hankchifan

I hope Gordon has been taking some Pepto Bismol to tone down his verbal diahrrea.

That is a scary defensive proposition.

Hopefully the Panther will not collide with either one of those two wild horses out there.

Hope Boston does not hit many balls to our corner outfielders tonight. Hopefully we get Engel back soon , and we can relegate Goodwin to DH and pinch hitting roles against righties, and not see him in the outfield again this season.

Preferably Engel if he is available. We need to have better defense in the outfield. Goodwin has been exposed too many times as a horrible OF. He should be relegated to occasional DH and pinch hitter against righties, but please keep him out of the outfield.

5-9 was a Charlotte lineup. Crap in crap out.

TLR needs to help this ground ball hitting team by putting runners in motion, put pressure on the opposing defense, open holes in the defense with hit and run plays, and manufacture more runs. Can’t just play station to station waiting fora 3 run homer.

You can always pinch run for him if he gets on.

You are absolutely right. In this case, for the Sox mgt. the customer is not always right, and we should vote our displeasure with our pocketbook.

Then pinch hit Leury who has been very hot hitter lately.

No pinch hitting for Hamilton?

Lopez shot himself in the foot with that throwing error. Game might have been tied 1-1 still.

Because there were two outs, otherwise it would have an around the horn tailor made DP.

It’s too bad because baseball is still a business that needs to satisfy its customers. You don’t pay big money or spend three hours in front of the TV to watch the crappy product on the field with these Sunday lineups. Not to mention the big bucks being paid to the players.

If not Eloy, pinch hit Leury who has been of our hottest hitters lately and can step in at SS.

Guess what. We got the good Bummer today.

Right on. TLR never pinch hits with his star players when they are “resting” on the bench. TLR does not generally go all out using all his weapons to win a game. It’s frustrating.

Moncada, Leury who has been one of our hottest hitters, Sheets who can hit the long ball, and Eloy if he can physically go.

He is not punting today.

It’s become a feeling of doom, and a self fulfilling prophecy that we are going to punt and lose so many games.

We can’t continually play scared. Scared of players getting hurt or tired. These guys are being paid millions to perform and not sit on the bench, while a bunch of scrubs get playing time. We need to start putting winning streaks together and momentum towards the playoff. These Sunday line ups games are dead, no excitement whatsoever ever.

We need to start building a win culture and momentum into the playoffs. These punted games are so deflating. Our bench has been exposed as AAA quality at best.

Not hitting home runs and not playing small ball either is a formula for failure. Our backups/bench is really bad. Should have invested some resources in position players not just on relievers.

Starling Marte would have looked great in our lineup. Power, defense, speed. More valuable than Kimbrel. Would have put a stop at the horrible outfield carrousel of Goodwin and Vaughn.

We need to play some small ball today with this lineup in this park. What about Billy trying a bunt for starters.