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Post by Guidas on Aug 5, 2021 14:11:55 GMT -5
This is ridiculous. How many sub-.500 teams at the time they've played has this team dropped series to? That's the difference between first place and the WC right there.
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Post by station13 on Aug 5, 2021 14:12:16 GMT -5
our trade deadline is paying off for our opponents.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2021 14:19:52 GMT -5
This game isn't worth watching. I'll find something else to watch to be entertained.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2021 14:20:36 GMT -5
Phillips Valdez: "Why did I even bother?" The rest of us watching wonder the same thing. |
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Post by fanofredsox on Aug 5, 2021 14:21:40 GMT -5
This could end up being an epic collapse season
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Post by greenmonster on Aug 5, 2021 14:22:14 GMT -5
This game isn't worth watching. I'll find something else to watch to be entertained. There is always "90-Day Fiancé" |
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Post by station13 on Aug 5, 2021 14:23:56 GMT -5
reinforcement is coming "soon" I think when they're fighting for 3rd or 4th place.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:23:58 GMT -5
I have to say that I am so happy that I forgot it was a 1 PM game. Just looked at the Box Score on ESPN - our offense seems to have forgotten to take the flight to Detroit. Another terrible Perez start (clearly he is one to go to - where - the pen? to the WooSox? - to anywhere but here) - when Sale/Houck are manning the rotation), and - say! - how about that Robles! Off to can some tomatoes and make some sauce. If they do an epic comeback, I will read about it here later on. Seeya!
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Post by patford on Aug 5, 2021 14:24:26 GMT -5
our trade deadline is paying off for our opponents. Realistically the Sox were an 80 win team this year. There's only so many rabbits in a hat. |
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Post by manfred on Aug 5, 2021 14:24:45 GMT -5
What is wrong with Darwinzon?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:25:07 GMT -5
What is wrong with Darwinzon? Oblique strain |
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 5, 2021 14:25:47 GMT -5
Wanting a worse player at a higher cost is not logical, even if he's currently healthy. First base is not that freaking difficult to pick up.
Then why doesn’t JD learn 1B? You’d think he’d want to improve his worth to teams as a possible free agent & more importantly help the team he is on wouldn’t you? He seems to be about the least athletic player in baseball. Maybe that's why?
I'd have to guess that the majority of MLB first baseman didn't learn first base until they got to the majors.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:26:32 GMT -5
Why does this team throws middle 2 strike pitch so often? And why can't so many of our hitters hit a middle strike pitch very often? |
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Post by soxinsf on Aug 5, 2021 14:26:44 GMT -5
This is ridiculous. How many sub-.500 teams at the time they've played has this team dropped series to? That's the difference between first place and the WC right there. The Sox are playing like the team that many people thought they would be. There is time to get going again, but it was optimistic to expect them to play like world beaters all season long. Schwarber, Sale and Houck should help, but the same black holes that people have been complaining about all season are still there. When a team with those kinds of problems pulls rabbits out of it hat to the tune of 30+ come from behind wins, sometimes it runs out of rabbits. No one is giving up, but we should not be surprised if the Sox play .500 ball or thereabouts for the rest of the year. |
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 5, 2021 14:27:20 GMT -5
Why does this team throws middle 2 strike pitch so often? And why can't so many of our hitters hit a middle strike pitch very often? Because they're looking for bad pitches to swing at. |
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Post by station13 on Aug 5, 2021 14:27:30 GMT -5
Why does this team throws middle 2 strike pitch so often? And why can't so many of our hitters hit a middle strike pitch very often? Bunch of Dalbec, Vazquez, Marwins, Franchy don't hit anything. |
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Post by benzinger on Aug 5, 2021 14:27:41 GMT -5
It’s a good thing we got Schwarber. What a savvy move.
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Post by benzinger on Aug 5, 2021 14:29:09 GMT -5
Failing at the trade deadline seems to have killed this team. It’s like they all looked around the next day and realized it was all smoke and mirrors.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 5, 2021 14:29:54 GMT -5
Failing at the trade deadline seems to have killed this team. It’s like they all looked around the next day and realized it was all smoke and mirrors. No. This team has been terrible for more than a month. The trade deadline didn’t do anything |
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:30:17 GMT -5
Robles and Davis. Meh.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 5, 2021 14:30:25 GMT -5
Failing at the trade deadline seems to have killed this team. It’s like they all looked around the next day and realized it was all smoke and mirrors. Sure, if only they had replaced the entire team, it would have been amazing. |
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:30:51 GMT -5
Failing at the trade deadline seems to have killed this team. It’s like they all looked around the next day and realized it was all smoke and mirrors. No. This team has been terrible for more than a month. The trade deadline didn’t do anything They've not been terrible - they've been a .500 team for July and August. |
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2021 14:32:49 GMT -5
Isn't Funkhouser a character on Curb Your Enthusiasm (no pun intended...though my enthusiasm is curbed)
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 5, 2021 14:34:23 GMT -5
Should have been sellers. What an absolute joke the front office treated this year's team. Pathetic.
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Post by manfred on Aug 5, 2021 14:35:37 GMT -5
Man…. I was a pre-season pessimist, but the gloom here is a bit irrational. Yeah, they are playing poorly, but they could get hot at any point. People can grouse (I do!), but adding Sale and Schwarber IS big. If those guys are on the club in the last 40 games — as they are playing the teams they need to beat — the Sox have their fate in their own hands.
Bottom line: I predicted they’d be out by July. Instead, in what is effectively a ~50 game season they are nipping at the Rays’ heels (who will *not* be getting Glasnow back) and have pretty good room on the Yanks and Jays.
Chins up!
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