Is this now 9 or the 10th game with 3 runs or less except for a 6 spot, and a 4 runner in a losing game . Bello rarely gets rewarded with run or BP support
Recency bias, as in last inning, the only one that actually mattered. Could not put away Garcia after 2 strikes . Then a long shot to CF, even the 3rd out was hard hit.
Let's just say the Sox BP can get the 3rd out , here and the 8th. Do you use Jansen tonight, since that will burn him for the next game?
Answer: Yes, you better win this one for many reasons. Can't play tomorrow's game tonight
Joe D did give me a quietly asked for autograph on my business card in a Miami restaurant . I saw him in a Ft. Lauderdale Yankee clubhouse once where most people deferred to him.
DiMaggio's hitting streak and many other honored achievements do not hold up to William's numbers, but Joe D had the NY and national press on his side and Ted flipped them off. I like Ted
One caution about the August returnees is Tanner Houck. I would not expect any great results from him as he regains his confidence on the mound. Head injuries are strange incidents aside from the physical pain and lingering effects of concussive events. If Tanner can regain his effectiveness for 18 outs, it will be a win for him and the Red Sox , but no expectations .
That turnover of nobodies is as much and indictment of Bloom's & staff's ability to recognize any talent. They basically are playing bullpen roulette , a losing proposition at the backend of the 'pen.
Story's story is that he is taking one for the team by returning a day or two early, but don't expect too much and i'll need a few easy days off to check my body's reaction to actually having to work for a living, several million per at that.
When the color of your external underwear determines your outcomes then you are hunting unicorns. But baseball players are highly superstitious , so City Connect it is. When the Sox win tonight, who will be first to attribute it to the uni ?
I don't see Kike wearing those damnable yellow shoes (now Reyes does) while playing for Dodgers. Correlation or causation? He still makes errors though.
Just watch the next 10 games' outcomes to see if there is any oxygen remaining in the clubhouse.
If the Sox can go 7-3 or better, there's a chance . 6-4 or worse and the poor planning from January 1 onward through the deadline will be confirmed.
Good assessment. I will follow this one for the next 10 , like all of you, and see how it flies. The August 1-4 start is not that of a resurgent team who had a hot July. Failure here should result in some critical analysis of the management and ownership at all levels
I do agree that Bloom does not know how to do it or if he by some chance does, JH is stopping him. There is no serious explanation for the roster and non-upgrade-moves this entire year.