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  1. Maxbialystock
    Strike zone is as tight as andronicus.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Skillfully done, Nunez! Fantastic placement!
  3. Maxbialystock
    Six nice outs.
  4. Maxbialystock
    So simple, so effortless. Just wait and poke it to right. Nice.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Credit to Grey--6 straight fast balls and a pop out from Mookie.
  6. Maxbialystock
    So far, so good.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Porcello looked pretty good last time out and has an ERA of 2.84. The lineup has scored 3, 10, 8, 14, and 7 runs in their five games at Fenway so far. Could they be coming around? The game thread from last night has a lengthy discussion about whether Cora should have pinch hit with Leon in the 9th--I love it! We were down 10-6 and the Yankees had their monster closer Chapman out there, but doggone if JBJ and Vazquez didn't lead off with a single and a double--men on 2d and 3d and no one out when Leon pinch hit for Holt. Also, Holt got spiked and Austin got plunked--about right.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Gray vs. Porcello, both righties. Cora going with-- Betts RF Benintendi LF Ramirez 1B Martinez DH Devers 3B Nunez 2B Bradley CF Leon C Holt SS
  9. Maxbialystock
    Thanks, Bellhorn. Solid commentary from Abraham and on both incidents. He could well be right that Farrell mishandled it last year and Cora did it right this year.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Meh. I had gone to bed, but looked at the game summary today and saw that Leon made a fly out for out #1. The next two guys were Betts and Devers who both struck out to end the game. Cora could maybe have done better than using Leon, but the real problem with the 9th was two of our best hitters. And the real problem with the game was the pitching. This was simply not our night. That said, it's still kind of neat that there was still another 9th inning rally and that we are arguing about who should have pinch hit. Most of us think the Sox have been kind of lucky thus far, but I think the spark in this year's model is real. Moonslav says guys aren't injured this year. Others say JD is a plus. Whatever the cause, it sure is fun. So far the only real problem I have with this team is my own habit of deserting when things go bad.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Thanks, Bellhorn. How soon I forget.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I'm against plunking hitters, but I also think that slide was intended to injure Holt. Austin and his manager called it a good hard slide and it would appear MLB (the umps) will agree. It was all Holt's fault for actually putting his foot/feet on 2b to get the runner out on a force play. I believe Machado did something exactly like that last year to basically end Pedroia's season if not his career.
  13. Maxbialystock
    All three good points. Cora gets credit for the first and probably DD for the second and third and the addition of JDM.
  14. Maxbialystock
    I said the same thing in the game thread. Because it happened spur of the moment, I can using a short reliever for the 2d, but Johnson or Velazquez should have gone 4 or 5 innings. This is the 2d game of 13 games without a day off for bullpen recovery. On top of that, Cora has a pitching coach who should also be focused on both the rest of the game (8 more innings after Price left) and on the 11 games to follow before a break. I suppose the good news is that a new manager should be allowed to make early mistakes. Let's hope he is learning. I worry a little because he might still be focused on the two bench-clearing episodes and what might be ahead as a result.
  15. Maxbialystock
    MLB at its best. Testerone uber alles.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Why no long reliever when Cora has 2 of them?
  17. Maxbialystock
    As for Cora, I have to wonder why neither Johnson nor Velazquez has been used. Both should be good long relievers and only one can start against the Orioles.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Tanaka had 2 outs and an 8-2 lead when the grand slam occurred. Absolutely not time to warm someone else. Plus it was Tanaka on the mound with struggling JD coming to the plate.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Yankees fans may be pissed at their manager, but I'm sympathetic. Those 4 runs all came with two outs and fairly suddenly. No time to warm someone up, especially with a 6 run lead and a pretty darn good pitcher on the mound and a struggling JD coming up.
  20. Maxbialystock
    What is it about Devers that makes him absolutely refuse to take a pass? Especially on a 3-1 count?
  21. Maxbialystock
    Clever. It took me a moment to get it. 60% for a whole season translates to 97 wins, which the Sox have done just twice in the John Henry era. We all know it's a long season and realize that 9-1, while great in itself, doesn't guarantee a great season. Thus your "realistic view" thread is a chance to look at how and why we won those 9 games and to decipher how predictive they are. You have commented on HanRam and others, but to me the most amazing aspect of those 10 games is the pitching and especially the rotation. Even ERod's 3 runs in 3.2 innings (and over 90 pitches) wasn't terrible. And the other 9 starts, including game 1 which we lost, were fantastic--at least, to me. After 10 games we have the 3d best ERA, 2.53, in MLB. When was the last time we did that in the regular season? I'm pretty sure we did that in the 2013 postseason, but usually our pitching lags well behind our hitting.
  22. Maxbialystock
    So that's our winning formula--you weren't watching. A Yankee fan in our office and a very good guy, so today's chat was brief with no gloating. Actually, he's the one guy I enjoy talking baseball with because we know a lot about each other's teams.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Any Sox player who gets a hit in the 8th should be fined.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Orioles had men on 2d and 3d in the bottom of the 8th with the score tied 1-1 and no one out. Final score? 2-1 Jays.
  25. Maxbialystock
    This game is going to last 4 hours without going to extra innings--and in the cold too. Ain't MLB grand?
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