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  1. Maxbialystock
    Four innings, 1 run which shouldn't have happened if the real Betts were in RF, and 56 pitches. Fister could go 6. But you can't win if you can't score.
  2. Maxbialystock
    You know, I think Fister just might be best fielder we have in this game. Two very nifty outs.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Morton has a perfect game after 3. Fister, the outcast of talksox, the incredibly maligned starter who for about 6 weeks was our best starter, is the only guy on the team who came to play.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Agreed.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Wrong. It's the only pitching--by a starter--we have seen in the last five days including this one. This guy is a pitcher, not a thrower. The other guys--sadly, including Sale--are more throwers than pitchers. And choke artists (not Sale). Has anyone else besides me also noticed that Fister is conscientious about holding runners on 1b? No other starter does that as well.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Good throw by Betts gets that guy going home. When is the lineup going to show they came to play? Is this how they plan to be in the postseason? Hitless and not so good supporting the pitcher?
  7. Maxbialystock
    Ain't that something? A Sox starter besides Sale who can actually field his position. Shocking.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Bad pitch on the 2-0 count by Fister--a fastball slightly up in the zone which the hitter was clearly looking for.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Morton routinely does what few--Fister may be the exception--of our starters or relievers do. He keeps the ball low in the zone--not all the time, but a lot of the time. That plus the 97 mph fast ball plus the curve plus that nasty splitter (better than a slider or changeup) makes Morton pretty tough. So far, anyway.
  10. Maxbialystock
    By the way, in case no one noticed--and clearly no one else has--Morton so far has shown nasty stuff and very good command of his pitches.
  11. Maxbialystock
    That's 2 scoreless innings. I'll keep rubbing this in at least until the Astros have a big inning--if they do. Why? Because I am the only freaking person on this thread who expressed any confidence whatsoever in Fister.
  12. Maxbialystock
    That, folks, is a pitcher. Yes, he walked a guy and needed 22 pitches and threw a whole lot of fastballs, but boy did he hit some corners and did he use that curve, finally, so well. Even that double was off a decent pitch low in the zone.
  13. Maxbialystock
    I like this lineup--it's basically the guys who bore the burden of this season except for Rajai and Devers. Only 3 lefty bats against righty Morton, but, except for Rajai and Nunez, these are our best hitters. The first four are I believe the best first four (except Nunez) we have had all season even though Betts is now 4th and Bogie 1st. Moreland at 5 and HanRam at 6 are still both capable of doing some damage. Ditto Vazquez and Devers and maybe even Rajai Davis. My real point is that, if these guys are going to make it or not make it, they are they the best we've got right now. I'm even happy that Fister is out there and will be incorrigible if he does well--but also apologetic if he does not.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Yankees win, so no help there, which is fine with me because this is probably the same team we play in the ALDS if we get there. None of our last 4 starters--ERod, Sale, Porcello, Pom--pitched well. Tonight Fister gets a shot and tomorrow night Pom. Time for the rotation to man up. Right now they all look like they are clueless. I do not for one second think any of them has a reason to be tired. Unlike the overwhelming majority of other MLB pitchers this year, ours seem to eschew the notion of keeping the ball low in the zone. it's fine to bring in a high hard one now and then, but not pitch after pitch after pitch. I like Fister because he does understand that--but knowing and doing ain't the same thing. The doing requires excellent control.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Of the bottom 4--ERod, Pom, Porcello, and Fister--the guy whose technique I like the most is Fister. He does not have great stuff, but he does have a variety and, when he is on, he uses it well. ERod and Porcello have better stuff, but normally can't keep the ball low and tend to over rely on their fast ball. Pom has a better curve than anyone, but also can't put it in the right places--ditto his 94-95 mph fast ball. As was the case last night, I see this game as similar to the postseason--must win. If Fister pitches well tonight, he could well become our 4th postseason starter.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Fascinating. Save as last night but that one change--JBJ needs a day off to think things over. To hit or not to hit, that is the question.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Then the expression three days rest is off by 20 hours. Or, in the case of four days rest they take away 20 hours for travel or something. When I look at a starting pitcher's game log, I simply subtract the date of one start from the date of the next, and it is invariably 5 days or 6 days and almost never 4 days. So my numerology makes a lot more sense than the conventional one.
  18. Maxbialystock
    That's not all on Boyer. lousy support from the infield except Pedey.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Why does it seem that almost every starter we face seems to know how to keep the ball low, but none of our guys seem to? I mean, what's the point of using all those shifts when the starter is encouraging the opposing batters to put the ball in the air?
  20. Maxbialystock
    CArlos Pena is now talking about 2007.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Is that Joe West behind the plate? He really screwed Boyer over.
  22. Maxbialystock
    I have closde captions for the NESN feed and think the guys in the booth tonight just want to bs about whatever.
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  24. Maxbialystock
    ERod didn't look tired to me. Too pumped up, more like. He couldn't command his pitches and fell back on fast balls, especially fat ones.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Pretty clear ERod ain't no 2. What a choker in a big game.
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