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Post by swingingbunt on Apr 5, 2019 22:47:10 GMT -5
Well that sucked
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Post by Don Caballero on Apr 5, 2019 23:50:38 GMT -5
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Post by swingingbunt on Apr 6, 2019 1:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by gerry on Apr 6, 2019 2:25:40 GMT -5
The problem is not just the losing They have lost and even gone onosing streaks and the games were still entertaining and even "enjoyable" These games are neither They are very hard to watch Team is boring and sloppy and gutless and just hard to watch or find much to build on... Stop watching. Come back when they are winning. We can all be happy |
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Post by sarasoxer on Apr 6, 2019 7:23:17 GMT -5
The problem is not just the losing They have lost and even gone onosing streaks and the games were still entertaining and even "enjoyable" These games are neither They are very hard to watch Team is boring and sloppy and gutless and just hard to watch or find much to build on... I hate when people call the team gutless. And that's just not true. And it's not fair to a team that won an historic 108 games last year...ultimate competitors. We are minus only Kelly and Kimbrel. Kelly, on early performance, would not have helped and Barnes/Brasier have emulated the best of Kimbrel. It's early. Some things can't be quantified despite all the effort of the stat scientists to do so. The game is full of vagaries, the players humanly imperfect. I think last year took a great deal out of the team physically, emotionally and psychologically. No juice left in the battery. Management apparently opted for a slow recharge. And once you've made the exhausting climb of Everest, it may take time to rejuvenate what was needed. I was spent at season's end and didn't play an inning. Subliminally at least, I was ready for an emotional rest. I'll enjoy the season for whatever it becomes and not damn the team. The players are human....not gutless. |
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Post by bluechip on Apr 6, 2019 7:41:33 GMT -5
The problem is not just the losing They have lost and even gone onosing streaks and the games were still entertaining and even "enjoyable" These games are neither They are very hard to watch Team is boring and sloppy and gutless and just hard to watch or find much to build on... I hate when people call the team gutless. And that's just not true. And it's not fair to a team that won an historic 108 games last year...ultimate competitors. We are minus only Kelly and Kimbrel. Kelly, on early performance, would not have helped and Barnes/Brasier have emulated the best of Kimbrel. It's early. Some things can't be quantified despite all the effort of the stat scientists to do so. The game is full of vagaries, the players humanly imperfect. I think last year took a great deal out of the team physically, emotionally and psychologically. No juice left in the battery. Management apparently opted for a slow recharge. And once you've made the exhausting climb of Everest, it may take time to rejuvenate what was needed. I was spent at season's end and didn't play an inning. Subliminally at least, I was ready for an emotional rest. I'll enjoy the season for whatever it becomes and not damn the team. The players are human....not gutless. I hate it when people call baseball teams gutless. |
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 6, 2019 7:50:14 GMT -5
You cannot say enough bad things about Cora’s handling of spring training. Talk about an example of being too smart for your own good. Definitely the coach is always the problem, even in a 15-8 game. He was the difference between winning and losing. It's always the coach no matter what sport. If it weren't for bad coaches, teams would never lose. Never fails. Now tell me once again how you're just kidding to jinx them. |
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 6, 2019 7:52:12 GMT -5
On top of which they look like a team that is desperate to get home to see their wives/girlfriends and kids. They haven't been home since the beginning of February. An extended trip to the other coast to start the season is just plain brutal.
This is exactly the problem. Whoever came up with this schedule is just stupid. No team should be on a 11 game opposite coast trip to begin a season. |
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Post by wcp3 on Apr 6, 2019 7:53:17 GMT -5
You cannot say enough bad things about Cora’s handling of spring training. Talk about an example of being too smart for your own good. Definitely the coach is always the problem, even in a 15-8 game. He was the difference between winning and losing. It's always the coach no matter what sport. If it weren't for bad coaches, teams would never lose. Never fails. Now tell me once again how you're just kidding to jinx them. Good to see you’re still obsessed with my posts. |
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 6, 2019 7:59:46 GMT -5
Definitely the coach is always the problem, even in a 15-8 game. He was the difference between winning and losing. It's always the coach no matter what sport. If it weren't for bad coaches, teams would never lose. Never fails. Now tell me once again how you're just kidding to jinx them. Good to see you’re still obsessed with my posts. You cannot say enough bad things about whoever is coaching you in making posts. |
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Post by taftreign on Apr 6, 2019 8:11:26 GMT -5
On top of which they look like a team that is desperate to get home to see their wives/girlfriends and kids. They haven't been home since the beginning of February. An extended trip to the other coast to start the season is just plain brutal.
This is exactly the problem. Whoever came up with this schedule is just stupid. No team should be on a 11 game opposite coast trip to begin a season. True. This is the worst possible scheduled start they could have had. Added to the fact that while they were slow playing the starters they were traveling to face the two teams who started their season a week before everyone else in Japan and were likely the most game ready teams. |
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Post by p23w on Apr 6, 2019 8:42:12 GMT -5
Last years start (17-2) felt surreal to me. This years' start gives me a surreal feeling of a different nature. Stumbling out of the gate is annoying. I take solace in that this is not the Kentucky Derby, but instead the Boston Marathon. Carry on gentleman and show us your metal.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Apr 6, 2019 9:26:17 GMT -5
They're playing as if they're in spring training. I don't think the schedule is to blame. It didn't help, but they're playing poorly. They're not unlucky. The pitching has been brutal and the defense has been bad and the baserunning not good. They don't look prepared. We all know why. The question is how far a hole do they did themselves before spring training finally ends and what happens if they do get a bunch of bad breaks along the way? Right now, I'm thankful they don't have the Yankees' injury issues, but you never know what can happen.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 6, 2019 10:08:07 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier
Source: Marcus Walden and Tzu-Wei Lin are being called up to the Red Sox.
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Walden is already in Arizona.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 6, 2019 10:14:03 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier
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Possible corresponding moves for Red Sox: LHP Brian Johnson (who allowed seven runs in the sixth inning yesterday) and Brock Holt could land on the injured list.
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Post by sarasoxer on Apr 6, 2019 11:32:53 GMT -5
Holt and Johnson injured?
I like Walden better than Johnson...and while not a spot starter, can go multiple innings.
I suspect that by mid-season Johnson (good story) and Hector may be gone.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Apr 6, 2019 11:56:00 GMT -5
Holt and Johnson injured? I like Walden better than Johnson...and while not a spot starter, can go multiple innings. I suspect that by mid-season Johnson (good story) and Hector may be gone. Velazquez has an option so he probably will wind up at Pawtucket at some point or another and will probably yo-yo up and down. Johnson is out of options. I don't think the Sox will cut him, particularly with Porcello an upcoming free agent. Strange - they haven't said what's wrong with Holt and Johnson as of yet as in "he's going on the IL with a .... injury." |
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 6, 2019 12:03:47 GMT -5
I saw something earlier that Holt has a right eye injury. Might have said it was a scratched cornea.
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Post by Smittyw on Apr 6, 2019 12:08:50 GMT -5
Our phantom IL game might be the only thing in mid-sesason form.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Apr 6, 2019 12:55:05 GMT -5
I saw something earlier that Holt has a right eye injury. Might have said it was a scratched cornea. Ouch. Maybe that's why he didn't PH for Vazquez in a key spot awhile back. He hasn't looked right at the plate. |
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Post by dirtdog on Apr 6, 2019 12:55:05 GMT -5
How long before Chavis gets called up for Devers.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Apr 6, 2019 12:56:22 GMT -5
How long before Chavis gets called up for Devers. For what reason? |
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 6, 2019 13:13:07 GMT -5
How long before Chavis gets called up for Devers. When hell freezes over and pigs fly. |
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Post by kjkramer on Apr 6, 2019 13:41:22 GMT -5
I would love to see a quality start today from Price and competitive at bats from the boys.
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Post by humanbeingbean on Apr 6, 2019 14:30:35 GMT -5
I’d like to see what Chavis can do too, but Devers isn’t going to be the one replaced for that.
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