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  1. illinoisredsox
    For the reocrd, no issue with Pomeranz starting this inning against the bottom of the order. Unless the Rays blow it open here, any loss today is on the offense (again)
  2. illinoisredsox
    Pen should be up as Pomeranz is actually near his Red Sox high in pitches (105) and not that far from his season high (111) with the Padres. Edit - written as Pomeranz was pitching to Mahtook.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Couple that with the fact that Odorizzi is a decent pitcher who has been throwing really well lately and the recipe comes together.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Well, so far, it looks like a typical midweek getaway day game. Blah.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Did someone miss a sign there? And naturally, an extra base hit follows.
  6. illinoisredsox
    This staff seems to have been very bad this year in getting shutdown innings after the Sox score this year.
  7. illinoisredsox
    Slasher, need to add that sarcasm meter.
  8. illinoisredsox
    To be fair, A700 was talking about it in the game thread as it happened. Not hindsight in his case. Given how the bullpen has been, a decision either way is not necessarily wrong. Porcello was coming off of 3 rocking chair innings and the pen was ready. Unfortunately, the decision made didn't work
  9. illinoisredsox
    I'm guessing that mesns hard hit balls right at people. Not much you can do about that.
  10. illinoisredsox
    That's reasonable (although per the play-by-play on Gamecast, Hill has lined out to center twice and seen a bunch of pitches; no idea if those liners were hard hit or not).
  11. illinoisredsox
    Okay folks, which is it?
  12. illinoisredsox
    Not hard to figure out. Holoday for Leon is the day game after a night game thing at catcher. Young is in for Benintendi; Holt was the only other choice and he's has been scuffling. Ortiz was a planned day off. The team has had 1 day off since July 18, that was the day after 11 games on the West Coast and they've spent 2 of the past 3 weeks on the road.. They all need some time off. What they really need is a couple of rain outs in a row.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Gamecast has it at 4 line drive outs for the Sox so far. Are these hard hit balls or humped back liners?
  14. illinoisredsox
    You understand it or you don't understand it?
  15. illinoisredsox
    Odorizzi pounding the strike zone: 37 pitches, 29 strikes. Need Wade Boggs to come out of retirement and foul off about 20 pitches to get the pitch count up.
  16. illinoisredsox
    If he's to continue as a starter, he'll have to learn to command the strike zone by dialing it back a bit, throw easy mid-90s where he wants to and be able to ramp up when he needs to. Obviously he'll need to add a couple pitches as well (change, breaking ball). If he ends up in the pen, the other pitches aren't quite as important. Either way, does anyone know if his pitches are straight or do they have movement? Major league hitters can handle 100 mph straight (ask Joe Kelly)
  17. illinoisredsox
    Yep. The guys that do get promoted.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Might be something to this; there are unconfirmed reports of worms at Fenway abandoning their homes for safer ground in the outfield.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Okay sportsfans, do you pitch to Kiermaier and walk Longoria or the other way around? I take my chances with Kiermaier and Miller.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Whether you agree or disagree with leaving Porcello in, one hting to consider. He had just come off of three straight stress free innings. Eck has often said you can throw all night if no one's on base. 80 pitches with guys constantly on is a lot more taxing than 110 with no one on. A loss will be on the offense tonight. Both last night and tonight they have failed to cash in on numerous golden opportunities.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Well the pen has done nothing so far to say it was a wrong decision. Walk and a hit (albeit the infield variety).
  23. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, cause it's not like Longoria has never hit a home run before. Who in the pen do you trust?
  24. illinoisredsox
    I've been to several major league stadiums, most are no longer in use: Fenway, the original Yankee Stadium (before remodeling), Shea, Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Comiskey Park (I and II), Wrigley, Royals Stadium, Busch Stadium (the one the Sox won the 2004 World Series in), the Astrodome, County Stadium in Milwaukee (saw Rice's 300th homer there).
  25. illinoisredsox
    Exactly, which is why it will probably be 3 years minimum before he sees a major league mound; Those guys were Hall of Famers and it took that long to harness their abilities. And he has to learn to deal with failure. Player who's hitting .220 in the low minors after a few weeks: "I don't understand. I hit .600 in high school. How come I can't hit now?" Manager: "Did you ever go 0-3 or 1-4 against anyone?" Player: "Sure, a few times" Manager: "Those are the guys we signed." No difference or even harder for pitchers, who are used to blowing away 98% of guys they faced as amateurs. The 2% who could hit them are the guys who signed pro contracts.
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