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Post by grandsalami on Jun 8, 2024 17:44:17 GMT -5
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Post by greenmonster on Jun 8, 2024 17:45:19 GMT -5
We're mostly handwringing about the pitching today, but that we don't have five runs hits against this pile of AAA pitching is absolutely pathetic - I don't care how many starters we have on the DL. fixed it
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Jun 8, 2024 17:58:02 GMT -5
Putting on my rally cap ... Tugging on the bill ...
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jun 8, 2024 18:03:14 GMT -5
That's a rough ending. I'd rather no hope.
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Post by cheers on Jun 8, 2024 18:03:15 GMT -5
It brings me no joy to be the anti-Guidas, but today it has to be done.
GRUESOME LOSS!!!
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Post by notstarboard on Jun 8, 2024 18:03:39 GMT -5
Back to back come from behind wins for a team that had lost 14 in a row. Oof.
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Post by greenmonster on Jun 8, 2024 18:06:05 GMT -5
Tomorrow the Sox will look to the bullpen to salvage a split with the worst team in baseball.
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Post by ixnayexxus on Jun 8, 2024 18:17:14 GMT -5
Chris Martin - on the IL for anxiety, unclear when he’s coming back He may not come back at all. Austin Meadows went on the IL for the same reason early last season and he's still out of action; keep in mind that Martin is 38 as well.
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Post by grandsalami on Jun 8, 2024 18:19:50 GMT -5
Devers with Knee pain
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Post by cheers on Jun 8, 2024 18:22:14 GMT -5
Super. Tomorrow's lineup should be really formidable.
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Post by Canseco on Jun 8, 2024 18:48:23 GMT -5
How did Cal Ripken play in so many consecutive games? It seems like these guys have a different boo boo every other day.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jun 8, 2024 19:24:54 GMT -5
I went out after 2 to a downtown brew pub with music. I'm so glad I didn't watch this mess
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Post by dirtdog on Jun 8, 2024 19:27:37 GMT -5
Missed the game, dodged a bullet.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jun 8, 2024 19:31:53 GMT -5
For several years the Red Sox seem to elevate bad pitchers to Cy Young status. Why?
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Post by dirtdog on Jun 8, 2024 19:36:10 GMT -5
For several years the Red Sox seem to elevate bad pitchers to Cy Young status. Why? Right now the lineup is riddled with journeymen who show up when they show up.
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Post by dirtdog on Jun 8, 2024 19:40:10 GMT -5
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Post by ixnayexxus on Jun 8, 2024 19:55:15 GMT -5
I'll be going to the game in Toronto on the 18th; I'm becoming genuinely concerned that we won't have a single major leaguer in the lineup by then
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Post by asm18 on Jun 8, 2024 20:27:17 GMT -5
Is it weird that Bello - whose outward frustration McAdam documents here - reminds me of E-rod? Like stylistically and stuff-wise they are quite different… but early years E-rod was both tantalizingly talented yet would have so many games where he’s just slogging through 5 innings. Eddie was Bello’s age in 2018, but it wasn’t until the following year that he pitched 200 innings and nearly won 20 games.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 8, 2024 21:08:02 GMT -5
I was working (some of it sitting in the sun by the marina) and didn't catch the game. Came home, checked the score, and this was exactly the first thought in my mind.
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Post by dirtdog on Jun 8, 2024 21:13:59 GMT -5
Dodgers stomping a mudhole in the MFY. A ray of sunshine into the darkness.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 8, 2024 21:32:40 GMT -5
Chris Martin - on the IL for anxiety, unclear when he’s coming back Tyler O’Neill - knee not fully functioning Kenley Jansen - according to a lot of folks, he is washed Nick Pivetta - … (okay he’s great, but do we HAVE to move him? 😁) They arguably had better quality to sell last year between JT, Duvall, Paxton pre-collapse, even Verdugo It's all true (and don't forget about the quality they squandered in '22) but at least they have 6 weeks or so to get guys right. As much as I love new Pivetta, you're not building around him. Why would he give this team, that has been quick to bump him to the bullpen, a hometown discount? The chance of re-signing him is just as good if you trade him as if you keep him, which is to say, "low." I really thought they were ready to turn a corner but losing two to this historically bad Southside team is a color guard of red flags.
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Post by foreverred9 on Jun 8, 2024 21:34:20 GMT -5
We all might as well go bet on the Red Sox to win tomorrow, this team is so committed to going 500 this season that I don't see anything but a 2-2 split for the series.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 8, 2024 21:36:16 GMT -5
We all might as well go bet on the Red Sox to win tomorrow, this team is so committed to going 500 this season that I don't see anything but a 2-2 split for the series. Should we bet on them to win one of the two series vs. PHI or MFY?
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Post by rhswanzey on Jun 8, 2024 21:39:43 GMT -5
How did Cal Ripken play in so many consecutive games? It seems like these guys have a different boo boo every other day. Think about how often you heard about Xander’s defense/range when he was here Then think about how often you heard about Xander’s iron availability Was it about the same for each?
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Jun 8, 2024 21:57:57 GMT -5
I was working (some of it sitting in the sun by the marina) and didn't catch the game. Came home, checked the score, and this was exactly the first thought in my mind. Sell High ! Why wait 6 weeks? ... Pivetta & Chase Anderson are ready to go out the door right now. Teams need pitching
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