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The ONLY sliver of hope here for him lies in the fact (and I actually thought about this during that inning) that since the team already knew they had clinched, there might have been a sense of "let's get this game done so we can party" type thing that got in the way of his focus--like a closer pitching in a blowout because he needs work, and getting lit up. If we're lucky, that's all it was.
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I want the Sox to win as much as anyone, but brinkmanship in a closer ultimately never works. Eventually he'll blow a fatal game that he or the team never fully recovers from.
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....and don't even get me started on Price, he's just as bad when the moment is big. He "chocked" in 2013, did it again a year or two later with Toronto, and I don't trust him now. He'll probably get shelled his first playoff game. No way I start him in game one, no way.
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EXACTLY! Bulls eye. I could not have said it better. I said in my OP that his wildness (meaning brinkmanship) is what I don't trust about him. Now it can be in his head. Has he had a bigger moment with this team? Clinching the ALE on the YS mound? No. That could not have been any worse of a red flag. If I was John Farrell, I'd have done what Belichick would have done, and gone into the clubhouse to rip them a new one. Put the bottles down til you accomplish something on the field. 2013 this ain't, just picture that team blowing this game in that situation.
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Look at the last two nights. Last night was a moderately lame eye roller, but tonight was inexcusable. You put your closer on the mound knowing three outs = a division chamionship, knowing the immense symbolism of slamming the door and celebrating an ALE crowning at Yankee stadium, and what does he do? Walks the first four batters he faces, followed by a star studded exhibition by the ex-Cardinal to finish it. Either the moment was too big for Kimbrell, or he got carried away with his emotions and was over-pumped. I do not trust this guy, nor do I trust David Price. I called Price a "chocker" (BDC posters will understand) in 2013, and I still feel that way, he has choked in big games before. Kimbrell is too wild, and tends to have let downs at exactly the wrong moment. Eleven straight wins was nice, but I still don't trust this team, I just don't, they are just as likely to lose 4-5 in a row now as they were to win 4-5.
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Did you guys see this on MLBN? Scully calls the walk off HR to clinch the West for the Dodgers, then proceeds to address the crowd about how much they had done for him over the years, and plays a version of Wind Beneath My Wings that Vin himself had sung and recorded as he stood there with his wife. First of all I didn't know he could sing, but secondly, how neat. That was one of the neatest things I've ever seen in a baseball game, that was amazing.
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I hope this was simply an accident, and that drugs and booze were not involved. He's gone either way, and that's bad enough without having to hear all the other like that kid from the Cardinals a couple years back.
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Unbelievable. Never saw this coming, thoughts and prayers to his team and family.
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We are 4-2 against Cleveland. Check! We are 3-3 against Texas, who has the tiebreaker there? I forget the secondary criteria. I never thought we'd catch Texas, no chance at all, and here we sit 1 game back with 8 to play. While I don't think we need HFA, it'd be a shame to come this close and not finish it. The only down side is we had to win 9 straight to get here, and that's bound to end eventually.
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Hahaha....now THAT is the kind of thing I want to see. Now show me some consistency and I might beleive. That was a much needed win tonight.
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And again, righ on cue it's the same tired story. They fall behind in the early to mid innings, and never come back. Whoever scores first in a Sox game wins, that's about it.
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As I said above, no one scares me except the Red Sox themselves. This team has the sense of an underachiever.
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Yeah, the May one I remember, don't the other one. But we are -3 in walk offs.
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As far as I can remember, there has only been one walk off win. It was on a Sunday in May I think. It was the game where Papi tied it with a double to center in the 9th, and then hit almost an exact duplicate double to win it in the tenth or eleventh. I can't think of any other. By this time in 2013, there were what, 11? Or was it 8? Either way it was a lot.
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LOL...what bugs me about this team is not its potential or its talent, it's just the consistency. You just never know what you're going to get from night to night. And the other thing is the lack of late comeback wins (2013 was vintage as it should be) and the inability to win consistently in close games. Those are both huge red flags when it comes to the postseason. I don't have hard numbers, but I'd be willing to bet that in 3/4 of Red Sox games, whoever scores first wins--no matter which team it is. Too many of their wins are by blowout, and too many losses are close games.
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Yeah, I was thinking the other day that there was no one I was afraid of. I'd like home field though, at least in the divisional round. Don't like our chances of passing Texas, so someone would have to beat them if we can get past Cleveland (and hang on to the East?)
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I'll confess, I've never believed in this team, and God knows I've tried. In 2013, that team had greatness stamped on it from opening day. Right away you knew, there was something different. This team? I've never been able to figure out, and every time I've ever had that in my life with my teams in any sport I've followed, they have not won. Every time I start to believe they've settled in, they pull what they've pulled the last two days, every time this year without fail. I could see this team falling completely out of the playoffs, winning the whole thing or anything in between, you just can't tell. And usually when you can't tell, you lose. Anyone else feel this way, or am I just a gloom and doomer?
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Yeah, I've been lax. It's been tough to work up the old 2013 magic we had in the forum back at good ole BDC. Anyone know where J-Bay is? I even miss Pike a LITTLE. Lol. Plus it's depressing to have to start over again when I had 20k posts in there. But yeah, I've seen enough NFL non contact injuries that I wasn't concerned about him blowing it up as much as disappointed we won't see him for a few weeks. I like watching that kid play.
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.....which is about what I figured after watching the play. http://www.overthemonster.com/2016/8/26/12663450/andrew-benintendi-suffers-no-structural-damage-in-knee
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He was a solid hitter with the Reds, hasn't been the same since he left Cincy.
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Second or third place unless they fix some of these problems, especially the pitching.
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Does Anyone Remember Their First Major League Game?
Examiner replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
That simulation and box score describes the last HR by Larkin going to cf/rc, but I seem to remember it going to straight away right on a line, and just clearing the wall. -
Does Anyone Remember Their First Major League Game?
Examiner replied to bosoxmal's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
June 28,1991--Riverfront Stadium with my dad. Reds 8, Astros 5. Barry Larkin hit three HR that night, including back to back once with Eric Davis after hitting two HR the day before against SD. It was Mookie-like. Will never forget it, that place was rocking. I'd love to come up with a copy of that game somewhere, I'm sure it exists, but have no clue how to get it. -
Awesome. 24 runs in the last two games. This team is cooked if something isn't done, and fast.
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James Shields?
