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  1. illinoisredsox
    Okay, I'll do it. You're fired.
  2. illinoisredsox
    I think people are overlooking this one. They have had their projected starting line-up on the field for exactly one game this season, opening day. Starting with Betts going out with the flu in game 2, they have had one regular or another unavailable every game since. With Pedroia's return tonight and barring some other oddness today, tonight will mark the second time every regular has been available. Losing Holt has not helped either. While not great, he is still a very competent back-up and better than anyone else they have had to throw out there.
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    Frankly, I just became a huge David Price fan. The media needs to told to bleep off once in a while. They are piranhas. In my limited exposure to local media types here in small town Illinois, I have found most to be very arrogant and condescending in person. I can only imagine how much worse it is in large cities. Most media would wilt in a nanosecond if they were subjected to what they put players (or anyone else) through.
  5. illinoisredsox
    This is where they miss Ortiz. Yes, his presence in the line-up would have meant something (although expecting him to repeat last year would be a pipe dream). But he had a way of getting to players. He could get on them if they needed to be gotten on. Relax them with something goofy if that needed to be done. I don't see that type of player on this club. They need a Millar or a Damon, somebody who can loosen things up a little. They have too many of the same type player, quiet types. You need a mixture of both on a team.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Hey, don't forget the defense sucked as well.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Porcello allowed his 9th unearned run of the season tonight. I was curious, so I checked on something: The Red Sox have been charged with 43 errors this season (including tonight and Bradley could have been charged with one on the triple). 17 of them have come in games pitched by Porcello. Now, I don't know if he's been on the mound for all of them, but that is absolutely ridiculous. He's not pitching well, but between the lack of offense and lack of defense in games he's pitched, no wonder they have a lousy record in his starts.
  8. illinoisredsox
    Amazing what location and changing speeds can do, isn't it. CC has learned how to pitch.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. - Warren Spahn
  10. illinoisredsox
    Sabathia is also benefiting from a generous strike zone. He's seemingly gotten every borderline pitch. Would be interesting to know if Porcello would be as well but he hasn't thrown a lot of those tonight.
  11. illinoisredsox
    If they were 54-2 some people would complain about the 2. And station is 100% correct, this club has issues.
  12. illinoisredsox
    That's because CC has learned to be a pitcher. Amazing what movement and location can do.
  13. illinoisredsox
    And start who? Kendrick? Velazquez?
  14. illinoisredsox
    So what would your line up have been, oh wise one?
  15. illinoisredsox
    Barring injury, Porcello will eat innings tonight. It's what he does, He'll give them 6-7, saving the pen. If he gets lit up, he knows the deal and he'll take one for the team and it won't carry over to his next start.
  16. illinoisredsox
    Yes, but that is true of virtually all pitcher-batter match-ups, especially when it involves the bullpen. Example, David Ortiz vs. Mariano Rivera. They potentially faced each other for 17 years (1997-2013, but I don't know if they saw each other every year in that span, especially with Ortiz in Minnesota for the first 6). Per Rotoworld, Big Papi (along with Jason Varitek) had the most plate appearances against Rivera of any player. It was all of 31 (averaging less than 2 a year). If they NEVER saw each other the first six years, it still would average under 3 per season in Boston, and that's with playing 18-19 games a year. Slim as the numbers are, it's the best info they have. Leaving Barnes in was defensible. So was bringing in Kimbrel.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Part of Farrell's thinking may have been this: Careerwise, going into last night, Gregorius vs. Barnes 2-4 with a BB, a HBP and 1 K, Gregorius vs. Kimbrel 0-3 with 3 K's (now 0-4 with 4 Ks) This is part of the info that most of us don't have at our fingertips while sitting in our armchairs.
  18. illinoisredsox
    I'm all for it, but there is a huge hiccup: Bogaerts (and BradleyJr.) are Boras clients. The words Boras and reasonable do not belong in the same sentence. Boras really prefers to take his players to free agency, so extensions are rare. The original 3 B's are really going to have to want to stay in Boston for it to even be entertained. And it will cost major $$$$. A Pedroia type deal is not very likely for Xander; it is slightly more likely for Bradley but only because he hasn't been the same type of impact player overall as Xander. If JBJ figures it out at all offensively in the next couple years ... All three are arbitration eligible starting in 2018; the Sox would do well to offer some pretty large $$ to them over the next couple cycles.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Bad AB there by Vazquez. Not his best night.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Carter bails him out.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Bull. He knows it's coming and it short hopped him.
  22. illinoisredsox
    You know, we wax about how great Vasquez is defensively but he lets far too many balls like that get by him. Got to knock that down. It wsn't that hard a play.
  23. illinoisredsox
    When you see this, it's hard to believe Big Papi never hit 3 in a game.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Lot's of 3-2 counts. 7 Ks. He only walked 2 (one on 4 pitches that looked semi-intentional to Judge). The Yankees fouled off a lot of 2 strike pitches. There were a couple of 8 pitch ABs, a 9 pitch one and a 12 pitch one. There wasn't a lot of solid contact overall by Yankee hitters. There were at least 3 infield hits and a bloop. He wasn't sharp but he hung in there.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Rutledge was not likely to drive him home from first (he's had 1 extra base hit all year) whereas you at least have a shot from second. Also, I think they said JBJ was something like 24 for 26 in steal attempts career wise (now 24-27); I have no issue with the attempt. Personally, I don't think JBJ runs enough. Since he was thrown out by 10 feet, I don't think JBJ got all that good a jump off a guy who seemed pretty slow to the plate. However, Joseph's throw was perfect, so I doubt he would have been safe anyway. Sometimes the other team makes plays.
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