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Koji not real sharp, but he got through it.
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Slasher, show some class. No need for that BS.
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And then Mookie with a chopper for a double and 2 runs. Baseball is a strange game.
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Bogaerts could not have hit that much harder.
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Top of the order is 0-9 and the first 4 are 1-12. Not much else needs to be said.
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His 1B instincts have gotten better over the course of the year.
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Got to pitch around Sanchez here. Edit - I like the move to Ziegler here.
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Most nights he did.
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Be patient Andrew. Look for your pitch until you have 2 strikes. Edit - He had a good pitch to hit, just didn't do it.
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Why do I have the feeling that this one will end badly on some pop fly into the first row in right?
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"good day sir!"
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Inexperience by Benintendi there. That's not a pitch you swing at on pitch #1 and especially when the pitcher has walked 3 guys in a row. And then Leon does the same thing.
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Hanley's out, lifted the leg off ever so sightly.
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That says a lot about the way some "veterans" seem to feel.
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Seems to happen a lot near the end of long road trips this year. I guess somewhat understandable.
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Where I live, we have a Midwest League affiliate; my observation over the years would be that the league tends to be more on the pitcher friendly side. The South Atlantic League (Greenville) and the Midwest League (Fort Wayne) are considered equivalent level minor leagie (Low-A). Looking at Baseball Reference, historically, the SAL and the MWL have been pretty similar in offensive numbers. This year, the SAL was slightly better offensively: MWL .249/.317/.335/.672 with teams averageing 4.05 runs per game SAL .250/.319/.372/.691 with teams averaging 4.20 runs per game I wouldn't read anything into Espinosa's performance at either place. He's 18, 3.5 years younger than the average player in those leagues. This trade really can't be evaluated for at least 3 and probably 4 or 5 years.
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True, although to be fair, 2 of them (and especially the game winner) were Yankee Stadium right field specials. Several hard hit balls for singles though and he didn't have the strike out pitch very much tonight. Yanks had his number this year for whatever reason. Sox hit 2-3 balls early that were caught in deep center and left center. Big Papi with a bad night, 0-5 and left 2 runners on three times.
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Very weak effort by Bogaerts there.
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Well the streak had to end at some point.
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Only positive was many of them were of the ground ball variety. Too many hard hit balls however.
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Not just Fenway; that's an out in every other MLB park.
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The permutations for the two wild card slots are enough to make anyone's brain hurt. I don't think it will really matter though. It would take a 1964 Philliesque type collapse to not win the division at this point.
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The magic number for the wild card is technically 5, but it is really 4. Since Baltimore and Toronto play each other 3 times, one of them will lose at least twice, which puts one of them behind Detroit.
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HFA would be nice but quite frankly get the division clinched ASAP so they can sit guys down for a few days. Bogie in particular but Leon really looks like he could use some days off and refresh as well. HFA is not worth having these guys play on fumes.
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Actually, Vazquez has appeared in 3 games since being recalled. He came in for Leon in the 9th innings of the Sept 9 blowout of the Blue Jays and the Sept 12 blowout of the Orioles. On Sunday night against the Yankees, he went 0-1 at the plate, entering the game in the 7th after Papi pinch hit for Holoday. None of the backup catchers are playing much right now. Leon has played 125 of a possible 160 innings this month. The Sox have played 18 games in September. Holoday has started 2 and played in 1 other, Hanigan has started 2 and played in 1 other, Leon has started 14 and played in 1 other. It's the sprint portion of the marathon and the race is close. Backups at any position are not going to be used much unless the regular is physically unable to go (ala Pedey last night).