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Post by terriblehondo on Jul 9, 2023 13:51:34 GMT -5
Alfaro really is horrible. He looked like me trying to get up and throw.
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 9, 2023 13:53:08 GMT -5
Alfaro really is horrible. He looked like me trying to get up and throw. If he is gonna kneel with runners on-base, He has ZERO chance to throw anyone out
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 9, 2023 13:54:21 GMT -5
ANNOUNCER UPDATE: Wakefield says that you should have a good coat when you are in Chicago in the winter. Wake is the worst I've ever heard. I would take Dennis Miller over him.
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 13:54:58 GMT -5
The rationale is the R/L splits. Just be glad we don’t have Farrell in there going with the grizzled vets for its own sake. Speaking of him . Xman was just starting he was hitting 8th. You can tell he was a little shaky . Farrel was tough on him . I don’t know behind the scenes stories. This lineup is lacking. Thus Sears guy still here
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 9, 2023 13:55:48 GMT -5
If they're willing to retire Johnny Peskys number I don't know what they're waiting for to retire 23 for Tiant and 24 for Evans. They're still around to enjoy it. San Kennedy, do the right thing. Just because Cooperstown screwed this up doesnt mean the Sox need to. I hate when they honor them after death. I want them to enjoy it. Why is death the deciding factor. Or maybe not just a timing issue. They use the HOF rule but once they honored Pesky then that should definitely open the door for Tiant and Evans who were truly Red Sox legends. They're inconsistent in that rule anyways and they're not honoring guys like Foxx and Grove who were HOFers and continued to be with the Sox and they missed out on the prenumber guys like Jimmy Collins. Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, and Babe Ruth.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 9, 2023 13:56:08 GMT -5
Alfaro really is horrible. He looked like me trying to get up and throw. Better have a new backup catcher coming out of the break
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 13:57:05 GMT -5
Cancel my Sears account please . No hit yet
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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 9, 2023 13:57:29 GMT -5
I can understand why they would think putting Wake in there with the rotating group of guys he is friends with would lead to good chemistry, but in practice everyone gets sucked into his vortex of boring inanity
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 13:57:43 GMT -5
Duran pitch run
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 13:58:21 GMT -5
I guess not . Awesome all around
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Post by station13 on Jul 9, 2023 13:58:58 GMT -5
Kiké again with a runner on. It seems he is in this predicament every at bat.
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 9, 2023 14:00:15 GMT -5
Cancel my Sears account please . No hit yet Maybe Cora can pinch hit Duran in the 9th to break up the No-No
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 9, 2023 14:00:21 GMT -5
Their bats are on an the allstar break.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 9, 2023 14:00:23 GMT -5
Kiké's got nuthin.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 9, 2023 14:00:44 GMT -5
Nice AB from Alfaro and inning is over 3 pitches later
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 9, 2023 14:01:14 GMT -5
I get why we saw the lineup we did but it is kind of deflating. Itll be disappointing if the Sox punted away their best shot to get the sweep over a hapless team.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 9, 2023 14:01:54 GMT -5
My very modest goal for that inning was to clear the 9 spot in the order. Looked feasible for a moment, but Arroyo put that hope to bed.
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 14:02:20 GMT -5
I hate when they honor them after death. I want them to enjoy it. Why is death the deciding factor. Or maybe not just a timing issue. They use the HOF rule but once they honored Pesky then that should definitely open the door for Tiant and Evans who were truly Red Sox legends. They're inconsistent in that rule anyways and they're not honoring guys like Foxx and Grove who were HOFers and continued to be with the Sox and they missed out on the prenumber guys like Jimmy Collins. Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, and Babe Ruth. I mean they should dump that. It’s not like it’s an executive order.
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Post by briam on Jul 9, 2023 14:03:11 GMT -5
Hard to blame Cora. You just HAVE to get Kikéâs 63 (now 61) wRC+ in the lineup hitting 7th.
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 14:03:51 GMT -5
My very modest goal for that inning was to clear the 9 spot in the order. Looked feasible for a moment, but Arroyo put that hope to bed. How about pitch hitting the 9th spot. 3-1 still ok. But still no hit from us
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 9, 2023 14:03:57 GMT -5
great to see our right handed hitters mashing
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 9, 2023 14:05:04 GMT -5
A pitch from Winck and it's gone in a blink
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Post by briam on Jul 9, 2023 14:06:02 GMT -5
Was hoping Winck’s last outing was a turning point but he’s been brutal for a majority of the season now.
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Post by yuchangclan on Jul 9, 2023 14:06:25 GMT -5
If Cora had been managing the Sox in 2003, David Ortiz would never have broken out. He would have been too busy “trying to get Jeremy Giambi going”. I know you're being facetious but in 2003 that wasn't the option for long. When the 2003 season started Ortiz was the 11th man of a 9 man lineup. My memory could be slightly off but Giambi got injured at some point in either May or June 2003, but what really opened up a spot for Ortiz was the Shea Hillenbrand trade to Arizona for Kim. I think up to that point Ortiz was only playing when Pedro started per Pedro's request. Then Hillenbrand was dealt and I think by then Giambi soon got injured and then Ortiz played and struggled along until around July 4th when he had his coming out party with two 2 homer games back to back in the Bronx and the rest was history. I’m definitely being facetious, but I always trust your memory on this stuff much more than my own. I don’t know how you keep it all straight, but it’s damn impressive.
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 9, 2023 14:06:50 GMT -5
Hard to blame Cora. You just HAVE to get Kikéâs 63 (now 61) wRC+ in the lineup hitting 7th. You know that weird thing that typed out use to happen to me too. Always when typing Ke Ki. Now it don’t happen. That’s weird
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