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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 23:24:17 GMT -5
#hugwatch with Eduardo Nunez in SD...
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 22:32:27 GMT -5
Amazing stat just tweeted by Lauber - 57 of the Sox 100 HR have been solo shots. Wow. For a team that's built around getting a lot of hits to score runs, it seems we have a big problem getting a lot of hits.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 22:17:16 GMT -5
Hey hey!
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 21:48:33 GMT -5
That's less than ideal
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 21:39:59 GMT -5
14 scoreless and running. Was shocked to see Xander chasing out of the strike zone there. The saddest part is that this is only half as bad as the drought they had a week and a half ago.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 25, 2017 21:29:06 GMT -5
Just heard some rumors that Price listens to techno music much louder than normal in the clubhouse. I've changed my mind about this whole thing. He's a menace and must go.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 21:13:02 GMT -5
Damn that curve is impressive
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 19:11:43 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 13:17:07 GMT -5
I, for one, am shocked (SHOCKED) to learn that facts that didn't support CHB's narrative didn't make it into the article.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 12:09:33 GMT -5
Never said you needed to be up in arms about it, and I think I've said three times now that it's not a big deal. But yeah, Price was a jerk to Eck, and you can criticize the Boston media without impulsively defending Price's actions. Fair enough. But what makes Price (and JBJ) different, and why should we even be looking into their actions?
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 11:53:22 GMT -5
CHB wrote a hit piece with no named sources the day after Price has his first bad game in a month. Every single word of it is in dispute. "CHB is an ***hole" and "David Price is an ***hole" aren't mutually exclusive. You can criticize the motives behind running the story when they did and caution that we don't have all the facts, but those are separate matters than defending Price's underlying actions, which you've still been unable to do. What are his underlying actions? I'm seriously asking....That he wasn't nice to someone one time on a team plane? Is that what I should be up in arms about? That poor Eck isn't liked by the team he follows and I should feel bad for him? I honestly don't know. The only story here is that, despite this type of thing happening with every single team in MLB, it's only in Boston that the media decides to make a mountain out of every molehill. The saddest part of it all is that people still continue to eat it up.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 10:09:25 GMT -5
I mean, is it? What's the pro-Price argument here? The core facts are not really in dispute, and it's hard for me to see why Eck's comment about Rodriguez's rehab start is worthy of meaningful criticism. CHB wrote a hit piece with no named sources the day after Price has his first bad game in a month. Every single word of it is in dispute.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 10:00:47 GMT -5
I love Eck just as much as the next guy, but if an entire group full of adults cheers when someone confronts him then this says way more about him than anyone in the Sox organization. Media members are conditioned, especially in this media market, to have an adversarial relationship with athletes and reflexively defend their own. As such, the fact other media members defended Eck over Price does not mean much to me. Sometimes those media members are doing the right thing, sometimes they're not. Based on what we know so far (which we should all recognize might not be the full story), I'm on Price's side of this one. Equally as plausible FWIW
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 9:50:22 GMT -5
I love Eck just as much as the next guy, but if an entire group full of adults cheers when someone confronts him then this says way more about him than anyone in the Sox organization. I think it says more about the leadership in the clubhouse than anything else. This is the time where Sale needs to step in and tell Price to shut.up.and.just.pitch. Yes, and maybe when he was done cheering for David he did that. Then Price listened to him and.just.pitched.very.well for the last month before this was magically brought up again by the impeccable Boston media. I mean, FFS, this entire article was written by the biggest troll in Boston and won't even be commented on by anyone who was involved. So excuse me if I'm not going to trust everything CHB says as gospel, including the intentions of, and meaning behind the "outburst" that occurred that night.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 24, 2017 9:28:33 GMT -5
And I'm just astounded that CHB was able to finish this article the day after Price has his first bad start in a month. What an amazing coincidence!
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 23, 2017 22:20:15 GMT -5
I love Eck just as much as the next guy, but if an entire group full of adults cheers when someone confronts him then this says way more about him than anyone in the Sox organization.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 23, 2017 16:55:19 GMT -5
Wow this team needs help so badly.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 22, 2017 23:10:01 GMT -5
Can someone explain to me what happened to David Price? The guy I watched in 2010-2015 looked so much different than this guy. Can he just not mentally handle playing in a city like Boston? Or is he physically declining? It's embarrassing this guy is making 31 million dollars a year. Sale makes nowhere near that amount and is far better. For someone making that amount of money, I expect consistent ace performances and clutch play. Since we signed him he has been unreliable and I don't trust him when the postseason rolls around. You're way overreacting. His last 5 starts have all been quality starts.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 21, 2017 0:53:06 GMT -5
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 20, 2017 14:42:35 GMT -5
Maybe this is hindsight and easier to say because of the situation... but if Sale is/was getting a little run down and needed an extra day, maybe it would have made sense to just stash him on the 10-day DL with fatigue and get an extra usable arm in the majors. With the new DL rule you basically only miss one start. That still doesn't solve the problem of needing to start Fister, but it makes filling those other six innings easier. That makes sense if the goal is to only give Sale an extra day. But doing it this way also gives the rest of the rotation an extra day as well.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 20, 2017 14:15:32 GMT -5
I think a couple people here need to have their sarcasm detector adjusted.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 20, 2017 14:10:58 GMT -5
It's the third inning, we're down by 2 and the Jays are in the bullpen, let's slow down folks. This apologist post is a staple of the Farrell era and actually the exact reason they threw the second seed down the toilet last year. Chris Sale should pitch until his arm falls off and when you get the chance to rest him you do not do that despite us knowing nothing about the situation (like maybe he asked for rest or something). I've been trying to like this post twice for about 5 minutes. It's not letting me, but I'll keep trying.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 20, 2017 14:05:07 GMT -5
Forgot about it being a game day today. Found it funny that I was able to tell how the going was going based on who had the most recent post.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 19, 2017 21:07:57 GMT -5
And you know this, despite him having never done it in his entire career to this point? Neither one of us knows which is the best direction to take. All I know is that if Fister is starting games over Sale, then you're chances of winning decreases almost ten fold. That is the one thing we both know about all of this. We, you and I, don't know anything. The professional teams that have employed Chris Sale for his entire career and have decided that it would be best that he gets extra days of rest during the season have a good idea about what the best direction is to take. But whatever, I'm out of this conversation. You started off by saying you haven't heard a single reason why Sale would be pushed back a day, and after given reasons for it, you're deciding to plug your ears and complain about it instead. Have fun doing it on your own.
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Post by bigpupp on Jul 19, 2017 20:59:03 GMT -5
See, I'd rather he not blow out his arm before the playoffs. Guess I'm wrong though. You're not going to either way. He can handle the workload. And you know this, despite him having never done it in his entire career to this point?
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