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Post by benogliviesbrother on Jul 11, 2021 15:40:16 GMT -5
JD, Bogey, Raffy...surely one of them can win this... Ftfy. LFG!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 11, 2021 15:44:02 GMT -5
Terrible game.
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Post by soxfan06 on Jul 11, 2021 15:44:10 GMT -5
Great job great effort guys....just keep standing there watching the game fade away.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 11, 2021 15:44:43 GMT -5
two called out on strikes? WTF?
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Post by vokuhila on Jul 11, 2021 15:45:23 GMT -5
WOW
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Post by vokuhila on Jul 11, 2021 15:45:55 GMT -5
10 LOB....
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Jul 11, 2021 15:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 11, 2021 15:46:45 GMT -5
Lame. All those baserunners and so little clutch hitting. 2-5 is not a good way to go into the break.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 11, 2021 15:50:06 GMT -5
Too bad, but Red Sox are playing great overall. 11-5 is a good way to go into the break!
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 11, 2021 15:54:10 GMT -5
Not gonna get mad because Red Sox still owe the Baseball Gods a couple horrible one run losses to make up for the hot run they've been on this year.
Nice first half.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 11, 2021 15:54:17 GMT -5
Terrible close before the all-star break. You can’t lose 4 games to sub-.500 teams
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Post by foreverred9 on Jul 11, 2021 15:56:35 GMT -5
Renfroe has now passed Verdugo as the #4 OPS on the team, who here would have thought that at the end of April?
The offense seems to have now sorted as: - Elite: JDM, Xander, Devers - Solid: Verdugo, Renfroe, Arroyo, Hernandez - Not great: Vazquez, Dalbec
Verdugo's been a clear disappointment, but at least we can take solace in Renfroe, Arroyo, and Hernandez all moving up into the solid level and strengthening the black hole we used to have at the bottom.
It felt like at the quarter-season mark we had 4 elite and 5 not great spots in our lineup, but now we have a 3/4/2 distribution. Hopefully Verdugo can come back after the break and get us into a 4/3/2 distribution and then it becomes a question of whether we can upgrade 1B at the trade deadline (and whether Renfroe/Arroyo/Hernandez can sustain their performance).
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 11, 2021 15:57:21 GMT -5
In a small way it’s a message there not there yet, This team needs help. Stop wasting time. None cares about Santana or even Marwin , time to upgrade. They were nice first half stories. Same with the pitching. Stop wasting Houck in AAA.
The good news is they will be playing in the division a lot.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 11, 2021 15:59:29 GMT -5
leaving way too many winnable games on the table.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jul 11, 2021 16:02:28 GMT -5
Agreed. Are they really going to wait another three weeks to fix the black hole at 1B?
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Post by foreverred9 on Jul 11, 2021 16:02:48 GMT -5
Terrible close before the all-star break. You can’t lose 4 games to sub-.500 teams Sure you can, baseball is a game where this happens all the time. It's not ideal but don't ignore the other side of the coin - they also shouldn't win 6 out of 6 against the Yankees. Add those 6 games to these 6 games and they are 8-4. They are a team that has shown all season that they are winning 60% of their games. I'm quite happy that they just went through this last 40 days against better competition performing as good as they did in April/May. There was a real concern that June was going to expose them, and they have proved that their early start wasn't a fluke.
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Post by congusgambler33 on Jul 11, 2021 16:08:08 GMT -5
Houck has not been lights out in worcester. He pitched 3 innings yesterday and gave up 4 runs on 5 hits. Not exactly what we need right now. Franchy seems to be playing a decent 1st base and maybe it is time to bring him back up. There is a lot of movement to be made this month.
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Post by dirtdog on Jul 11, 2021 16:09:12 GMT -5
Team went on the AS break yesterday and forgot to tell anybody.
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Post by station13 on Jul 11, 2021 16:22:30 GMT -5
Bad series.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Jul 11, 2021 16:49:44 GMT -5
Yankees just blew a 5 run lead in the ninth inning which takes the sting out of the loss
Xba. 190 on the 3r walkoff hr
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Post by dirtdog on Jul 11, 2021 16:50:54 GMT -5
If it makes you feel any better the MFY game just ended ubruptly and badly for the MFYs.
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 11, 2021 17:31:31 GMT -5
More good news Italia won Euro cup. Over England and won in Wembly stadium.
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Post by cdj on Jul 11, 2021 20:52:04 GMT -5
Good time for the break
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Post by manfred on Jul 11, 2021 20:58:50 GMT -5
More good news Italia won Euro cup. Over England and won in Wembly stadium. At least the dans handled it with the class we’ve come yo expect from English footy fans. Like the worst of the 1970s Bronx upper-decks.
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