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  1. Maxbialystock
    Actually, the team's record is the measuring stick for all MLB managers. You win, you stay. You lose, you're gone. You can also be gone when you win if the FO thinks the team under performed. Managers are hired to be fired, and I frankly think that's fair. As for Cora, he has been quite different from Farrell, so it's hard not to give him credit because almost all the same guys are back this year. JD is the one real addition, and one guy can't do it all, nor has he. Plus, as moonslav reminds us, the players aren't playing hurt this year. Bogie and Pedey are on the DL and that hasn't seemed to hurt. The Sox have the best record and the the best run differential in MLB. The players did that, but Cora sure as heck hasn't hurt and probably has helped.
  2. Maxbialystock
    You da man!
  3. Maxbialystock
    Bring back Saltalamacchia.
  4. Maxbialystock
    A700hitter is right that it was it was not a great play/throw by Granderson, but it was a good play: he did come in on the single and fielded it cleanly and released it fairly quickly. His forward momentum helped make it a strong throw, but the throw was actually off-line, but on the 3B side, which worked well. I like SoxnCycles saying it makes sense to gamble late in a road game. While Mookie's OBP is humoungous this season, it wasn't last night, so no guarantee he gets Nunez home even though a walk would do it.
  5. Maxbialystock
    S5dewey and moonslav make some good points. I was mad on the game thread because that's the right place to get mad plus Nunez was out by a mile plus holding Nunez at 3b would have kept the bases loaded and put even more pressure on the Jays pitcher(s), especially with Betts (who had a bad night at the plate) coming to bat. I do think Cora has done a good job.
  6. Maxbialystock
    It seemed very logical to me. It would have been criminal not to use Kimbrel at all, which you seem to favor if the Sox don't get the go ahead run in the top of an extra inning.
  7. Maxbialystock
    You betcha. And I beat him up early in the game but later retracted. He is looking really good and it ain't no fluke.
  8. Maxbialystock
    I agree Cora is blameless. The fault lay with the lineup despite the semi-miraculous 2 runs to tie in the 9th. And our invincible closer gave up the game-winning dinger in the 10th. The players lost this game. Plus I don't like the 3B coach.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Mookie doesn't have to hit to his average to bring the runner home. A WP or a BB does it. With the bases loaded and the game tied, the pressure is much more on the pitcher than the batter. Granderson was playing in as he should have been. All he had to do was field the ball cleanly. After that it was a short throw not requiring a strong arm.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Cora didn't send him, the 3d base coach did. I agree the normal call would be send him, but the 3B coach could see the play and how slow Nunez was getting around 3B. In the event, Nunez was out by a big margin. It did not take a perfect throw especially with a slow runner like Nunez.
  11. Maxbialystock
    So much for the Kimbrel is invincible theory. Sending Nunez home in the 9th was costly.
  12. Maxbialystock
    OK. The real Sox showed up in the 9th and amazed us yet again. Nunez had no chance to score because he's slow and the ball was hard hit and the 3B coach was not paying attention. Great 9th!!!!!
  13. Maxbialystock
    My one criticism of Cora tonight might be starting four lefty bats and Leon, who is hitless as a righty this year, against a righty starter. As it turned out, one lefty bat had 2 or our 5 hits and our only double.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Horrible game for the lineup. HanRam and Holt each had 2 hits. The other 7 guys had one flaky single and 11 K's among them. JD and Mookie each had 2 K's and no hits.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I think Happ was excellent tonight. Average or not, he was throwing good pitches. Betts and JD are pretty good, experienced hitters and they looked pretty bad tonight. That's good pitching.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Good job by Porcello. Not so good by our lineup. So far.
  17. Maxbialystock
    You haven't. My point is that Happ is the problem, not Beni. If Mookie is having a problem, then the pitcher is probably having a good night.
  18. Maxbialystock
    He ain't no more overrated than JD, who stinks tonight, righty vs. lefty. JD is the one getting the big bucks, not Beni.
  19. Maxbialystock
    That's all right. Great double by Holt and huge single, hard hit, by Hanley Ramirez. 3-1. More than that, hope.
  20. Maxbialystock
    OK. Whoever defended Porcello was right and I was wrong. He had some bad luck and certainly has not been hit hard. Now he is cruising. But will the hitting turn around? In our lifetimes?
  21. Maxbialystock
    So far Happ is doing what Manaea did in his no-no--but for that very fluky single to the 2b. This is now three straight games when the bats have gone to sleep and I mean all of them.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Now JD is putty in Happ's hands. Horrible at bat.
  23. Maxbialystock
    That's twice Beni has K'd on the high inside fastball. He is putty in Happ's hands. A roast to be carved up.
  24. Maxbialystock
    And you think Betts has done better tonight? It ain't Leon that's the problem. It's Happ, at least so far. Plus credit to Porcello for stinking things up.
  25. Maxbialystock
    6 fastballs and he made fool of Betts, easily our best hitter.
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