Maxbialystock
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I always thought the Yankees were good for the wild card. Are you confident that can't take the AL East? Are you fine with the Sox as a wild card?
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You're the one who is not looking. We know the Sox still have the lead, but the Yankees are now back in it when all we had to do was split. Worse, our pitching now looks suspect, and our hitting remains so. Some of us actually thought the good guys would get past the ALDS This year. Do you think that right now?
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Wilted my ass. He had the third out or at least a 1-2 count if the umpire calls those balls strikes, which they were. That would have ended the inning with no runs scored. Don't believe me, the announcers agree those were both bad calls. The message from the ump was clear as crystal. Throw in the middle of the zone or expect a ball to be called. That one at bat was a travesty and proof that bad ball and strike calls can change a game. I think the Yankees probably win without those bad calls, but it still grates and I almost always defend umps. What torques me is that Reed pitched great in a very tough situatuion, and the ump took his strong suit--the ability to hit corners with the bases loaded--away from. It wasn't just once, it was twice.
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Welcome back. Care to defend your favorite umpire now or haven't you been watching?
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That Yankee hit and 4thnrun are directly attributable to a lousy home plate umpire.
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The espn announcers agree with Farrell and Leon.
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All due respect to our ump defenders, but Leon and Farrell are right.
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Thank you Leon for speaking up. That was a great slider by Reed--ball 1.
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This is a big game and time for the real Sox baseball players to show up. Like Reed.
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Scott has nerves of putty. He is not a man for tough times whatever his ERA. He walked Gardner after going ahead 0-2 and none of those 4 balls were even close.
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I told you.
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Just turn the sound off. Mine is.
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I would leave Kelly in. He's actually pitching well, and to me Scott ain't that reliable.
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Finally a darn curve. Why did Leon wait so long?
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Good pitch, but not to this ump.
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Pedey, Devers and HanRam in the 7h, but first Kelly needs to get us there.
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He fouled off a whole bunch
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Ok, that's 1. Plus guys hit the ball hard for a change. I'm feeling a faint pulse, doctor.
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Ok, I'm wrong. Way not to be aggressive, Nunez!
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Yankees love between pitch conferences.
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Nunez fell asleep. He could have scored.
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Last thoughts on Sale. I think he is a great competitor, but I also think he simply does not make in game adjustments--maybe because he can't. I also think that while his pretty good moving the ball from side to side in the zone, he is far less good at going up and down in the zone, especially down. That's why those two sliders were hit hard--they were up (still below the middle, but up).
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While you watch this series and perhaps think about it, ask yourself how well the Guardians would have done in the same 4 games. I would argue they would have taken 3 as well. It's September and right now this team doesn't look like it's ready for October and that's assuming they even get there.
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That pitch count--96 for Sale and 56 by Severino--speaks volumes because it underscores how much Sale has struggled, and that started before the dingers.
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The bad news is Sale can only go 1 more inning. That's also the good news. To me this is a pretty big game because the Sox are inviting the Yankees back into the AL East race. Actually, the Yankees have earned every win in this series. Losing 3 of 4 (and I sure hope I'm wrong about that) to the Yankees also underscores how weak our hitting is, and it also suggests that maybe rotation ain't so hot either. Only Fister pitched well.