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  1. Maxbialystock
    You boo birds are all about 20-20 hindsight and of course ignore anything right the manager does--like insert Holt who made a great play and got 2 hits. You also seem not to care what the players do as long as you can blame something on the manager. It's this simple: the Sox just won their 2d straight division title for the first time in their entire history and this year did it without the usual great hitting and despite a near collapse of the rotation. So you can second guess all you want to, but winning managers are keepers. Simple as that.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Baloney. Smith had not given up a run before today. As it turned out, he's lousy pitching in the rain. Price, fortunately, is not.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Actually, no. Pom was clearly running out of gas or the rain bothered him. It was time. It just wasn't time for Smith, but sure was for Price.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Two hits for Holt and a great defensive play. World turned upside down.
  5. Maxbialystock
    For whatever reason, Pom's fast baseball had slowed to about 86mph. Thus that single was a pretty good warning sign. Smith wasn't much help, but Price sure was. Then Reed in the 8th.
  6. Maxbialystock
    You dummy. Next time don't count your chickens too soon--you are responsible for those two Astro runs.
  7. Maxbialystock
    He ain't young in my book, but he is having a helluva season.
  8. Maxbialystock
    I heard that before.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Wow. Just wow. Six scoreless innings on 79 pitches. Today Pom is on his game. And you can bet the Astros want to win to keep a shot at the home field advantage should they get to the ALCS. Assuming we win--still need 9 big outs--it's us vs. these guys, best out of 5. Clearly our first two starters have to be Sale and Pom. After that I'm not sure. I like Fister because, unlike ERod and Porcello, he is a pitcher and not a thrower.
  10. Maxbialystock
    We need 12 big outs--make that 11 big outs--against a good hitting team.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Astros pitching got some more calls, but our guys got the runs. Well done, lineup. Also pretty good D so far. Ain't that nice?
  12. Maxbialystock
    Killer b's back--for now. Plus big hits from HanRam and Devers.
  13. Maxbialystock
    3-0 with 2 on and 1 out in the bottom of the 5th. Still a long way to go, but that lead sure is nice, especially with Pom pitching so well.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Great fifth by Pom. Cool as a cucumber after that walk. Could go 7.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Looks like the knuckle curve came back. OK, long wait for Pom. Hope he's ready for the 5th.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Great rally, but an incredibly stupid at bat by Vazquez who should have waited for the fastball because the knuckle curves were going in the dirt. That's how Han Ram and Devers got their hits--looking for the fast ball.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Just so everyone knows--I am a major complainer about Pom, almost incessantly so. But I ain't blind. He is in fact pitching well. Nothing lucky about those first 4 innings.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Pom is pitching great so far. 58 pitches in 4 innings, so he should go 6. Time for the lineup to man up.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Meh. That called fast ball strike was outside and that knuckle curve is like a slider on steroids--it goes 87 mph and breaks sharply down and away.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Finally, a call for Pom. Ump has no idea where the outside of the plate is. Actually, the inside too for that matter.
  21. Maxbialystock
    My gosh. The ump won't call strikes inside the zone for Pom, but is happy calling them outside the zone for McCullers. I am not talking about pitches on the line. The strike was a couple inches outside and the two balls were both 2 inches inside.
  22. Maxbialystock
    That darn knuckle curve by McCullers is going 87 mph. No wonder it works so well. First hit is by Holt. Go figure.
  23. Maxbialystock
    I beg to differ. He's pitched great so far. The knuckle curve is mostly working and the fast ball is spotted well most of the time. The umpire has now screwed him on two K's--not just strikes not called, but K's which should have happened.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Ump has not screwed Pom twice on good strikes called ball. They were not marginal calls. ********.
  25. Maxbialystock
    That's our Pom. Never, ever ready on a grounder to the right because his pitching motion takes him to his right and away from the ball.
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