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Post by FenwayFanatic on Aug 26, 2018 13:18:42 GMT -5
Have to keep things in perspective. Losing ground sucks, but if before the season someone said the Sox would have even a 6 game lead entering September I suspect we’d be psyched. Can’t panic in face of first adversity. They’re resting too many people at the same time. Its not like they’re just losing games, they’re not giving it 100% anymore. We’re almost back to where we started before we swept the Yankees.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 26, 2018 13:19:50 GMT -5
Have to keep things in perspective. Losing ground sucks, but if before the season someone said the Sox would have even a 6 game lead entering September I suspect we’d be psyched. Can’t panic in face of first adversity. They’re resting too many people at the same time. Its not like they’re just losing games, they’re not giving it 100% anymore. And it'll pay off in the playoffs.
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Post by wildcardwillie on Aug 26, 2018 13:20:48 GMT -5
Yea but it's one thing to lose and another to not be in any of these games...
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Post by kevfc89 on Aug 26, 2018 13:22:49 GMT -5
DD loves to buy high on pitchers
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Post by manfred on Aug 26, 2018 13:24:43 GMT -5
I live in WA. I can tell you this: I do NOT want to be the 2001 Mariners.
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Post by station13 on Aug 26, 2018 13:25:55 GMT -5
The struggles vs LHP is real when Bogaerts has 1 HR against them all year.
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Post by malynn19 on Aug 26, 2018 13:26:24 GMT -5
They are not giving 100%, lol. It's so bad being a Red Sox, I wish we could trade our team for the Yankees' team or even Tampa they always give maximum effort, lol
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Post by cheers on Aug 26, 2018 13:26:39 GMT -5
Since the sky is clearly falling, there is only one reasonable thing to do: Sign Nomar then trade him before he can become a locker room cancer.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 26, 2018 13:27:00 GMT -5
Its not too late to overtake the O's for the top pick in the draft!
Lets get on that DD!
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 26, 2018 13:27:25 GMT -5
This is just a stupid game. Eovaldi doesn't deserve any of this. He should have about 0 runs given up.
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Post by dmaineah on Aug 26, 2018 13:28:35 GMT -5
The Sox need to get a Voodoo or Witch Doctor to visit the team and chase the evil spirits away. Sacrifice a live chicken, bats afraid of ball.
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Post by manfred on Aug 26, 2018 13:30:31 GMT -5
I can’t watch, but I literally just had to recheck the standings to confirm the following:
a) we have the second biggest lead in baseball b) the best record c) can only lose one game today, not the whole lead.
Turns out, tgat is all true.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 26, 2018 13:31:44 GMT -5
74 mph, 85 mph, 88 mph are the hit balls in this inning. And of course 2 of them reach base.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 26, 2018 13:33:29 GMT -5
Each season has to have high and low points - most of this season has been an unprecedented high point. But make no mistake - this is a real funk right now. It will be temporary and a few days from now - maybe a week - we won't even remember this slump very much.
But man, are we playing ugly right now, in all phases of the game.
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Post by marrcus on Aug 26, 2018 13:33:39 GMT -5
Down 6: Sorry everyones Sun. is being ruined but I never expect to play well in this tank.
Next week should be easy leading into a tough Sept where they better have their stuff together.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 26, 2018 13:33:45 GMT -5
Have to keep things in perspective. Losing ground sucks, but if before the season someone said the Sox would have even a 6 game lead entering September I suspect we’d be psyched. Can’t panic in face of first adversity. They’re resting too many people at the same time. Its not like they’re just losing games, they’re not giving it 100% anymore. We’re almost back to where we started before we swept the Yankees. I'm fine with the Sox resting players. They should. The goal isn't to win 117 games in the regular season. The goal is to have the players at their best come October, and rest is a big part of that. The Red Sox are losing games simply because they're playing like crap, which every team does sooner or later and has a lot less often than the Sox have. I notice that when Mookie isn't sizzling the lineup struggles. His struggles have been quick and limited. This time, he's lost about 15 - 20 points off of his average in a relatively short period of time. Without that ignitor the Sox offense struggles. Subtract out Chris Sale and replace with Velazquez, and that doesn't help. Plus the bullpen is showing why many were concerned. They have struggled to keep the opponents off the boards. I ultimately think the Sox will hang on, but I think it will be much more stressful than hoped for. If the Red Sox do blow the division lead, they should be embarrassed. I don't think it will come to that, but I can see it getting pretty hairy. Fortunately the Sox will get Miami and the ChiSox soon, so that should help.
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Post by malynn19 on Aug 26, 2018 13:34:34 GMT -5
I live in WA. I can tell you this: I do NOT want to be the 2001 Mariners. 1st we have to win 116 games. 2nd We need to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs. 3rd We have to go back in time and.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 26, 2018 13:34:41 GMT -5
Each season has to have high and low points - most of this season has been an unprecedented high point. But make no mistake - this is a real funk right now. It will be temporary and a few days from now - maybe a week - we won't even remember this slump very much. But man, are we playing ugly right now, in all phases of the game. If the two teams swapped luck in this game, the Red Sox would be up by 4-5 runs instead. Literally nothing is hit hard by the Rays and they have 8 hits.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 26, 2018 13:36:32 GMT -5
74 mph, 85 mph, 88 mph are the hit balls in this inning. And of course 2 of them reach base. if and when baseball becomes a sport that grades on effort and impact and velocities and such, it will matter. right now, all that matters is who scores more. It does not matter how the runs are scored. I know this data fascinates you - maybe others here as well. It is utterly meaningless to me. Not that you should care, of course. That's just me.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 26, 2018 13:38:49 GMT -5
Each season has to have high and low points - most of this season has been an unprecedented high point. But make no mistake - this is a real funk right now. It will be temporary and a few days from now - maybe a week - we won't even remember this slump very much. But man, are we playing ugly right now, in all phases of the game. If the two teams swapped luck in this game, the Red Sox would be up by 4-5 runs instead. Literally nothing is hit hard by the Rays and they have 8 hits. Honestly, does the "luck" even matter today? It's not like the Sox get the win because Tampa was merely lucky. I mean there have been games where the Sox were recipients of those 75 MPH hits that were key. It happens to all teams. That's baseball. The fact is that the Sox haven't really hit well for the past week or so. And the pitching has hit a bit of a lull.
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Post by manfred on Aug 26, 2018 13:39:22 GMT -5
I live in WA. I can tell you this: I do NOT want to be the 2001 Mariners. 1st we have to win 116 games. 2nd We need to lose in the 1st round of the playoffs. 3rd We have to go back in time and. I just mean I don’t care about the regular season betond gaving it set up a run that ends with a title. I’d rather be a WC team that wins the World Series than win 110 games and not.
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Post by wildcardwillie on Aug 26, 2018 13:41:00 GMT -5
There is still a decent amount of time to take foot off the pedal, really dont want that last series of the year to mean anything...
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 26, 2018 13:42:38 GMT -5
74 mph, 85 mph, 88 mph are the hit balls in this inning. And of course 2 of them reach base. if and when baseball becomes a sport that grades on effort and impact and velocities and such, it will matter. right now, all that matters is who scores more. It does not matter how the runs are scored. I know this data fascinates you - maybe others here as well. It is utterly meaningless to me. Not that you should care, of course. That's just me. And when a pitcher pitches, his goal is to do exactly what Eovaldi is since you cannot guarantee results. Softer hit balls usually results in a lower batting average and always will in the long run. In this game, the BABIP is .500. In this game, Eovaldi's ERA so far is 11.25. His FIP is 0.65 and his xFIP is 2.30. Snell's FIP is 0.95 and his xFIP is 2.60. Eovaldi has pitched just as well as Snell.
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Post by michael on Aug 26, 2018 13:56:12 GMT -5
DD loves to buy high on pitchers Ah ha, the first, albeit implied, reference to "where would we be now if we had Beeks instead of Eovaldi." Those blue chunks falling around are the sky!
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 26, 2018 13:57:05 GMT -5
Just came to check if we were still being no hit and yeah we're safe so it's all good.
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