbi's from dingers by JDM, Renfroe, and Duran. Not sure what to make of that, but it sure was nice to see.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Another much needed win chalked up to the one and only moonslav59!!!!
  19. Maxbialystock
    I remember him in the NFL, where he was incredible. But I never saw him play lacrosse at Syracuse. Kirk Gibson doesn't come close. Bo Jackson, however, was pretty amazing. I did see him play MLB in person at KC. An incredible arm from the outfield and a pretty fair hitter. Also a terrific running back in the NFL, but not as good as Jim Brown.
  20. Maxbialystock
    True.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Ahem. The dinger was opposite field. Duran is not swinging for the fences.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Duran hits a dinger, that goes down looking at three straight fastballs for strikes. With Kike on 3b and 1 out.
  23. Maxbialystock
    He's a 1 inning guy. But this does mean he is unlikely to pitch again tomorrow night.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Obviously, last year is irrelevant because Verdugo was horrible leading off this year. Indeed, he is happier and better nearer the bottom of the order than the top.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I remain astounded. ERod goes 5 shutout innings while relying heavily on his fastball although he did mix in some good changeups and the occasional slider and cutter. Credit too goes to Vazquez.
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