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No one can say the Sox didn’t do their best to give Tampa the division title.

As I recall, that’s how the 2019 season started with suboptimal results. OTOH …

My point was more that Fred only posts when they are losing. Eventually, he’ll say I’m oughta here, only to be back complaining about something. I don’t always get to watch the game in real time. Since I’m in the Central Time Zone, often I’ll get to see the first inning or 2 live. Then it’s dinner time and I might not get back for an hour or so (more if I’m grilling or otherwise preparing). It’s why when I do post in the game thread, there will be very little commentary by me on the middle and late innings.

Let’s face it Fred, you’re not happy unless you’re not happy.

You must have been apolplectic at your teammate Butch Hobson back in 78 then.

I guess not everyone is a fan the way you are. It truly is amazing how often you tune in when the Sox are behind. It truly is amazing how you never seem to be tuned in when they are winning.

It doesn’t matter any more.

Lots of ground ball singles tonight by the Rays. Attention Red Sox: hit the ball when guys are on base and something good might happen.

The last 3 hits haven’t exactly been roped, but that’s the way it’s been for Tampa against the Sox this year. That being said, Houck’s command has been terrible.

Thank you Captain Obvious

Not sure why people keep saying Turner will definitely be a free agent; he has a two year contract with player option; he will stay if he wants to or he can choose a somewhat hefty buyout and see what he can get elsewhere. There is no corresponding team option. Now at this stage of his career, he may very well want to pursue another ring; it would shock me if he didn’t. But nothing is definite at this point. We’ll know a week after the a World Series.

Outside of the fact that they play different positions, you’re going to ignore Casas’ previous 3-4 months?

Verdugo’s decline (and seeming not give a s$!t) second half coincided with the Sox apparently having no interest in extending him. All indications were that he really liked playing in Boston. Seems like a bit of a chicken-egg thing.

This series, the Sox are (were) 1-21 with RISP plus 2 sac flies.

Rafaela didn’t get the memo about striking out with a guy on 3rd. Twice he didn’t get the guy in, but he did put it in play. Unfortunately, the Pale Hose made a couple nice plays on them.

It was both the Yankees winning at a ridiculous pace the last 2 months and the Sox being on fumes because Zimmer played the regulars every day all year. After the All-Star break the Yankees went 54-25 (.684). In August and September, they went 41-16 (.719). If they played at a mere .700 pace, game 163 never happens. As I said, the idiot Zimmer played the regulars to the point of exhaustion: Rice played all 163 games that year. Fine, he was young, strong and played both LF and DH, he could handle it. Burleson played in 145 of the 147 games he was available for. He was on the DL for a couple weeks in July. Remy played in 148 games, and most of the ones he missed were in early September when he was banged up a little (no need for a DL stint at that time of year) What Zimmer did to Fisk was criminal. Fisk played in 157 games. He caught in 154 of those, starting 150 of them. This was after the 1977 season where he played almost as much. Zimmer kept Hobson in the line-up all year, even while Butch was rearranging bone chips in his elbow between pitches. The biggest culprit in the collapse was Zimmer.

The first sentence of your comment is the ideal. The answer to the second one is because that’s not what pendulums are built for.

Extremely well said.

CB does okay on the bases; he’s a disaster on the plate. Angel sucks at all aspects of umpiring; he’s in a class by himself.

Tell me you wouldn’t have signed up for 2 runs and 6 innings from Crawford before this game started.

Wasn’t Bernardino out with it for a few days in the past week or 2?

Assuming that Bloom has a five year contract (do we really know?), he either has to go soon (now or just after the season ends) or he has to be extended. He cannot be allowed to be the CBO as a lame duck. He could wreak all sorts of havoc in that status.

Looked it up in Baseball Reference. It was a make-up game from a rainout on May 24th. But Speir messed this up; BR has the game listed as being in Yankee Stadium.

Bad day for the team, I’ll chalk our issues today up to that; time to move on.

What is the point?