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  1. Maxbialystock
    One of the games I can't watch because of the blackout restrictions, so it's the WEEI guys again.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Richards looking pretty good, Sox lineup not so good. Bases loaded, no outs, and just 1 run?????
  3. Maxbialystock
    AL East has best won lost record in MLB
  4. Maxbialystock
    Sox and Rays have the best W-L (.604) in the AL.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Mickelson at -7 and 2 up over Koepka.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Hard to beat Wheeler when our starter is ERod with his 5.07 ERA only lasting 4 innings (and 4 runs). Rays now tied with our guys, and the Yankees are .5 back with a walk-off walk just now. Welcome to the AL East, the toughest and winningest division in MLB this year. Sawamura and Andriese both done good today. Braves come to town Tuesday for two and then Miami for 3, followed 4 at Houston.
  7. Maxbialystock
    The Phillies haven't pitched around anyone in this series--except for Eovaldi last night, whom they walked and who later scored. And Wheeler doesn't need to pitch around anyone, or didn't you watch today's game?
  8. Maxbialystock
    Sox pull off a fantastic trick play to get the 3d out!!!! Vazquez astutely let that ball get to the backstop knowing it would bounce right back to him in time to trap the guy coming home. If only Cora had had the wisdom--heck, let's call it what it is, the guts--to play Bogie and JDM today, the Sox would be leading 7-6 or maybe even 9 to 6. I sure hope Bloom and Henry are watching this game today because, frankly, I've had it with softy Cora. This team has absolutely no discipline and no hunger to win games no matter what.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Now 5-1 because the bullpen, who (Sawamura, Andriese, Valdez) held the the Phillies scoreless for 3.1 innings, finally gave up a run on a sac fly. Whoops, make that 6-1. So I really have to ask again. Were Bogie and JDM really going to help the Sox score 7 runs today? How about 6 to tie?
  10. Maxbialystock
    Sorry, but it's a simple fact this year that ERod stinks. His ERA is over 5, and Wheeler's (2.32) is less than half that, plus he usually goes 7 innings, which minimizes the pressure on the bullpen. Last night the Sox scored just 4 runs in a close game and 2 of them came off a rookie starter who lasted 3 innings. So please don't tell me that today JDM and Bogie were going to send Wheeler to the showers early or even get a single off him.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Yup. But no way we're giving it back. Why the heck are we pinch-hitting for Santana?
  12. Maxbialystock
    So you're the one I stole that "do worse vs newbies" from. Thanks. I love it. But I'm still waiting for evidence that good hitting beats good pitching.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Speaking of rubber tree plants, did I just see Chavis go down swinging (again)? When the Sox get a dinger and the opposing pitcher gets down on himself , Chavis is the salve that heals.
  14. Maxbialystock
    So fine, give me some good examples from this year when these Boston Red Sox put an ace on the mound and he got hit hard. Or name an opposing ace on the level of Wheeler whom the Sox pounded. I dare you. No, I double dare you. Meanwhile, way to go to Franchy!!!
  15. Maxbialystock
    Winning what? All 162 games. Try this on. If Cora really wanted to win this game today, he would not have started Eduardo Rodriguez, who stinks this season. Or try this on. The Phillies aren't playing their superstar $35M rightfielder today. Granted, he's in a slump, but going against the incompetent ERod might have been the perfect therapy to bring him out of it.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Well, they haven't so far. When a good pitcher is on, the other team's bats go silent no matter which team. Are you actually unaware that we are getting about one no-hitter a week this season?
  17. Maxbialystock
    Whoops, there goes another easy single against the computerized infield.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I say again. This game had loss written all over it yesterday when we knew Wheeler was going against ERod. Seriously, how can you possibly believe that ERod could outpitch Wheeler?
  19. Maxbialystock
    You are making what I believe to be a false assumption, namely, that JDM and Bogaerts would be getting multiple hits if not dingers off Wheeler. To be perfectly honest, I might agree with you on playing Bogie and JDM in a day game after a night game except for one important fact. Starting pitcher today was a guy named Eduardo Rodriguez, who was lucky to go 4 innings only giving up 4 runs. This game ain't over, but it had loss written all over it yesterday when we knew Wheeler was starting against ERod. Good pitching beats good hitting almost every time.
  20. Maxbialystock
    So, blind squirrel gets a nut, and the Sox computer-driven positioning grabs a liner.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Very good post.
  22. Maxbialystock
    No question he stinks this season, not just today. Plus he has always needed too many pitches per out. Credit, however, to Cora leaving him in for the 5th and huge, huge credit to Sawamura for rescuing that decision. ERod got to make 103 pitches which he can hopefully learn from.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Devers K'd, but also fouled off both a high slider and very low slider. This is the 3d time thru the order, and, with two out from the bottom of the order, Hernandez singled, Santana worked a BB, and Devers actually had some good cuts and contact. Nevertheless, Wheeler is one tough hombre.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Interesting game so far. I'm about as anti-ERod as it's possible to be, but the simple fact is that horrible score is mostly the result of one good swing and a proverbial 3 run dinger. ERod wasn't half bad in innings 2, 3, and 4. Sox hitting sucks so far, but Wheeler is more than capable of doing that against any lineup. It might even be worth noting that we are still in the second trip thru the Sox batting order when good pitching is expected to dominate. Wheeler is capable of being tough the third time thru the order, but let's just see. Meanwhile, Sawamura did a fantastic job stopping what could easily have been a put-the-game-away rally.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I assume you too have watched just about every inning of every game this year. My very strong impression so far is that good pitching beats good hitting every time, and today the Sox are going against one of the best in MLB. He pitches the most innings per start in MLB and still has the 12th best ERA, the 7th most K's, etc.. When even our best hitters--JDM, Bogie, Devers, maybe Verdugo--go against really good pitching, they are just as overwhelmed as the rest of the lineup. As someone else on talksox said, the difference between great hitters and so-so hitters is their consistency in hitting bad pitches, which are usually thrown by weak pitchers. If Cora wants to give JDM and Bogie a 2 day break, I'm for it. It's a very long season, 6 games a week for six straight months.
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