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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It's really unbelievable that Cora can't just order all his talent to touch the freaking ball with a baserunner on third and less than two outs.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This team seems so unpredictable -- except to expect a 14-run blowout win sometime this week, in between a handful of losses where they score 2 runs or less. A weekend home series vs New York is more important because of what no one really wants to admit: if the Sox have to play a 3-game Wild Card set in the Bronx, it is very unlikely they'll win 2 before the Yankees do... ... unless a few hitters somehow get hot really soon and carry those bat adjustments into the postseason. Right now, Boston's offense just cannot be counted on to beat the quality pitching it will see in the playoffs. The top three active run-producers also lead the team in strikeouts, and then we have a clean-up man recently cut by a last place club, protected in the batting order by a designated hitter with the 17th best Slugging percentage on the roster. The Yankees have to be favored in any pitchers' duels because they have several men who can hit one out of the park. The Sox have warning track power.
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Basically three failures to drive in runs in every four ABs is why we're all so stressed every game. And I don't care if other clubs struggle, too. I need the Red Sox to deliver... In my house, we're at the point when the Sox get a runner to third with less than two outs, we look at each other and say things like, "Well... we have a chance here..." Someone can probably find some stats, but it always felt like Boston was in the driver's seat in those situations in the not-too-distant past: 2018, 2007, 2003 -- when eight Red Sox had 85 RBI or more. Nowadays, we're in the rumble seat or (if you're not riding in a 1934 Cabriolet), the trunk.
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm not homer happy, but a few HRs can swing a low-scoring game, especially in the postseason when most pitching is tough. It's probably our best bet, because we can't expect anyone in this line-up to suddenly look like a .300 hitter -- or even a .290 guy like Anthony.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Starting pitchers, backend of bullpen can hang with anyone, but could be doomed by the 7th inning drek. Sox need one guy to trust and bridge to Whitlock/Chapman. I don't care if it's a rookie, it's time to audition this weekend vs. the Yankees at home. On offense, someone needs go yard, a bat needs to get hot and find a power stroke like Ceddanne had before the All-Star break. Bregman or Abreu would seem most likely, except both will be playing hurt. It may seem folly to expect Lowe to suddenly swats 5 longballs in 15 games... but this is what it's come down to: the Red Sox are already trying to make the playoffs by batting a guy clean-up who was just cut a few weeks ago by a last place team.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I'm thinking even 7-8, because the other clubs get to knock each other around, too. It's unlikely anyone just goes off and wins out.
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Texas has just as good as chance to oust Seattle, Houston or New York from the playoffs as Boston, who has more wins than all of them.
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    40 is the new 60. Every ache and pain is self-inflicted, whether you're in your 40s or 60s. Except injuries in my 40s were from diving in the outfield or sliding into bases. Injuries in my 60s are walking up or down stairs, lifting grocery bags, or sleeping.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Word is some other club wanted Early included in a package for a big leaguer at the deadline, and Brez refused. But I'm not sure what the word is: Minnesota? Pittsburgh? Cleveland? (sure looks like a small market word, though) Either or -- good job, Craig.
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Poor A's hitters keep running into Red Sox shutout pitchers.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The last time the Sox promoted three rookies in one week was the game when they gave away t-shirts showing Campbell-Anthony-Mayer all holding up #1 fingers (added it up, it meant we're #3).
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "This is our Motor City."
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Worst Red Sox-Dodgers trade of all-time: Boston traded the opportunity to sign Jackie Robinson for a white clipboard that Brooklyn no longer used for its roster. The Dodgers won six pennants in 10 years with Robinson, when the Sox won zero.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I only know the one about the master's son, traded with two other pitching prospects for Victor Martinez. The latter was a really good hitter in Boston for a year-and-a-half -- .313, .865 -- but the Sox let him sign with Detroit because they didn't like his catching skills, and already had Big Papi at DH. Victor became the Tigers' DH, kept raking, and led the 2013 ALCS with 8 hits and a .364 batting average (compared to a paltry .091 by DavidOrtizDavidOrtiz). The next year he led the league in OPS and finished 2nd in MVP voting when Mike Trout won his first. The miracle had to be that a freshwater fish from New Jersey finished 1st or 2nd in MVP seven times by the age of 27.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That body leaning on the railing with the boys in the dugout or next to them in the batting cage provides intangibles -- especially to the young core in its formative years. There aren't reports about any of the rookies inspiring teammates like Bregman has. Everyone respects Anthony for his talent and maturity, and Narvaez backstops some pretty good pitchers. But they're not quite leaders yet, while guys like Mayer, Campbell and Garcia aren't even followers. Sox need more Dobbins and Tolle tudes!
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Can't see it. In 2011, the pitching completely fell apart. The '11 starters were epically bad in September: Lackey 9.13 ERA, Beckett 5.48, Lester 5.40, Wakefield 5.25... and then there was stud reliever Daniel Bard -- 10.64. Even Pap was toast by the end, blowing the last game (with a little help from Crawl Cawful).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good take. Fans get too hung up on the now -- and right now, Bregman's bat is in a bit of a lull, so people fear he's turning into a righty Yoshida. But AB has so much more to offer in so many aspects on and off the field, as has been chronicled by reporters and teammates all season. Bregman has been a difference-maker, if just for his steady defense so vital in support of the Sox' top strength: pitching. What the Sox really need to do in the offseason is recruit a consistent power threat to take the pressure off Alex Bregman and replace Devers' home runs.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    A's have four guys with more homers than anyone on the Red Sox, not including Jacob Wilson, who missed most of the summer on the IL after being one of the top first-half hitters in baseball. Now he's back. A's also have less strikeouts than Boston's third-best offense in the league, and a higher OPS... ... but the Sad Sac A's pitching allows the most runs per game, the most home runs, and even lead in hit by pitches. If the Red Sox can't outscore these A's in at least half of their six games this month, then they don't deserve to make the postseason. And I don't want to hear about how the poor Sox keep running into hot clubs -- because bad teams are what makes them hot, while good teams can stop them cold.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Sox have been having a devil of a time on the mound in the 7th inning lately with whoever takes the ball. So there's nothing wrong with invoking a little divine intervention... September in a playoff race, best player sidelined; mods need to be lenient with those who mix church with our altered states.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    You mean the end of the bench: Sogard and Narvaez delivered pinch-hits that drove in the guys that scored the winning runs -- late-game replacements Romy and Eaton. Someone is probably already typing Cora the idiot got so lucky he was forced to use players provided by that genius Breslow. Bailey better mix a magic potion that will work on someone else in the bullpen, or the 7th inning may be the death of us all for the next 18 games...
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why dump on them? They're a Top 3 offense in the league! The League of Extraordinary Gentlebats. Seriously, the Red Sox hitters look like they're trying to get out of Arizona asap -- maybe they have a planned pit stop in Vegas on the way to CA. I'm serious... it's on the way.
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    OB just said the Red Sox are out of sink right now. I replied, good -- then they can't go down the drain.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Why the hell was the infield in? It's the second inning -- does the coaching staff think it's going to be a 1-0 game? Oh, sorry -- forgot: the Red Sox can't score any more, so they have to treat all baserunners like ghost runners.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Golf carts go that fast?
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I must be one of the nicest guys in Red Sox Nation. Now to preempt any poster researching team stats right now to show how impotent every powerhouse is whose home isn't a pack-and-play in the South Bronx: The Red Sox are the team that eye watch every game, and the only one that eye care about eying.
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