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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    re. 2 -- I'd edit the first verb to Hoping. A week before the trade, Anthony hit his 500-foot grand slam and was finally promoted. Post-script: Roman hit 8 homers for Boston, Raffy hit 20 HRs for San Fran. Postseason: Red Sox scored 6 runs in 3 games, and had a total of 4 extra-base hits. Two were by Quadruple A players... ... the Sox may have faced the greatest pitcher in playoff history, but then again, maybe the '25 Sox were a risk to transform any October starter into Bob Gibson.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    His name is Sonny Gray. Bloom is taking over the Cardinals, and you know he'll be shedding payroll like a Golden Retriever in Springtime. He also might covet a few mid-level prospects in the Boston system that he once drafted and signed. Gray is still good -- led the NL in shutout -- and would be a reliable veteran for the rotation. But he is owed at least $40 million ($35M for '26, with a $5M buyout for '27). Breslow can take that on, as long as Bloom agrees to throw in Ivan Herrerra, a 25-year old righty-swinging DH who led the Cards in OBP and Slugging. He also has experience as a back-up backstop. If Bloom insists on pushing Willson Contreras on Brez, then he'll have to take back Yoshida. Or we can just offer him Wong and the locker name plates of Verdugo and Jeter Downs.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Early induced three grounders in a row and the Yankees scored four runs on them.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He's no Sogard.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    the count to Rice is 0 and 3
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Shhhh, here comes our hitter.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Schlittler throws two pitches for strikes. If he pitched against NY, he'd have more pop-ups. Early throws five pitches for strikes. If he pitched against Boston, he'd have a no-hitter.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I just paid a lip reader to translate what Stanton was saying to this dugout when he stopped running on his fly ball: "Hey guys, I'm going to go hang out at second base for the next 10 minutes while Early makes the rest of you hitters look like total ass."
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody can confidently call this pitching match-up, but one guess in this grind of a series is that neither starter will earn a W-L decision...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Replays show Eaton hitting 3rd just when Jazz is stabbing the ball. At full stride, Eaton would be at least halfway home by the time Rice catches a good hard throw. Rice then has to turn, plant, make a perfect throw, and get a perfect catch and perfect tag at the plate to somehow nail a diving, handfirst sliding runner... ... put it this way, last month Eaton scored a game-winner on a Sogard grounder to the second baseman of a drawn-in infield.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You're not the only one to keep suggesting Jazz might've thrown home. Does everyone know there were two outs and a second baseman with a shot at an inning-ending force-out at 1B? There is absolutely no way any infielder -- at any level -- is going to dive to stop a ball up the middle and then try to get a runner on a tag play at the plate on a throw twice as far as the force-out to first. The reason Eaton needs to keep running is because no one is trying to nail him, and in case they don't get the batter out at first -- which is exactly what happened.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Mitch Keller's been in a lot of trouble lately on Tulsa King.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Ok, just trying not to distract from dwelling on the odds of a total abomination of a loser-go-home finale. Chances are at least one rookie crumbles under the big lights... but if the worst thing that happens is a Bello night, the starters shouldn't be scarred for life. Obviously, the Red Sox need traffic on the bases -- I didn't say "hit" because maybe Cam is wild. It's our best hope, because even a tired Boston bullpen should be better than the pinstripes'.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Verdugo could be tiresome, but I'll always think of his best Red Sox moments as a clutch hitter in the '21 postseason. Same as Kike. Hopefully, at least one or both of Duran or Rafaela will have more opportunities for Boston. As for the catchers -- I dunno; both had/have good reps, but I can't get over dropping/missing pitches. Just looked up '25 Narvaez and '21 Vazquez, and yup -- each led the league in passed balls those years.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    How many position players in tonight's starting line-up would have started the last time the Sox were in the postseason in '21? Maybe Bregman? If Raffy would play first base... Story had a good year, but '21 Bogaerts was an All-Star, 12th in MVP voting and won the Silver Slugger. Bregman would definitely start on the greatest team ever in '18 though (when Devers was platooned). And I'd take '18 Benintendi as an overall player in a heartbeat over '25 Duran in LF.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't listen to EPSN's announcers for even one inning, but give the network credit for finally not showing any more clips of crap that happened last century. Wonder how many current "technicians" were even alive in the 1970s... They did focus on this century, since these two teams have faced off in the postseason in 03, 04, 18, 21, and now 25. That's plenty. But can ESPN resist the temptation to show the Babe, Bucky or even Buckner tonight? Doubt it
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Everything you say makes sense. But if Eaton was truly sprinting as fast as he can on the 3-2 pitch, he's not slowing up because there are two outs. "Scoring on contact." Even if Rice picks the bounced throw, he would have been in an awkward position to turn, set, and peg it home. Eaton at full steam would've been halfway to the plate, and then the Yanks would need a perfect throw, perfect catch and perfect tag to nail him. It's always the chance you take -- in a tie game, late innings on the damn road.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good strategy! Play all the guys who fold their pants up at the knees -- keep reminding that kid from Mass as much as possible who he's facing in the Bronx with all the pressure in the world: the RED Sox. Schlittler grew up in Walpole and went to Northeastern, all the time rooting for his entire family's favorite team -- the RED Sox. Leg him on. Cora should also play Marcelo Mayer tonight because he shows all of his RED socks, too. Go Boston Subliminal Billboards.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    All that matters is tonight.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    They all should be in the line-up tonight vs. a rookie righty. Think they may be our best hopes at pulling a pop-up to the porch -- which should be easy to find, since it's already decorated with demons for Halloween (they're out there for every holiday). Problem is: the first hasn't found his timing since returning from injury, the second hasn't found his postseason power stroke from two years ago, and the third has been stinging line drives for a month -- and we don't want him dropping his shoulder now that it's finally healed.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I gotta say today there are not many fans in Red Sox Nation worried about anything but Game 3 tonight. If Boston -- with rookies and 4A players -- can somehow eliminate the defending AL champion goon squad in the Bronx, that would be the major accomplishment of the season.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Yankees won with two outs because Jazz wasn't running on contact; he was scoring on contact.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I watched the replay a dozen times. If that's as fast as Eaton can run, they should let Hamilton pinch-run. It was a full count with two outs -- that right there means SPRINT as soon as the pitcher lifts his front foot. And it doesn't matter if you're Casas, don't stop sprinting until the play is over. I've played, coached and watched baseball for over half a century and have never seen a third base coach tell a runner at full sprint to STOP AT THIRD when there are two outs and the batter just hit the ball... ... because as coaches, we don't tell guys in scoring position with two outs to "Run on contact" -- instead, we yell: "SCORE on contact!"
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jazz didn't want to walk and we didn't want Jazz on base. Just get the batter, and let our string band get back in the box with their banjoes and bob uekerlalees
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    careful here 3-2
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