hankchifan

The more things change the more they stay the same. No sense of urgency from TLR. You need to go all out to win the first game with Cease vs Quantrell.

It was a blunder. TLR trying to be too cute. You need to go with your best Cease and give him one more start down the road. This game looks like a managerial mismatch with TLR vs Francona one of the best.

Particularly with the slow Pollock in LF.

Should have gone with our best pitcher, Cease, on this first game IMO.

Pollock looks bad and slow in LF. Think they should have challenged Ramirez leaving early on SF.

Our bullpen is rested. Hope TLR doesn’t stretch Giolito too long if he starts tiring, like he has done in the past.

Just a reminder memo: Don’t let Jose Ramirez and his league leading 75 RBIs beat us.

No Robert but no Leury either. If Grandal and Eloy contribute we should be OK.

Lynn has looked much worse than Kopech.

Don’t they have some world class neurologists in Chicago? Why is it taking this long to find the root cause of these symptoms?

You are underestimating our pitching. Our starters other than Lynn have been above average, and our bullpen with ReyLo , Graveman and Hendriks clicking is not lousy at all. TLR head scratching decisions are more than just the two intentional walks and have cost us several games. Agree that we need to hit more homers particularly at home. Team is moving in the right direction.

Great analysis. Agree 100%.

TLR has gotten some breathing room with the Twins series win. However, it is also worth to point out that with a competent manager the Sox would have been in first place already. It is hard to believe that TLR should come back next year. Everybody else is moving forward in the 21st century and the Sox are moving backwards into the 20 th century with JR and TLR.

I was hopeful because of his 6’9” height…

Hope James was not referring to a knee ACL..

Could always use a quality lefty. Another Randy Johnson?

Must have upgraded his batteries from Eveready to Tesla.

Dead ball season.

You are right. Twins don’t have the pitching necessary to win the division. Guardians do, so we should be worrying more about Cleveland.

TLR will bat him eighth instead of seventh.

Recall the Leury Legend shirts.!

Wouldn’t mind if Jason also did away with the tedious Sox math.

This lead is TLR, Leury and Joe Kelly proof. Hard to f*ck up no matter how much they try.

Big Energy goes yard. Wow. He switched from alkaline to lithium batteries. Joe Smith sure sucks. Sox pitching superior to the Twins, and when we are hitting homers we are almost unbeatable.

Even TLR is outmanaging Baldelli. Moncada is back. Homers are back. Cease dealing.