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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 22:50:07 GMT -5
i do feel bad for him, but that just isn't big league performance. It's not minor league performance. Not sure that his career isn't toast.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 22:52:03 GMT -5
Kevin Millar "Barnes is going to be a big part of this team" - huh? Talking out his ass - as he has done a lot tonight
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Post by nomar on May 26, 2022 22:53:38 GMT -5
Dead man walking (x4)
Fitzy is coming for his 40 man spot.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 26, 2022 22:53:40 GMT -5
Kevin Millar "Barnes is going to be a big part of this team" - huh? Talking out his ass - as he has done a lot tonight I guess he has to say that. He can't say, "Barnes sucks. He has Steve Blass disease and he'll never recover".
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 22:55:12 GMT -5
Kevin Millar "Barnes is going to be a big part of this team" - huh? Talking out his ass - as he has done a lot tonight I guess he has to say that. He can't say, "Barnes sucks. He has Steve Blass disease and he'll never recover". He didn't have to say anything. Terrible color man - severe diarrhea of the mouth - not impressed at all - was watching the game with my wife the other night and she said "who is that loud obnoxious guy with the horrible voice?"
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 26, 2022 22:55:13 GMT -5
Nice pitching there.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 22:56:56 GMT -5
If our current roster has only one unusable pitcher (Barnes) and one struggling bat (Bobby D), we are in pretty good shape. I do think it is time to send Barnes down and get an arm up who can throw strikes and handle games like this.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 23:00:51 GMT -5
Watching Harrison pitch is only going to make Barnes feel worse. He is throwing more strikes.
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Post by patford on May 26, 2022 23:01:11 GMT -5
I don't get how people tend to lump Sawamura in with Barnes. Is there anyone who does not think Barnes does not belong on the team? As he has options it seems like an easy decision to send him down.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 26, 2022 23:02:46 GMT -5
If our current roster has only one unusable pitcher (Barnes) and one struggling bat (Bobby D), we are in pretty good shape. I do think it is time to send Barnes down and get an arm up who can throw strikes and handle games like this. Eventually, between Mata, Bello, and perhaps Sale, or even Paxton, or German, Barnes' spot on the roster will be taken. This can't go on indefinitely. It's not like if he gets sent down some team is going to claim him or whatever.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 23:03:11 GMT -5
Plawecki joins the party (with an asterisk!)
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Post by benzinger on May 26, 2022 23:03:34 GMT -5
Story!!! Holy crap.
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Post by taiwansox on May 26, 2022 23:05:08 GMT -5
Gameday tease lol. It was Plawecki batting for him
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 26, 2022 23:05:13 GMT -5
Not Story. That was Plawecki. Story is out of the game.
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Post by benzinger on May 26, 2022 23:08:44 GMT -5
If our current roster has only one unusable pitcher (Barnes) and one struggling bat (Bobby D), we are in pretty good shape. I do think it is time to send Barnes down and get an arm up who can throw strikes and handle games like this. Eventually, between Mata, Bello, and perhaps Sale, or even Paxton, or German, Barnes' spot on the roster will be taken. This can't go on indefinitely. It's not like if he gets sent down some team is going to claim him or whatever. Barnes can get it figured out. They just need to DL him with some phantom injury and work on it for a while. It’s more mental, I think. He needs to get his head right.
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Post by benzinger on May 26, 2022 23:09:13 GMT -5
Gameday tease lol. It was Plawecki batting for him Dammit!!
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Post by nomar on May 26, 2022 23:11:12 GMT -5
He’s just stat padding now. Everyone’s counts for him
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Post by cdj on May 26, 2022 23:14:15 GMT -5
Another series W
This lineup is a powerful thing when they play to their potential
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2022 23:16:30 GMT -5
Well, that was fun. Everyone gets to celebrate (except poor Matt Barnes). 2 games to .500 - 2.5 out of the wild card (with Toronto to catch).
nite all
Tomorrow night - go Celtics! Golden State is waiting for them.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on May 26, 2022 23:17:33 GMT -5
Amazing. This offense is Jekyll or Hyde. It can easily be shut down and it cannot be contained. All of which are true at this point. They'll cool off, of course. Just hope they don't get comotose like they were in April and early May.
Good to see them win. Now I hope to see the Celtics win Friday night.
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Post by ericmvan on May 26, 2022 23:53:13 GMT -5
A tale of three seasons: G W L R/G Max 9 5 4 4.67 9 20 5 15 2.65 7 15 11 4 7.47 16 The overall R/G before this stretch was 3.3.
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Post by ericmvan on May 27, 2022 1:53:09 GMT -5
Gameday tease lol. It was Plawecki batting for him Dammit!! FanGraphs had it wrong, too. When I looked at the page a second time, where they had fixed it, I thought I had somehow hallucinated it!
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Post by nuttyredsox on May 27, 2022 3:56:23 GMT -5
I'm so glad none of you is part of the FO...
Also glad you now jump on the bangwagon....
CALLED...
TREVOR STORY !!!
TREVOR STORY !!!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2022 4:16:31 GMT -5
At which point is it just inhumane to keep him up and let him keep failing like this? We are there. It is incomprehensible that he’s still on a Major League roster at this point. Send him down to figure it out. Hopefully he can find it again. He’s just brutal this season. If Dalbec is sent down Franchy would be the only 1B on the roster, and with Casas on the DL, Fitzgerald becomes the best AAA player with 1B experience. I down not see the Red Sox bringing up Ramos! Fitzgerald will not be brought up to sit on the bench as both he and Franchy are left handed. They are stuck with Bobby for now.
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Post by Guidas on May 27, 2022 5:21:33 GMT -5
Great win!
3.0 out from first WC.
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