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Post by greenmonster on Jul 9, 2023 15:38:04 GMT -5
chang tags him on the nuts
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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 9, 2023 15:38:29 GMT -5
Love me some Wong defense!
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Jul 9, 2023 15:39:13 GMT -5
If I were Kotsay, Wade would have been pulled from the game for that. Should pull second baseman then too. If second was covered Duran would be out. If Wade had the ball he still wasn’t beating Duran to Second in a foot race. I'll buy that.
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Post by capesox on Jul 9, 2023 15:40:19 GMT -5
Wong is very impressive with his throws, seems to always put the throw where its an easy tag for the infielder.
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 9, 2023 15:42:53 GMT -5
Just decided to flip on the end of the Cubs / Yankees game in splitscreen. The highest OPS on the Yankees roster right now is .755. Absolutely putrid.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 9, 2023 15:43:03 GMT -5
Great Sweep!
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Post by nomar on Jul 9, 2023 15:43:10 GMT -5
Big W with a crappy lineup and pitching situation
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Jul 9, 2023 15:43:18 GMT -5
When’s the last time the vibes were this high?
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Post by soxfaninnj on Jul 9, 2023 15:43:35 GMT -5
I can enjoy the 4 days off in peace!
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 9, 2023 15:43:45 GMT -5
Fortunate to win a game they tried to lose, but I will take it. Don't forget the draft is in 2 hrs
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 9, 2023 15:44:30 GMT -5
Awesome! That was an uphill battle and a loss on most days if not for the Triple A's.
So...when do the KC Royals come to town?
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Post by bluechip on Jul 9, 2023 15:45:58 GMT -5
Tigers just gave up a game to the Jays that they had a 99% win probability in like 10 minutes ago Yes. But the Yankees are down going into the ninth after leading most of the game.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 9, 2023 15:46:12 GMT -5
that sweep had to happen and credit to our guys for getting it done and to the A's for being completely inept and awful.
Thank you Kotsay for being pig-headed on bunting.
Not sure what the second half will be, but if it is anything like the first half, there will be no shortage of anger, fun, the whole damn thing.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Jul 9, 2023 15:48:01 GMT -5
Great finish and the Sox win one that could have gotten away from them.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 9, 2023 15:50:41 GMT -5
That Wade dude is their Franchy. If I were Kotsay, Wade would have been pulled from the game for that. And old-timey manager like Dick Williams would have had Wade's ass on the field at 9 a.m. tomorrow to work on getting bunts down after his two failures today.
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Post by blizzards39 on Jul 9, 2023 15:52:30 GMT -5
Just decided to flip on the end of the Cubs / Yankees game in splitscreen. The highest OPS on the Yankees roster right now is .755. Absolutely putrid. Stanton, Donaldson, LeMahaeu, Volpe are all close or below .700. Wow
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Post by patford on Jul 9, 2023 15:54:55 GMT -5
Strong possibility of another Yankee loss.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 9, 2023 15:56:32 GMT -5
Hooray for the least deserved win I can remember!
Thank god this was the A's, they'd have lost by like 7 runs to any other team.
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Post by cmax on Jul 9, 2023 15:56:50 GMT -5
Was listening on the radio in the 8th and heard Yoshida's home run. What a great way to take the lead. Just watched the video highlight and the smile he flashed as he greeted his teammates on the way to the dugout is wonderful. So happy to have Yoshida on the Red Sox. Great win. Well done!
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Post by incandenza on Jul 9, 2023 15:59:16 GMT -5
Give a little space to Wake. he is the who made a ML living out of throwing 1 pitch, which almost no one in ML history every really threw ( a few guys). And he was almost out of the league at that when we got him Analytics isn't gonna be his thing. He had to gut it out and he did. To be clear, I will always love Wake. '95 was one of my formative seasons as a wee Red Sox fan and he was a magical part of that, and a guy I loved rooting for for the next 15 years after that. He's just... not an announcer.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Jul 9, 2023 16:07:43 GMT -5
Nobody was going to beat me to this today. I had it queued up.
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Post by foreverred9 on Jul 9, 2023 16:08:37 GMT -5
Give a little space to Wake. he is the who made a ML living out of throwing 1 pitch, which almost no one in ML history every really threw ( a few guys). And he was almost out of the league at that when we got him Analytics isn't gonna be his thing. He had to gut it out and he did. To be clear, I will always love Wake. '95 was one of my formative seasons as a wee Red Sox fan and he was a magical part of that, and a guy I loved rooting for for the next 15 years after that. He's just... not an announcer. I echo that. I still remember being a kid reading the Globe each weekend morning and seeing the name Wakefield at the top of one of their pitching league leaders table through at least mid-season. I think it was the W-L record but might have been the ERA. I used to know the players real well because I would have those Red Sox playing cards and would play go fish with my Dad with them. It was much better saying "do you have Phil Plantier" rather than ask for a 2. Anyways, that name Wakefield came out of nowhere for me that year and had me intrigued right from the beginning. Glad he stuck around for so many years after that.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 9, 2023 16:19:57 GMT -5
I know the As are a terrible AA team masquerading as a big league club, but the Sox are 8-1 that includes 5 wins against the Blue Jays and Rangers. They're doing this with key arms having been out of the rotation like Paxton (only a start), Houck, Sale and Whitlock. If Sale could ever get healthy this team would be electric.
Now they have lowly Cubs for a 3 game set followed by the As again. I know the Cubs took 2 out of 3 vs the Yankees, but they're a mess right now. With being only 2.0 games out 48 - 43, do I dare take the cheese and say I might have been wrong about this club, or is this worst case scenario of them showing life just long enough to screw up a potentially lucrative deadline? I'm leaning on the positivity though.
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Post by briam on Jul 9, 2023 16:21:40 GMT -5
I now think I’d be ok with a buy and sell approach this deadline *ducks*
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Jul 9, 2023 16:32:25 GMT -5
I now think I’d be ok with a buy and sell approach this deadline *ducks* Sell kiki and buy a starting pitcher, don't go over the LT threshold. Simple as that !
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