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At least we don’t have to hear about how these losses were “coin flips” like peeps were saying about most of the yanks games.

You piqued my curiosity cuz it’s felt like a lot. Four times, but all four coming over the last six series.

Joke’s on you, they’re gonna lose by like 8

I see that as preferring rest and health over going all in for home advantage, which is different than saying home field doesn’t matter at all. That said, there seems to be a lot of folks in the “they will flip a switch and I know it as fact” camp, so who knows.

Is there really a “home field doesn’t matter” crowd? Not being snarky, I’m really asking. I haven’t seen that opinion around here.

I was responding to a post about yesterday’s weak lineup somehow affecting them mentally today.

If sitting a couple starters completely takes the wind out of their sails then they have bigger problems than we thought. I think they’re just a streaky team that’s playing a really good team.

Get what you’re saying, but I like seeing guys have personality on the mound.

I’ve accepted the fact that they are prioritizing rest over home field advantage. I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is.

Hopefully long enough until it’s absolutely clear that he should not be starting any playoff games. Edit: Clear to those making the decisions that is.

Ideally Dallas eats at least two more innings here.

Seby now has more homers than Collins.

No. I think he’s just not very good.

Patino is a pretty highly regarded talent. We have the scrubbier pitcher of the two at this point.

Such a welcome sight from all the groundballs. I was curious if they were actually hitting a lot of groundballs this season or if it just seemed that way, so I decided to look it up. Turns out 1) they are hitting a lot of groundballs, but 2) they sort of always have (at least as far back as the data goes): Year: ML Rank (GB%) 2021: #2 (47.7%) 2020: #5 (45.9%) 2019: #4 (47.1%) 2018: #8 (46%) 2017: #4 (48.2%) 2016: #10 (47%) 2015: #3 (50.3%)

On top of that, Bummer seems to have found his groove as well. He hasn't given up a run since July 23 (9 appearances, 8.2 innings, 13 K, 2 hits!)

Let us build on the momentum of not being the team that felt the need to sign Jake Arrieta.

Not meant as a comparison between the two, but this calls to mind the days of Dye in RF. Seemed like he was always making running/diving catches out there, but they would have been routine balls for most RF's.

Fair enough. I generally try to steer clear of game threads during the game. Seems exhausting.

These are great points that I admittedly overlooked. I 100% agree with all of this. The quick dismissal of concerns just gets annoying.

No one is getting criticized for LIKING the team and I think you know that. The criticism comes from our different comfort levels currently with the team that we ALL LIKE.

What am I misunderstanding about the below?

Why do you hate the Sox?

I intentionally exaggerated, since that seems to be the level of discourse needed here. Expressing concerns over losing to a team you might see in the playoffs means you don't like the Sox? Cool, good talk.

The refusal to acknowledge flaws is equally astounding.