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  1. Maxbialystock
    I think that gidp was his hardest hit ball in this series so far, and it wasn't hit that hard.
  2. Maxbialystock
    I like our chances for these reasons. 1. Price has been here. He wasn't very good, but he won't be in shock. 2. His last start was all about working on his changeup, curve, etc. Against Toronto. He gave up 1 run in 5 innings, his best start (run-wise) since August 22). Tonight he will not over-rely on his fast ball as Porcello seemed to do last night. 3. Kluber is very good, but control is usually an issue after a layoff. 4. Sox scored 4 runs last night despite 14 K's and bad nights for Bogaerts and Bradley. 5. Yes, the Guardians have the better bullpen, but it was the Sox bullpen that gave up 0 runs. The Guardians gave up 1 run and may have to use their two best again tonight.
  3. Maxbialystock
    He's been there many times before this year--132 at bats there and his highest OPS, .986.
  4. Maxbialystock
    But last night the Sox scored 4 runs. How was that laid back? The bullpen gave up 0 runs in 3.2 innings. Yes Benintendi was caught off guard, but it was also a daring play by the Guardians baserunner. Yes, Bradley had a couple off line throws, but we have seen them before--he's got a strong but not accurate arm. But the Sox also got a nice DP and at least one excellent play from Ramirez. Meanwhile, Porcello gave up 3 dingers and 5 runs in 4.1 innings and there is absolutely no way he was laid back. He just pitched a terrible game, simple as that.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Was 2010 really Francona's best managing job? Wasn't that the year the Sox won 89 games and finished 6 games behind the Yankees for the wild card? And as for 2011, didn't the Sox have like the worst September ever for a contending team? Weren't they like 7 and 20 in Sep 2011? And, while I entirely agree Beckett was the culprit on the beer and chicken in the clubhouse while games were being played, I have to wonder how that was even possible given all those coaches? As for Valentine, he was perfect for 2012 by making it so easy to fire him and get Farrell for 2013. He was Epstein's first choice anyway. I liked Francona and consistently defended him because we had some real idiots on BDC who truly believed that all losses are managerial failures of one kind or another--and never ever the fault of the players. It was claimed on BDC that good managers know how to put players in situations where they can excel. When they don't, it's on the managers.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely. Porcello's the best pitcher in the AL and a sure-fire Cy Young winner. Who cares if he gave up 3 dingers and 5 runs in 4.1 innings?
  7. Maxbialystock
    I would have too, except for one thing. Tazawa is nothing when that forkball isn't working, and, unlike Uehara's splitter, he can't be sure it will work.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Exactly. Last night was entirely on Porcello and no one else. If he gets the Cy Young, it will be a travesty.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Meh. He also made two bad throws from centerfield that didn't help in preventing two runners from scoring. And didn't he go hitless with three K's?
  10. Maxbialystock
    I ranted myself about losing 5 out of the last 6, but remembered the Sox had the best record in the AL and maybe in MLB for the month of September and that the Sox played an awful lot of road games and consecutive games in both August and September. So I decided the Sox should be all right against Cleveland. And they were just fine against Cleveland except for Porcello pitching an absolutely terrible game. He gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings, but our bullpen gave up 0 runs in 3.2 innings. The Sox scored 4 earned runs which should have been enough to win.
  11. Maxbialystock
    What losing with Porcello? Porcello was absent last night and replaced by a someone who loves throwing gopher balls. The Sox were lucky he only gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings. If the putative Cy Young candidate had showed up, the Sox would have won. The bullpen went 3.2 innings and gave up 0 runs. The offense, while not great, produced 4 runs. Last night was entirely on Porcello.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Nearly perfect? We didn't need that,but did need Porcello to pitch his average game. Instead he gave up 5 runs and 3 dingers in 4.1 innings. Porcello was awful.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Porcello swooned, pure and simple. 5 runs and 3 dingers in 4.1 innings.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Could not agree more this is on Porcello. The Guardians for the most part sat on his fastball. I remember excoriating Moncada because he can't hit the curve, but there's a couple of others who have problems with a curve, especially a good one.
  15. Maxbialystock
    This series could be over before it gets started because Price to date has never been a money pitcher in the playoffs.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Three dingers, all off fastballs, and Porcello is in shock.
  17. Maxbialystock
    I said that before the dinger. Porcello is clearly over-relying on his fastball, which ain't all that great anyway.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I have my doubts about Porcello. I don't think 2 runs will win this thing.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Actually, his arm isn't all that accurate. Every so often he will make a great, dead-on throw, but mostly he is off target when going home.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Porcello let those K's in the first inning go to his head and here in the second threw nothing but fastballs to give up the hard double and hard hit single. Now, finally, he is mixing in a breaking ball or two.
  21. Maxbialystock
    MLB has easily the largest attendance of all professional sports in the USA and probably the largest TV audience for the same reason. Every team plays an unreal 162 games in pretty big ball parks. Unlike the NFL, they don't have the concussion issue. The NBA is the only one of the three that is truly international, but MLB still gets the bigger crowds in the USA. I honestly don't see how MLB is broken.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Can the playoff roster be adjusted after the ALDS and/or ALCS? I ask because the Guardians don't have many lefty pitchers--no starters and maybe 2 relievers. Consequently, I would probably favor lefty bats among the last 1 or 2 Sox slots. I think most everyone agrees with 4 starters and 7 relievers--11 pitchers overall. Plus 4 outfielders (Young, Benintendi, JBJ, and Betts), 2 catchers (Leon and one of Vazquez, Holoday, Hanigan--I favor Vazquez), and 1 DH (Ortiz). That leaves 6 infielders: Bogaerts, Pedroia, Ramirez, and 3 among Holt, Shaw, Hill, and Hernandez. Worth noting is that all three regular infielders hit from the right side. Of the four remaining, three--Shaw, Holt, and Hernandez--hit from the left side and Hill is the only righty hitter. I think Holt is in because of his versatility in the field. I think Shaw is too despite his 2d half struggles at the plate. Hill could be the final pick because of his experience and the fact that he is a righty hitter. And Hernandez could be the pick because he hits from the left side, has a higher OPS than Hill, and is more versatile than Hill.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Meh. I think it will again boil down to pitching as it did in 2013 when the Sox ERA in the postseason was 2.00. I think Lester and Lackey in 2013 were better than Porcello and Price in 2016, but I like ERod and Buchholz now more than Buchholz and Peavy then. That Uehara was better than this one, but I like this bullpen if Kimbrel can get his head out of his ass. As for competition, I think the Tigers of 2013 were better than anyone we face in the AL this year. Losing 5 of the last 6 does bother me, so right now I am listening to the optimists who say the 3 days off this week will wipe that out. First two are in Cleveland with perfect baseball weather.
  24. Maxbialystock
    While I'm sympathetic to the view the Sox are in trouble, I have difficulty putting that all on Farrell. The real problem in 4 of the 5 losses is that either Price blew it--the loss to the Yankees, or the bullpen did it--both losses to the Jays and one loss to the Yankees. In one game, granted, he put it a subpar lineup, but that was right after clinching the ALE and was understandable. The simple fact is that the hitting--even with the "good guys" in the lineup--is fading and the bullpen is fading even faster and the Sox don't have the great starters to make up the difference. This especially applies to the bottom half of the order and specifically to JBJ and Leon.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. Thanks for providing it. This is the 2d time we've seen this, putting Holt way up in 2d place to get a lefty bat in there early and a total of 5 in the lineup against a lefty starter. The one thing I don't like about this lineup is HanRam following Ortiz, which makes it way too easy for the Jays to give Ortiz and IBB or simply to pitch carefully (and walk him anyway). Ramirez caught fire in September, but has cooled off. If you are a righty with a good slider, you own HanRam.
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