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  1. Maxbialystock
    Since this is the game thread, I thought I'd chime in with one simple but controversial thought: we got beat by a pitcher who was definitely on, who struck out guys right and left, and who gave up 1 hit, a double by of course Devers. Maybe scoring 16 runs the night before had an effect, I don't know. But this was not a game we should have won, not with that guy on the mound.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Ted Williams was right about the All-Star Game. It should have been a joy to play in because it was the best against the best, especially the central confrontation between pitcher and batter. The home run contest is of course total BS because it's just a step above T ball. But seeing the best players in the country, probably the world, out there on the field together can only be good. This is only helped by the fact that pitchers will in fact want to get hitters out, and hitters will in fact want to get hits, maybe even dingers--against the best.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Are you talking about spring training? If so, Porcello pitched 12 innings vs. 16 in 2018, hardly a huge difference. This year ERod pitched 15 innings in ST vs. 0 last year, and has struggled until lately. Price only pitched 6 this year vs. 15 last year, and his ERA is lower. However, I do not disagree he is scary out there because he relies almost exclusively on the changeup and fast ball (and cut fast ball). Sale, too, only pitched 6 innings, but this was done to avoid what happened the past two seasons when he was terrific April-June/July and so-so July/August-Sep/Oct. Plus he's lost some speed on his favorite pitch, that blazing fastball.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Picking up from last nights commentary, Porcello isn’t getting good support from the outfield. Beni didn’t jump hardly at all to get that dinger, and a good right fielder would have held the double to a single and the triple to a double.
  5. Maxbialystock
    New chapter in the blame book. Tonight the bottom 4 guys in the lineup have 3 hits, including the 2 run dinger. The top 5 guys have 1 hit, and just now our number 1 and 2 hitters both popped up with men on 1st and 2d.
  6. Maxbialystock
    I deserve any and all criticism about comments on Leon. I have raged against him and acclaimed his excellence. I thought he was excellent yesterday and don't think so tonight. I will say that, when your starter has only a fastball and a changeup, he needs to have great command to keep the lid on. I have read a couple of articles recently that say CERA is a complete fiction, that it is unsupported by any rational statistical analysis.
  7. Maxbialystock
    ONe more time. That 4th Orioles run was going to happen and was going to be an earned run regardless of what JBJ or JDM did. It was at worst a clean double, and the next Oriole up singled. I am not defending JBJ or JDM, but am saying there is only one Sox villain tonight, the highest paid guy on the team.
  8. Maxbialystock
    You get full credit for great eyesight. Well stated. But I honestly don't care whether JBJ or JDM screwed up because that faux-dinger was always going to an earned run regardless of how it was played. The Orioles have 6 runs because of one guy and one guy only.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Price would be doing just fine if he got just a little help from the defense--and some hitting of course. Price is the man.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Whoops. A 2 run dinger to LF. Time to blame Travis for not trying harder to catch, but never ever blame good old Price, who gives his all and is barely paid a living wage.
  11. Maxbialystock
    I'm sorry, but I think you jumping on the wrong guy. That Oriole did get a hit even if it wasn't a triple, it was probably a double, and the next Oriole singled. In any case, Price has given up 4 earned runs and is unlikely to go beyond the 5th inning. Any intelligent fan would direct his anger at the real culprit in this game.
  12. Maxbialystock
    After giving up that 2 run dinger,Means set down the next 9 Sox in a row.
  13. Maxbialystock
    True. But the next singled. Price seems to think a couple pitches, fast ball and changeup, are plenty for a MLB starter.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Price is back in his groove--2d dinger tonight.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Darn. Too late for me to say Cora is an idiot for playing dipstick Travis. But not too late to say Price is ridiculously overpaid, the two pitch wonder.
  16. Maxbialystock
    I really like WAR because it tries to be comprehensive, but sometimes I find the number for a given player absolutely infuriating--like pointing to Bogaerts as hands down the worst play-every-day defensive SS in recent memory.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Yawning with you. This topic is old and very, very tired.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I said that first, about 2 weeks ago. At that time I think the Sox were 11-2 when Vazquez did not play.
  19. Maxbialystock
    I like most of what you say because I too believe Ortiz and then JDM had a positive effect on the entire lineup. But my impression this year is that there are fewer holes in this year's lineup than last year's. Devers and Bogie have helped immensely, of course, but Mookie ain't exactly chopped liver, nor is JDM. Beni is only 50 points below last year's OPS. Vazquez is at least 200 points above last year's. JBJ until the last week, was hitting awfully well. We're missing Moreland/Pearce, but Chavis has been an adequate fill-in--also at 2B. Hernandez has hit well at 2B, as has Holt. My point is that, when Chavez is catching, it's a pretty good lineup with these nine OPS's: .942(Bogie), .975(Devers), .879(Betts), .871(JDM), .770(Beni), .844(Vazquez), .790(Chavez), .711(JBJ), .850(Holt). And I left out Moreland at .859 and Hernandez at .864. The only bad bats still around are Leon, .527, and Travis, .464.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Fine. It's the baseballs. But the Sox lead MLB in scoring right now with this stupid manager and his terrible lineups. Are you saying that the Sox are the only team allowed to hit these specially juiced baseballs?
  21. Maxbialystock
    This lineup is a disaster of the first order, and Cora is an idiot. Noted. But read on. So far this year the Sox have scored 547 runs, which leads MLB. If they keep up this pace, they will score 913 runs for the season. The last time a MLB team scored more than 913 runs in a season was 2009, when the Yankees scored 915. And, of course, the 2004 Red Sox scored 949 runs. Think you might want to amend your post just a little bit?
  22. Maxbialystock
    Interesting sidebar. The Sox have now played 7 games out of 34 games in 34 days--in the hottest part of the summer. As if those ain't fun enough, after 3 games in Baltimore, the Sox play 14 straight against the Yankees and Rays.
  23. Maxbialystock
    That is exactly the way I see Chris Sale.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Good point. My concern is that this year Sale needs more pitches per inning, which means fewer innings.
  25. Maxbialystock
    No, we need more. But, if this is real, it will have an excellent psychological effect as well. Last year I thought JDM was like the reincarnation of Ortiz and just made everyone (well, not everyone) in the lineup better. From what little I saw, Sale was using three pitches--slider, fast ball, and changeup--and those should be enough for him.
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