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  1. Maxbialystock
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Devers--in his first season with the Sox--hit a late season dinger off a 103 mph fastball by Chapman?
  2. Maxbialystock
    It was an accident, but no one could fix the date. On the game thread of win #1, several people told me to stay with the date, so I did. Gotta love these last 4 games however. Big wins against good teams in their ballparks. And who knew the Sox had not swept the Yankees in Yankee Stadium in 10 freaking years? Who knew the 2d win would be thanks to the bottom of the Sox order with their four 8th inning rbi's? Or that Taylor would get that much needed gift K to end the 8th last night? That, ladies and gents, is mojo.
  3. Maxbialystock
    This makes sense to me because JDM seems to be helping this lineup the same way he helped the 2018 lineup, which was more talented. To date, he has the highest OPS on the Sox and the most runs scored. He is 2d in rbi's, total bases, and WAR. I also have my doubts about going after a great arm. Getting Eovaldi in 2018 helped, but back then DD had JH's permission to spend almost any amount of money and unload any amount of minor league talent. Your point, with which I agree, is that the Sox have postseason potential, but probably not WS potential, regardless of any trade. No one has worked so far leading off for the Sox. My candidate would be Arroyo, whose OBP, .333, is 5th best after the usual suspects' (JDM, Bogey, Verdugo, Devers). As for Santana, despite his hot start, his OPS is now .530 and his OBP .205. Hernandez's OPS is .654 and OBP .277.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Piersall was diagnosed as manic depressive in 1952 and took lithium, which helped a lot, for the rest of his life. He was a very good defensive centerfielder and once had a throwing contest--centerfield to home plate--with Willie Mays.
  5. Maxbialystock
    This team and this season are from the twilight zone. Last night the bottom of the order delivered 4 crucial rbi's in a game in which ERod showed flashes of his past successes and certainly looked more confident. Tonight--you missed this--Barnes blew a save and Valdez got one.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I would kind of like that rule if pitching weren't so dominant these days.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Yankees in 4th, 1/2 game behind the Jays. Sox still 1 game behind the Rays, but you gotta love a 4 game winning streak. ESPN announcers are of course heartbroken.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Game over!!!!
  9. Maxbialystock
    I like the format because I do not like the endless extra inning games.
  10. Maxbialystock
    This time, I absolutely have to give credit to Vazquez for calling for those six changeups, which clearly led to the GIDP.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Six straight changeups.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Bottom of the 10th, up by 2, and Valdez on the mound. Another Red Sox nail-biter.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Nice bunt by Arroyo. I think moonslav would have him leading off, and I am inclined to agree.
  14. Maxbialystock
    The Yankees definitely have a gripe, but they are now just acting like jerks. I wear hearing aides and have sort of learned to read lips, and that one guy was saying F---You to one of the umps.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Actually, your point is better than mine.
  16. Maxbialystock
    A gift from the home plate ump. Thank you.
  17. Maxbialystock
    No way, no how would I have stuck with Workman, at least not this year's version. He gave up a dinger in his previous outing and is far from trustworthy.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Barnes is beyond question the best reliever we've got and one of the best in MLB. But he isn't invincible. Somehow, the combo of him, Vazquez, Cora, and the pitching coach encouraged/allowed Barnes to get away from the approach--mixing the knuckle curve with the fastball--which is pretty hard to beat.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Two mistakes this inning. First a walk to Judge, then several knuckle curves right in the middle of the zone to Torres. Neither the knuckle curve nor the fastball works by itself. You gotta mix them and, you know, if possible, keep them away from the freaking dead center of the strike zone.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Why would Chapman screw around with a slider when he's got that fastball and splitter?
  21. Maxbialystock
    Combined with his 99 mph fastball, that splitter is a killer for Chapman.
  22. Maxbialystock
    You doubted???
  23. Maxbialystock
    And you would be wrong. But that's about par for you, no?
  24. Maxbialystock
    ESPN says this would be the first Sox sweep at Yankee Stadium since 2011. 10 years ago???!!!!!!! Great K by Taylor! And another great K!
  25. Maxbialystock
    Don't say that stuff on a Yankees blog site or moonslav will go after you for excessive negativity. On talksox, our philosophy is sweetness and light and nothing but.
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