Regrettably I get too much Angels news/comment here in CA. The other AL 12-25 team. Maddon has a 2-2 game in the 8th inning, gets 2 outs followed by Ty Buttrey, Hansel Robles and Noe Ramirez who combine for 5 hits and 3 walks consecutively, allowing 8 runs. The parallels to the Sox are stunning since Ramirez and I believe Buttrey were graduates of the Sox system
Roenicke put in the terrible position of having to go to his pigpen for relief as Perez can't get the 2 out, 2 strike out vs the slugging Joe Panik, hitting .210.
Starting rotation post 1960: Clemens, Lonborg, Martinez, Sale (when he's healthy), Lester or Hurst?? In the pen, Radatz, Koji, Papelbon, Kimble, Foulk ( because he threw the last pitch of an 86 year era
I know RR has quit on them when he wouldn't at least ask for a review on Bradley's play at first. WTF did he have to lose ? A timeout, 5 yard penalty, start all hitters at 0-2 ? Oh that happens anyway, the 0-2 out of the dugout thing
Braves bombing HR's all over the yard. Is there a rule that the Sox hitters cannot do the same.
The pitching is incredibly bad at this level. Brasier gives up his bomb and then walks a guy trying to get the score to 10 once again.
If Tom Seaver was confined at home over the past several months in California, how did Covid 19 get to him ? Family member, attendant , Rob Manfred? Who else in his circle has had the disease? Covid 19 is real but the stats attributed to it are less reliable than the Sox bullpen
The pitching side of the Sox this year is like going to one of the Fantasy Camps where everyone gets a real uniform and can run around the field high fiving. They can even go out to the mound and throw a few. That's what the Sox pitching staff reminds me of
Kyle Hart, another 27 year old barely scuffling along in baseball, on the mound in Fenway Park with no way to finish an inning. Roenicke lets him just keep digging the hole. Guys like Hart , Leyer and Stock should not even get an ST invite
Kramer says, Sell, Sell, Sell !! Stock is a total mess. I realize that winning this season may be a moot point but Roenicke let's these meatballs roll out there aND PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH