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Nothing you can do about that. The team I really don't want to see is Detroit as they have really bad the Sox number this year. 3-3 vs. Texas, 4-2 vs. Cleveland, 11-8 vs. the O's, 8-8 vs. the Jays. 1-5 against Detroit.
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I know you don't, which is why any team you would manage would be toast by mid-July.
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Close. First seed plays the winner of the wild card game, which will probably be 2 of Toronto, Detroit and Baltimore.
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Would you rather they do that starting next Thursday? Getting the bad games out of the way is the way to look at this. they look tired; they are tired. They've been on the road seemingly non-stop since mid.August. A few nights in their own beds should do wonders.
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Sounds like you'll get your wish tomorrow night. The forecast for Saturday sucks; cold and rainy. No way I want to send any regulars out in that. I just hope they play; otherwise they may have to play 2 on Sunday which would really suck.
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They are going to have 3 days off starting Monday. That's enough to blunt any momentum, positive or negative, that may or may not build up over the weekend.
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Not sure what more they could have expected, considering he hasn't thrown a meaningful pitch since Labor Day. 4 2/3. 4 hits and 2 walks is a marked improvment over what he was doing with Boston earlier this year.
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Kimbrel is going to remain as (primary) closer, he done the job 90% of the time and style points aren't going to count. My point is most of the closers aren't as perfect as some here seem to think they think they are.
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I took a look at the MLB save leaders. A weak stat I know, but they are Kimbrel's peers. The Met's Familia leads the majors with 50 saves. He has allowed runs in 16 of his 76 appearances. The Dodgers Jansen? 10 of 71. Melancon 12 of 71. KRod 11 of 60. Robertson 11/62. All have had 2-3 games where they gave up 3+ runs. They happen. And they've all blown 3 or 4 games this year. Much as we'd all like to have Britton or Chapman (who seemingly never allow any runs), the fact is most of these guys do give up some runs occasionally. Usually a couple times a month. He didn't have it last night. It happens. No need to alert the Tobin Bridge police.
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Price is slated to pitch Sunday on regular rest. He won't go deep in the game, 4-5 innings. They aren't going to skip him and have him pitch game 1 after 8 days off. Porcello will go Friday which sets him up for Game 1 on 5 days rest. ERod pitches Saturday. Playoff rotation sets up as: 10/6 Porcello 10/7 Price 10/9 ERod or Buchholz 10/10 ERod or Buchholz 10/11 Porcello Also, should the Sox have home field in the ALDS, Porcello has been virtually unbeatable at home, so having him in games 1 and 5 at home is a plus. I would look for Buchholz to tag team with Price on Sunday to get him a little work. Again, otherwise he has 10-11 days between starts.
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And the first one wasn't even a good pitch to swing at. Had it been a BP, get me over fastball down the middle, fine, but the first one was nowhere near that. The second one was a much better pitch to hit, he just didn't do it.
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Yeah, but he's also a guy who's hit 400+ homers in a pretty good career. Bucky "Bleeping" Dent he ain't.
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I'm not blaming Kelly; Kimbrel made that entire mess. I would have left him in the s*** in it.
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And vip loses the effing feed? You"ve got to be kidding me.
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Didn't he screw up in Yankee Stadium earlier this year as well? Barnes had to come im and bail his ass out IIRC.
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He's over throwing; missing up and away to lefties.
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Get Ross or Barnes up in the pen; Kimbrel screws around much longer, yank him.
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Who cares. A clinch is a clinch.
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Two out in Toronto, O's up by 1.
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Kim just hit a 2 run homer in the top of the 9th, O's lead 3-2
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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.