There was no discussion. It was just Fred posting his tired tripe attempting to stir things up. He probably also babbled something about “Little League defense” as if the players from 20 or 30 or 40 years ago never made an error or a boneheaded play.
Crawford with a solid 6 innings. I’ll take that from a starter every time out.
First homer was a wind blown fluke. Second one was powdered.
1 run very seldom gets you a win. Too many K’s by Sox hitters. Let’s hope they can get to the O’s pen.
Abreu may or may not figure out lefties, but with all of 65 MLB PAs against them in his career, it’s a bit early to make the statement that he’s not a good fit. His minor league stats don’t show nearly the disparity as his limited major league ones do.
Both unearned. The error started the inning (1 out). Valdez’s good play would have been the second out and the fly to center that moved Roberts to 3rd would have ended the inning (I.e., the chopper that scored him doesn’t happen).
Story got a decent jump. That White Sox catcher combines a strong arm and a quick release. He’s really good in that aspect of the game; Red Sox have now seen that up close. That should stop the running game for today.
Thanks guys. I’ll try on a computer when I get the chance; I usually use my phone so I’ll see if there’s a difference.
No sense hijacking this thread further. The actual topic is far more interesting.
Whenever I see a grand slam, I’m always reminded that Jim Palmer allowed 303 homers in his 19 year major league career. That covered 558 appearances and nearly 4000 innings. He allowed exactly 0 grand slams.
He did allow 1 in the minors to some slug named Bench.