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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 5, 2023 18:11:08 GMT -5
If we had Verlander to pinch hit, we probably win this.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Aug 5, 2023 18:11:27 GMT -5
Think you have to fire febles Remember Wendell Kim? Worst third base coach since him maybe?
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Post by blizzards39 on Aug 5, 2023 18:14:15 GMT -5
Fooled me Wing 3rd base coach Macguire.
Everybody thought it was gone. So close. The mantra of the season. Tmrw very important game to stay Realisticly relivant
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2023 18:17:42 GMT -5
August 7th, 2022: Red Sox lose 3 out of 4 game to the Royals (including a walk off let up by Garrett Whitlock in the 9th), effectively put their season on life support.
August 7th, 2023: Red Sox set to play against the Royals at Fenway Park…
I’ve getting a nasty sense of deja vu
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Post by Guidas on Aug 5, 2023 18:18:56 GMT -5
But really, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 5, 2023 18:21:29 GMT -5
I'm 100x madder at McGuwire for celebrating while the ball was in the air. You can't do that. McGuire has issues with getting a little too excited. And sometimes it comes too early. Honestly, in just about any other year in my lifetime of fandom, this game would have made me livid. At the end of this one I just started laughing. My feeling from the beginning of the season that neither the Red Sox or the MFYs were serious contenders has left my emotions limp. I was determined not to let this team jerk me around this year.
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Post by wildsox on Aug 5, 2023 18:22:28 GMT -5
Walter is pitching for the Woo tonight. So who the heck do we have for tomorrow? Maybe they do use Sale to open?
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Post by taiwansox on Aug 5, 2023 18:24:29 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him
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Post by manfred on Aug 5, 2023 18:26:16 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him What do you mean problem?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2023 18:28:43 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him I can’t recall the last player making so dramatic an about-face in his perception (“he should be an All-Star Game” “he needs an extension”) in one month (playing terribly and getting benched for some sort of implied unprofessional conduct”). Maybe Manny in a July 2008? I can’t imagine he’s on the team next year.
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Post by taiwansox on Aug 5, 2023 18:28:56 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him What do you mean problem? He’s had to bench him twice this season, it’s just like E-Rod. Either lack of professionalism or something, but it sure seems like a clubhouse distraction. Theo had the balls to trade Nomar partially because of defense but it seems like the clubhouse benefitted the most
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Post by rico6 on Aug 5, 2023 18:29:35 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him What do you mean problem?
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Post by taiwansox on Aug 5, 2023 18:29:59 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him I can’t recall the last player making so dramatic an about-face in his perception (“he should be an All-Star Game” “he needs an extension”) in one month (playing terribly and getting benched for some sort of implied unprofessional conduct”). Maybe Manny in a July 2008? I can’t imagine he’s on the team next year. Manny in 2005 same day as Paps major league debut, but he always performed on the field so it made it easier to swallow. And two World Series rings
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 18:30:47 GMT -5
He’s got some balls being pissed after letting Jacques face the RHH part of the jays lineup
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Post by manfred on Aug 5, 2023 18:30:55 GMT -5
What do you mean problem? He’s had to bench him twice this season, it’s just like E-Rod. Either lack of professionalism or something, but it sure seems like a clubhouse distraction. Theo had the balls to trade Nomar partially because of defense but it seems like the clubhouse benefitted the most Do we know he was benched for discipline?
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Post by yuchangclan on Aug 5, 2023 18:30:56 GMT -5
Mookie Betts would still be on the team if Dombrowski didn't overpay for Sale and Price Sale extension was a mistake. His one real mistake. His over pay for Price was a major reason they got a ring. He got a lot of guff for over paying for Eovaldi too and that worked out well. I'm sure he would have also offered Xander more 2 years ago to extend him. I'm pretty sure he was the GM on Xander's first extension. Isn’t Dombrowski responsible for Bello, Casas, Duran & Houck? Maybe others? I was told that he trades all his good prospects away.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Aug 5, 2023 18:32:42 GMT -5
Walter is pitching for the Woo tonight. So who the heck do we have for tomorrow? Maybe they do use Sale to open? Start Murphy. Send someone down and call up Robertson for a fresh arm I guess. Its going to be up to the bats tomorrow.
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Post by taiwansox on Aug 5, 2023 18:34:28 GMT -5
He’s had to bench him twice this season, it’s just like E-Rod. Either lack of professionalism or something, but it sure seems like a clubhouse distraction. Theo had the balls to trade Nomar partially because of defense but it seems like the clubhouse benefitted the most Do we know he was benched for discipline? Watch Cora’s post-game, it sure seems that way. “One of his worst games as a manager”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2023 18:34:30 GMT -5
He’s had to bench him twice this season, it’s just like E-Rod. Either lack of professionalism or something, but it sure seems like a clubhouse distraction. Theo had the balls to trade Nomar partially because of defense but it seems like the clubhouse benefitted the most Do we know he was benched for discipline? That seems to be the implication. You can hear Cora “explain” it here: /mediaViewer?currentTweet=1687967797437923328¤tTweetUser=NESN Something seems to have happened between 1 pm when the lineup came out and him getting scratched.
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Post by rico6 on Aug 5, 2023 18:34:34 GMT -5
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Post by art on Aug 5, 2023 18:35:38 GMT -5
What do you mean problem? My guess is that Verdugo blew a gasket for being pinch hit for yesterday.
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Post by 1900getwade on Aug 5, 2023 18:36:30 GMT -5
Why do you have a catcher running should've put Dugie in at least If they tied it up, would they have anyone to catch?
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Post by yuchangclan on Aug 5, 2023 18:37:22 GMT -5
If Verdugo is such a problem, they should have traded him Some of us have been saying this for a long time. Verdu-go away….
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Post by rico6 on Aug 5, 2023 18:38:09 GMT -5
Why do you have a catcher running should've put Dugie in at least If they tied it up, would they have anyone to catch? Wong was in the game and hit the flyball that McGwire ran on.
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Post by briam on Aug 5, 2023 18:38:14 GMT -5
So in the last 365 days Verdugo has been called out publicly by his manager at the end of 2022, benched for lack of hustle in the first half of 2023, and now benched for an off-field issue just after the deadline. Would love to hear the conversations between AC and Bloom on Verdugo.
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