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  1. Maxbialystock
    I disagree with almost all criticism of specific decisions by Farrell, but do believe that any manager can be fired if the front office thinks the team is under performing. Of course, with Lovullo now in in Arizona, finding a new manager on, say, June 1 might be tricky if you think managers make a difference. That the Sox are just 4 games out and still 1 game over .500 are in Farrell's favor for now. As bad as the 9th was yesterday, I honestly don't think it cost the Sox the game because they had scored just 2 runs in 8 innings and were 2 for 11 with RISP, a familiar malady in 2017. Our first six hitters were 3 for 22. If these guys could hit, this was a winnable game, and it would be dead wrong to blame the bullpen. Remember, Pomeranz only lasted 3 innings, giving up 2. Then the bullpen went 5, giving up 2 more. Give the Sox a 5-4 lead going into the 9th, and Kimbrel gets another save.
  2. Maxbialystock
    my NOAA map says the bad stuff has moved thru--the same stuff that forced the schedule change to yesterday afternoon vs. last night--and chances are good to get this one in. shout out to my mom julie, mother of six, and my wife joan, ditto.
  3. Maxbialystock
    3d thru 6th hitters--bogie, beni, young, and moreland--were hitless yesterday but the Sox still scored 6. bogie ended his 15 game hitting streak. the big switch is betts getting super hot and replacing beni as the hitting stats leader. mookie now leads the Sox in total bases, dingers, rbi's, OPS (.923!!), and his 2d in runs scored. bogie has the highest BA and OBP.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Off day tomorrow--ditto last Monday. No need to save the bullpen. Must win home game against a weak road team. Yesterday the bottom half of the order had more hits, 4 to 3, than the top half and scored 4 of the 6 runs. Bradley, also know as the wreck of the hesperus, had 2 of those hits. Are the titanic Sox not going down--105 years and about a month after the other one--after all? Will John "what icebergs, I don't see no stinkin icebergs" Farrell make still one more perilous journey thru an entire MLB season safely? Stay tuned . . .
  5. Maxbialystock
    Andriese vs. Pomeranz, Sox need this one. Another afternoon game dodging the storm.
  6. Maxbialystock
    aptly said
  7. Maxbialystock
    Surprising win to me, especially after Sale gave up his 2d dinger in the 5th. He's learned the key to winning--don't hold the other team to 1 run. Another surprise--Sox get 6 runs on 7 hits, only hit into one GIDP, and were 2 for 5 with RISP.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Marrero took away a hit.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Lefty Snell vs. lefty Sale, hoping to beat the weather. Betts Pedroia Bogaerts Benintendi Young Moreland Leon Bradley Marrero We're almost to mid-May, the Sox are 1 game over .500, and Farrell's job could be in peril if the downward trend continues into June. g
  10. Maxbialystock
    too true
  11. Maxbialystock
    Just a miserable performance by the infield including Leon. Don't forget that one of those singles was actually a groundout that Rutledge simply refused to get rid of. One hit so far, a pissy single by Bogaerts. No Sox has failed to get a hit so far with RISP simply because no one has so far been in scoring position.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Maybe not. Young so far this year has a higher OPS against righties than does Moreland. Plus I think Farrell likes to alternate righty and left bats and Beni is hitting cleanup.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Maybe we are citing the wrong stats about this game. Try this one: so far this season mvp78 is 4-2, plus he just prevented a sweep by the Brewers. So who the heck cares about the starters and/or lineups? We got us an mvp, and I'll bet the Rays have nothing--not even a game thread.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Very crafty. Sneaky even. Porcello has 7 starts, 6 of them quality and in none of those 6 did he give up more than 1 dinger. In the 7th, a disaster, he gave up 4 dingers.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Meh. I would maybe bat Moreland 5th and Young 6th or later, but otherwise it looks OK to me. I believe the big lineup switch--moving Betts to 1st, Bogie to 3d, and Beni to 4th--has really helped the top part of the lineup, but 5 thru 9 have been gawdawful. Based on that alone, I really don't care who bats where, 5th thru 9th. In fact, maybe Farrell should make Young bat lefty, Moreland bat righty, Rutledge lefty, Bradley righty, and Sandy Leon maybe hit from the middle of the plate. Stats on Cobb say lefty bats have an .887 OPS against him and righty bats .690.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Here in the DC areas it's raining, but my NOAA map says it's clear in Boston. True? my mlb app says Porcello's ERA for his last 4 starts is 1.69. Great. But Cobb went 8 giving up 2 against the Jays on Sunday. Rays and Sox are about even in runs scored per game. A month ago the Sox took 3 of 4 from the Rays at Fenway. Sox and Rays both have winning records at home and losing records on the road. I think we need to get at least 2 wins in this series.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Why is it always the manager's responsibility to prevent the GIDP and never the player's?
  18. Maxbialystock
    Other Sox pitchers, please take note. Rodriguez actually ran to cover 1B on a grounder to the right side, caught the flip, and got the baserunner out! Try it some time.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Three innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 GIDP, and 0-4 with RISP for our guys. Oh, and the run was unearned. About par for the course.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Fascinating. Thanks. Last night I was certain that Milwaukee has a much better infield than the Sox. The handled three GIDP's flawlessly. We should have had two, but Pedroia was, I think, slow on the other and the batter beat the throw (by Bogaerts) to 1B. Nevertheless, the Brewers are right up there on the s*** list not far below the Sox. We have 56 misplays, they have 52. So I'm not so sure about the validity of that chart. However, I am pretty sure that our infield defense, including catcher, is not very good. Too many errors. Not much range.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Kendrick is what he is, but tonight he pitched way better than last time while his teammates did everything in their power to make things worse. Herewith a short list-- 1 for 11 with RISP. Pedroia gets a perfect double play ball, and takes so long to get it to Bogaerts, there is no chance for two especially with how slow Bogaerts is at turning the ball around toward 1B. Vazquez makes a horrible throw to 2B to make sure the guy on 2b can score and the guy on 1b gets to 3b. Hembree gives up the single to ensure one more run is charged to Kendrick. Another GIDP by our guys, what else? b
  22. Maxbialystock
    After 3 innings at bat the Sox are 0 for 6 with RISP. Sound familiar?
  23. Maxbialystock
    I find the assertion that the standings are irrelevant laughable because I can guarantee that, were the Sox in first place by 5 games right now there would be lots of crowing. Oh, nobody would claim the season was over and all would insist it's still a marathon, but nobody would be saying, "this isn't the right. A losing streak is right around the corner because our hitting and pitching aren't this good."
  24. Maxbialystock
    Clearly, management read my post and decided to send JBJ out there tonight to take another shot. For the record, when JBJ finally started hitting in August 2015, I was astounded. I had no objection to giving him additional shots in Boston because of his defense, but didn't think he would hit. And right now I favor giving him a shot only because he still has some skills.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Sox now 4.5 back of the Yankees and 5 back of the Orioles. Hitting seems to be coming back, but Pomeranz and Kendrick can fix that easily enough.
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