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  1. vegasbob
    Since September 12 the Sox have scored 43 runs in 15 games, including tonight (2.87/game) , generating a Fenway losing record of 39-42 and 6 games under .500 with 4 to go. That is a really bad outcome after a very similar 2023. Appropriate that they were 3 hit shutout at home . Can anyone rationally explain how an entire team fires blanks for 15+- games ? Worst of all, you are finishing behind a bad Yankees team. 4-16 in last 20. Go Sox, beat the Orioles, or at least show up in Baltimore
  2. vegasbob
    That would be correct. 2019 started bad and got worse. Sincerely hope 2024 is a big turnaround
  3. vegasbob
    Sox start next year with a 10 game road trip to West Coast which is both ridiculous and unfair. Avoids some late Spring New England weather, but it is still a 3 hour time difference trip from Florida. Apparently though they do get Oakland and Angels as 6 of the 10, Mariners for 4 to start, so 5-5 isn't out of the question. Note that the Sox do also have 2 ST games at Rangers , with 2 off (travel ) days, so they will be on the road out of Ft. Myers for 14 straight days. Not good.
  4. vegasbob
    Bello with a promising but not dominating season, definitely tailed off at the end, like most of the team. Last 15 games: 54.97 ERA and 1.59 WHIP. Brayan should be better next year , hopefully stronger and more consistent. He did put up 157 innings
  5. vegasbob
    I think we all have "favorites" on the game threads who range from sharp observations to just trash talk. But we also have the option of just ignoring stuff we don't agree with or using the IGNORE function to skip them altogether. The team is performing poorly enough . We should let people vent their frustrations.
  6. vegasbob
    Assuming no Turner nor Duvall, and excluding Casas/Devers, there are not many choices. If Duran could maintain his 2023 production, he could be an oddball type for DH bringing speed. Refsnyder and Yoshida could make a platoon DH ( forget the contract)
  7. vegasbob
    Clubhouse janitor, he closes up the place when the last man gets dressed.
  8. vegasbob
    Interesting that in looking through September 2023 Sox are 7-16, and losing today, the Sox have scored 6 or more runs 7 times (26%) , but lost 4 of those games. This reinforces the impression that when they hit, they can't pitch and vice versa. They don't win when they should. Why to be considered a fan like you, one must cheer on some real ineptitude through a stretch when teams should be competing to win. Did the group as a whole actually quit on Bloom after August 1 ? Reading Kenley Jansen's most recent interview , you would certainly think so. Why should not the fans do the same? How about observers with more baseball experience and knowledge than the typical fan on Yawkey Way pregame ? Most people on this site have a pretty good clue as to what they are seeing.
  9. vegasbob
    Illinois, not to pick too fine a point but in recent weeks if you waited for a Sox lead to tune in , you might have missed a lot of weak baseball by Boston. Jansen never had it so easy at the end of a season
  10. vegasbob
    Yet another way to lose. Have your starter go down 7-0 in the first 3 innings, come all the way back only to have your 8th inning marginal guy and his follow up, give up two more runs, then have 2 guys K with 2 RISP in bottom 8. The Rays have to laugh coming into Boston
  11. vegasbob
    3 Ks by Devers in a potentially winnable game.
  12. vegasbob
    Connor Wong cannot deal with the sweeper . He looks ridiculous on that pitch
  13. vegasbob
    Once Houck left the game and the BP guys have been excellent, the Sox hitters are trying to get them back into the game. First time in a while
  14. vegasbob
    Nice 3 run shot by Valdez, a man who is not afraid of RISP. Earning a job or a transfer
  15. vegasbob
    Not sure you could have a worse start than Tanner Houck tonight. Total failure . He needs to realize that he has a seat in his future in the BP, next to Whitlock
  16. vegasbob
    Dalbec struck out . Wash, rinse, repeat . He took a nice opportunity to maybe create some interest for other teams and has bashed those hopes to bits
  17. vegasbob
    Including today with the Rays, there's only 6 games. The reality is 2 wins get them to match the 2022 fiasco. So many changes but no change in results over a year's time will take the Bloom off the FO
  18. vegasbob
    I hope O'Brien keeps reminding all of us that Devers is only 2 away from a 100 rbi season. Regrettably, Raffy's error count is now only 79 behind his rbi count.
  19. vegasbob
    I think you are right MVP78. These guys and the ones following them are sick. I just want to see how low they can go, and Houck, Devers, etc are not disappointing. 2 runs in in the first , a lost challenge, Dever's error and wall ball, all with NOT ONE out achieved by Tanner 6 batters, still no outs, 3 runs in That wasn't so bad once Houck got to the bottom of the order. Good start on another loss.
  20. vegasbob
    Any new CBO will consider the need for a mental shakeup on a group that is getting too accustomed to losing . Then he/she/it will make changes if for no other reason than to get others attention Does Varitek really want an ongoing career in MLB or does he need the income ?
  21. vegasbob
    Congrats on finding yet another way to lose a game. Crappy weather that shows up shortly after you blow your huge 1-0 lead. Crawford does his job so well but a 2 out walk to an .o71 hitter, followed by a double when Cedanne couldn't quite hold the ball on a sliding diving try in LCF. This team is truly snakebit and cursed. As HC said, "What difference does it make now?"
  22. vegasbob
    I'm with you. Matching the Yankees this year is not a career defining achievement . In fact, with today's game a real potential rainout with CWS winning, I'd say the Sox will be challenged to match last year's 78-84 . 2-5 over the last 7 would be about right.
  23. vegasbob
    With this game plus 7 more to go, the Sox would need to win at least pull this one out and go 5-2 against the Rays and Orioles ( in the midst of a pennant race) to reach .500 They didn't do it in 2022 , nor will they in 2023. In fact, they likely will not catch the Yankees. Have no regrets over the Bloom firing , and Cora cannot be blameless . The players ?? What do they have to do with it ?
  24. vegasbob
    With 2 outs and raining in the 5th, Crawford walks a guy hitting .071/.291OPS. Put it on a tee and Lee couldn't get a hit. Immediately followed by a 2 run, 2 out double to fall behind 2-1. There is no redemption for degenerate sinners
  25. vegasbob
    You could say that the Red Sox got rained on this season
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