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5th K

4th K

Panda goes down ,,,, where have I heard that b4

I know it's strategy but I dislike them too ...

K Holliday !!!

uh uh 1b

3rd K?

2nd K

1st K

Yanqui prayerss answered

Pom ... let's shut them down!

Batter UP!!!!

Yes, yes, yes, yes , yessssss

I gotta be mad at someone. Shoot. Farrell, leave Pom in for another inning ... let him prove he needs to be pulled. Taylor isn't up to snuff. Another game lost because Farrell made a stupid decision. I can't even watch anymore. Dadgummit. THis team needs something and quick ... find a field general, find some spark, find something ... ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH! This is OAKLAND that is handing us our arses ..... OAKLAND ....

I stand corrected about Carson Smith, this link indicates he may not be back before July .... http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2017/04/carson_smith_injury_red_sox_re_1.html Snot.

Smith seems closer to return than Thornburg ... the latter is still a total mystery to the medical staff, if I read JF correctly. I agree Hembree sucked ... and I am really not happy with myself for saying so. It goes against my grain to knock a Sock ... but the holes you imply have gone from hidden behind ERAs that don't count the true run count. The 9th inning v the Rays had no errors, just horrid pitching.

7 runs in the top o the 9th ... at this point. Ouch. Add Pom's injury and a tired pen ... the Curse seems to be far too much alive. I know Pom's not a pen guy, but with Stephen not being Wright but out for good this season, we are suddenly very pitching poor. Kimbrell has been outstanding ... but few others are toting the water.

You know that is completely verbotten. Shame on all of you who are being level headed. If the bats keep up what they have been doing the last couple of games in the new outdoors Twinkietown Terra Bowl, I will be glad to dismiss DDs curse, disavow and detract most of the OP ... without erasing the history in Detwah

Good stat presentation - not that it's good we are last. But it does point out Lovullo's aggressiveness. He's making his mark right now and doing it well. I don't hesitate to point out Farrell did quite well in his first year in the big chair. He was considerably more aggressive than Tito had been. (I am and always will be a Tito fan.) By now Farrell is quite safe, in his own mind, IMO. He got the extension. He has an ALE crown from last season. He beat cancer. He had the three horsemen for starters until Price came up lame. He isn't panicking, worried or on the hot seat. I didn't say that the running errors were Farrell's fault. Pedey has run into enough outs over the years with his aggressive play that I expect him to have some each year. I'm not sure if Hanley ought to be trying to steal but if he still likes the idea of having speed ... much better than just dogging it. It's when they are all added up that they seem to be a little unlucky, at best. Season is still young-ish, so I think these mistakes will level out.

Are you actually saying players play and managers manage? Shocking ....

While a huge part of me tends to agree ... EE would have been nice, but the in house favorite is Sam Travis. They expect him to be the slugging first baseman of the near future. That also keeps us under the luxury tax limit and that relieves a huge cost on the immediate horizon. Let's see if Abad can cut down the Twinkies today ... 11-1 ...

A fair presentation, Max. I am completely bewildered at the base running oopses. At first I thought, "Oh well, they are just being aggressive." But very quickly they were running themselves out of scoring opportunities and we all know how dear those moments are - again surprisingly so. Lovullo may be the missing element. We saw the how he helped the young players when Farrell was out for treatment a couple seasons ago. Alas, too late to use his emphasis. I am wondering if there was a certain amount of taking the season for granted in the clubhouse after we traded for Sale. There was about two months for the feeling that the Sox were the next "inevitable" winner. We saw very quickly that the pitching staff wasn't as in shape as usual ... Thornburg went down, Price went down, now Wright is out (I know that isn't necessarily related ... but he was a good part of the planned rotation) ... The focus on Panda seemed to have good results to begin with, but he seems to have fallen off and maybe for good. But there didn't seem to be the same hunger as some years. Were we over-satisfied? I am hoping we get that edge back. I love this team and its potential but we are struggling in fundamentals. It reminds me of the bungling defenses in the '60s. We have good players but the crispness and single-mindedness (focus?) needs to return.

Dadgummit, Mauer only needed one mistake. The BP is quite good, but when the meager offense finally ties it up ... boom ....

Agreed

The way we aren't hitting or scoring right now, the pen needs to have been perfect and they haven't. Some have been ... Wait ... your opinion accepted. Just as long as the Sox aren't DOA.