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  1. illinoisredsox
    Agree 100%. Killer was Valdez and McGuire unable to make contact and get him to second.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Yeah, but 1 run allowed is perfectly acceptable. Would prefer he’d have gone 5 or 6 but allowed 3 bombs? I think it was Mike Mussina who said you get 32 starts a year. 8 of them you have everything, 8 of them you have nothing and the other 16 you have something. This was a cross between the 8 with nothing and the 16 with something.
  3. illinoisredsox
    He gave ‘em a good chance; offense has to help out some.
  4. illinoisredsox
    4-5 trip to the West Coast is not a bad thing. There have been far worse results going back decades.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Some on this site feel they must win every inning. If the Sox don’t, they get in here and complain.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Radio guys are saying he’s been sick all week; given that, a really good outing for him and the team.
  7. illinoisredsox
    No, it is not the mark of a bad team. Kansas City is on a pace to go 47-115. They are not even the worst team in MLB, the A's are on a pace to go 31-131. Those are bad teams. The Sox are average, not bad. We need to see what happens once Duvall and Story get back. They will probably finish 5-6 games over ,500 (absent massive injuries). It wouldn't shock me to see the whole division over .500.
  8. illinoisredsox
    This series reminds me of one about 7 or 8 years ago at the Big A. Sox got swept in a 4 gamer right after the All-Star break and scored 4 runs total.
  9. illinoisredsox
    You answered the question before you asked it.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Took 7 innings, but they finally showed up.
  11. illinoisredsox
    It’s actually worse than that. 1 run in their last 27 innings and 2 in their last 29. Edit - Now 28 and 30 innings respectively.
  12. illinoisredsox
    We’ve both been around long enough to have seen this West Coast movie multiple times.
  13. illinoisredsox
    5 posts shorter? Surprised we haven’t heard from the usual nattering nabobs of negativism yet.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Well he wasn’t going to keep his BA above Cobb’s and Williams’ forever.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Meeting at the mound: Cora: “Reese, what kind of stuff does Kluber have tonight?” McGuire: “How would I know, I haven’t caught one yet.” (Yeah, I know it’s a Yogism).
  16. illinoisredsox
    He’s only 26 and in his 6th season already. He wouldn’t be the first guy to start to figure things out around that age.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Yes, this was his 57th career start (his 111th game). Most of his starts were in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
  18. illinoisredsox
    Not a hard thrower by any definition (I remember reading his fastball was timed with a calendar) but fantastic control. Of course, after three years of facing the German Army, major league hitters probably didn’t seem too scary.
  19. illinoisredsox
    As Warren Spahn said, hitting is timing; pitching is upsetting timing.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Small typo - Spahn was 218-147 over his age 33+ seasons. However, unlike the guys mentioned above, he really didn’t start his major league career until age 25; he only had a couple minor league seasons out of high school and a brief cup of coffee with the Braves in 1942 prior to spending the next 3 years throwing grenades in Europe instead of baseballs.
  21. illinoisredsox
    Exactly and well said gentlemen. The GOAT had 80 blown saves over his career, including “blowing” the pennant on back to back nights in the 2004 ALCS. Statistically, he failed about 10% of the time. As good as he is, Jansen ain’t Rivera.
  22. illinoisredsox
    I've heard Pedroia worked with him quite a bit over the winter on his (Duran's) hand position.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Phillie 1st sacker tagged first base first, then Yoshida, removing the force. Easy DP if he does it the other way around.
  24. illinoisredsox
    Every pitcher has teams he dominates and teams he struggles with. This pitching matchup does not favor the Sox. Career vs, Boston, Manoa is 4-0 in 6 games with a 1.46 ERA and a 0.919 WHIP. Career vs. Toronto, Pivetta is 1-4 in 12 games with a 5.83 ERA and a 1.551 WHIP. Pivetta is also a #4-5 starter, Manoa is a very good #2 or a #1 on a lot of teams.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Exactly. This was Brasier’s 10th appearance this year. He’s given up runs in 3 of them. You’d think by the way people react on here, he’s lit up every time. The biggest problem with him is when he does give up runs, he gives them up in bunches. He gave up 3 on opening day against the O’s. He then had 3 scoreless appearances (allowing one hit and one walk in those 3 games). Then he gave up 3 against the Tigers, followed by 4 more scoreless games (2 hits allowed with a save). Then tonight. He’s serviceable, nothing more.
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