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  1. illinoisredsox
    I’d have Swihart hit for Leon this inning and catch the 9th.
  2. illinoisredsox
    With the score now 8-0, manager me brings in a couple of backenders to finish up. Workman and Scott come to mind.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Okay all you arm chair managers. Do you send Porcello out for the 8th? He’s at 98 pitches. If not, who are you bringing in? Call it ahead of time. I do bring him back because it’s been an easy 98 pitches since the second inning, and I like to see a guy finish what he started.
  4. illinoisredsox
    9 for 1. Yeah , that oughta work.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Minnesota could get more for Dozier. Plus they are only 5 1/2 behind the Guardians; they won’t be in sell mode yet and if they play like they did the 2nd half last year, they won’t be.
  6. illinoisredsox
    The one bright side might be the offense really can’t go any lower than today. Okay, it’s the best I could come up with.
  7. illinoisredsox
    You have obviously never traveled for work.
  8. illinoisredsox
    That fly ball was actually one of the Red Sox better contact tonight.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Man you can hear the resignation in O’Bs voice. Remy’s not saying anything.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Like I said last night, they have the look of a very tired team. 10 games in 11 days crossing 5 time zones and very little time in any one of them. And since they are carrying 13 pitchers, they have only 3 guys they can swap in and out to give someone a break. Swihart, whichever of Nunez and Holt isn’t playing and whichever of Vazquez and Leon isn’t in the game. They need to get back to their own beds. A couple of rainouts wouldn’t hurt either.
  11. illinoisredsox
    I might agree with that if the Sox hadn’t left a small brigade on base the past 2 nights. Putting guys on base constantly can’t have been part of the plan.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Well played.
  13. illinoisredsox
    They’ve even managed to kill O’Brien’s normal enthusiasm.
  14. illinoisredsox
    It actually looked pretty far inside; I’m not sure either hit that inning were on pitches in the strike zone.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Of course, that would have been followed by Vazquez striking out and that would leave it up to Bradley. Edit - As Vazquez strikes out.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Beni has come back to Earth after his torrid month as well.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Hardest hit ball so far may have been Bradley’s grounder to first. Decent contact definitely lacking.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Well at least Betts leads off next inning.
  19. illinoisredsox
    What he is doing in San Francisco is irrelevant. Sandoval’s only value to the Red Sox is what he would have provided to Boston. There was nothing in the 2+ years he was here that indicated he would have provided much of anything.
  20. illinoisredsox
    People forget or overlook the fact that Cy Young is the losingest pitcher of all time (316). Johnson is 4th with 279. You have to be really good to lose a lot of games. W-L meant a lot more when pitchers routinely pitched complete games.
  21. illinoisredsox
    There was no reason to try and use Kimbrel for 2 innings. One he has shown that for whatever reason, he’s just not that good at it (we can debate why ad nauseum). But Kelly has been used and been fantastic in that situation all year. There have been a couple times he’s failed but that happens. The questionable move did not involve Kimbrel in any way, shape or form. It was (and I questioned it before or as Scott threw his first pitch) why Scott instead of Kelly? In retrospect, Kelly didn’t have it either so it probably wouldn’t have mattered. As for tired, the team just looked out of it last night. Weak swings, etc. They looked bad Saturday but that was a case of a pitcher just absolutely at his best. Lots of chances last night and hittable pitches in many cases. You can think the travel has nothing to do with it but this type of road trip is very taxing. 3 different time zones with never more than a few days in any one and crossing a total of 5 going back and forth. It is a factor.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Devers has a decent night at the plate; he may be coming around offensively. Would have been nice had either of his hits happened his first time up though.
  23. illinoisredsox
    I don't think he's quite right yet; he has not looked good most of this trip.
  24. illinoisredsox
    He has not looked good on this trip.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Dwight Evans used to make throws like that. Teams literally stopped going first to 3rd on him. Roberto Clemente was great. Dave PArker's throw in the All-Star Game (1979?) nailing Jim Rice at the plate. Of course, those were all right fielders.
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