Same thing in the 78 playoff. Piniella playing out of position on RF line, can't see a thing due to blinding sun, but is able to catch a ball on Lynn, then same thing on a hop on Remy base hit, stopping Burleson at 2nd when he could have easily jogged to third. Rice then hits a bomb out that would have scored Burleson for a sac fly and tying run...arggggggggggggggggggggggh
Sox are proving every baseball expert right...and that has to be the worst thing about all of this...predictability of both the Astros and the Sox. But all it takes is a home run by a Sox player early in a game and who knows. But that's the hard part---who will step up and homer? Should have happened in Houston. I would have played Holt in game 2 as a gut thing as he is a Texas boy (as is Chris Young). I also would have held on to Price but that's because I knew game 2 was over...by the time they put him in after Calvson SchiSmith, it was at best a waste of his pitching. He could have gone long on Monday with the season on the line...217 million, he should be throwing 4 to 5 innings regardless of his lack of use after injury. Fister, who know. Either he shuts them down or he gets roped in the 1st inning, something that Doug has been doing a lot of this season. You can't fall behind against the Astros. Sox are in no position to come back with the 2 hits, 1 walk and maybe scratch a run offense against the 1 swing and you are down 3-0 Astros.
hey, hey, slash...always rely on your hottie photos for avatars..time-honored tradition I still see. I'm trying to figure out if anyone remembers last year's dead-walk v. the Guardians. Well, this is dead-walk part deaux. Sox are indeed the Walking Dead.
The better team doesn't always win...but if you can't hit for power and your best pitchers can't pitch under pressure...going back to last year v. Cleveland...not much you can do. Francona goes to Bauer and gets a shutdown performance. Sox they go to...Fister? Ugh.
Because Farrell sits everyone, and everyone is used to taking days off...there is no fight in a starting lineup that changes every day...every single day.
If the Sox hit one home run in this playoff, I'd take that. one, just one lousy HR. to give Hanram credit, he was also looking for a walk earlier in the game v. Dallas. It's not like these guys are looking to drive a ball for their team. NO f***ING POWER.