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  1. Maxbialystock
    Bogie, Pedey, Beni, and Betts have all been up three times against this guy and remain hitless.
  2. Maxbialystock
    No help from the defense. Or the offense. But let's blame it all on Fister and the manager.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Great stuff. I too look at those ERA and WAR rankings of individual pitchers and agree those numbers are meaningful. Quite another story on the hitting side, where the Sox have just one guy, Betts, in the top 40 of AL hitters as measured by OPS or WAR (not OWAR). Thanks to his fielding prowess, he is 5th in the AL in WAR, but only 36th in OPS. A year ago we had 6 of the top 40 AL hitters in individual OPS: Ortiz, Betts, HanRam, JBJ, Pedey, and Bogie. This precipitous drop must be because JF does not know how to do lineups.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Meh. This ain't a June swoon we're seeing right now, not when the Sox are 8-2 in their last 10 and 7 of 8 on their final road trip. The monkey is on the Yankees back, not ours. You sound almost accusatory when you say, "JF had Young and Holt in the game and we lucky . . ." Do you honestly think he was resting Pedey and Betts because he doesn't want to win or that maybe he thought they were tired? And what was lucky about Moreland's dinger batting cleanup where he has batted a big chunk of the season? Yes, pitching has been vital and very good, but it too has had its ups and downs what with Porcello and Fister both struggling to get out of the first inning unscathed. Not too long ago ERod had the same problem. The first inning!!! That's pretty darn hard to manage around even in September with the presumed deep bullpen.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Actually, you've been more on the money than most of the rest of us. You and Kimmi.
  6. Maxbialystock
    First two starters, Price and Porcello, killed us last year, simple as that.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Five per league means the top third of teams get to the postseason, no biggie. Better, playing that one wild card game puts those teams at a disadvantage as they should be. Then the Division Series can go on with 4 teams from each league and naturally progress to 2 teams from each league then 2 in the WS. To me the real point of adding the 5th team and second wild card team was to give the Division winners an advantage which is as i should be. Adding the first wild card team years ago was a necessity when each league went to three divisions.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Really a well played game all around. The 4 run rally in the 4th came from great hitting, not a bunch of walks. Some nice plays including the tag by Bogaerts on the overslide at 2b and the neat double play to end the game--very smart start to it by Moreland. Note to moonslav: did you notice how the distributed lineup did not hurt at all and just maybe did some good? I'm not saying Devers should never move up, only that he can do damage batting 7th.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Farrell managed the pitching beautifully tonight, leaving first Porcello in just long enough but not too long.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Good for you--tonight your confidence was completely justified despite the first inning. The Sox played tough the rest of the game and scored 4 big ones in the 4th to win 5-4. Great bullpen tonight led by Price.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Note the dearth of comments on Farrell leaving Porcello in to pitch three scoreless innings. Of course not. He deserves no positive comments because he is irremediably stupid.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I suspect that Porcello's at bat was entirely due to Devers 3 run dinger.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Devers very impressive with a double to left and a diner to right.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Romano bitten by the Porcello bug--can't keep the ball low.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Porcello K on a fastball down the middle.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Porcello now has thrown more balls than strikes. Putz.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Vaunted Sox lineup being mowed down by a rookie who actually got screwed on at least two strikes he threw in the first inning. Otherwise, no runs.
  18. Maxbialystock
    You are right. Not DD.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Whew. Great throw by Leon and better tag by Bogie. And Devers actually got the easy out.
  20. Maxbialystock
    All Porcello seems able to do now is throw that stupid 91 mph fastball.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Was Porcello a DD acquisition with that hefty contract?
  22. Maxbialystock
    Devers continues to play like a 20 year old over sliding 2b when he could see the throw and the base in his field of view.
  23. Maxbialystock
    The big difference between the experienced Porcello and the 23 year old Romano is the latter has figured out how to keep the ball low in the zone and Porcello simply prefers to keep all pitches up in the zone. And neither the pitching coach nor the manager seems able to change him.
  24. Maxbialystock
    first inning suggests you are over confident.
  25. Maxbialystock
    A nice reminder we are in a NL ballpark without our DH. The Reds have been fine without one all year long--hitting wise. NL pitchers and catchers are always aware of that "free out" down there at the bottom. Porcello/Vazquez may or may not be. Porcello looked pretty darn good is last time out, plus our bullpen is rested. Pitching advantage to us. I'm not sure our hitting will find Romano a pushover given that he just went 8 shutout innings against the Pirates six days ago. I think those are in fact our 8 best bats right now and the order seems fine. But .. . The Reds are 5-5 in their last ten and 39-39 at home this year. They only stink on the road. The good news is the Jays are also 5-5 in their last 10 and are 40-38 at home--vs. the Yankees tonight. Before the Orioles series I figured we and the Yankees would both go 2-1, but in fact both went 3-0. Good for us. Against the Red we are going with Porcello, ERod, and Fister, so I will be fine once again with 2-1 and hope the Jays can take one from the Yankees.
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