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Rock the Cashner rocked again

I'll say what I said before if the rotation has one good turn where all 5 of the SPs throw quality starts it could generate a streak going in right direction. We'll see, Porcello started a possible run? Go Sox!

Question: Would you rather have Workman closing out games or Kimbrel at $17.25 million had he taken the Sox 1-year extension?? Just saying.

A Realistic View at 2020: Preview: So who will be around in 2020?

Purely you can seriously place blame on the complete breakdown of the Cy Young Trio--Price, Sale, and Porcello. They are crippling the team and sending it into a losing spiral of hell.

Weber looked good against a Spring Training lineup. With that said, he did a lot better than Sale, Price, Porcello of late in any 3 to 4-inn stint performance. I like his sinker, I am fine with him getting a spot start. He earned one last night.

Weber looks terrific, finally somebody steps up.

He is a fantastic OF to watch, except at the plate. How he can occasionally have hot streaks and power streaks is head-scratching because he misses so many pitches, swings and misses as much as any player I've ever seen.

Price is still on Paternity leave.

Weber looked really good the first time I saw him pitch, then he got destroyed, and at least last few innings looked like that very first performance. I like him too, but you got to be consistent.

For as bad as the Sox have been and depressing, that was about as funny a few pitch stretch I've seen this year. You got the poor guy destroying his own legs with Weber sinkers and then his own teammates are practically laughing their asses off. Then the fans standing O. Beautiful.

well on the flip side he hit 420 foot HR, and ripped a single to CF while our fearless leaders Bogie, Betts, Devers had combined for a single to RF. So basically, ripping the AL Rookie leader in HR over his pitch selection is a f***ing joke analysis.

Here's tonight's game thread...AROD gets another visit by the I-don't-get-enough-TV-time, me-me wife Jenny from the Block, the chick in the booth laughs, AROD laughs, they do a cutaway of the two goofing off together. This goes on for several awkward minutes until ESPN does a split screen of Boone hitting his 2003 HR and AROD fighting with Varitek. Trying to fill in the void of this being a non-game that virtually has any importance to anything, the crew talks about the Exit Velocity of Devers v. Judge....z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z...4 hours 20 minutes later, Sox win 7-6 in 11 innings although it was only 2-2 after a surprisingly quick 9. In the top of the 10th, Sox take a 4-2 lead, bullpen blows it. In the 11th Sox get a 3-run HR from Christian Vasquez, in the bottom the Sox try to give it back and with the bases loaded and 2 outs and a 3-2 count, every fan in here or no fans because everyone is asleep by this time, Mitch Moreland makes a spectacular diving catch to end the game.

One thing I noticed about Chavis was how fast he can turn a DP. He can turn it over pretty quick for a more solid type body frame guy over some of the stringy middle infielders you see a lot.

Great post, denny galhouse rocks. This is exactly what has occurred about the confidence and the losing mode. It's contagious as much as it is when you win, and win. Your confidence level sky rockets and everyone can't wait to grab a bat, can't wait to come into pitch in a big situation, SPs ready to start big games. All of it starts with confidence. But if you go into these losing spells, everything starts to come out. Guys are questioning themselves. You look at Bradley or Beni or even Mookie, and you get this impression that when they get out, they shake their heads or wonder why aren't they hitting on the screws. On the mound, to me, Sale and Porcello in particular just are almost afraid to fail. They really don't know why they are getting knocked around, and then it's like they can't stop it. They are gasoline on the fire. Look at the Yankees, everything is about confidence for them. They know they are going to get a big hit, they get the big HRs the same way the '18 Sox would generate the big rallies, big innings. On the mound, German looks like an ace with no worries. It's bizarro world between the confidence of the '18 Sox and the lack thereof of the '19 Sox. Include Cora as manager also in that mode of what the hell are we doing? How do I stop the losing? Answer, you can't until something good happens, really good, or in this case one trip around the rotation where Sale and Porcello go 7 and are lights out. That would change things nearly immediately. If you have guys who are leaders questioning themselves, then everyone does.

oh no, you don't, ill-I-ni, the batboys and ballgirls are damn sure part of the problem. Do you see them diving for balls lately? How bout the complacency when a ball is hit on a bounce? Notice how the 1st base girl doesn't hand out foul balls to young kids anymore? Bunch of entitled brats, those bat/ballgirl/boys. Punks!!!

Agreed

8 hits in 2 days, that's quitting time.

I'll add to my thread that right now is pretty wicked bad for all of us. The team has literally quit before our eyes, the manager doesn't know what to do (and honestly he's had to deal with what kind of adversity as a MLB coach--dealt with great success of Astros, 119 wins last year with Sox, and all he knew before this year was everything he does turns to gold. Now it's actual managing, and it's like Tito in his last season--when the pumpkin is driving the coach, nothing you can do to prepare for the trainwreck). So again, I savor last year, I expected a letdown but not this monumental failure (thought maybe wild card, but not looking good there). I savor all the titles, and know this is the David Price we pay for this. Go Sox!

It's over, boys. I'm calling it. Time of Death. 1 pm EST, August 3, 2019

No question this team is the worst at timing. Different team when it chases the score, which is often. Seem to be the first to crack almost every time, and especially at Fenway. They just fall behind immediately at Fenway. On the road, they seemed more relaxed, pitchers too.

Also inexcusable was Lynn's 76 injury-filled campaign.

The last time a farm got emptied, O'Leary's cow tipped over a lantern and all hell broke loose.

This is all you need to know about Xander's Performance Thread...He may never have a better season than 2019. That is all.

Holt likes playing in YankMe Stadium. Let the lefty hitters get some at bats in that bandbox.