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  1. Maxbialystock
    Amazing.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Very nice win.
  3. Maxbialystock
    So far, nothing short of amazing!
  4. Maxbialystock
    Agree with moonslav59. John Henry has been the best owner in Sox history and maybe in MLB history.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Somewhere between 5 and 10 years ago Ortiz had a humoungous slump that lasted a big chunk of the season. Once he came out of it, he never looked back. Benintendi is no Ortiz, but he is way better than this slump and should get every opportunity to hit his way out. Agree with mvp 78 that Roenicke is unlikely to return in 2021.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Fans on talksox appear to me to have exactly the right expectations--that this team will struggle because of a weak pitching staff. But that doesn't keep us from expressing our frustration with the actual game outcomes. Your reminder is nevertheless a good one. Given the fantastic results of the 2018 season and the return of almost all that talent, expectations were high for last year's team, but not for long because the rotation collapsed and the bullpen couldn't take up the slack. Nor could the hitting.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Stupid. Tonight was still one more example that this team is unmanageable--that is, if the the goal of the manager is to win games. In one of the Yankee games, I think jacksonianmarch claimed the Sox can't hit fastballs at 95 mph or more. About right.
  8. Maxbialystock
    The more I watch, the more I see the wisdom of Roenicke's approach. There is absolutely no panic in the man because he knows what we fans sometimes forget. It's a long season. Come June, the pieces will begin to fall into place. I think the players are really buying into that approach. By August this rough start will be a distant memory.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Needed those 2 runners to come home.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Meh. I honestly think the greatest managers benefited hugely from the players they had, so I can't argue that any of them would do better. But I am saying that this last loss, 9-7 to the Yankees, was a close game in which late inning pitching and pitching decisions played a decisive role for the Sox. So let me ask you this question. Had you been managing, would you have done anything when Barnes went to a 2-0 count vs. Judge with a man on 1b, 2 outs, and the game tied? Can you honestly say you would have let Barnes throw any old pitch he wanted to because it was his job (and the catcher's) and certainly not yours as manager to figure out what to do with Judge in that situation? I am not saying Roenicke's inaction cost the Sox a win because there were too many other ways (than Judge hitting a 2 run dinger) for the Sox to blow it. I am saying he had an opportunity to improve the Sox chances by ordering that Judge been pitched to differently.
  11. Maxbialystock
    No. But managers do make mistakes, and I am well aware of the irony of my saying this because in the past I have argued at great length that every MLB manager knows more and is better prepared to make in-game decisions than any of us. In this case, he probably had immediate access to his bench coach and pitching coach. Of course, neither of them has my expertise in putting together a Broadway musical.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I buy what you say, which is why I would take Cora back.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Eovaldi vs. Morton Sox should win this despite being 3-7. LF Benintendi 3B Devers DH Martinez SS Bogaerts 1B Moreland C Vazquez RF Verdugo CF Bradley 2B Peraza. Best ballpark in MLB with the exception of all other MLB ballparks.
  14. Maxbialystock
    You're verb "win" is ill defined. The worst managers in MLB history, without exception, did in fact win games. And the best managers ever lost plenty of games. I do agree no manager would have a winning record with this pitching staff, but do think there will be occasions when adeptness, insight, luck, whatever, by Roenicke can maybe produce a win here and there in a close game. Or put it this way. Is he being paid a salary and should not that salary come with expectations of doing his best to manage the team to wins whenever possible?
  15. Maxbialystock
    Nope. They sure didn't And why should they? MLB has worked hard to make the replay calls quickly. But when you look at a game in toto you realize that the manager, pitching coach, catcher, assorted infielders, and of course the hitter at the plate are all granted "mini" timeouts for assorted reasons. And let's not forget the timeout after every half inning and the even longer timeout when a pitcher is brought in after a half inning began. It is not that unusual to have a 3 1/2 or even 4 hour 9 inning game when the stakes are high and the managers use multiple pitchers. If the fans can tolerate all that, they are unlikely to complain about the 2 or 3 minutes it takes to do the typical replay when there are normally no more than 3 or 4 per game.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Actually, I kind of like it because to me baseball is a human endeavor. We go to see pitchers pitch, hitters hit, fielders field, and baserunners run the bases. And for 150 years we have also gone to see umpires make calls, good and bad, just as there are good and bad pitchers, hitters, fielders, and baserunners. I admit that I rely heavily on TV (actually, the internet) to watch the games and that I do note when the home plate umpire misses a call now and then. Last night I did think Brice got a couple of bad calls and in the same inning the Yankee pitcher benefited from outside pitches called strikes. But to me that is part of baseball. Television, however, has made it less and less possible to tolerate any mistake by any umpire.
  17. Maxbialystock
    True. However, it is my belief that the manager has more impact on the pitching than on the fielding and hitting. Last night was the first game in this series when the Sox had a shot and in fact had a 1 run lead in the 8th. Roenicke's reliever in the 8th, Barnes, had just given up the tying run with 2 outs and now had a man on 1b with possibly the hottest hitter in MLB coming to the plate. First two pitches were balls. At that point it would have been reasonable to signal not to throw anything hittable--or even to give Judge a pass. I am not saying Roenicke was responsible for last night's loss. Not at all. But I am saying that, given the situation after the game was tied in the 8th, he might have made a better choice on how to pitch to Judge with a 2-0 count.
  18. Maxbialystock
    About right.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Sox now have the worst ERA in MLB, the 2d worst WHIP, and the 2d most dingers given up. Last night's loss was the perfect coda to this season to date. It's just 10 games, but there are only 50 left. And thank goodness for that. Agree with moonslav59's predilection for trades.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Sox ERA is now worst in MLB, WHIP is 2d worst, and the Sox have given up the second most dingers. Last night, game 10, was the perfect example of the problem. Sox hitters kept getting a lead that the pitchers would give back, culminating in Barnes giving up the tying run in the 8th, followed by giving up a 2 run dinger for the winning runs. Sox lost 9-7.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Yup.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Walden, Walden, he's our man.
  23. Maxbialystock
    I gotta admit I'm impressed with a 7-6 lead in the 7th. Devers and Bogaerts.
  24. Maxbialystock
    What season? This is just spring training, and it's pretty clear these guys won't be ready for the real season. Peraza just made his 4th error and then left a runner on 2b. Hall was doing OK against Judge until he decided to throw a roaring 89 mph fast ball about waist high on the inside corner. One redeeming feature tonight: no Benintendi.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Hard to read this thread and remain the pessimist that I invariably am inclined to be. Still, the pitching stats seem to favor pessimism. Eovaldi had another good start (albeit 5 innings), giving up 2, and the bullpen gave up 3 runs in 4 innings, with the set up guy Barnes and the closer Workman looking especially weak. splendidsplinter says to treat this season as a longish spring training. Best assessment I've read.
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