Snopek

Obviously a very different pitcher than Cease, but his frame, demeanor and athleticism reminded me a bit of him.

When a plan or idea can basically be summed up as “why bother”, it’s definitely JR. Super motivated dude.

That was beautiful

54-0 starts today.

FWIW the responses in the Athletic poll made it seem like it was done before the regular season i.e. not reflective of anything going in the Sox clubhouse this year. Anyway, go Thorpe.

Unrelated to any of this, but Buster Olney’s Twitter account is a party at the moment.

Tomorrow

Bunch of nerds that never stepped foot on a field etc etc

Ticket sales would be tanking with or without Grifol.

This has probably been mentioned already, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason JR wants to ultimately hold onto Grifol is as a big f*** you to the fans for how much criticism the TLR managerial hire and tenure received. This would be an almost impressive level of petty, but I wouldn't put it past Jerry.

Extend Grifol

Not at all, he was just doing the interview. Plenty of reasons to not care for Schriffen as a broadcaster, but this is kind of a lame thing to just throw out there.

As the Sox continue to Sox, I find myself more and more just rooting for individual players. Would love it for Robert if he ended up on that Philly juggernaut and got more national exposure and success.

? Sportsguy gonna bust in here like Kool-Aid man and start lecturing you.

Since Preller is such a gunslinger of a GM, I say trade all of Robert Jr, Crochet, Fedde, Pham, DeJong and Kopech to San Diego for Salas, Merrill and Petco Park.

Ahhh, thought it was Crochet tonight. Ok we’re back in business.

I wanna believe in them, but they're totally gonna screw this up and win tonight.

21 under after tonight’s game

My god the cubs suck.

Ohtani's got nothing on this NO ONE guy.

That's just what happens when you catch every single team at the wrong time.

Yes? He is bad at his job and bad for the organization AND the team and organization sucks. One of those problems is easier to address than the other.

I mean he's not exactly being held accountable while being here. Unless you consider making him sit through more games as punishment, in which case, yeah you're probably right.

2028. Not because I believe in the team, but because I believe baseball is a very weird sport.