dannycater

Watching Pillar swinging first pitch. You watch Yankee at bats, they go on forever. That's what Sox used to be in 17-18. Not anymore. It's get the at bat over with while the Yanks it's foul it off, take to 3-2, hit a bomb, etc.

Ben-Minus-10...I loved him, and now I don't know what to say. He had a chance to step with Mookie gone, and he continues to be a slump already happening. He and JBJR need to figure it out. How f***ing sad that in a big series (well they all were), on a given Sunday the outfield was Verdugo, Pillar, and JD. Not saying that Alex and M(Pillar) aren't doing their jobs as they are at least showing heart and making plays, hitting some bombs. Just that when you had that monster multi-faceted OF of The Killer B's. It's just sad to see it all end fast for that group after a WS title in 2018....also injury was very convenient excuse to get out of the media blitz.

I haven't checked in a while, and I just have to say this: Mitch Moreland has heart and grit and clutch all over him, and this sonofabitch Roenicke not only plants him on the bench in a HR paradise for lefties--Yankee Stadium--but he actually pinch hits for him AFTER MORELAND CAME IN THE GAME FOR SHITVIS, who can't help himself from swinging at any pitch at his eyes and certainly can't catch up to a MLB fastball....Moreland walks in his only appearance and has rotted on the bench as teams throw lefties knowing full well Mitch won't be in the lineup. It's a 60-game season and you won't let a guy who has hit numerous 8th or 9th inn or extra inning big home runs bat v. a lefty in the 9th inning of a game he doesn't start. It's the height of ridiculous managing. Screw Chaim and RR and this ******** edition of the Sox.

I know this has nothing to do with the stoppage, but it just drives me insane: "coming this season. Rusney Castillo, trapped in Triple A, is due $14.2 million" Castillo's contract has to go down to almost the biggest waste of money ever to a player--Crawford's contract was a joke and what he accomplished as a Sox was terrible, Pablo too, but at least they were in the big leagues. What's amazing about Castillo is he has already been paid 72.5 million for what amounts to 300plus MLB at bats. And even more crazy is the last time I was at Fenway was in 2015 and he had the only RBI hit in a 1-0 win over Minnesota. Five years ago and he's barely touched the big league roster after that season. Disgusting, terrible contract, and an embarrassment of riches for a kid who never deserved that kind of money just because he was "coveted." Then you think about Betts, Lester, Beltre and guys who they could have actually spent money on and then I hear the oh, but the Sox needed to dump the money..because of s*** moves like that one. Sad.

I could be on an Orioles board and discussing that they are hypothetically done by May every year.

This forum thread reminds me how very fortunate I am to not be following the Mariners annually.

Double DFA this season for @RealSwihart

Guy is a legend already. Sky's limit for RD.

No pressure baseball suits the Sox in 2019. When the pressure is off, the playoff chances faded away, the Sox relax and the pitchers hit their spots.

well said.

Cora's best moves are the ones he shouldn't announce ahead of time to the media.

Used to be let's get 9 innings, then it became can we get 6 or 7 and 100 is the pitch count? Then it became a good 5...now it's can you go 50 pitches? forget innings, it's now down to low, and lower pitch counts for guys who don't know what to do anymore because you can't stretch them out.

Sybil Cora can't stick to a plan.

What a game for Raffy. This kid amazes often.

Actually, the balls are made today (and last many years) so that you can throw naturally and it will curve on its own.

By the way, how many times have one of the posters here said "the season is over." It's been repeated I think in each of the last 10 losses.

Owings was more Bob Bailey-ish, circa 1978

When Walden was pitching in the 9th last night, right before the game's final pitch I thought, "He's got this great streak of not allowing anything and he's overdue to give up..."...it was over the fence before I finished my thought. That's the Sox Pen this year (except Workman).

Countdown to PostSeason: Mookie At the Lanes

Owings Sox career summed up in that one start. Blahawful

note, while I agree that Bradley is an eyesore in the batting order and goes through bouts of nothing followed by some streaks, but mostly ends with a poor BAVG, OBP, and OPS, I just can't let that guy's defense go away. It doesn't justify his salary, but I'm so used to his mostly dazzling OF defense, I think it does make a difference (this year nothing makes a difference), but it did in a big way for sure last season. It's tough, I love the guy, and I hate him and I think that's his bizzarro world charm.

EROD still has 13 wins and is one of the few SPs who has at least been competitive.

At the end of wins over the past few years, the Betts-Bradley-Beni show would do the movie star of who was the best in the game, then they modified it, and this year when they do get together it's a sort of touch of gloves but it looks like the fun is gone. That's another reason the Sox suck. Team lost its silliness, sense of humor. People are too serious again, Betts included.

How bout this team can't beat good AL teams or even mediocre AL teams. They have let some teams take games with low-scoring outputs by the Sox that a week later are coughing up beacoup runs*against other AL wildcard or division leaders. Sox are not a good team, they are basically average at best.

I'm going to have to lay blame at least for the last 2 losses on Cora. He made decisions to sit key guys when rest is not a priority, but wins are. He set team up for failure. Maybe he's mailing it in. His odd pitching decisions and timing of the moves also disturbing. Bottom line, the team is officially done and it's not even middle of August.