|
Post by dirtdog on Aug 16, 2022 21:03:39 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t getting away with a whole bunch of overachievers having career years anymore. Sad! Yeah I might cry myself to sleep tonight.
|
|
|
Post by dirtdog on Aug 16, 2022 21:04:43 GMT -5
btw, Elon Musk just said he’s buying Man U. Good time to sell Liverpool and focus on the Sox as Musk is about to knock all the water out of the pool. Nah gonna focus on NBA Vegas.
|
|
|
Post by dirtdog on Aug 16, 2022 21:06:04 GMT -5
Anybody think Raffy is still bothered by back and hamstrings or is he sulking about his contract too?
|
|
|
Post by Guidas on Aug 16, 2022 21:09:58 GMT -5
Anybody think Raffy is still bothered by back and hamstrings or is he sulking about his contract too? Back and hannys, I think. He and X playing through injuries all year.
|
|
|
Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Aug 16, 2022 21:10:13 GMT -5
So it was 4.5 games with 45 to go. Make up one game every 10 games… sounds a lot more doable that way
|
|
|
Post by manfred on Aug 16, 2022 21:17:55 GMT -5
btw, Elon Musk just said he’s buying Man U. Good time to sell Liverpool and focus on the Sox as Musk is about to knock all the water out of the pool. Nah gonna focus on NBA Vegas. I’ll take either since I watch neither sport. Just stay out of baseball.
|
|
|
Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 16, 2022 21:19:54 GMT -5
Strahm pitched a scoreless inning in Woo. Getting interesting - if he comes up, who goes down? Familia? I wouldn't mind it being Davis - Brasier and Sawamura are providing some value in specific spots. Can't see Danish displacing anyone. Unless Winck heads back down? Would rather see him start than Hill.
|
|
|
Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 16, 2022 21:35:24 GMT -5
Looking at current August stats
not hitting
Xander - .208-1-4 JD - .205-0-6 - not including 0-2 tonight Raffi - .167-3-7 - not including 0-3 tonight Duran - .179-2-8 - not including 0-3 tonight Hosmer - .192-0-2 - not including 1-3 tonight Plawecki - .103-0-1
hitting
Verdugo - .326-1-2 - was 1-4 tonight Arroyo - .318-1-3 - was 1-4 tonight Pham - .264-3-9 - was 2-4 tonight MdGuire - .500-0-2, was 0-4 tonight
It is clear who needs to heat up!
|
|
|
Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 16, 2022 21:43:30 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t getting away with a whole bunch of overachievers having career years anymore. Sad! The MFY are now 72-45. They would need to go 28-17 just to get to 100 wins. They have been playing so badly that I wonder if one of the AL East team could catch them?.?
|
|
TearsIn04
Veteran
Everybody knows Nelson de la Rosa, but who is Karim Garcia?
Posts: 2,837
|
Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 16, 2022 22:00:57 GMT -5
i can dig it. Barnes has always been enigmatic though, so I don' think we will ever truly know with him I was definitely guilty of dreaming of a Barnes/Ranaudo top of the rotation back in the day (although both grew up MFY fans). Barnes has had a nice career though and he’s easy to root for Those two guys were prospects at the same time as Ruby de la Rosa, Alan Webster and Henry Owens. Then we drafted Trey Ball in 2013, guaranteeing a future rotation that would be better the 1971 Orioles! I recall that the conversation on here was about how we were loaded with future SP, but hurting for hitting prospects. By the time we went on our run of three straight division titles and a WS championship we were loaded with homegrown offensive talent and relying on imported SP - Sale, Price, Porcello, E-Rod - and a closer who came from another org. What a wacky sport.
|
|
|
Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Aug 16, 2022 22:01:09 GMT -5
The Astros blowing games to the White Sox is frustrating
|
|
|
Post by benzinger on Aug 16, 2022 23:17:52 GMT -5
Yeah they were real good when I first started watching baseball. Clemente 71 WS one of the most dominant performances I ever saw. Stargell who was part of that team replicated Clemente's Worls Series with his performance in 1979. Such a great team that decade. They had one more flash if glory until Francisco Cabrera ruined their 1992 season and Bonds left right after that. That Bonds-Bonilla-Van Slyke outfield in the late 80’s/early 90’s was one of the best groupings I ever saw.
|
|
|
Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 16, 2022 23:28:38 GMT -5
The Red Sox have 45 games left. AL East opponents make up 31 of those games with 14 games against non-AL East teams. Of the 45 games, 28 are against teams ahead of them who are competing for the three wild card spots. They have head-to-head games with: Bal, TB, Tor, Minn, but have completed games against Sea and ChiW. This means to a large degree the Red Sox control their own destiny.
|
|
ericmvan
Veteran
Supposed to be working on something more important
Posts: 8,941
|
Post by ericmvan on Aug 17, 2022 1:02:26 GMT -5
Matt Barnes from beyond the grave, I’m wildly impressed One thing I'm proud of is never rebutting all the pessimists who were writing Barnes off ... once I do something like that it becomes a habit!
My ex-wife / housemate / best friend likes the human element of baseball, has a keen and appreciative eye for athleticism and stuff, and understands lots of nuances (while still being unclear about some basics). After Barnes fanned the first batter I hit pause and called her in from the kitchen (next room). I explained to her how great Barnes had been, how he'd been hurt and pretty much awful for more than a year after signing a big contract, and that he was looking like his old self. And then we watched him get the second out on that hellish curveball, and the final out. She dug it so much that she thanked me!
I don't know if folks heard Barnes' post-game interview, but he sounded like the the most relieved and confident dude on the planet. He's 3 2 0 0 0 6 in his last 3 outings. I expect that he gets the 9th for the rest of the season, and that's very big.
|
|
|
Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 17, 2022 5:33:35 GMT -5
Stargell who was part of that team replicated Clemente's Worls Series with his performance in 1979. Such a great team that decade. They had one more flash if glory until Francisco Cabrera ruined their 1992 season and Bonds left right after that. That Bonds-Bonilla-Van Slyke outfield in the late 80’s/early 90’s was one of the best groupings I ever saw. One of my favorite memories is Mazeroski's World Series game 7 winning HR against the Yankees. Without looking it up so I might be wrong but I think that was 1960 and Berra had put the Yankees up with a HR the half inning before. And,btw, a later item, my comment, if Doc Ellis really threw a no hitter while on LSD, he didn't have very good LSD.
|
|
redsox04071318champs
Veteran
Always hoping to make my handle even longer...
Posts: 15,685
Member is Online
|
Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 17, 2022 7:17:25 GMT -5
That Bonds-Bonilla-Van Slyke outfield in the late 80’s/early 90’s was one of the best groupings I ever saw. One of my favorite memories is Mazeroski's World Series game 7 winning HR against the Yankees. Without looking it up so I might be wrong but I think that was 1960 and Berra had put the Yankees up with a HR the half inning before. And,btw, a later item, my comment, if Doc Ellis really threw a no hitter while on LSD, he didn't have very good LSD. Actually it was a back and forth 7th game in 1960. The Yankees held a 7-4 lead going to the bottom of the 8th but Hal Smith's 3-run HR keyed a 5 run bottom of the 8th to put the Pirates up 9-7 with 3 outs to go. But in the 9th Mantle contributed to a 2 run rally to tie the game at 9. Mazeroski lead off the bottom of the 9th with a HR to give the Pirates the championship.
|
|
|
Post by patford on Aug 17, 2022 8:14:24 GMT -5
The Yankees aren’t getting away with a whole bunch of overachievers having career years anymore. Sad! The MFY are now 72-45. They would need to go 28-17 just to get to 100 wins. They have been playing so badly that I wonder if one of the AL East team could catch them?.? Even earlier this season I'd look at the Yankee lineup and think, "How is this happening?"
|
|
mobaz
Veteran
Posts: 2,797
|
Post by mobaz on Aug 17, 2022 8:27:11 GMT -5
The MFY are now 72-45. They would need to go 28-17 just to get to 100 wins. They have been playing so badly that I wonder if one of the AL East team could catch them?.? Even earlier this season I'd look at the Yankee lineup and think, "How is this happening?" Their pitching staff has also smoke and mirrors for the last few years. Fortunately they played to their level come the playoffs.
|
|
|
Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 17, 2022 9:20:24 GMT -5
Today we get to .500 again. This time only a brief stop as we head up! up! up! In the standings
|
|
|
Post by greatscottcooper on Aug 17, 2022 9:23:46 GMT -5
How amazing would it be if this team made a run? This season has been so tough I think we forget how good they could have been with a clean bill of health. Yeah, we beat up on a slumping NY team and now a not-so-great team but maybe these wins are what we need to get the ball rolling.
|
|
|
Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2022 10:20:42 GMT -5
How amazing would it be if this team made a run? This season has been so tough I think we forget how good they could have been with a clean bill of health. Yeah, we beat up on a slumping NY team and now a not-so-great team but maybe these wins are what we need to get the ball rolling. If the Yankees hadn't lost 11 of their last 13 I'd feel a bit better about it. Things are not going well in NY at the moment.
|
|
|
Post by taiwansox on Aug 17, 2022 10:24:07 GMT -5
How amazing would it be if this team made a run? This season has been so tough I think we forget how good they could have been with a clean bill of health. Yeah, we beat up on a slumping NY team and now a not-so-great team but maybe these wins are what we need to get the ball rolling. Let’s be like the 2006 Cardinals!
|
|
|
Post by incandenza on Aug 17, 2022 10:38:32 GMT -5
How amazing would it be if this team made a run? This season has been so tough I think we forget how good they could have been with a clean bill of health. Yeah, we beat up on a slumping NY team and now a not-so-great team but maybe these wins are what we need to get the ball rolling. If the Yankees hadn't lost 11 of their last 13 I'd feel a bit better about it. Things are not going well in NY at the moment. They're 4-2 in their last 6 against the Yankees and Astros, which are far and away the best teams in the AL by record. Overall they're 10-9 against those two teams. They also went 6-1 against the Mariners, who have the third best record in the AL. Do you want to say that only games against the Rays count or something?
|
|
nomar
Veteran
Posts: 10,903
|
Post by nomar on Aug 17, 2022 10:41:53 GMT -5
Matt Barnes from beyond the grave, I’m wildly impressed One thing I'm proud of is never rebutting all the pessimists who were writing Barnes off ... once I do something like that it becomes a habit! My ex-wife / housemate / best friend likes the human element of baseball, has a keen and appreciative eye for athleticism and stuff, and understands lots of nuances (while still being unclear about some basics). After Barnes fanned the first batter I hit pause and called her in from the kitchen (next room). I explained to her how great Barnes had been, how he'd been hurt and pretty much awful for more than a year after signing a big contract, and that he was looking like his old self. And then we watched him get the second out on that hellish curveball, and the final out. She dug it so much that she thanked me! I don't know if folks heard Barnes' post-game interview, but he sounded like the the most relieved and confident dude on the planet. He's 3 2 0 0 0 6 in his last 3 outings. I expect that he gets the 9th for the rest of the season, and that's very big.
Happy for him, but I need to do some digging through how his pitches have moved since his return compared to Jul 2021-Apr 2022. Hoping to see a stark difference
|
|
|
Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2022 10:49:24 GMT -5
If the Yankees hadn't lost 11 of their last 13 I'd feel a bit better about it. Things are not going well in NY at the moment. They're 4-2 in their last 6 against the Yankees and Astros, which are far and away the best teams in the AL by record. Overall they're 10-9 against those two teams. They also went 6-1 against the Mariners, who have the third best record in the AL. Do you want to say that only games against the Rays count or something? You can only play your schedule, and they've mostly done their job. It's just hard to read when the Yankees are a complete dumpster fire at the moment.
|
|