Maxbialystock
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Abreu just wants to hit dingers.
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Thanks to those 20 dingers, Abreu has a better OPS than Yoshida, but Yoshida is by far the more professional hitter. Two men on, two men batted in with--perish the thought!!--a little old ground ball single to right. Abreu wouldn't be caught dead doing that. So Anthony is back in form. Good.
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Wow. Two oldest ballparks in MLB. Plus Chicago has always loved their Cubs. Didn't it take a Boston CBO to get them that WS win?
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A Realistic View of the 2025 Red Sox: Part II
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Actually, I think MLB teams have realized that bigger ballparks aren't always better. Fenway is the smallest at about 38K (37,755) capacity and 18 other MLB teams are within 4K of that. -
Terrific commentary on Rafaela, who absolutely should stay in CF. Someone commented he hits better as the centerfielder than at 2b. Agree on the baserunning. When Bregman returned, Mayer was to be the second baseman--the 5th one this season--but he's on the IL and unlikely to return. So, unless Campbell returns to play 1b, I see Toro holding onto that slot and Gonzalez at 2b. Even with Toro this is a pretty good Sox lineup this year. And they play good defense despite the errors.
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I think I may have said Story drove in both runs--horsehockey. Bregman had the biggest hit of the night when he hit the double with two outs and Anthony on 1b (after a BB). That tied the game in the 6th against Alcantara whose pitching was lights out until that double. Bregman is the key guy on this 2025 Sox team--beyond question. I would love to keep him, but he's 31, has had injuries this season and in 2021. He played 9 years at Houston and they let him go because his last five season OPS's were .801, .777, .820, .804, and .768. So I'm not so sure he can repeat his .924 next year and the year after and the year after that. Plus he is going to want a truck full of $$$$.
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He's a freak of nature. No one his age should be able to throw that hard. Plus he still has command and he uses that splitter. Plus he has an unforgettable presence on the mound.
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It makes sense to me even though I agree MLB did it to shorten game times--just like insisting pitchers take less than an hour between pitches. Ditto batters who prefer to stay out of the batter's box so they can adjust their gloves, gold necklace, whatever. If the Sox are lousy in extra innings, that's their fault. Last night they won because the Marlins reliever in the 10th walked the first two batters to load the bases with no one out.
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Attendance 36,854 against the lowly Marlins--who definitely put up a good fight. The paying Sox fans like this year's team.
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😄 Too true.
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He batted in both Sox runs tonight.
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Agree. He has been fantastic this season.
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With their top 3 hitters, they should have a shot, but "hitter" doesn't apply much to Anthony or Duran in this game.
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Completely agree. He was terrific. But Giolito looked like toast in the first 3 innings and luckily only gave up 1 run. Then he settled down for another quality start.
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Five hard hit balls,two hits, and no runs for the Marlins.
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Three hard hit balls off Wilson, so in comes Cora followed by Whitlock.
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Sox have 2 hits in 7 innings. The 7th inning Marlins reliever looked tough. Lineout by Marlins to start the 8th. Make that two lineouts to RF.
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Not good, fantastic--because he started out very badly and then found himself in the 4th inning. This turned out to be one heckuva game, 1-1 in the 7th. Marlin's starter was really tough and Bregman came in with a huge, huge double to the opposite field.
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You're the dumb one.
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Not the best pregame prediction . . . Mine was a little more balanced because I mentioned recent and better games by Alcantara.
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I thought so too.
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Marlins back to back doubles, 1-0. If there is in fact a good Giolito, he needs to show up soon.
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After 2, Giolito vastly outpitched, but the score is still 0-0.
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Rafaela takes better routes than Duran. Thank goodness. Marlins are hitting Giolito hard.
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Anthony is a sucker for a breaking ball low and inside.