dannycater

He died unfortunately, too many seizures, but I prefer to kick a football with Lucy holding for me.

Forgive me for also using this board for venting. I will go back to petting the wall rug.

Yes, he is the stopper of win streaks for sure. I'm good for this year based on winning it all last year, I'm a greedy fan, but more inclined to kick Beni's St. Louis Blues Cup t-shirt or burn it.

You guys are missing the point. First, I'm not advocating trade or anything, Sox are stuck with him or glad to have him, however you choose to look at it. But, the point I'm making is he is doing the opposite of what an ace should/could be doing. This game was typical of how he has not been a "Ace." He put the Sox behind and was outpitched by 13-2 German after the 3 previous SPs found a way to keep leads and not fall behind by too much early in the games. He is paid handsomely to help his team win or at least leave games after 6 or 7 IP with a chance to win. Instead, he's left his teams in binds, chasing the score. This has been going on now for way too long. He's a class act off the field (and on), but this is not about saying the right things, taking responsibility. This is about performance. If he performed to even acceptable standards for a high-priced, All-Star arm, the Sox could be 5 games ahead of where they are in the standings. Instead, he's s*** the bed to kill momentum way too often. He's the anti-stopper in this case (stopper means for you youngsters an ace who can stop a bad streak, be the ace of the staff and send the team in the right direction with sterling starts). Here was a chance for Sale to extend the momentum of the feel-good Sox return to playoff contender and instead he is back to being part of the "problem."

The last time I had a good beer...I remember....It was a long time ago....but damn it was once in a Blue Moon Odom.

Tyler and rules boy "unlucky"? Are you watching the balls hit off him? When it's in play, he has been giving up rockets. Absolute rockets, bombs. Not a lot of easy outs, certainly not fieldable baseballs.

The comment by him that he is glad his next start is v. the Yankees is met by this response...he might be glad, I sure as heck is not. Yes, he is having a bad season, but I'm sorry you can't defend him when the team is on a high with 3 big wins in a row and a chance to really make a dent in the standings by having your supposed best SP on the hill. Instead it's 2-0, then 4-0, and it's just a real Debbie Clemens Downer. Sale, Pearce, and Eavoldi--s*** show in bad salary. Sad....and Go Sox!!

Pearce and Eavoldi, our WS heroes, complete disasters for what we've received since their contracts signed. That's just bad money after bad...a Sox tradition of bad signings---Crawford, Sandoval--epic bad.

Marco was fantastic and all I can say is what depth the Sox have that they can afford to send a hot hitter down to minors because of numbers situation.

Holt and Chavis, both upgrades though from anytime Nunez played, although I thank him for his clutch HR in the WS and his yeoman work that year.

Moreland singlehandedly kept the Sox 5 games ahead in the standings with clutch hits to either win or save games....but as mentioned he can't stay on the field since early in the season.

Kimbrel is what he is...and it's not pretty.

Agreed on Price, and what's interesting about Porcello is as bad as he's been, he still has a 2-game above .500 record. Not that it matters, but always better to be winning.

EROD has been the Sox ace, and if Sale could just be Sale, this team will take off. Rock the Cashner is gonna be big too.

The fact that Mookie and Beni are both ripping the ball of late is making it a monster hit show because JD is also on a tear and Devers, Xander, Vasquez, Holt, Chavis (what a godsend to replace Pearce/Moreland and Nunez all in one) seem to be on season-long hot streaks.

What I loved about Betts 3-HR game was his first at bat, he rarely adjusts to the Monster. He has been religious with his lightning bolt fast level swing, but he did a Xander on that at bat. Just lifted it out of the park. Vasquez does it too. Xander's power has been as much about his ability to lift the ball with an angle upper cut, not a big swing, just a nice job of abusing these wiffle balls that are baseballs in 2019. Betts has robbed himself at times by his level line drive swing. Some balls that would leave the park if he adjusted to today's upper cut. Anyway, go Mookie, go Sox!

The St. Louis Blues fan is back on track because of tweaks in his batting stance, but what is odd is how many times he has not been able to judge the fly balls near the Monster. We need Yaz to go out there and teach him to play the angles better. He's not making the diving catches like he was last year and before, but he still has the arm and he made a nice play to gun out Encarnacion just in the last game alone. Look, Beni is a great player in a bad long-season slump, but he's coming out on a tear now. Lynn had weird bad years too (injuries that prompted it), then went absolutely bonkers in 1979 (stronger upper body, worked out on the then new exercise/weight machines--Nautilius). Beni may have to use some exotic PEDs to get that upper body strength. Anyway, love Beni, and glad Cora or Dombro didn't do something hasty--like trade him...ugh. Anyway, love the Blues fan, hate him and love him.

Eavoldi is a long way from being the guy we saw in the WS. He was a tragic mistake contract wise, unfortunately, but got to make the best of it. He has to start by actually throwing an inning without getting torched.

When you win games the way the Sox have in this recent stretch of hot offense, does it matter who is the closer? Bottom line, Workman is or has been the team's best reliever this season and will likely be in there in crunch time or 9th innings. I think he already really is the closer.

Are we allowed to actually enjoy this 3-game streak or do we have to be a Debbie Downer and say "oh if we don't sweep, it's all for naught." I'll choose to enjoy this series regardless of Sunday

I'm going to enjoy the 16 run rout, 23-hit attack some more before tonight's game myself...:-)...Go Sox!

Protest, Rays f***ed up the DH situation. Umps did too.

Sox not done yet, 2 big wins

I don't know, I think the 4 earned pay and then some for a WS title last year. I'll trade the inconsistency, injuries and ineffectiveness of this year for that, and still know that if all 4 start to throw well, the team could go on a monster streak. If the Sox grab a wild card that's all that matters for 2019.

Don't worry, expect Pham to be pitching by the 8th.